GIGABYTEone of the leading companies in high-performance and gaming hardware and components, has announced a range of its own 16GB GeForce RTX 4080 models, NVIDIA’s flagship graphics card, second only to the RTX 4090, which looks to retain its crown for the coming months.

After the leak of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 EAGLE, the assembler put all the meat on the grill to pit his products against those of the competition. For starters, we have the liquid-cooled AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE and AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE WB models. The former features a 360mm aluminum heatsink with three 120mm fans with two ball bearings to keep the graphics card cool.

Copper plate AORUS XTREME WATER POWER It makes direct contact with the GPU and VRAM, which coupled with the water-cooled path design, draws liquid through the GPU, MOSFET and other critical components to reduce temperature. There are 460mm tubes built into the rear of the card that open the door to avoid interference with the CPU cooler.

For your part, AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE WB is an option available to those looking to build an open loop liquid cooling system. GIGABYTE’s cooling system provides optimal channel spacing between micro-fins to improve heat transfer from the GPU through stable water flows. Recessed design copper micro-fins shorten the heat conduction path from the GPU, so heat can be quickly transferred to the water channel area.

To ensure safety, it has the AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE WB dispersion system patented leak detection circuit that quickly alerts the user with flashing lights if a leak is detected. This creates space for its repair as quickly as possible and above all to prevent damage to other system components. Both the front cover and the back of the graphics card support RGB lights that can be customized using the GIGABYTE CONTROL CENTER (GCC) software.

chart MASTER AORUS it’s a rebuild of the GeForce RTX 4080 16GB with a more classic fan-cooled, air-cooled design. It is already known that having a box with proper airflow is important here to avoid the ever-dreaded thermal throttling, a protective mechanism that reduces performance if a component exceeds the maximum temperatures it can theoretically support.

The AORUS MASTER features a triple fan design backed by GIGABYTE’s thermal and noise expertise. Thanks to its new blades and special surface treatment, the bionic shark fan WINDFORCE increases the static pressure by up to 30% and at the same time reduces the noise level by up to 3 dB.

The AORUS MASTER brought an improved version of the characteristic three-ring RGB lights: RGB Halo. In addition, the Edge View LCD on the side of the graphics card gives users another option to personalize the cards with text, images or gifs. Critical statistics such as power consumption, temperatures, fan speed, etc. can also be monitored.

And finally here we are GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GAMING OC, GeForce RTX 4080 16GB AERO OC, GeForce RTX 4080 16GB EAGLE OC and GeForce RTX 4080 16GB EAGLE marketed under GIGABYTE’s own brand. All are air-cooled with three fans and good work by the brand on that front, albeit with somewhat more minimalistic designs.

GAMING OC is a classic GIGABYTE graphics card aimed at games and demanding contexts, AERO OC is aimed at users who love white and simple styles, and EAGLE OC adopts some future elements that provide unique and personalized identification, such as graphics, inscriptions and geometry space-related, etc. All use the WINDFORCE cooling system with three unique blade fans, alternate rotation, a large vapor chamber with direct contact with the GPU, composite copper heat pipes, 3D active fans and screen cooling to maximize heat dissipation. The GAMING OC model also inherits the AORUS RGB Halo, while the AERO OC and EAGLE OC graphics also feature RGB lighting.

The fans use graphene nano-lubricant, which extends the life of the fan by 2.1 times. The built-in Dual BIOS switch allows users to choose between OC and SILENT mode according to their needs without using software.

Air-cooled graphics cards sold under GIGABYTE’s own brand come with a custom anti-sag bracket that provides optimized reinforcement and improves the overall visual appearance. On the other hand, and to provide a better user experience, AORUS and GAMING OC graphics cards offer customers a 4-year warranty (requires online registration within 30 days of purchase) to play games and create content without worry.

As we can see, GIGABYTE put all the meat on the grill to meet the needs of all user profiles who want to have NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 with 16GB VRAM. We remind you that this model will compete with the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, according to AMD. We hope that this competition will serve to give the consumer more and better options.