First images show GeForce RTX 4080 graphics cards from Gigabyte and MSI

Images have surfaced of the GeForce RTX 4080 graphics cards from Gigabyte and MSI. The images show that MSI will release six variants of the video card. It is not yet clear how much the various video cards should cost.

The RTX 4080 video card from Gigabyte has been given the Eagle OC label and can therefore be overclocked. Although it is not yet clear to what extent. The card gets a cooling system with three fans and also has blue color details. As for the connections, according to the pictures there are who got hold of Videocardz, three Displayport 1.4 outputs, and a single HDMI 2.1 port. The card takes up 3.5 expansion slots.

MSI will release six variants of the GTX 4080 card: Ventus 3X, Ventus 3X OC, the Gaming Trio and Gaming X Trio and the Suprim, Suprim X. MSI has not yet shared details about the clock speeds of the video cards and the extent to which the different models will be overclockable. All cards also have three Displayport 1.4 outputs, and a single HDMI 2.1 port. Based on the information that on the MSI . website can be found, all of these video cards use the 12VHPWR connector which some sources claim would melt. It is not clear whether the manufacturers will also supply their own connector.

Nvidia announced its new GeForce RTX 40 graphics cards at the end of September. These will be based on a new Ada Lovelace architecture. The company comes with an RTX 4090 for 1959 euros and two RTX 4080 variants for 1099 and 1469 euros respectively. The 4080 initially came out in two variants, a version with 12GB ram, a version with 16GB ram. The version with 12GB ram was canceled in mid-October, so that only a variant with 16GB GDDR6X memory will be released. It will be released on November 16 for a suggested retail price of 1469 euros.