CONCLUSION

   Before I move to my conclusion, I need to point out that power consumption was measured with hardware this time over and not with GPU-Z (seems that GALAX has disabled that feature in their card). My point is that this result might not be 100% accurate in terms of comparison to other cards, so do keep that in mind. With that out of the way it’s clear from the charts that the GALAX HOF OC Lab Edition is the fastest overall GeForce RTX 3080 Ti to arrive in the lab (although I just have 3 models in the charts) although it does exchange blows with the other two in most tests. Full HD 1080p performance is once again not quite on par with what I’d expect from one such card but it’s worth pointing out that these cards were marketed for 4k gaming and they do excel at that so I really have no complaints when it comes to performance. Temperatures are also very good but that comes at a slight cost in terms of noise levels so once again you win some and you lose some. Build quality is pretty much excellent across the board and even though white is not exactly my preferred color people who have white rigs will certainly like what they see (besides, not many white GeForce RTX models out there). As for overclocking potential thanks to the three 8-pin connectors and the 24 phase DrMOS power design serious overclockers should be able to reach far higher clocks than I so that’s obviously one more thing this card has going for it.

   Unfortunately, even though graphics cards prices are currently dropping the GALAX GeForce RTX 3080 TI HOF OC Lab Edition is nowhere to be found, at least not inside the EU or the USA. When the card made its way to the lab roughly 2 months ago, I was able to locate it for roughly USD1700/1700Euros in some online stores but not now so I have no idea really as to how much the new batch of these cards will cost when available again (still with how things are going I imagine closer to like USD1300/1300Euros). At the end of the day the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is NVIDIA’s third most powerful gaming card to date after the recently announced GeForce RTX 3090 Ti and the GeForce RTX 3090 before it (even though the 3080 Ti does surpass it in numerous games) so it couldn’t have possibly let me down. Add all the features GALAX has brought to the table like their 24 phase design, 1 click OC button, build quality, ARGB lighting and tri-fan cooling system and I’m sure it’s clear why it gets the Platinum Award.

PROS

- Top Of The Charts Overall Performance
- Excellent Build Quality (Aluminum Backplate / Reinforced Frame)
- Rich Overclocking Headroom
- ARGB LEDs (3 Zones)
- Support Bracket Included
- Supported Technologies (2nd Generation Real Time Ray Tracing & Deep Learning Super Sampling)
- 1 Click OC Button
- PC & Smartphone Software
- White Color (For Some)

CONS

- Size (3 Slot Card – 352mm Long)
- Price (For Some)
- Current Availability