Great card
by Russell HammantBought this a while back (when the GPU shortage was in full swing) in Feb '21 as this was one of the few new cards in stock at a decent price (got it for £900, now at £1,099.99!!). A friend of mine had a 3080 (around the same price) so we did some comparison tests. Whilst team green absolutely kicked it on Ray Tracing, when it comes to basic rasterization this card not only held it's own but actually out performed the 3080 in a lot of games for FPS. In terms of size it's pretty beefy, however it's surprisingly light weight and the cooling solution is really good, on bench marks the temps were really good and the power draw is lower than the 3080. If you're interested in ray tracing then clearly a 30 series will be for you, if you want the best price for performance in 1440 or 1080 gaming I would look at the 6800XT series, and the Sapphire model is at the top end of the 6800 series.