NVIDIA renews its high-end catalog with the GeForce RTX 4080 Super, a graphics card that seeks to consolidate performance in ray tracing and artificial intelligence applied to graphics. Based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, this Super version adjusts the number of cores and frequencies to offer a power leap without altering consumption. It is an option for those seeking smoothness in 4K and demanding 3D design tools.
Ada Architecture and the Push of DLSS 3.5 🚀
The RTX 4080 Super increases CUDA cores compared to its predecessor, reaching 10,240 units, along with 16 GB of GDDR6X memory at 23 Gbps. Bandwidth rises to 736 GB/s, improving performance in high-resolution textures. The real difference comes with DLSS 3.5, which introduces Ray Reconstruction to replace manual denoisers, offering more stable lighting in titles like Cyberpunk 2077 or Alan Wake 2 without penalizing frames.
When Your Wallet Asks for a Break and the GPU Doesn't 💸
With a price of $999, the RTX 4080 Super is hardly a bargain, but at least it no longer asks you to sell a kidney like its sister the 4090. The good news is that it performs like a beast in ray tracing; the bad news is that your electricity bill will start looking at you suspiciously. That said, if you play at 1080p, you might have enough power left over to render the mortgage term.