The Ventus 3X card also features a 2.5-slot triple fan cooling system and metal backplate. The "OC" is very nominal; a 1740MHz boost clock compared to 1710MHz on the reference 3080 FE.

MSI has the new GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X PLUS 12G OC LHR graphics card, much smaller than the SUPRIM and GAMING TRIO cards, down to 305 x 120 x 57mm and weighing 1362g.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio 10G stays cooler than Nvidia’s Founders Edition under load, and while you might see this gigantic graphics card in your case, I never once heard its fans ...

Pricing is even higher on Gigabyte's GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming OC graphics card—it's listed at $3,152.50 NZD, which works out to a whopping $2,270 in US currency.

“I would like to point out a possible problem for all (un) happy owners of an MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Ventus 3X OC,” said ComputerBase forum user R-47. “The card boosts significantly too high ...