ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition
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$2000+ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition Unboxing & Closeup
The ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition graphics card comes inside a large cardboard box. The front has a picture of the graphics card and comes with the brown aesthetic that Noctua is known for.
The packaging has put a large emphasis on the RTX side of things, as the first feature enlisted by AIBs will be NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, Ray Tracing & DLSS support. NVIDIA has bet the future of their gaming GPUs on AI & Ray Tracing support, as they were the first to add these features to their GPUs.
The back of the box is very typical, highlighting the main features and specifications of the cards. The key highlights listed by ASUS include the cooling solution, such as the Noctua fans, the heatsink design, extra durable PCB, and ASUS's Software utility for its RTX 50 graphics cards.
There's also a focus towards GeForce.com on each AIB card through which users can download the latest drivers and GeForce Experience application, which are a must for gamers to access all feature sets of the new cards.
Once again, the sides of the box greet us with the large GeForce RTX branding. There's also the mention of 16 GB GDDR7 (RTX 5080) memory available on the card.
Inside the box, the graphics card and the accessory package are held firmly by foam packaging. The graphics card comes with a few accessories and manuals, which might not be of much use for hardcore enthusiasts but can be useful for the mainstream gaming audience. The only two useful accessories are the GPU mounting anti-sag bar and the 16-pin to 3x 8-pin power adapter, which comes in a matching white color scheme. The card is nicely wrapped within an anti-static cover, which is useful to prevent any unwanted static discharges on various surfaces that might harm the graphics card.
This is an ASUS x Noctua collaboration, and the design looks very premium with amazing build quality, and the renowned Noctua cooling fans taking the center stage on the front.
ASUS first introduced the Noctua series back with the RTX 30 series and has continued to innovate. This is the first time that ASUS has offered a triple-fan solution based on Noctua cooling, whereas the previous GPU designs featured a massive dual-fan form factor.
The ASUS GeForce RTX 5080 Noctua Edition is a massive graphics card. It measures 385 x 151 x 80mm. We are looking at a quad-slot graphics card with a triple-fan cooling system.
You would have to keep in mind the height when going for a triple or quad-slot card solution, as your case or motherboard PCIe slot combination may not allow such a setup. The cooling shroud extends to the back of the PCB, and it requires a casing with good interior space for proper installation.
The back of the card features a brown finish with perpendicular lines and a nice little cut-out, which looks almost like a half-cut Noctua logo. The screws are easy to access.
The card is very thick and has some massive cooling underneath the top shroud.
ASUS hasn't used any LED lighting on its RTX 5080 Noctua Edition graphics card.
The side features large "GeForce RTX" & "ASUS" logos.
Coming to the fans, the card features three Noctua NF-A12x25 G2 PWM fans. These fans feature 9 blades, which are larger and offer increased airflow while providing low noise output.
All three fans are 120mm designs. These fans also come with a 0dB noise feature, which makes sure that the fans do not spin when the temperatures haven't reached the 55 °C threshold.
I am back to talking about the full-coverage, full-metal-based backplate that the card uses. The whole plate is made of solid metal with rounded edges that add to the durability of this card. There's a foam added on the cut-out exhaust under the heatsink for the third fan, which needs to be removed for the best cooling performance.
The graphics card also comes with a compact PCB design, which means that the shroud, heatsink, and backplate are all extended beyond the PCB.
There are cutouts in screw placements to easily reach the points on the graphics card.
With the outside of the card done, I will now start taking a glance at what's beneath the hood of this premium graphics card. The first thing to catch my eye is the humongous fin stack that's part of the beefy heatsink that the cards utilize.
Noctua and ASUS both put a lot of effort into designing the heatsink for the RTX 5080 Noctua Edition. It looks very dense with angled aluminum fins in one concentrated block that has two blocks for increased airflow and heat dissipation.
The heatsink uses a premium thermal compound for the GPU, thermal pads for the VRAM, and VRMs.
ASUS makes use of a large nickel-plated vapor chamber with several heat pipes. There are a total of 11 heatpipes, which make contact with the nickel-plated baseplate.
ASUS is also making use of premium thermal materials, such as a phase-change GPU thermal pad instead of TIM, which offers enhanced thermal conductivity.
I/O on the graphics card includes three Display Port 2.1b & two HDMI 2.1 ports.
The card is powered by a single 16-pin connector with a power rating of 360W at default and 450W with its max performance mode. These can easily be changed using the onboard Dual BIOS switch.
The RTX 5080 Noctua Edition makes use of a 20-phase VRM design with a very neat PCB layout. The VRM PWM is a Monolithic Power Systems MP29816, while the power phases for the GPU are based on the Vishay SiC658A DrMOS (50A).
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