ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX™ 3080 Ti AMP Holo 12GB GDDR6X 384-bit 19 Gbps PCIE 4.0 Graphics Card, HoloBlack, IceStorm 2.0 Advanced Cooling, SPECTRA 2.0 RGB Lighting, ZT-A30810F

If the cost isn't a burden for you, you're sick of waiting, and you've got an old GPU, just buy it. We've likely got another full year of GPU supply chain issues ahead of us.Couple of things:(0) Prices are nuts now. Get over it. They've been nuts for >year, they're going to be nuts for at least another year or more. It won't magically get better next week and let you finally score that $799 3080.(1) Yep, sure, this is a very expensive card at $1799 MSRP, $1899 actual as of Nov 2021. It's a bad value for money compared to the 3080! Prices are crazy! etc etc. Look, I don't build my PC to get 'value for money' - I'm not shopping for a used Toyota Corolla.(2) You can actually buy this card, now, from a first party seller (amazon shipped/sold), without spending every waking moment of your life monitoring a stock tracker (and still not getting anything). Amazon opens up pre-orders every few days, and keeps them open for hours. Anyone can buy this card, no camping at best buy required, no shady ebay sellers sending you a brick in a box.(3) It has the lowest markup over MSRP of anything out there (~$100).(4) It's extremely, extremely fast - my Timespy scores are significantly higher than the 3080ti average, no OC. The reviews out there showing this slower than the FE are either wrong, or a fluke (or I won the silicon lottery).(5) Temps are excellent - 72C max in FurMark default settings.(5) The build quality is good. The shroud is a nice matte finish. I don't like RGB normally but the LEDs are actually nice and the default color is a soft blue/green.Other stuff:- I upgraded from an 8 year old GTX 670!- I ordered it on Saturday and received it on Wednesday- don't let the lack of shipping date scare you.- Zotac offers a 3 year warranty if you register your product- Noise is fine. Obviously loud when running, say, Control at max settings, but everyone wears headphones these days anyway. I will play with the fan curves & under volting later.- Card is an excellent candidate for de-shrouding w/Noctua fans. Several folks have done this already.This fits great in my Ncase M1 if I remove the front I/O panel. No 180 power adapters required. I don't use the front ports, so it's not a big deal. I'm relocated the power button to the rear of the case, using one of the un-used circular cut outs.

I got this because it was the first GPU I was able to land in my cart of the ones I was interested in. I wanted a 3080, but settled on this 3080 TI at a much higher price and although pricey, it has not disappointed me at all.So far this beast of a GPU can handle all of my games at 3440 x 1440p 21: 9 ultra wide with all setting on max. I know you will say, as it should at this price point which is true. However, many people did not like the Zotac brand and I can now confirm it is a very solid brand. The cooling on this is amazing so far. The highest I have seen it go is 70c after hours of gaming. I tried it on the new Amazon game called New World recently and it only gets to 69c after hours on there. So the cooling is great and not too loud at all. I cannot hear the GPU over the case fans.The RGB on this GPU is also very impressive, you can select any color and all kinds of sliding and moving effects that go across the side and top metal back plate. Very high build quality on this card.Although the price is higher on the 3080 TI compared to the 3080, the power is also 10-15% higher as well in games. If you are going after a very high end build, and you are still trying to find a GPU, do not pass this one up if you have a chance to land it.I am very impressed by this card and brand so far.

There was a known issue with RTX 3000 series cards that would overheat and drop to a black screen when they were released in late 2020. It was largely due to improper cooling, inadequate thermal paste and pads, and a voltage curve in the BIOS that was bad.This card still has those issues, I bought it in late 2021. Zotac has publically promoted users changing out their thermal pads from the RTX 3000 series overheating and black screen issues from their manufacturing. Also, the Zotac subreddit has had multiple Zotac staff members telling users it is fine to change the pads and that it won't affect warranty. I've replaced thermal pads and thermal paste, yet it still overheats and goes to black screens (I've done this to about 20+ cards over the years, including 3 other RTX 3080's, without issue.Well, they silently changed their warranty a couple of months ago, and are now denying warranty claims for anyone that tries to change the pads to fix the issue. Now I'm stuck with a $2000 brick of a card that was broken from the factory.Zotac is in violation of the Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act of 1975 by not being consistent in its portrayal of its warranty.