If, indeed, its not somehow running slower.

Such third-party customisations will cost more, obviously.

And since, what with drops below 1000 proving painfully sparse outside of big Black Friday-style sales.

The Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 Super Gaming OC Edition graphics card on a desk.

Better specs for less money?

I can dig that.

I think we all can, except those who bought a 4080 just before the new Supers were announced.

A view of the backplate on the Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 Super Gaming OC Edition graphics card.

Sadly, it looks more like that was just an exceptional showing on that single GPUs part.

That said, there are as there were at 4K moments of glory.

As youd expect, the RTX 4080 Super also beats the 4070 Super where hardcore ray tracing is involved.

A bar chart showing how the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super GPU performs in various 4K benchmarks, alongside rival graphics cards.

Still, lets not pat the formers back too much when the latter is nearly half the price.

Is it a fast 4K card you should buy, though?

A bar chart showing how the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super GPU performs in various 4K benchmarks, alongside rival graphics cards.

A bar chart showing how the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super GPU performs in various Cyberpunk 2077 benchmarks, alongside rival graphics cards.

A bar chart showing how the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super GPU performs in various 1440p benchmarks, alongside rival graphics cards.

A bar chart showing how the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super GPU performs in various 1440p benchmarks, alongside rival graphics cards.

A Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 Super Gaming OC Edition graphics card on its side.