[SOLVED] What is the difference between these EVGA and Asus RTX 3080 cards?

[SpiderSparrow]

Hey guys, so I am asking this more for my knowledge, I was looking at Overclockers UK and they had two different cards, one is:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...dr6x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-44m-as.html

And the other one is
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...dr6x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-329-ea.html

The main difference I can see is that Asus one is like £859, and EVGA is like £659

What are the main differences that makes the Asus card more expensive?

And if you had to pick one hypothetically, which one would you pick?

 

[Ziadul87]

In most cases I'd get the cheapest variant. Reason:
If I could spend 200$ more on a slightly more overclocked GPU of the same model, i could just get a superior model with minimal overclocking which should perform better.
For example, instead of paying 50$ more for a slightly more overclocked 1650S, I'd just get a cheap 1660S variant.

But your case is different. If you were to spend 200$ more for a better graphics card, you'd have to wait until 3080Ti or something like that releases. Which still may or may not be in your budget.
I still can't justify the 200$ price difference though. That much could be spend on other important or more urgent upgrades to your PC. What's your full specs?

 

[SpiderSparrow]

In most cases I'd get the cheapest variant. Reason:
If I could spend 200$ more on a slightly more overclocked GPU of the same model, i could just get a superior model with minimal overclocking which should perform better.
For example, instead of paying 50$ more for a slightly more overclocked 1650S, I'd just get a cheap 1660S variant.

But your case is different. If you were to spend 200$ more for a better graphics card, you'd have to wait until 3080Ti or something like that releases. Which still may or may not be in your budget.
I still can't justify the 200$ price difference though. That much could be spend on other important or more urgent upgrades to your PC. What's your full specs?

Ah so is it that one of them is basically more of an overclocked variant in that case?

Well as for my specs, I plan on basically rebuilding my pc but keep the same case, ram, cooler and hard drives, and just upgrade Motherboard CPU and graphics card instead.

At the moment I have the following:
MB: Asus z170 pro gaming motherboard
CPU: i7 6700K
GPU: GTX 980ti
Ram: 32 GB
2 SSDs and 1 SSHD

I am probably going to upgrade my card for now, even though I know there will be some bottleneck with i7, but I intend to use it mainly for 4K gaming due to my tv, which should help

Then in a few months hopefully get everything else as well.

I would get everything later on, but kinda the website I write for recommend I get it now and they'll contribute to costs.

Its not like the card is gonna go away anywhere.

 

[Ziadul87]

Ah so is it that one of them is basically more of an overclocked variant in that case?

Well as for my specs, I plan on basically rebuilding my pc but keep the same case, ram, cooler and hard drives, and just upgrade Motherboard CPU and graphics card instead.

At the moment I have the following:
MB: Asus z170 pro gaming motherboard
CPU: i7 6700K
GPU: GTX 980ti
Ram: 32 GB
2 SSDs and 1 SSHD

I am probably going to upgrade my card for now, even though I know there will be some bottleneck with i7, but I intend to use it mainly for 4K gaming due to my tv, which should help

Then in a few months hopefully get everything else as well.

I would get everything later on, but kinda the website I write for recommend I get it now and they'll contribute to costs.

Its not like the card is gonna go away anywhere.

You better save that 200$ for future upgrades. Or just wait to see what 3090 offers at what price. But 4k gaming will NEED a better CPU.

 

[SpiderSparrow]

You better save that 200$ for future upgrades. Or just wait to see what 3090 offers at what price. But 4k gaming will NEED a better CPU.

Brilliant, got it thanks!

 

[sizzling]

I doubt £200 will bring beneficial gains. However it can be better sometimes to spend £50 or maybe more if that gets you a much more efficient and quieter cooling solution. To make this decision you will need to wait for benchmarks of each card.