Colorful also placed three eight-pin power connectors on the card, giving it plenty of extra overhead for you to try overclocking the card on your own.

pricing and availability have not yet been shared, but we'd expect an MSRP close to that of the Founders. Your best near-term strategy for getting an RTX 3080 (or big-sibling RTX 3090) card may be in a pre-built or configured system.

The minimum power required for a RTX 3080 is 750W with 2x PCIe 8-pin connectors, although we recommend choosing a higher wattage power supply for a comfortable overhead. It’s also the lowest-clocked, at 1,710MHz peak boost (same as the Founders Edition reference spec), but it does have three eight-pin power connectors, which suggests an opening for more overclocking.

Colorful’s lowest-end RTX 3080 card has a generic name, the only one of Colorful’s cards outside of the company’s iGame product line. The Master version is clocked lower (1,845MHz peak boost) and has just two eight-pin power connectors, but it’s otherwise identical to the RTX 3080 Xtreme.If two or more memory modules are installed, remove the modules, then reinstall one module and restart the computer. A conveniently placed Dual Bios switch allows quick selection between “performance” and “quiet” mode for basic customization of the card’s default behavior without software.