The Nvidia RTX 5080 cannot match up to the raw processing of a RTX 5080, but with multi frame gen it's a card you can't ignore.

The best argument for grabbing a 5080 right now, if you can find one at $999 in the first place, is that the only cards that come close to its performance are either way more expensive than they're supposed to be (the 4080 Super) or not cheap enough to justify the Nvidia-specific features you give up (AMD's Radeon 7900 XTX).

If you’ve got $1000 to spend on a graphics card, the RTX 5080 is probably now the one to buy. There are a few different headlines you should expect to see in discussion of Nvidia’s latest graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5080. So let me cut to the chase and summarize.

But then, neither is it a blood-boiler like the RTX 4080, nor a largely aspirational show-off piece like the RTX 5090. By maintaining the 4080 Super’s course correction on price while tooling up on compelling DLSS 4 improvements,

We reveal the RTX 5080 benchmarks, as we test the new gaming GPU in the latest games, including DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Gen results.

The RTX 5080 Founders Edition at $999 makes far more sense for enthusiasts targeting max-setting gaming and ultra-HD resolutions if you can find it at MSRP.

GPU maker NVIDIA has warned consumers that the stock of its forthcoming RTX 5090 and 5080 cards will be limited. Some gamers are even camping out to get one.

Nvidia followed up the most powerful GPU it’s ever made, the RTX 5090, with this — the RTX 5080. It’s half the price, and it offers around 70% of the performance. That should be a good thing, but the RTX 5080 falls short when compared to Nvidia’s last-gen offerings that still rank among the best graphics cards.

The hype for Nvidia’s upcoming flagship graphics card, the GeForce RTX 5090, continues as we get closer to the release date. And it seems that gamers are also excited, as lines have already started to form ahead of its launch.