Review: Nvidia’s $999 GeForce RTX 5080 falls disappointingly short of the 4090
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).
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review: big expectations, small gains
It’s disappointing to see Nvidia has stuck with 16GB of VRAM on the RTX 5080. AMD’s RX 7900 XTX offers 24GB, and while the RTX 5080 delivers better performance for now, it may well hit video memory limits in 4K gaming in the future.
Nvidia RTX 5080 review: it’s slower than the 4090
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.
In 2022, I wrote that GPUs were headed in the wrong direction — their price, size, and power consumption were off the charts.
Nvidia's new GPU hardware is likely to sell out quickly. Plus it's expensive! If you want to experience true next-gen PC ...
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