Solid 4K card
Great performer. Only complaint: at 4K with ray tracing in Alan Wake 2, I see VRAM-related stutters. Had to lower textures from Ultra to High.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — High-end Blackwell GPU with 16GB GDDR7. Excellent 4K gaming and content creation. DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation.
| Chipset | RTX 5080 |
| Video Memory | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 |
| TDP | 360 W |
| Card Length | 304 mm |
| Slots | 2.5 |
| PCIe Interface | 5.0 x16 |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin |
| Recommended PSU | 850 W |
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
Great performer. Only complaint: at 4K with ray tracing in Alan Wake 2, I see VRAM-related stutters. Had to lower textures from Ultra to High.
Upgraded from RTX 3070. Handles 4K at 90-110fps with DLSS 4 in every AAA game I've tried. Runs cool (68C under load) and quiet. $699 is a lot but for the performance, it's justified.
Blender renders are 3x faster than my old 3080. However, for complex scenes with lots of geometry and textures, the 16GB VRAM fills up fast and I have to use out-of-core rendering. Would have paid extra for a 24GB version.
I owned a 4080 before this. In raster, this is 8% faster. The real win is DLSS 4 Multi Frame Gen. But if you own a 4080 Super, don't waste your money.
Components that pair perfectly with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB.
Cooler Master · PSU
850W · 80+ Gold · Semi-Modular · ATX 3.0
$99 $129
Seasonic · PSU
1000W · 80+ Gold · Fully Modular · ATX 3.0
$104 $149
Corsair · PC Case
Mid Tower · ATX/mATX/ITX · 360mm Radiator
$73 $105
NZXT · PC Case
Mid Tower · ATX/mATX/ITX · Perforated Front Panel
$99 $119
NVIDIA · NVIDIA GPU
32GB GDDR7 · DLSS 4 · PCIe 5.0 · 575W
$1,399 $1,999
NVIDIA · NVIDIA GPU
24GB GDDR6X · DLSS 3.5 · PCIe 4.0 · 450W
$1,599 $1,899
NVIDIA · NVIDIA GPU
16GB GDDR6X · DLSS 3.5 · PCIe 4.0 · 320W
$999 $1,199