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,

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.

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.