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.

Some gamers are already camping out during one of the coldest times in the year to get their hands on a $2,000 graphics card.

At a glance Expert's Rating Pros ・DLSS Multi Frame Generation is a game-changer in compatible titles, driving snappy new levels of smoothness by increasing frame rates fourfold, tightly paced. ・Great 4K and 1440p performance ・Tightly engineered Founders Edition model somehow squeezes into a fairly quiet two-slot design Cons ・Very small performance