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[Draugoth]

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Pros:

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• DLSS 4 Frame Generation and Transformer Upscaling
• $200 cheaper than RTX 4080 non-Super MSRP
• No price increase over RTX 4080 Super MSRP
• Compact dual-slot design
• Extremely energy-efficient
• Idle fan-stop
• Support for HDMI 2.1 & DisplayPort 2.1
• PCI-Express 5.0
• Good video encode/decode hardware acceleration support

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Cons:

• Only small performance improvements gen-over-gen (except for multi-frame generation)
• Very high idle/multi-monitor/video playback power consumption
• Fans could be a bit quieter
• Memory overclocking artificially limited by the driver

Video Reviews









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I will update as others show up

Igors Lab:

RTX 5080 is only 8% faster than it's antecessor RTX 4080 SUper, making the most disappointing card of the new series so far

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[poodaddy]

Hmm, and this was the card I wanted. Maybe I should wait and go for a 5070 ti.....

 

[riko]

5080 being slower than 4090 is disappointing but not unexpected. This is quite a bit slower than I had expected though.

 

[acm2000]

shouldnt it be compared to the 4080 tho not the super?

either way not very good result

 

[winjer]

The RTX 5000 series really isn't a new generation of GPUs, it's just a refresh.
We'll have to wait another 2 years, before having a true next generation of GPUs.
But on a positive note, the RTX 4000 will still be a great GPU line for quite a while.
So anyone with one, doesn't have much of a reason to spend more money.

 

[Bojji]

shouldnt it be compared to the 4080 tho not the super?

either way not very good result

4080s is like 2% faster than 4080...

Disappointing but expected. Nvidia slides were cherry picked.

 

[SatansReverence]

What a nothing burger of a GPU.

 

[Trilobit]

Edit: Wait, this is for the 5080?

*slowly backs out with wrinkled nose and holding $100 bills in front of mouth to not catch poor*

 

[Gubaldo]

Other than 5090
This one feels more like those nvfresh/rebrandeon days + More you buy, more you save tax

 

[Rudius]

Damm, the 5070 should be a disappointment to. I was waiting for that, but now I should wait for the 18GB models.

 

[riko]

Other than 5090
This one feels more like those nvfresh/rebrandeon days

Even the 5090 is really just a bigger (die not card) / more power hungry 4090. Generational improvements per core are definitely tiny.

I am not even sure the 5090 is the epic AI card people want to pretend it is. The memory capacity and bandwidth per watt is not really great, so you aren't going to see people with three or four of these like you do with 3090s for inference.

It will definitely train faster than a 4090/3090 but anyone doing training beyond hobby scale (i.e. SD LoRA) is using A100/H100 in the cloud.

 

[Gaiff]

The most exciting thing about this "launch" is the DLSS4 drivers/Transformer model. Tomorrow, right?

 

[Cakeboxer]

Hmm, and this was the card I wanted. Maybe I should wait and go for a 5070 ti.....

Exactly my thougts. Or maybe 9070 XT.

 

[StereoVsn]

Even the 5090 is really just a bigger (die not card) / more power hungry 4090. Generational improvements per core are definitely tiny.

I am not even sure the 5090 is the epic AI card people want to pretend it is. The memory capacity and bandwidth per watt is not really great, so you aren't going to see people with three or four of these like you do with 3090s for inference.

It will definitely train faster than a 4090/3090 but anyone doing training beyond hobby scale (i.e. SD LoRA) is using A100/H100 in the cloud.

Thing is 32GB for $2K is still pretty good for workstation side / local testing and inference. You can fit smaller to medium size models in memory with it.

Or might be able to get 2 (would be some beefy PSU) and do some local training from dev side.

Bigger cards really start jumping up in price quickly.

 

[diffusionx]

Lol this was obvious just from the spec sheet. Where is the guy who claimed it would be 50% faster?

 

[StereoVsn]

Exactly my thougts. Or maybe 9070 XT.

Thing is 5070Ti seems like it’s also going to be barely better vs 4070Ti judging by its hardware and 5080 “performance”.

And the rumor for 9070XT pricing isn’t particular promising now.

I might see if I can grab a 5080 from BestBuy and see what happens. And return it for 5070Ti if that performs better than expected.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Thing is 5070Ti seems like it’s also going to be barely better vs 4070Ti judging by its hardware and 5080 “performance”.

And the rumor for 9070XT pricing isn’t particular promising now.

I might see if I can grab a 5080 from BestBuy and see what happens. And return it for 5070Ti if that performs better than expected.

I'm gonna wait until everything is released and extensively tested with many games. Then i'm gonna decide.

 

[SolidQ]

RTX 508%

 

[Sanepar]

Yeah maybe only series 7000 if the gains will be like that on next series.

 

[riko]

Thing is 32GB for $2K is still pretty good for workstation side / local testing and inference. You can fit smaller to medium size models in memory with it.

Or might be able to get 2 (would be some beefy PSU) and do some local training from dev side.

Bigger cards really start jumping up in price quickly.

Oh absolutely, and since they don't make the older cards any more it's somewhat moot.

But you can get 4x 3090s (1400W w/o mobo/cpu/etc) for 96GB of inference capacity on a single residential / office 15A circuit where as you can't do 3x 5090s (1725W w/o a mobo/cpu/etc)

For LLM or video 32GB is just not enough for a lot of use cases. Totally great for smaller models, and again the 5090 is going to be a beast at training smaller data sets. Image guys are going to love it though. Flux on multi 4090 was always less optimal, and the 5090 will chew through these.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Well, I'm certainly in no hurry then. Maybe the 5080 super ti ultra edition will be worth the upgrade from my 3080.

 

[marjo]

What a disappointing product. Looks like I'll be staying with my 3080 a while longer.

 

[Thebonehead]

What a disappointing product. Looks like I'll be staying with my 3080 a while longer.

It's a huge upgrade from a 3080, even if somewhat disappointing compared to the 4080.

 

[dave_d]

So at this point if we want to guess how much better the 50 series will be that we just look at power consumption? I mean the 5080 uses 360W vs the 4080S 320 which is 12% increase and it's 8% faster. Should we figure that since the 5070ti uses 300W and the 4070Sti 285 we'll see 5% increase in power so minimal improvement? (Oh well, at least the MSRP is $50 cheaper.)

 

[SolidQ]

5070 might be slower in some scenarios

 

[CompleteGlobalSaturation]

Ha, it's fucking garbage.

Not surprised especially the core count had such a limited bump.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Cool, I'll be holding off for at least another year then. I'm not paying £2K for a 5090 and I'm not upgrading from a 3080 to a 4080. Let's see what next year brings, I might even check out whatever AMD are offering with the 9070XT.

 

[marjo]

It's a huge upgrade from a 3080, even if somewhat disappointing compared to the 4080.

After 4 years, paying 40% more for a 50% upgrade doesn't seem all that great. Other than path tracing, My 3080 still handles most things just fine. The few cases where VRAM is an issue, I can usually get around it by turning down some settings.

I'm not in any rush to upgrade, and the 5080 is doing nothing to motivate me.

 

[Brigandier]

I'm glad I opted for a well priced 4070ti Super even more now!! I'll opt for a top of the line card if the 6000s are a big step up.

 

[SweetTooth]

 

[rm082e]

I'm also on a 3080. I was hoping this would be enough of a lift to justify the cost, but that's a big nope.

Oh well. The wait continues.

 

[diffusionx]

It's a huge upgrade from a 3080, even if somewhat disappointing compared to the 4080.

If you could get one at MSRP it is defensible, but that's not on the table right now.

 

[SolidQ]

I'm also on a 3080

I would just wait 9070/XT and 5070ti price/comparision

 

[SpokkX]

I will buy it a high price

Have a 4070 Super now so I am fine with the upgrade

 

[Sanepar]

9070xt is getting better and better every second.

 

[DirtInUrEye]

I remember worrying that I was making a mistake getting a 4070 ti Super so late into the 4000 series gen. I paid £799. I definitely feel vindicated now though.

Is it just me, or is the 5000 series shaping up to be the worst gen ever? Unbelievably daft prices and multi frame gen as a key selling point really feels like it should be a disaster for Nvidia. Pity it won't be.

 

[Gaiff]

9070xt is getting better and better every second.

Entirely depends on price.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

shouldnt it be compared to the 4080 tho not the super?

either way not very good result

The 4080S is the current $999 card.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Oh Blackwell

If Nvidia really wanted to make us laugh they could have just made a youtube skit or something instead of designing a whole GPU architecture.

 

[GHG]

Is this not one of the worst gen-on-gen increases on record?

 

[Windom Earle]

Imagine a next gen 80 series not beating or at least reaching the previous gen 90. Gutter trash.

 

[Buggy Loop]

The RTX 5000 series really isn't a new generation of GPUs, it's just a refresh.
We'll have to wait another 2 years, before having a true next generation of GPUs.
But on a positive note, the RTX 4000 will still be a great GPU line for quite a while.
So anyone with one, doesn't have much of a reason to spend more money.

Yea but those of us on 3000 series are starting to feel the heat of upgrading, if path tracing is wanted at least.

Although, the DLSS 4 performance mode being so good kinds of breath life into them. I'll have to evaluate if I don't just skip the gen.

 

[Schmendrick]

Imagine a next gen 80 series not beating or at least reaching the previous gen 90. Gutter trash.

we´ve never had xx90 cards with such huge silcon differences to their xx80 counterparts before the 4090. Everyone who expected the 5080 to beat the 4090 without at least a full node shrink was nuts. And even WITH a nodeshrink from TSMC I´d absolutely not bet on the 6080 beating the 5090 which is literally a monster on die level.

 

[diffusionx]

we´ve never had xx90 cards with such huge silcon differences to their xx80 counterparts before the 4090. Everyone who expected the 5080 to beat the 4090 without a least a full node shrink was nuts. And even WITH a nodeshrink from TSMC I´d absolutely not bet on the 6080 beating the 5090 which is literally a monster on die level.

This, it's just not happening anymore.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Yea but those of us on 3000 series are starting to feel the heat of upgrading, if path tracing is wanted at least.

Although, the DLSS 4 performance mode being so good kinds of breath life into them. I'll have to evaluate if I don't just skip the gen.

Depending on how low of a 3000 card people have I think that 4080 is still the sweet spot for a great upgrade path

 

[moogman]

I'm 3080 too and have decided not to jump yet unless other reviews are different. It's barely giving more per £ over my current card and I cant believe the 60 series will be this bad an upgrade.

 

[STARSBarry]

For a 4080 owner it's bad... for a 3080, your getting that huge 4080 jump for (if you get it RRP) a lower price + a little extra.

Not ideal was hoping for a 15%-20% increase, but over the 5090's voltage and heat... I think I'm going for the 5080 anyway. The Monster Hunter Wilds beta was a joke on my 3080, I need an upgrade.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Depending on how low of a 3000 card people have I think that 4080 is still the sweet spot for a great upgrade path

But they're not manufactured anymore anyway. If you find them they are at MSRP you would save $100 at best?

Like I know raster is disapointing for Blackwell, but if I were to pick a new card as of today when upgrading from a 3000 series, blackwell is the logic upgrade over Ada. When games start using Neural mega geometry, neural ray reconstruction, neural upscaler, neural skin, neural shaders, neural lipsync, neural... etc, Blackwell should age better. On top of having 2x, 3x, 4x MFG which again, I don't know if I'll like but the option is there.

5070 Ti maybe, waiting to see results. I'm only on a 3440x1440p 120Hz monitor so overkill doesn't make too much sense.

Or I skip entirely. Can't think of a game I can't play as of now really and DLSS 4 performance just revived my GPU.

One thing for sure, I ain't camping out for one

 

[Gaiff]

Draugoth GN review is up

 

[rm082e]

I would just wait 9070/XT and 5070ti price/comparision

It's not about the money. I have several grand in my hobby fund that I could spend on whatever I want. I've been saving and buying very little for the last few years. I just hate the feeling of wasting money. The 5080 isn't interesting enough for my tastes, so a lower tier card certainly won't be.

I generally want to see at least a 50% performance increase before I upgrade, but preferably 60-70%. The 4090 had the performance but the price was too high. I'd like to see a card with 4090 performance and 20GB of VRAM for around $1,000. The 5080 wasn't going to get there, but I was hoping it would get close enough that I could lie to myself.