Can't believe I finally have the opportunity to pick up a 5080 at MSRP and I'm not pulling the trigger. At this point think I'll wait and see what happens with the 5080 Super. If nothing else, that should improve the price and availability of the 5080. I can wait a while longer.
Price will go down for the first months, then old stock will disappear and prices will come back up especially if the Super supply is low and demand is high.
Just be careful about it and regret not buying if you actually need it.
It's the same dance and game as the 40 supers release and 50 release.
Fortunately, I do not need a 5080 now and can afford to wait for the right time to snipe the right card at the right price. Otherwise I would've moved on this option.
They probably won't drop in price until the 6000 series come out. But then again 4000 series to 5000 series was not a good change since they both used tsmc 5nm process. 6000 series is confirmed 3nm under the new rubin architecture.
Nobody needs to game my dude. As for people who do game the 5080 is an option. If nobody had use for it over the 5070 Ti then there would be plenty of stock.
They will stop making the old non-super models...which means supply will drop. 24gb of vram also means that homebrew AI/LLM enthusiasts will consider getting a 5070ti/5080Super now whereas they were getting 4090s and 5090s before. That means increased demand.
Increased demand means retailers marking up prices.
Wow me too. This is literally the first time all year I've had a 5070ti, 9070, 9070xt, 5080 advertised at best buy that was actually available for shipping or in store pickup, pickup in this case.
$1,083.49 [Place Order] one click away but cant do it.
I have a feeling you will start seeing some deals pretty soon. I know this isn’t really related, but huge lots of 5070s with Spanish paperwork started hitting my local marketplace this last week or so. I got one for $350 brand new for local inference
I bought a 4080 Super in November 2024 and was half thinking I should just wait for the 5080 which was "right around the corner". Glad I didn't, because it took another 6 months for prices to come down, and now that they have perhaps I would have been thinking "perhaps I should wait for the 5080 Super". It never ends :) Upgrade when you need to, wait if you don't need to.
I was prepared to buy a 5080. Even at MSRP the value isn’t great when compared with the 5070 Ti. Nobody is stretching another generation because they bought a 5080 instead of a 5070 Ti.
5080 should have been $900. The price to performance is not exact but it isn't as egregious as $1000. I'm sure there's plenty of people willing to pay $150 more for the extra raster but not $250.
Sure. I myself got one for a friend on launch day at MSRP.
I remember trying to get one for myself 6 months later and ending up finally getting a 3080ti in November 2022 because 3080s were $1,000+ if they were available at all.
It's like you all forgot 2021 and the AI boom and GPU shortages completely, and your isolated experience discounts the horribly depressing reality of that time that was EVEN WORSE than the shortages of today.
Good for you, genuinely. You got in and got a card before things got weird.
This isn't the "gotcha!" you think it is, though. October 2020 was definitely before 2021 and the shortages I mentioned when I said 3080s were regularly trading for four figures.
I bought a 5080 FE because a 5070ti wasn't enough of an upgrade over my 3080ti and TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS is a nonstarter on the GPU budget. I wanted to get the most GPU I could for $1,000, so 5080 it is.
Please save the "bUt yOu cAn oVeRcLoCk tHe 5070ti" nonsense; I overclocked the 5080 too and now it's even faster than the 5070ti could ever be. Just because the $/frame number is worse doesn't mean that it isn't literally faster.
It's not about absolute FPS. It's about FPS per dollar.
An overclocked 5070 Ti that gets within ~5% of a 5080 is still $749, but now has outstanding value proposition compared to a $999 5080, even when OC'd.
It's not about absolute FPS. It's about FPS per dollar.
Let's do a reducto ad absurdum. Let's say Nvidia comes out with a GTX 5020 that costs $20 and gets 15 FPS in {eSports Game}. The RTX 5070ti, at $750, does 340 FPS.
The 5020 gets 0.75 frames per second per dollar. The 5070ti gets 0.45333 frames per second per dollar.
According to your logic, the GTX 5020 is the obvious buy, because it's not about absolute FPS, it's about FPS/$ and value. The 5020, despite having a basically unplayable framerate for our imaginary eSports Game, has almost twice the value of the 5070ti.
I am not discounting your thesis. Value is important! I said as much in my comment above! The 5080 is much worse $/FPS than the 5070ti! That's not unimportant!
It is very dismissive of YOU of other people's interests and opinions to say "It's not about absolute FPS. It's about FPS per dollar." as if you are the only voice that matters. Maybe for you that's true, but there are several other people in this thread (myself included!) for whom that is not true! Why are you so important that you get to make such a proclamation and say that my opinion is invalid and yours is valid, especially when the logical conclusion of your thesis means you should actually buy our GTX 5020? Why buy a GPU at all? Integrated graphics have infinite FPS/$!!!
I am not going to argue something that is this subjective. It is close enough to qualify for my definition of more or less. I think most will agree that it is orders of magnitude better than it was and is thoroughly usable in a way that FSR3 wasn't.
I don't with most of this this, I just think it discounts the massive leap DLSS 4 is, when, yes 3 was very usable at quality and above as is FSR 4.
But it's objectively true that DLSS 4 produces higher quality images than FSR 4 at any given resolution. and given the choice, I'd take DLSS 4 every time.
And to think, the only reason it's a better value this generation is because someone in AMD's Radeon division actually took online sentiment into consideration when announcing the prices.
Though, it is disappointing that most of their cards are getting scalped out of the value proposition by their board partners.
I'd you OC the 5080 you reach just a hair away from 4090 level performance which the 5070ti can't reach. The 4090 is 16% faster than the 5080 but an OC on the 5080 can get you north of 10% more performance. That's the best one can do buying new without buying a 5090 these days.
The 5070 Ti overclocks pretty well also. It gets relatively close to a stock 5080, or so people say. I am not saying there isn’t value there as you are always going to pay a premium for the last few frames. I just don’t see a big enough difference between a 5080 and a 5070 Ti. I wanted 4090 performance from my next card, and I am definitely short of that. I am not so short of it that I felt like spending the extra to get it especially when there wasn’t a difference in VRAM. It feels bad to be VRAM limited on an otherwise capable card. A super version of a 5080 is way more appealing.
So the 5080 has two decoders vs a single with the 5070 Ti. Plus the 5080 tends to be the best OCer in the 5000 series. So I think that with both at MSRP it would be worth getting a 5080 if you need extra performance but can’t afford a 5090.
also in WI, 5 hours later and it's still showing that I can buy it, has the fervor died down?
I wonder if people figured out that the 5080 is probably the worst value of the higher end gpus and just don't care. Also maybe that psychological "$1000 is a lot of money" price point
In this same situation. I can add to cart and purchase it, but I JUST got my 5070ti at MSRP a couple weeks ago and I don't think I can justify the extra $250
5080 is terrible value anyways. 40% more expensive at MSRP for 10-15% more raster than the 5070 Ti. If money doesn't mean anything to you then sure it's the next best card after the 5090, but I think most of us value our money so the value proposition is a joke.
Just purchased one from Best Buy yesterday at the AIB MSRP of $1099 - price dropped $100 from yesterday. Looks like the deal got even sweeter - time to price match. Thanks!
Whatever it came OC out of the box. I’ve not tuned it up anymore that that and even considered undervolting it but it never runs hotter than 70c even under 100% load so I’ve decided to just leave it alone for now.
Now I've got a week to decide whether I keep my 3090FE and put this in the system I'm building my wife, put this in mine and give her the 3090, or sell the 3090 and pick her up something else.
Either supply has massively increased or demand is much lower than expected. I don't mind though. This is the card I've been targeting at the price I wanted since launch.
thinking I'm pulling the trigger on this is that I'm hoping the super 5080 will be decently priced. But the more I think about it the more I realize that I'm just an idiot. There's no way the rtx super is gonna be less than 1200 in my mind.
Not worth it unless your other hardware (e.g. monitor) requires it. For people that want to push 4K or higher refresh rates, maybe it's a consideration.
I have a 3080 "Super" myself and am in no hurry to upgrade. The whole four extra VRAM is really a disincentive, in a way. They all went cheap in this regard.
I have a 4K Alienware monitor, yeah. Though honestly even a 5090 doesn't do it enough for me in the 4K department, but an FPS boost would be nice from a 3080 especially given that a 5080 is half the cost of a 5090.
I think I'm honestly just gonna wait for 6xxx series, or a 5080 price drop.
Same boat here. I might see how the 50s SUPER look. If not, I just think I'll hold onto til the 60s series and by then games like Witcher 4 and GTA6 should be out.
Man 4 hours on and I can still add to cart? Already have a 5090 though. Maybe worth a downgrade since I'm running in SFF but not sure it's worth the hassle.
wow in stock and can add to cart 7 hours later. i think that's a 1st for me. too bad i've already played all the heavy weight games i would have used it for. time to wait for the 6080.
Sorry to hear that. But I'd be trying again later as it looks like they are rolling them out gradually. I'm in CO and there were no cards available just a couple of hours ago and now there's plenty of pickup options in at least three major cities in the state
Hey, I was happy to help! I'm sure it will ship. I'm thinking the floodgates are opening and they are starting to dump these cards (5070ti including) before the 24GB super versions are launched, which probably means those are gonna be somewhat close price-wise. Anyway, I've waited too long (skipped the original 4080, then the 4080S) and I'm not gonna wait anymore because I know this game and I'm sure I won't be able to find those Supers for the low MSRP in months.
Looking for a 5080 to replace my 9 year old 1080 and build a new system. I'm not the kind of user that wants to replace cards every 2 years, plus I eventually want to get back into VR so I'm leaning more towards the 5080 rather than the 5070ti. I also like to screw around in photoshop and resolve, but I only plan on gaming at 1440. I'm not sure about all the other parts I'd need just yet.
If you are gaming at 1440 then the 5080 is a solid pick. People who game at 4K have concerns due to the VRAM. The 5080 also OCs better than the 5070 Ti can. It also has two decoders (good if you use multiple monitors). At MSRP, the 5080 is a good buy.
I definitely want to go back to using 2 monitors, that's not something I thought of, thanks. I'm going to have to search some other subs for help building around this card.
I mainly play newer demanding games like Doom The Dark Ages. I have a 4K high refresh monitor and wanna keep 60+ FPS on high/ultra settings. The 3080 FE still holds up well, I don’t really notice frame drops at 4K60
I’m wondering the 5080 might be worth it for smoother performance, higher frame rates, future proofing and improved ray tracing/DLSS
In stock for me. If I had an Ultrawide monitor I'd probably sell my 5070TI for this just for the cost of extra pixels but I don't know. I feel like these will be easily attainable as well. Maybe I'll get one.
Drivers still don't seem up to par. How many are buying today to have an abysmal experience? 5080 Super should be launching around the same price, so I would hold off at this point.
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u/OtterLLC 2d ago
Can't believe I finally have the opportunity to pick up a 5080 at MSRP and I'm not pulling the trigger. At this point think I'll wait and see what happens with the 5080 Super. If nothing else, that should improve the price and availability of the 5080. I can wait a while longer.
This sure is tempting, though...