RTX 5080 Review: Power Efficiency Gains, But a Performance Letdown

Hot on the heels of our of RTX 5090 review, today we can present our full analysis of Nvidia's RTX 5080. While still hugely expensive at £979/$999, this GPU is at least slightly more accessible than the RTX 50-series flagship, given it comes in at roughly half the price. But does that mean RTX 5080 is only 50% as fast? See the full written review here: https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/dominic-moass/nvidia-rtx-5080-review-efficiency-gains-but-a-performance-letdown

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Motherboard: MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiFi
Memory: 64GB (2x32GB) Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 6000MHz CL30
SSD: 4TB Kingston NV3 Gen 4 PCIe NVMe
Chassis: MSI MPG Gungnir 300R Airflow
CPU Cooler: MSI MAG CoreLiquid i360
Power Supply: MSI MEG Ai1300P
Operating System: Windows 11 23H2
Monitor: MSI MPG 321URX QD-OLED
Resizable BAR: Enabled for all supported GPUs

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00:00 Intro
00:48 RTX 5080 specs
02:01 Test setup
03:49 Alan Wake 2
04:30 Black Myth: Wukong
05:01 Cyberpunk 2077
05:33 Final Fantasy XVI
06:06 Forza Horizon 5
06:38 Ghost of Tsushima
07:02 Horizon Forbidden West
07:26 The Last of Us Part 1
08:01 Plague Tale: Requiem
08:27 Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
08:52 Starfield
09:21 Total War: Warhammer III
09:45 12-game average results
11:03 Cost per frame analysis
12:21 RT Alan Wake II
12:50 RT Black Myth: Wukong
13:15 RT Cyberpunk 2077
13:39 RT F1 24
14:03 RT Ratchet & Clank
14:28 RT Returnal
14:53 RT Shadow of the Tomb Raider
15:22 RT Star Wars Outlaws
15:44 RT 8-game average
17:13 DLSS 4 - Multi Frame Generation
19:46 AI & productivity benchmarks
21:02 Founders Edition design, thermals & acoustics
22:33 Power draw and efficiency
24:23 Closing thoughts

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