An overseas reviewer has posted the first images of an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition and shared that reviews will go live on January 29. An earlier rumor claimed that the review embargo for the RTX 5080 would lift on January 30th but according to a reviewer who has received a GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition for review, it has been moved up a day to coincide with the Chinese New Year. However, AIB reviews will go live the day after as is consistent for many NVIDIA GPU releases. These first images of an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition show a card identical to renders used in recent NVIDIA promotional images for DLSS but also include its new 3x 8-pin power connector.
Additionally, it’s been confirmed that the 12VHPWR power connector has been upgraded to a 12V-2×6 and includes a 3x 8-pin adapter enabling up to 450W of power delivery to the card. However, it’s also said that the included adapter is larger than the one provided with the RTX 4080 FE, which featured a 12VHPWR connector instead, so users will need to plan accordingly for the upcoming card since aside from increased graphics card sizes, owners must also take into account having enough space to accommodate connectors as well. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition will launch the day after its review embargo lifts on January 30 with a $999 MSRP.
bilibili channel 碳基科技研究所 received rtx 5080 fe and the adaptor cable looks really nice compared the whats bundled in rtx4000.
— UNIKO's Hardware 🌏 (@unikoshardware) January 15, 2025
the plug is now much larger so case compatibility seems worse.
also this time true two pins/cables for the sideband signal and nvidia no longer… pic.twitter.com/wlaVYEqf9X
According to VideoCardz the flagship NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 will include a 4x 8-pin adaptor that will supply up to 600W to the graphics card, which is the max rating for 12VHPWR/12V-2×6. It’s been claimed that review embargos for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 will lift on January 24. MSRP for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is $1,999 and also said to launch on January 30.
Discussion (11 replies)
Join Discussion →This is the revised, non-melty version of the older firey one? Not some new new connector, right?
Not new, it's 12V-2×6, and it's not perfect. I however, do not know what the failure rate is on it, and how many if any have been reported melting. Still has the inherent issue of lower tolerances than traditional 8-pin cables.
Hey we have an intolerant president in the US, might as well have intolerant connectors. ;) sorry couldn't resist.
Might be cheaper for Europeans to buy the card in the US, though it would suck if they had to be returned there for RMA in case there is an issue
Not necessarily. We still don't know how the tariff pissing contest is going to play out.
While that is true, there are already some leaked prices with some 5080's going for well over 2.000€
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Truly sorry for that. It sucks plain and simple. I don't think the 5080 is worth that in any fashion.
Edit: We haven't done a post on it but there was news recently about NVIDIA limiting stock in order to various outlets in order to curb scalping but it also mentioned how this could lead to some resellers raising their prices. This is probably a symptom of that. Hopefully, those in the EU will be able to source from more respectable sellers than this one. For us in the U.S we're mainly limited to B&H, BB, and MC which might sound good but in reality, you have to be able to live near an MC or BB that gets stock (I don't re: MC, and the local BBs are about useless for new PC hardware) or wait for the near-never moment B&H gets it.) I've been trying to buy from B&H since the 30 series launch and it usually takes a year or more before that can happen and by then I'm no longer interested.
Your mc is way different than ours. Ours has tons of stock even has 9800x3d cpus in stock.
Yeah the stores are bad too, I see intel B580's beeing sold around the 400€ mark, they started at 329€ which was already a lot for those but apparently it sells good enough to increase the price some more, same for the 9800X3D it's also 100€ or more over MSRP.
I go by Denver's since it is the closest at 6 hours away. Its stock has been pretty good but still doesn't compare to those on the East Coast. However, local BB stock for just about any premium PC in NM is about useless for the first year or two, or more. BB corporate really gives us the middle finger for various stuff and has for about a decade now, I could say more but I won't as I'm not the only one who has noticed.
As for what the 5090 looks like: https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-pre
That card is much thinner than I was expecting.