NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition Video Card Review

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Test Setup

We are using an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for testing. We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings on the latest release BIOS. We have enabled PCI-Express Resizable BAR in the motherboard BIOS. We have enabled EXPO I in the BIOS for the memory. We are using a fresh install of Windows 11 Pro with the latest Windows Updates, including the 24H2 update. We have the latest drivers installed including the latest chipset drivers from AMD.  We are using the “Balanced” power profile in Windows Settings.

NVIDIA provided a press driver for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, and we are using this driver (572.12) also on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 testing data and GeForce RTX 4080 Super testing data. All data was re-tested in this review with this new driver. We are using the latest Radeon RX 7900 XTX driver available.

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REVIEW OVERVIEW

Gaming Performance
7
Build Quality and Cooling
10
Value
9

SUMMARY

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is NVIDIA's new generation Blackwell architecture at the $999 price point. The GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition has an appealing cooling design, that is beautifully designed, and efficient in cooling and size. The GeForce RTX 5080 FE underwhelms in performance and seems a minor uplift over the previous generation at this price point in terms of the gameplay experience delivered. Its redeeming value is providing slightly better performance, at the same price point as the previous generation, and would provide a solid upgrade from generations prior to the GeForce RTX 40 series.
Brent Justicehttps://www.thefpsreview.com
Former managing editor of GPUs at HardOCP for 18 years, Brent Justice has been reviewing computer components since the late 90s, educated in the art and method of the computer hardware review, he brings experience, knowledge, and hands-on testing with a gamer-oriented and hardware enthusiast perspective. You can follow him on Twitter - @Brent_Justice You can sub to his YouTube channel - Justice Gaming https://www.youtube.com/c/JusticeGamingChannel You can check out his computer builds on KIT - @BrentJustice https://kit.co/BrentJustice

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