Nvidia RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 release day live: join us for the picosecond where the new RTX Blackwell cards are in stock
What I will say about the RTX 50-series is that DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation is ace. In the games I've tested the feature in, both with games where it's been natively implemented and where it's accessible via DLSS Override in the Nvidia App, it's delivering the sort of 4K frame rates you're not going to see out of native rendering for many GPU generations.
When you're hitting triple figure frame rates in Alan Wake 2 at max ray traced settings, with such low PC latency, it's truly impressive.
So, what are the bets? Will the cards last longer than ten minutes on sale?
And here's my less enthusiastic review of the Nvidia RTX 5080 Founders Edition:
«The RTX 5080 Founders Edition uses the same lovely shroud as the top RTX Blackwell card, and brings the same DLSS/MFG feature set to the table. But that's all that is really setting the second-tier card apart from the RTX 4080 Super as the gen-on-gen performance difference is marginal at best. It might not be an exciting GPU, but at least the veneer of Multi Frame Generation will make it feel like a generational leap to most gamers.»
Here's my Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders Edition review a card:
«This is one of those times where I kinda want to give multiple scores. The GPU itself is a decent improvement over the RTX 4090, with more, faster memory, more cores, and a gorgeous chassis. But in terms of brute force rendering it's only incrementally faster in comparison with the performance bumps from Turing to Ampere to Ada. The future-focused AI chops and the marvel of Multi Frame Generation, however, I will praise to the high heavens. They may be 'fake frames', but it matters not a whit when you're gaming at those ultra smooth, ultra-high ray traced settings.»
Where to buy the Nvidia RTX 5080: the high-end GPU is launching today, so here's every RTX 5080 retailer listing I've found so far
Waiting for the launch of Nvidia's RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 is getting in-tents with hopefuls already pitching up outside of Micro Center
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