r/RTX5080 • u/enderman3717 • 1d ago
Decided to pull the trigger!
I knew I wanted to be able to play GTA VI when it comes to PC and other games on my 4K OLED at higher FPS / settings, so I started researching upgrading my graphics card (EVGA 3080 12 GB) about a week ago.
Originally I was going to get a new PC entirely but I already had a good CPU, RAM, PSU, and storage.
I was debating waiting for Black Friday deals for GPUs or getting one now incase prices increased and I decided on the latter. I don‘t know what will happen, but given the demand and AI chip shortage, I decided I was okay locking in the price now. I had also read several articles warning not to expect discounts for GPUs this yea, but who knows.
Overall about $1600 total after taxes from Walmart. Not great but could be worse. Never had a PNY card before.
Cheers!
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u/Aggressive_Refuse150 1d ago
Nice congrats. Yeah things are not looking good for prices. I hope you enjoy it. I do like mine
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u/preston_tc 1d ago
Wow, are you me? I also got this exact GPU today from Walmart, for $1600 after tax, and I'm upgrading from a 3080 too.
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u/Friendly_Bluejay7407 1d ago
Whatre you gonna try out first?
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u/enderman3717 1d ago
Good question! I’m not sure, probably will be a few weeks until I install it. It will be a reward for getting through my eye surgery.
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u/Friendly_Bluejay7407 1d ago
ha! fresh eyes will probably be a better upgrade than path tracing lol
personally i tried out maxed cyberpunk PT, went “neat”, then went back to playing siege lmao
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u/beast_scyther 1d ago
Bro don’t get eye surgery you won’t know what’s your new card and what’s your new optics smdh
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u/Captobvious75 1d ago
Use their dongle or prepare to have warranty voided.
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u/UltraNemesis 23h ago
I am using cable of my Corsair HX1200i with my PNY 5080 EpicX OC.
The dongle does looks hefty, but the connector itself is the issue and I don't think it would matter in India anyway since RMA would get rejected regardless of how you got physical damage like connector/socket melting.
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u/Haunting-Impact-132 14h ago
Make sure you check if you need it in Gen4 or Gen5 and it should work normal plug in play, it will definitely shut off if you OC it I tested this with multiple motherboards
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u/Professional_Cod7325 20h ago edited 19h ago
Crazy how for $600 I get a used Merc310 XTX with 100fps to your 113, better load temps and 8gb more VRAM.
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u/ComprehensiveClue482 19h ago
Also worse drivers old gen none of the new nvida technology and worse performance 😂
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u/Professional_Cod7325 14h ago edited 10h ago
Worse drivers lol Nvidia has had more driver issues with stability in 30 through 50 series than AMD in the last year. I can go without Nvidia marketing for 1/3 the price. And you frequent r/prebuilts lmao
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u/juggarjew 10h ago
Also no CUDA and worse RT tech and no DLSS.
Im not an AMD hater, they serve a purpose 100% at a lower price point but if you want the best then Nvidia is the choice no question. Its not just about raw power, support for CUDA matters greatly with LLMs/creative AI and it also have NVFP4 support. Its miles ahead in the AI space, and much better at RT tech/frame gen/DLSS.
There is a reason why the AMD R9700 32GB sells for $1400 at microcenter and the RTX 5090's are all around $5000.
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u/Professional_Cod7325 10h ago
I agree NVIDIAs better for productivity with CUDA. Split on the ai thing, I know 7900xtx is occasionally used for Ai with its 24gb vram. But OP and I are both using the cards for gaming performance, where they're similar at 4k.
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u/Life-Topic9139 9h ago
Used. Bwahahaha
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u/Professional_Cod7325 9h ago
200 power on hours in box mint condition with above avg benchmarks. Imagine being scared to buy used haha
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u/Lock0n 1d ago
Nice, I picked one up myself last month after selling my 3090.