GPU Help: RTX 5080 now or wait for the super cards/60 series?

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Heretic817@reddit

Hot take: Buy a 5070ti 16GB now and not a 5080 16GB or wait for the 60 Series. Just like my opinion, man.

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To anyone watching this sub regularly it's more of a luke warm consensus. I just grabbed an msi 5070 ti ventus at $750 with a $20 rebate and arc raiders which I was going to buy anyway. In the wildly unlikely event the 5080 super can handle 4k gaming and stabilizes around $1000, I'll upgrade in a year or two and move the 5070 ti to one of my kids' machines.

My coworker that simply builds a top end machine every 5 years thinks that I'm some sort of peasant with a $1600 build dedicated to 1440p gaming.

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star-gaze3@reddit

Wait the 5080 can't handle 4k? I thought it was a 4k card

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Skywarrd_@reddit

i have it and i play only at 4K, but i use DLSS performance for most games, for heavy games you sort of have to

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dominicho12@reddit

Old but I got a 4070 super and playing resident evil requiem on dlss balance with Ray tracing 60fps for 4k. There's no way a 4080 or 5080 can't hit more than that at 4k.

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Payment-Muted@reddit

I got a 5070ti a few days ago. It blasts through 4k. If your base fps is 80-100. Frame gen 2x brings it right up to 144hertz. With GPU power to spare.

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fqkn-Auto_correct@reddit

It can, I use a 3080ti and play in 4k on high settings on .ost titles and range from 80-120 fps

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tylertrimnal@reddit

I use a 2080 super and play 4k all the time. People that say this shit baffles me.

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Euphoric_Row4547@reddit

right when I got my 1080ti it was/is a great 4k card just don't expect to play games from the last 5 years at max settings anymore. but it's performance in stuff from 2018 and before has only gotten better and that library of games hasn't shrunk...

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star-gaze3@reddit

Really?? And you get good framerates? What CPU are you using?

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venti_the_bark@reddit

I dont think even 5090 can do 4k 260 fps without lowering setting and using balance DLSS. Every High End card is 1440p card until developer fix thier games.

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star-gaze3@reddit

But it can sometimes do 4k 100 fps which isn't bad for story type games.

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bacarddi@reddit

I have the 5080 and it can handle 4k without dlss :)

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Ok-Yogurtcloset-8180@reddit

Lol no

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Visual_Dimension_933@reddit

I have a 4080..and it still handles 4k. Using 32 worked Asus PG32UCDP monitor.

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s1lentharbinger@reddit

3080 here and RE4 remake played nicely in 4k

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Own-Jeweler3169@reddit

not high refresh. I have it too, and use 1440p dlaa/dlss q if req. 1% lows are still an issue.

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Cool_Ad_2056@reddit

It can just fine. I run a 4080 Galax super all day at 4k.

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ExGavalonnj@reddit

I switched my 5080 for a 5090 for 4k. 5080 has the same performance at 4k as my 6800xt did at 1440p so didn't feel like an upgrade

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Agile_Macaroon_4394@reddit

I did the same. Came from a 3080 (1440) and the 5080, while a great card, was a little lackluster at 4k for the money. So I decided to return it and go all in on the 5090. The price is crazy but it is a powerhouse and the only true 4k card this gen IMO.

The 5080 does overclock very well though. And I know it's perfectly fine at 4k with DLSS, it just irked me to have to compromise at all with such a high end card with a high end pricetag.

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Heretic817@reddit

That's kind of my take as well. The 5080 is not a bad GPU. It's a pretty good GPU at a terrible price. $1000+ for basically a 5070ti+ is pretty offensive. If it at least had 20-24GB VRAM and was a touch faster it would make more sense to me. I always bought 80 Series forever but this Gen. I could not stomach it.

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Agile_Macaroon_4394@reddit

Yep, agree with all that. The '80 class has always been the sweetspot for me too, but I probably would have gone for the 5070ti this gen had I been able to get an FE version (case limitations mean I can't fit most of the AIBs) and I'm sure I would have been happy. So I went 5080 FE... And then 5090. I'm significantly poorer but I'm happy, as long as nobody tells the Mrs how much it's cost...

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Efp722@reddit

Don’t think he’s doubting that part. I think he is assuming it’ll be over his chosen budget of $1000.

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ex_oh@reddit

Yeah, I still have reservations about my graphics card being more than 50% of the cost of my build. I started building back in the 1900s so I'm having to adapt to a new reason for inflated GPU prices every few years.

Also, not even the current AAA suite of games runs great at 4k on a 5080. If I'm dropping $1k on a card, I better get what I want to play now and cover at least a few years of future gaming. If borderlands 4 is any indication of the norm for lazy optimization, then 5080 won't handle 4k.

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Shxcking@reddit

For what it’s worth, I’m one of those top end machines every 5+ years guys but I just did a 5080 9800x3d build this past weekend for ~1700 post tax with all the Black Friday + PayPal cash back bs + I sold my old 2080ti build for 600 so all in all 1200 deep

Imo what’s an extra $200 between 70ti -> 80 when you’re getting value like that, but alas you are happy with yours and I’m happy with mine. Nothing more to it

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beansNdip@reddit

Holy crap, im know im late to the party but I just gotta say.. you stole that computer at that price bro. Paid 2600 for the same exact rig a month ago. (500 being RAM alone!)

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Shxcking@reddit

I got absolutely blessed to get 48gb ddr5 for $150 from a friend tearing apart his old server

Otherwise I would have been boned lol

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RaZoRBackR3D@reddit

Why is it wildly unlikely that the 5080 super can handle 4k? My 5080 handles 4k amazingly.

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Strange_Ad65@reddit

Depends, if you can wait... i would wait for the 5080 super, or 60series...
90s Series are horrendously overpriced... wanted to grab one for ages, but its just a joke
And the 5080 is (from my view) a great value to price ratio, but I would not like to buy 16gig of ram this late in the upgrade cycle.

Problem is, Nvidia has other priorities, and they dont need any revenue from the grafic cards sector, so it could be a long wait... and the 1080 wont get your far... so if you need a quick resolution, maybe really go for the 5070ti if you can live with it, and sell it when the 60s are affordable. Always easier to sell "cheaper" cards, than the high end...

Price / Value is best at 5070 if you ask me, okay at 5080, and bad to very bad at 4090 or 5090...

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DKlurifax@reddit

I randomly found a 5080 while browsing a huge Scandinavian retailer, that had a 41% discount (741 euros) for some reason. It's 100 euro more expensive than a 5070ti so I instantly ordered it. (1031 euro delivered)

They had 66 cards and 10 minutes later they were all sold out.

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BoukObelisk@reddit

which retailer was this?

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DKlurifax@reddit

Komplet

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BoukObelisk@reddit

What was the manufacture? Gigabyte?

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DKlurifax@reddit

https://www.komplett.dk/product/1319103#

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DKlurifax@reddit

PNY triple fan OC

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Ok_Inspection_7642@reddit

i love my 5070 ti i got it 90 under and then i refunded borderlands 4 so i technically got around £150 off, i was waiting for 5+ years for a gpu

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Symsonite@reddit

Was about to say the same thing: either go for a 5070Ti (or a 9070XT) now, or wait for next Gen. The 5080 is just bad value, and the 5090 is a halo product/still overprized and out of the question for >95%.

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Successful-Crow2398@reddit

5080 is ~10% better performance than 5070ti for what, 30% more money? I don't see any heresy here, it feels more like common sense if you do care about performance x cost...

Or maybe I just made it worse. But hey, your name is Heretic817 so what else can we expect :P

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Heretic817@reddit

So, you have chosen the flames. I weep for you.

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Structureel@reddit

Winter is coming. Flames are nice.

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dertechie@reddit

That’s not heresy. The 5070Ti is a much better value and easier to find at MSRP. There’s not enough daylight between the cards to justify paying so much more. If they’ve waited 7 years they aren’t the kind of person who needs the newest and best.

Either make the value play with what currently exists or give it a bit. See if NVidia drops an announcement at CES for Supers in January 2026. If they’re coming we will see leaks of things like regulatory filings from AIBs around then. Meanwhile the rumor mill keeps pushing the dates back like a doomsday cult.

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banica24@reddit

I’d get a 5070 Ti yes. For you a big upgrade. I’m upgrading from a 3070 Ti.

Yeah everyone is saying wait for the super cards but I wouldn’t be able to afford a brand new card at launch. Plus I avoid getting things (hardware and software) at release. Might have bugs or issues

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John_GOOP@reddit

I went from a 1080 to a 4070.

Huge jump.

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Blurple_Forehead@reddit

I remember when people said “wait for the 50 series”, maybe top 3 worst pieces of advice ever given OAT

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lancena_bro@reddit

Yep I rush sold my 4090 for a 50 series. Worst decision ever. Now I’m stuck with a 3060 ti.

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dudenotcool@reddit

Why are you stuck with a 3060ti. What did you spend the money on?

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lancena_bro@reddit

Speeding fines lmao

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CarelessTourist4671@reddit

lmao

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Rosty93@reddit

Wtf did you get to now be stuck with a 3060ti. Anything in the 4-5000s series is better than that x.x

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Shxcking@reddit

Wait why I just bought a 5080 D:

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Routine-Bug-6843@reddit

The 5000 series are crap cards for their price, atleast 6000 series will finaly have a real node shrink and more vram. Feels alot better spending 1000-1800€ on a 24 gig vram card so your not limited after 5 minutes🤣

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Ggbro77@reddit

Unless your dead set on a Nvidia card i would recommend the AMD 9070XT. Pretty good pricing with it not breaking the bank. The 5070ti is very comparable if you want to go Nvidia

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BrilliantAd4234@reddit

I just bought this prebuild off ebay (link below) rtx 5080 intel 14700kf 32gb ram and 2tb storgage ssd nvme

1920 all in with ebay voucher currently

The 1 i bought was certified open box and came basically brand new. They have 1 or 2 more available at same or slightly higher price refurbed or brand new. I think its a bargain personally

https://ebay.us/m/pIsbR7

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r3noble@reddit

I’m from the future, buy it yesterday

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DXsocko007@reddit

Id get a 5080 now. Ram shortages and nvidia going to be producing 30-40% less cards in 2026... could be a while before you get a new 60 series. get the power now.

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Other_Car3342@reddit

What's the amd card

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Key-Difference9216@reddit

Wait a few more months for the 5080 Super

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Ongatongi@reddit

I got rtx 5080 right now and so far im loving it. Pretty much you’re good for the next 8-10 yrs of new games coming in. With that span you have a new gaming pc fs 🤟🏽

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Visual_Dimension_933@reddit

I play at 4k at 240fps.. I dont care about fake frames.. it my 5080 Astral runs better than my strix 4080. Very big difference. Don't even care what other people say. It's my money and the games I play are my own. I can tweak the setting to fit my needs. Best 5080 I ever bought. Now, I need to sell my 4080 lol.

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Absolut1l@reddit

Been a couple weeks. Did you make a decision?

I recently decided to bite the bullet and just build a whole new rig. My system was a custom build Ryzen 5900X, RTX 3080Ti, 32GB RAM system. It’s still no slouch but I really enjoy gaming on a 48” OLED and that system struggled with various games at 4K. I jumped to a RYZEN 9800X3D, RTX 5080, 64 GB RAM system.

Let’s just say that I am THRILLED. I ended up picking up a Zotac OC card simply because it was the cheapest white 5080 I could find at the time ($1,099). This was about a month ago. Well, come to find out the 5080 overclocks like a beast! I am running stable clocks that beat 3DMark Steel Nomad 4090 average score. And so far it is night and day difference gaming. Everything that struggled before just to be playable before now runs at max monitor refresh rate with no compromises worth mentioning.

IMO I think a lot of tech channels and tech journalists were a little too harsh on the 5080. Everyone was on this train it seemed, thinking the 5080 was not a great card and a massive ripoff. While I can understand the pricing argument, the reality is the market is what it is. Crypto and AI emergence aren’t something we can control. These are very high tech products now competing with massively profitable emerging industry applications. Stack that with the pandemic effects on supply chain, inflation, and people continuing to buy at scalper prices -what did people expect? It’s not exactly difficult to understand why prices are high. It seems to me that much of the negative reception for the 5080 was backlash for rising prices. It completely skewed popular opinion leaving people like me misinformed. I saw very little focus on how well the 5080 overclocks for example.

Accepting the reality of competitive and economic forces and just examine the 5080 for what it is, it is a different story than what most people are probably thinking. The 5080 kicks ass IMO. Of course I wish it didn’t retail at $1,000. But it is a monster of a card that has all the bells and whistles. There’s literally no better match for the absolute top CPU’s these days.

VRAM has been a largely unfounded anxiety for years now. I never even had an issue with my 12GB 3080Ti and I alway ran textures on ultra and 4K. 16GB, IMO, is plenty for the vast majority of people playing popular games. And it will last until you feel the need to upgrade for performance reasons before VRAM limitations. Not to mention DLSS is incredible and reduces VRAM use anyways.

TLDR; Don’t lose out on what you could be enjoying now for FOMO tomorrow. The SUPER cards aren’t going to vastly improve your experience over the current cards. But going from a 1080Ti to a 5080 is a mind-blowing upgrade. If you plan on 4K get a 5080 for sure. If 1080p or 1440p a 5070Ti would be killer and also still be a massive upgrade. But if you are running lower resolutions then CPU becomes far more important else you’ll bottleneck your GPU. So look into what CPU could match with your GPU and for what resolution you plan to use.

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FireFighterIsaac@reddit

Still running a 3080ti with a 1440 monitor and ultra/high on all games without an issue. Was getting a little itchy to buy either a 5070ti or 5080, but then I need to bump up my power supply, so on the fence timing wise. But 3080ti still kicking tail :) And that is slightly bottlenecked by the 11700 proc.

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Leavemehaloone@reddit

The 5070ti is a 300w card whereas the 3080 ti is a 350w!!

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EquipmentSpiritual59@reddit

In a market like GFX cards, you can always make both arguments. The question is, do you have problems gaming on you

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JournalistIll9058@reddit

Still blazing with rx6900xt aorus elite waterforce pair with 32gb of ram and cpu Ryzen 9 9950x3e.. so my question is, to waiting for rx 9080 32gb or to rtx 6090??

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IrishWeebster@reddit

Is the super series coming out soon? This is the third post I've seen about this today.

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starfals_123@reddit

Therea re rumors about Q3... 2026... soo. Not exactly soon if that comes out to be true. We shall see, but the memory prices have gone up big time.

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Blue-150@reddit

Rumors suggest 1st or 2nd quarter 2026. 6000 series likely in 2027

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fyreburn@reddit

It's been coming out "soon" for the past 3 months or so.

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IrishWeebster@reddit

... yeah ima just buy the 5070ti OC and call it a day.

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InsertFloppy11@reddit

Best decision

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_Flight_of_icarus_@reddit

Likely the best bet!

If rumored specs are true, Super cards will be more of a VRAM upgrade than anything else (on paper at least), and I'd imagine the higher VRAM just means they'll all get snatched up by AI bros and impossible to get anywhere near MSRP until the 6000-series is about to release.

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GamesTeasy@reddit

Just get a fuckin card. All this fomo bs about wanting to wait for the new series or supercards is cringe af.

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MarluxiaX2@reddit

Agreed.

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Grape_Beginning@reddit

i just build a crazy expensive all white build for a 5080, do u guys think the 60 series card be ddr6 and require a full build change?

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IWillAssFuckYou@reddit

5080 is a good choice if you plan on overclocking it as you can meet or exceed 4090 performance (though it still has the same amount of VRAM as a 5070 Ti and not a 4090, so that may be a limitation at 4k). Can't say it is worth it over a 5070 Ti if you don't plan on overclocking.

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GoldenFox7@reddit

As someone cranking away on my 1080 (non Ti) I resent the comparison to a Honda civic with 250k miles. Your 1080ti is at worst a Ford Taurus with 180k.

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Unicorn_puke@reddit

Now. AI boom is going to eat new GPU production making availability scarce like it was during mining boom

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Divinity_Smore@reddit

There will always be the next best thing coming out. Don't decide off fear of missing out. Most of the cards coming out now are really good and will last a long time. Resale value has historically been good on GPUs too.

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tildekey_@reddit

Heck I bought last gen’s power colour 7800xt Red Devil edition because of how good the price was and couldn’t justify 9070xt prices.

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acayaba@reddit

If you can wait, I’d do that. It’s ridiculous to me that the 5080 was released with 16GB.

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enigma-90@reddit

Get 5090 now, then get 6090 when it's out.

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Erawick@reddit

See if they change how the power is delivered. Or buy an ASUS card

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RanchuBoss@reddit

I upgraded to a PNY 5080 OC from an EVGA 1080 to FTW3

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dood1776@reddit

Buy a used 3080 for $300 cash in during range with Facebook marketplace.

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nelsonmavrick@reddit

Seems like this question gets posted everyday.

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ariukidding@reddit

5080 if you can pick one up on a nice sale, but then again, 5070ti on sale is more bang for your buck. Biggest factor id say is on what resolution do you think you’ll be gaming? 5080 is nice when OC’d so you can tackle 4k games quite well. If you’re gonna be on 1440p or competitive shooting games just stick with 5070ti. Whatever you choose is a huge upgrade from your current one.

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960be6dde311@reddit

I would just go ahead and get one now

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Current_Finding_4066@reddit

You will need to wait for half a year, at least for prices to stabilise.

Recent price hike indicates that prices might be higher soon.

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heydanalee@reddit

I think a 5070Ti will be good for you. A terrific upgrade and a way better price point.

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Aware-Evidence-5170@reddit

Definitely wait but expect to pay more for the super series.

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According_Spare7788@reddit

60 series is way too early to tell.

I have the 1080 ti ftw3, upgraded to the 3080 ftw3 and now am on the 5080. We really don't know when or how much the super series is gonna cost, since it's still quite some time away. They might announce it as CES or later, but I fear general availability is gonna probably be Q3 26, since the high VRAM capacity is gonna be pretty attractive for people who want these cards for AI.

The price of the 5080 has come down. Availability is generally good right now, and you can pick some models up for less than MSRP, which is what I did. Bought a white 5080l for 100 under MSRP.

What also concerns me is the recent spike of memory chips prices, and since the super series this generation is mainly focused on increasing the VRAM capacity, I think this will directly lead to higher MSRP prices for the super models. We could be looking at a 1200 MSRP for the 5080 super.

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SnowPenguin7@reddit

You might end up in a similar place once you're able to reliably get super series cards. That is to say, by then you might be asking "should I wait until 60 series?"

Even after super series drops, I'd imagine that stuff will also be scalped and scarce to hell and back.

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LegendaryTribes@reddit

do you need one now, or do you think you can wait? if you can wait a few more months just wait till super series drops in q1, its like 2-3 months away.

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sufi101@reddit

I am in the same predicament and also have the same gpu right now lol