Nvidia 5080 in VR - initial thoughts

[Qcumber]

8 hours ago, Danoliver1 said:

You can easily overclock the 5080 to be almost as fast as a 4090.

Yes. Particularly since the 576 driver update. I get a 10-11% boost over stock. And a 16-17% boost over 572 stock speeds. 

 

Edited Sunday at 08:13 AM by Qcumber

[Koziolek]

Unfortunately 576 driver does nothing for me apart from frequent black screens 

 

BTW I read that the only gain is in Steel Nomad. In games it does nothing, maybe 1 fps

[Qcumber]

14 minutes ago, Koziolek said:

Unfortunately 576 driver does nothing for me apart from frequent black screens 

 

BTW I read that the only gain is in Steel Nomad. In games it does nothing, maybe 1 fps

I have just compared 272 vs 276 in Firestrike extreme. There is no overall difference except in the physics test. 

5080 (272)	40404	45765	38136	22583
5080 (276)	40804	45609	41343	22549
	101%	100%	108%	100%

 

 

[Qcumber]

And in game test shows no difference either. Green is 276. Blue is 272. This is an F-16 flight low over Cairo. 

[Rainer_B.]

On 4/25/2025 at 12:12 PM, Qcumber said:

I would wait for the 5080ti. Unless you manage to get an MSRP 5080 and sell your 4080 for a similar price. 

and they are still waiting and waiting. I got a MSI 5080 for retail, my 3080 12G will go in my second PC and the old 2070 Super will make a Friend very happy. You buy when you need it or you will never buy a Thing.

[Qcumber]

4 minutes ago, Rainer_B. said:

and they are still waiting and waiting. I got a MSI 5080 for retail, my 3080 12G will go in my second PC and the old 2070 Super will make a Friend very happy. You buy when you need it or you will never buy a Thing.

That's what I did. Managed to get an FE for £949. But then I was upgrading from a 4070.

[Aapje]

2 hours ago, Rainer_B. said:

and they are still waiting and waiting. I got a MSI 5080 for retail, my 3080 12G will go in my second PC and the old 2070 Super will make a Friend very happy. You buy when you need it or you will never buy a Thing.

That's not true, you can delay or hasten your upgrade based on the situation. Part of being a smart consumer is recognizing the time to strike.

That said, the 5080 is not a bad card to buy right now, aside from the pricing that may keep improving over the coming months. It has enough VRAM. But anything below a 5080 is not good, and there's a lot to be said to wait for a likely Super-version with more VRAM.

[Hempstead]

Yippee! I got my hands on a 9950X3D at MSRP, sorta! All I had to do is flew to Taiwan, walked into the first shop off the escalator in the infamous/famous KwangHwa Market and asked about it.
 

OK OK, I have some business to do in Taiwan. So I thought I’d give it a shot. That market hasn’t disappointed me since the 80’s.

 

With the RTX 5080 I already have, I can finally start ordering other parts for the new gaming rig.