MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC Review - Bold Design, Impressive 4K Gaming Performance

TweakTown Rating: 91%

Our Verdict

With its out-of-the-box overclocked settings, high-quality all-metal build, unique cooling design, and near-silent performance, the new MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC is a custom RTX 5080 to take note of. It delivers fantastic DLSS-powered 4K gaming performance, and is efficient too.

Pros

• MSI's revamped EXPERT is quieter and runs cooler
• A 4K gaming powerhouse, overclocked
• Fantastic ray-tracing and Path Tracing performance
• DLSS 4 is a game-changer and makes the RTX 5080 a 4K 120+ FPS GPU
• Power efficient

Cons

• Falls short of matching GeForce RTX 4090 performance
• Only 23% faster than the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Should you buy it?

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Introduction

With the dust now somewhat settled after the launch of no less than ten brand-new GPUs on brand-new architecture from both NVIDIA and AMD in 2025, the new hierarchy is as follows. The most powerful GPU on the planet for PC gaming, content creation tasks, and local AI is the GeForce RTX 5090 with its whopping 32GB of fast GDDR7 memory. In second place is the former champ, the previous generation's GeForce RTX 4090 with its 24GB of GDDR6X memory.

Coming in third, with performance that sits closer to the RTX 4090 than the RTX 4090's performance sits in proximity to the RTX 5090, is the GeForce RTX 5080. NVIDIA's latest GeForce release in the popular enthusiast 80-Class features 16GB of fast GDDR7 memory, 10752 CUDA Cores, 1801 AI TOPS of performance, Neural Rendering optimizations, and full access to the complete DLSS 4 suite of technologies that includes Multi Frame Generation. It's the sort of card that delivers 100+ FPS 4K gaming without breaking a sweat, opens the door to real-time Path Tracing, makes editing 4K or 8K video a breeze, and is a formidable engine for powering local AI workloads.

As one of the most recognized and trusted names when it comes to GeForce RTX hardware, MSI's GeForce RTX 50 Series lineup covers a wide range of models and designs to suit just about any budget. With the launch of the GeForce RTX 5080 at the tail end of January 2025, MSI introduced a new flagship or high-end design called the VANGUARD, alongside upgrading and overhauling the look, feel, and cooling of everything from its affordable VENTUS line to the slim GAMING TRIO models. After getting our first look at the new MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT at Computex 2025, the company is finally ready to launch one of its most unique, bold, and impressive GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU designs we've seen so far.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT is the company's second-generation EXPERT GPU, building on the design we first saw with the MSI GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER EXPERT graphics card from 2024. What makes the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT and the RTX 4080 SUPER variant stand out from a sea of high-end GPUs and GeForce RTX 5080 designs is that the cooling system is based on the push-and-pull setup seen in NVIDIA's Founders Edition designs. This means you've got one large fan on either side of the GPU on airflow duties.

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As far as EXPERT 2.0 goes, it's a definite improvement over the first-generation EXPERT design. The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC delivers excellent thermal performance while also including a generous out-of-the-box overclocked Boost Clock speed of 2715 MHz, with enough headroom to close the performance gap between the RTX 5080 and RTX 4090 in several games. Not that you'd need to overclock the RTX 5080 EXPERT, the new hierarchy places the GeForce RTX 5080 right there as one of the most powerful gaming GPUs on the market. And one that is arguably the card to get for enthusiasts, which we'll get into.

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RTX Blackwell - NVIDIA's Gaming Architecture for the AI Era

Below is a summary of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Series and RTX Blackwell architecture, applicable to all models.

NVIDIA describes 'Neural Rendering,' which includes all previous versions of DLSS and the brand-new DLSS 4, as the 'next era for computer graphics.' They're not alone; the Lead System Architect for the PlayStation 5 Pro console, Mark Cerny, said that ray-tracing is the future of games and that AI will play an integral role in making that happen. DOOM: The Dark Ages developer id Software shared a similar sentiment, adding that the arrival of DLSS was an 'inflection point' for PC game visuals and performance, and on par with the arrival of dedicated GPUs and programmable shaders.

With the arrival of the Blackwell generation and the GeForce RTX 50 Series, AI is now being used to accelerate programmable shaders with the brand-new RTX Neural Shaders. Yes, these are actual neural networks that use live game data, and the power of Tensor Cores to do everything from compress textures, render lifelike materials with a level of detail impossible to match using traditional rendering methods, and even use AI to partially trace rays and then infer "an infinite amount of rays and bounces for a more accurate representation of indirect lighting in the game scene."

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RTX Mega Geometry is incredible in its own right; it essentially increases a scene's geometry detail and complexity (triangles or polygons) by up to 100x. 100 times the detail, it's hard to wrap your head around - but the added benefit in a game like Alan Wake 2 is dramatically improving the performance of the game's Full Ray Tracing or Path Tracing mode. With DLSS 4 and RTX Neural Shaders, NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Series and RTX Blackwell architecture (which includes the same AI optimizations as data center Blackwell) can be viewed as the turning point for PC gaming - the moment when AI becomes integral to everything from designing a game to programming and then finally rendering it on a 4K display to play.

DLSS 4 includes more goodies than NVIDIA's highly touted new Multi Frame Generation technology, but let's start there. DLSS 3's version of Frame Generation has evolved with DLSS 4, powered by Blackwell hardware and software, and an innovative use of AI to generate frames 40% faster while using 30% less VRAM. Switching to a new model also means that Frame Generation and Multi-Frame Generation could soon come to GeForce RTX 20, 30, and RTX 40 Series owners. DLSS 4 benefits all GeForce RTX gamers.

However, with the 5th Generation of Tensor Cores in the GeForce RTX 50 Series delivering 2.5X more AI performance, NVIDIA's latest GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs can execute five complex AI models - covering Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, and Multi Frame Generation in a couple of milliseconds. Part of the reason it happens so quickly is the addition of hardware Flip Metering, which shifts frame pacing to the Blackwell display engine - the result is frame rates of up to 4K 240 FPS and higher without stuttering issues. With up to 15 of every 16 pixels generated by AI, the result is up to 8X the performance when compared to native rendering or rasterized performance.

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DLSS Super Resolution and Ray Reconstruction are also switching to a new 'Transformer' model, with over double the parameters and four times the compute requirement. This is one of the most exciting aspects of the GeForce RTX 50 Series, as it pushes DLSS into a new realm of image quality and performance. The best part is that it will work on all GeForce RTX GPUs; however, there will be a performance hit compared to running it on an RTX 50 Series GPU. Already available in 200+ games, DLSS 4's Transformer model is another DLSS 2.0-like moment for the technology, and the results speak for themselves.

Even better, DLSS 4 is being integrated into the NVIDIA App with a new 'DLSS Override' feature that allows users to experience the latest tech without waiting for a patch or game update. It doesn't stop there, as the new AI Management Processor (AMP) allows AI models to share the GPU with graphics workloads. As a result, expect to see digital humans in games alongside AI assistants like NVIDIA's Project G-Assist become more prevalent in the coming years. This filters down to the creator side, with AI assistants for streamers, who will also benefit from the GeForce RTX 50 Series' expanded creator features.

RTX Blackwell introduces 4:2:2 chroma-sampled video encoding and decoding. The ninth-generation NVENC encoder also improves AV1 and HEVC quality. The flagship GeForce RTX 5090 supports up to three encoders and two decoders to deliver a 50% gen-over-gen improvement in speed compared to the GeForce RTX 4090. The GeForce RTX 5080 adds a second decoder compared to the GeForce RTX 4080. RTX Blackwell is a game-changer for creators and editors, especially with the new low-voltage and cutting-edge GDDR7 memory that dramatically improves memory bandwidth and speed.

Specs and Test System

Specifications

Here's a look at the specs for the flagship GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, the GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5090, compared to the previous Ada generation.

As powerful as the GeForce RTX 5080 is, especially when it comes pre-overclocked like the RTX 5080 EXPERT, one of the biggest criticisms laid at the latest 80-Class GeForce release has been the modest gen-on-gen performance uplift. Compared to the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC is only 15% faster, on average, for 1440p gaming and 23% faster when you bump up the resolution to 4K. One of the reasons for this is that RTX Blackwell was the first GeForce RTX generation to not arrive with a process node shrink. This means it's built using a similar custom TSMC 4N node that powered the GeForce RTX 40 Series or Ada Lovelace generation, albeit with optimizations, improvements, and more advanced RT and Tensor Core hardware.

Compared to the GeForce RTX 4080, the GeForce RTX 5080 features 11% more CUDA, Tensor, and RT Cores alongside a power rating increase of 12.5% to 360W. On paper, the two GPUs look pretty close, hardware-wise, but you've also got faster GDDR7 memory, which sees overall bandwidth increase by around 34% to 960 GB/sec. A lot of the changes and updates have happened underneath the hood, with a focus on AI technologies and performance. And this is for stuff that goes beyond what DLSS currently delivers, including the new and improved DLSS 4 Super Resolution and the GeForce RTX 50 Series exclusive Multi Frame Generation.

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Although more advanced process nodes that are smaller and more efficient continue to arrive at a steady pace, it's no secret that the increased costs associated with designing and manufacturing cutting-edge chips have gone up. RTX Blackwell presents a significant shift in that the architecture is not only built to offer more raw AI performance than the GeForce RTX 4090, but NVIDIA is leveraging its AI leadership to help usher in a new era of Neural Rendering. Although we're only just starting to see these technologies crop up in games like Alan Wake 2 and Half-Life 2 RTX, AI is on the cusp of being used to render more complex scenes with more detail, better lighting, and the ability to compress textures and reduce VRAM requirements by up to 90%.

In the here and now, there are a few other, less theoretical things that make the GeForce RTX 5080 a worthy successor to the RTX 4080. Creators can benefit from improved hardware encoding and decoding for video with pro-grade color accuracy, and the shift to DisplayPort 2.1 means more bandwidth for higher resolution, higher refresh-rate output. As for the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC, its 2730 MHz Boost Clock speed (via MSI Center) is a nice +113 MHz increase over the reference spec and Founders Edition model, resulting in faster performance in almost all benchmarks and tests.

Kosta's Test System

Physical Design and Cooling

MSI calls the improved design of its latest EXPERT design the FLOW FROZR 2 system, which is all about delivering better thermals and silent performance. One of the first things you notice about the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC once you've fired up your first game and the fans spin up is that the cooling lives up to this promise - you can barely hear a thing. How it differs from more traditional two or triple-fan GPUs is that both fans pull air into the GPU, with the front fan pushing the hot air through the exhaust vent on the I/O bracket, and the rear fan pulling and pushing the air through the top of the card.

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Of course, that's just the beginning, as the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT also sports one of the most robust and premium builds you're likely to find, with a die-cast aluminum shroud that covers the entirety of the GPU, which just so happens to be gold on the front and black on the rear. It's sleek and stylish and RGB-free, and looks unlike any other GeForce RTX 5080 on the market. Underneath the hood, you'll find an advanced vapor chamber for the GPU and VRAM, high-end power delivery, high-quality thermal pads, and an overall construction that is as impressive when taken apart as it is when put together.

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It's taller than the RTX 4080 SUPER EXPERT design, with the additional height adding enough space to support 120mm versions of MSI's new STORMFORCE fans. With the power connector placement being in the center of the GPU, you'll probably want to use a dedicated 16-pin power cable for proper case clearance. Although it's tall, the triple-slot thickness makes the new EXPERT GPU a little more compact than MSI's other flagship designs, the VANGUARD and the SUPRIM. Granted, it's still a beast that weighs in at close to 1900 grams, so it's not exactly built for small form-factor rigs. Our only complaint, if you can call it that, is that we would have liked to have seen MSI deliver the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC as a two-slot card similar to NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition.

The Games and Tests

PC gaming covers a wide range of genres and styles, from indie games with simple 2D graphics to massive 3D worlds lit by cutting-edge real-time ray tracing technology. With that, the needs and requirements of each gamer vary. High refresh rates and latency reduction become more important than flashy visuals or playing at the highest resolution possible for those who live and breathe fast-paced competitive games. For those who want to live in a cinematic world and become a key player in an expansive narrative, ray-tracing and high-fidelity visuals are a stepping stone toward immersion.

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Our chosen benchmarks cover various games, engines, APIs, and technologies. For the GeForce RTX 5080, all tests are run at 4K and 1440p and include results for performance-boosting Super Resolution technologies like NVIDIA DLSS 4 - including Frame Generation and the new Multi Frame Generation. In many ways, DLSS numbers are more important in 2025 than native rendering - a title with ray tracing isn't meant to be played without Super Resolution. Also, DLSS technologies like Ray Reconstruction and the new RTX Mega Geometry dramatically improve visual fidelity and detail compared to native rendering. However, our benchmark results are still sorted using 'raw performance' or native rendering.

Here's the breakdown of games, settings, and what's being tested.

Games and Settings Benchmarked

Path Tracing Games and Settings Benchmarked

Gaming Performance Analysis

Average Gaming Performance - 4K Results

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Once you get into the realm of the GeForce RTX 5080, RTX 4090, and RTX 5090, you'll often run into non-GPU bottlenecks when gaming at 1080p and 1440p, leaving the GPU to sit there waiting to be fully utilized. The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC comes into its own when you increase the resolution to 4K and tap into its full potential. The 100 FPS average 4K gaming performance that covers our full benchmark suite, including games with ray-tracing, is impressive. And with DLSS 4 Super Resolution's 'Quality' setting increasing this to 124 FPS, you've got an additional (and free) 24% boost to performance that also brings improved image quality and motion clarity thanks to AI hardware and software.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC's raw 4K gaming performance, without DLSS, is 23% faster on average than the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. It's also 32% faster than AMD's current RDNA 4 flagship, the Radeon RX 9070 XT, and 33% faster than the RDNA 3 flagship, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Perhaps the most impressive stat is that it's 96% faster than the GeForce RTX 3080, which is one of the most popular 80-Class releases of all time, alongside the iconic GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. For those looking to upgrade from an RTX 30 Series or older GPU, the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC is a game-changer and a GPU that will put your rig back in 'run everything with max settings' mode.

Interestingly, the one area where the flagship GeForce RTX 5090 and the RTX 4090 pull ahead of the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT is ray-tracing, and games with more complex RT like Cyberpunk 2077. This is probably due to having substantially more RT Cores, which does seem to be one of the main drivers for ray-tracing performance. Even with the EXPERT's OC performance, the GeForce RTX 5090 is still completely untouchable for 4K gaming, with average performance that is around 41% faster than what you're getting here. Of course, the RTX 5090 is a lot more expensive and is an almost 600W GPU, which makes the GeForce RTX 5080 feel more like a down-to-earth 4K gaming card.

Average Gaming Performance - 1440p Results

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Drop the resolution to 1440p, and the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT's lead over the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and GeForce RTX 5070 Ti drops to around 15%, with its lead over the Radeon RX 9070 XT also dropping to around 20%. The reason for this is simple: the GeForce RTX 5080 is not only a capable 1440p gaming GPU, but it's a little overpowered when gaming at this resolution.

However, the good news is that as the RTX Blackwell architecture is highly efficient, you can get fantastic 1440p gaming performance with the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC while only drawing around 200W. Being able to run the super demanding Cyberpunk 2077 'RT Ultra' mode at 73 FPS without DLSS is impressive, and there's no RT heavy game out there that the RTX 5080 can't handle at this resolution. And for the competitive gamers out there, the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC is a fantastic option for pairing with a high-refresh-rate 1440p display with Counter-Strike 2 running at an impressive 355 FPS on a demanding stress test map.

Benchmarks - 3DMark Synthetic Tests

3DMark offers a suite of synthetic benchmarks built to test GPUs in various scenarios. 3DMark Steel Nomad is a cutting-edge DirectX 12 benchmark with newer, modern rendering techniques designed to push GPUs to their limit. The 'Light' version tests at 1440p, while the main Steel Nomad benchmark tests pure native 4K rendering. Port Royal is a benchmark focusing exclusively on real-time ray tracing for lighting effects like reflections, shadows, and more.

With most modern AAA PC games running on the latest Unreal Engine 5 tech, 3DMark's 4K-based Steel Nomad offers a good look at how modern GPUs stack up when playing the latest games. The results here differ from our 4K gaming benchmarks that cover a wide range of engines, API, and technologies, with the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC's lead being a little more pronounced than what you'd find in real-world gaming. The RTX 5080 EXPERT's Steel Nomad score is 36% higher than the RTX 4080 SUPER, 27% higher than the Radeon RX 9070 XT, and a whopping 108% higher than the GeForce RTX 3080.

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3DMark's Port Royal synthetic benchmark has been a go-to ray-tracing test since its 2019 debut, and the results here offer a realistic representation of what you'd find in games with heavy doses of ray-tracing. Here, the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT delivers a score that is 27% higher than the RTX 4080 SUPER, 27% higher than the Radeon RX 9070 XT, and 106% higher than the GeForce RTX 3080. The score also reflects the difference you get from the more powerful 90-Class GPUs, with the RTX 4090's score sitting 8% higher than the EXPERT's, with the RTX 5090's score sitting 55% higher.

Benchmarks - 4K Gaming

Benchmarks - 1440p Gaming

DLSS 4, Frame Generation, and the new Multi-Frame Generation

DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation are impressive bits of technology, thanks mainly to the overall improvements to performance and latency on the Frame Generation side and the new 'Transformer' model for Super Resolution and Ray Reconstruction. We used the DLSS 'Quality' mode preset for these benchmarks, which delivers better-than-native image quality when compared to traditional AA methods like TAA.

If you've heard PC gamers and enthusiasts talk about "fake frames," they're often referring to NVIDIA's Frame Generation and the RTX 50 Series-exclusive Multi Frame Generation. DLSS 4 Super Resolution, which is widely acclaimed and a standout feature of all GeForce RTX GPUs, already uses AI to generate pixels. Frame Generation takes this to the next level by leveraging AI to create entire frames, and the results are impressive. However, there are a few caveats. Baseline performance needs to be at least 60 FPS or so for the best results, with the technology only recommended for maxing out the refresh rate of your display.

With the right game, display, and settings, DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation are a game-changer. Cyberpunk 2077, with the demanding 'RT Ultra' mode, looks great running at 73 FPS. However, the motion clarity you get when running the game at 183 FPS with Frame Generation 2X is immediately noticeable. Likewise, the RPG action of Dragon Age: The Veilguard looks smoother and feels more responsive when using Frame Generation 4X to push performance from 71 FPS up to 270 FPS in 4K. Granted, in this instance, we capped the frame rate at our display's maximum refresh rate of 240 Hz.

Path Tracing Performance

Path Tracing, or Full Ray Tracing, arrived with the GeForce RTX 40 Series and DLSS 3 and is leveling up with the GeForce RTX 50 Series and DLSS 4. It's only possible thanks to AI technologies like DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, and RTX Neural Shader technology like RTX Mega Geometry. It's designed specifically for these technologies, and we're only including native or rasterized performance to highlight just how intensive it is on a GPU as powerful as the GeForce RTX 5080. In fact, outside of the massive increase in performance, these games also look notably worse without DLSS 4.

The fact that you can play a game like Alan Wake 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 in 4K with Path Tracing in 2025 at 110 FPS or over 190 FPS is remarkable. Path Tracing effectively replaces all lighting, shadows, reflections, and other effects with complex ray-tracing, and it makes the RT we saw in the first wave of ray-tracing games look primitive. The secret ingredient, of course, is AI. DLSS 4's new Transformer model means that the 'Performance' preset delivers stunning results in 4K. And the enhanced Frame Generation and Multi Frame Generation both deliver consistently impressive results with fantastic responsiveness. Even with AI, you still need a powerful GPU, which means that 4K Path Tracing is still limited to high-end cards like the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC.

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle's Path Tracing mode is like getting a glimpse at the future of gaming today, with absolutely stunning cinematic lighting and effects that are a lot more than eye candy. They fully immerse you into the role (and probably dusty shoes) of one of cinema's most iconic heroes. Here, the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC can hit almost 100 FPS without Frame Generation, which is a testament to the fantastic custom id Tech engine powering the game's visuals as well as NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5080.

Temperature and Power Efficiency

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Even with an additional +150 MHz to the Boost Clock speed, the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC's GPU temperature rarely went above 60 degrees Celsius in our stress test, which is impressive. Even more amazing is that it's also quiet, even when overclocked, which makes MSI's second-generation EXPERT design a winner. Also, even though the GeForce RTX 5080 is a 360W GPU, NVIDIA continues to prove that its architecture is a step or two ahead of the competition when it comes to efficiency. With the OC settings of the EXPERT model, the average 4K gaming power usage sits closer to 300W, only rising when it needs to.

Final Thoughts

MSI has delivered one of the most notable RTX 5080 releases of the year with the new GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT. The unique push-and-pull cooling and sturdy all-metal build, paired with the near-silent performance, make its OC performance all the more impressive. As a premium model, it does carry a higher-than-MSRP price tag, but its current USD pricing is in line with the majority of custom GeForce RTX 5080 models on the market. If the look appeals to you, you're also getting one of the fastest 4K gaming cards on the market, one that is 23% faster than the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and 96% faster than the GeForce RTX 3080. And with DLSS 4, it's built for the modern era of AI rendering and ray-traced cinematic visuals.

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Now, as a 4K gaming GPU, it falls short of matching the GeForce RTX 4090's performance, with a significant gap between its capabilities and those of the new flagship GeForce RTX 5090. For pure 4K gaming, the GeForce RTX 5090 (in Founders Edition form) is around 40% faster than the GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC reviewed here. However, the GeForce RTX 5090 is a 575W GPU compared to the 360W of the GeForce RTX 5080, which is one of the reasons why we've been calling the RTX 5080 a more 'down-to-earth' 4K gaming GPU. That and the RTX 5090s are currently being sold for prices that are more than 40% higher than RTX 5080 prices, a lot more.

Now that six months have passed since the GeForce RTX 5080 first hit the scene, let's wrap up what we've learned, which, naturally, applies to the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT OC. It's a GPU that delivers fantastic 4K gaming performance. DLSS 4 is a game-changer, and Multi Frame Generation helps make the seemingly impossible, real-time Path Tracing, possible. The RTX 5080 is a great GPU for overclockers, with up to 10% of additional performance attainable in models with fantastic cooling like this. And finally, for enthusiasts looking at the high-end, it's arguably the graphics card to get.