Question Settle or fight the fight for a 5080?

[avi8tir]

Just built a new system.

Asus X870-A
9800X3D
64GB DDR 6000

Carried over my asus strix 3080ti OC for now.

plan has always been to get a 5080 when they are released. However I am facing the reality that it could be no dice on the 5080 and, if so, likely have to pay a premium. Also, my entire system is white and those arent as readily available.

Got me thinking maybe I pick up the asus 4080 super in white and be done with it and get a 5080 in a year or so.... cant find it anywhere unless its way overpriced. Or, perhaps switch completely and get a readily available Asrock 7800XTX for less than $1k.

I am not a hard core gamer.... I do mostly flight sim with some COD or others mixed in.

If I went with the 7800XTX I would achieve a few things: get something soon, get a white card & a nice upgrade over my 3080ti. Downside would be that I wanted an Asus card and losing out on the new power of the 5000 series.

What would you do?

 

[Gaidax]

Just wait a few months. It's not some huge sacrifice.

 

[Joe_182]

Wait, see if you can get the GPU you want at launch. If you are in no rush to upgrade and already have a solid GPU, which the 3080 ti is still solid, makes no sense to rush the decision 2 weeks before the 5000 drops. You might get lucky and get what you want, and IMO I would definitely get the 5080 over the 7800xtx anyway.

I am in the same boat. I have a 4070 super, and in the process of moving my PC to a SFF case, and really want a 5080 to give me better 4k FPS. I just doubt I am going to be able to acquire one 😫 But I won't know for another 2 weeks.

It's also freezing here in MA and I am disabled with an autoimmune condition, so waiting in a line at Microcenter for 12 hours is not in the cards either.

 

[Eximo]

I think it took me about 1 week to snag a GTX 980 at launch, just used nowinstock.net and the ability to immediately pull the trigger through Amazon.

3080Ti I had to wait for the Newegg Shuffle at the time.

 

[artk2219]

Wait, unless you find a fantastic deal locally, its worth waiting to see what the benchmarks look like in a few weeks for the RTX 5080 and RX 9070 XT.

 

[TeamRed2024]

Just wait a few months. It's not some huge sacrifice.

Yep. I'm gonna try to snag one at launch from Newegg and take the $1350 trade offer for my 4090.

Option B is to take the $1250 cash offer I got from a guy at work and buy the 5090 from any vendor.

Option C is being content with the 4090 if the 5090 is unavailable at MSRP for a while. I certainly don't need the 5090... this is really all about getting the most value for the 4090 while I still can.

 

[PiersPlowman]

Well, unless you absolutely need a GPU, surely the best strategy would be to sit on your existing one a little while longer? A few months down the line prices will have stabilized and availability increased which is win-win for us consumers. FOMOing gamers are AMvidia's bread and butter in the retail sphere.