The best argument for grabbing a 5080 right now, if you can find one at $999 in the first place, is that the only cards that come close to its performance are either way more expensive than they're supposed to be (the 4080 Super) or not cheap enough to justify the Nvidia-specific features you give up (AMD's Radeon 7900 XTX).

Get your hands on the new Blackwell GPU with our guide on where to find the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 in stock near you.

The Gigabyte RTX 5080 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 16GB GDDR7 GPU is now available at Best Buy for $1,349.99. This waterblock-exclusive graphics card requires a custom liquid cooling system, so make sure your setup is ready before grabbing one.