Asus has already announced its partnership with Bethesda and a limited-edition ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Doom Edition graphics card, celebrating the release of Doom: The Dark Ages, which launched today. Now enhance its appeal, the Doom-inspired graphics card is being released as part of a Doom Edition bundle, limited to just 666 units globally, and available exclusively through Bethesda's Gear Store for an incredible $1,999.99, or $1,899.99 without a copy of Doom: The Dark Ages.
The ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition from the bundle has undergone a significant aesthetic transformation by Asus, adhering to the whole Doom theme. All modifications were executed aesthetically, so it feels shallow as the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Doom Edition offers the same performance as its vanilla counterpart. The value would increase if Asus had fine-tuned the graphics card's parameters to make it feel more special, like providing a higher factory overclock to distinguish it from the standard model.
With an eye-watering price tag, the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 Doom Edition Bundle definitely caters to hardcore Doom fans. The Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 WindForce 32G, when available, retails for $1,999. Consequently, paying nearly $2,000 for a GeForce RTX 5080 is quite a stretch. Asus could have gained favor with consumers had the company used a GeForce RTX 5090 in the bundle instead. To put it in perspective, the standard ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition is priced at $1,799.99, meaning that the extra $200 premium is for the graphics card's Doom makeover and other swag.
Bethesda offers a Steam copy of Doom: The Dark Ages - Premium Edition as part of the bundle. It has a $99 value, which is subtracted from the bundle if you choose not to purchase it with the game. The perks of the premium edition include two days of early access, future campaign DLCs, a digital artbook, and the game's soundtrack. Meanwhile, you get some in-game goodies, such as the Divinity Skin Pack with Doom Slayer, dragon, and Atlan skins, and an exclusive Doom Slayer Legionary Skin.
The bundle also includes a mouse pad with a Doom: The Dark Ages design measuring 31.5 x 11.81 inches (800 x 300 mm), a replica of the yellow keycard, and a black Mark of the Slayer t-shirt, available in sizes small to 3XL.
The ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 Doom Edition Bundle has a limited production of 666 pieces, and the Bethesda Gear Store has already marked it as "low stock." The bundle with and without a copy of Doom: The Dark Ages - Premium Edition costs $1,999.99 and $1,899.99, respectively, before shipping. Both are still available at the time of publication.
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hotaru251 Given the $ difference between a GPU tier on team green....no 80 series should EVER cost as much as a 90 sku....Reply -
Neilbob Reply
It's Asus. Regular pricing logic apparently doesn't apply to that company. They almost make Apple seem reasonable lately.hotaru251 said:Given the $ difference between a GPU tier on team green....no 80 series should EVER cost as much as a 90 sku....
Also, they have so many variants, I have to wonder if they have enough GPU supply for more than a handful of each one. -
3ogdy At first I only paid attention to this "RTX 5080 Doom-inspired GPU costs as much as an RTX 5090" and thought "must be ASUS".RIDICULOUSLY overpriced and overengineered GPUs all day everyday.Reply -
Giroro You'd better hope that new Doom game turns out to be really good.Reply
Because there a very good chance is not going to be that good. It will probably be pretty disappointing considering what Bethesda wishes people would pay for it. -
Phaaze88 What The Flying French...Reply
With how large the gap is between this generation's 80 and 90 models, the price is... geezus, just get a 5090, buy and play the new Doom.
Some of their products don't even fit that category. Then, combine that with the fact that all their tiers(Prime/Dual/TUF/RoG Strix/RoG Astral/etc) cost more than the equivalent tiers from the other vendors/brands...3ogdy said:over-engineered
It's not like their CS is exceptional over the others either; something that tends to get a little lax when a company reaches that point of 'too big to fail'. -
spongiemaster Just more rage baiting. All the news is now. How does this cost as much as a 5090? Where are you buying a 5090 for $1900? The closest Microcenter to me has 4 models in stock, and the cheapest one is $2950, going up $3400. Cheapest in stock at Newegg is $2919. Dell has one listed and it is $4125. There is nothing available within $1000 of the card in this article.Reply -
PiersPlowman Price is irrelevant given that a) gaming GPUs are Nvidia's leftovers from the datacentre customers; and b) the kind of gamers who are willing to go all-in over these scraps are the least price conscious demographic of practically any group of consumers.Reply
Just the way AMVidia like it.