Get an RTX 5080 at MSRP — Yes, you read that right, Newegg has Zotac and MSI RTX 5080 GPUs at 'a discount' from their original prices

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MSI and Zotac RTX 5080 GPUs are now selling at MSRP for the first time in months. Grab 'em before they are out of stock!

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Shadow 3X OC graphics card placed vertically
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It appears that the GPU market is finally healing, as we have just spotted two RTX 5080 models selling at Nvidia’s original MSRP. The MSI Shadow 3X OC RTX 5080 and the Zotac Solid Core RTX 5080 are currently available for purchase at $999 over at Newegg.

Both GPUs notably comply with Nvidia’s SFF-ready category of enthusiast GeForce cards, which mandates a maximum height of 151mm, a maximum length of 304mm, and a thickness of up to 2.5 slots. This makes them compatible with certain small-form-factored cases.

Earlier this week, we wrote about a similar deal around the PNY GeForce RTX 5080 OC, which is still in stock at Best Buy for the same price of $999.

The RTX 5080 is currently the second most powerful Nvidia Blackwell GPU available for gamers and enthusiasts. Introduced along with the current flagship RTX 5090, both GPUs quickly sold out, and restocks have since struggled to match their original MSRP.

Featuring the GB203 GPU along with 16GB of VRAM, it is well-suited for smooth gameplay at higher resolutions where modern titles demand more memory for shaders and textures.

It features a total of 10,752 CUDA cores, approximately 10% more than the previous-generation RTX 4080 and around 5% more than the RTX 4080 Super. Additionally, the memory has also been bumped thanks to the adoption of GDDR7 VRAM instead of GDDR6X, for faster bandwidth and improved efficiency for high-resolution gaming.

MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Shadow 3X OC
MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Shadow 3X OC: $999 at Newegg

The MSI Shadow 3X OC RTX 5080 features an all-black aesthetic for a clean setup. This particular model qualifies for Nvidia's SFF-ready enthusiast GPU category, enabling it to fit in certain small-form-factor cases.

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Zotac GeForce RTX 5080 Solid Core
Zotac GeForce RTX 5080 Solid Core: $999 at Newegg

The RTX 5080 is currently the second most powerful GPU under the RTX 50 Blackwell series. It features 16GB of the fastest GDDR7 VRAM, 10,752 CUDA cores, and a base clock of 2.3 GHz, which can be boosted to 2.62 GHz.

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In our review of the RTX 5080 Founders Edition, we found that it offers a modest leap in raw rasterization performance compared to the RTX 4080 or 4080 Super. However, where the RTX 5080 starts to stand apart is in its upgraded ray tracing hardware and support for DLSS 4, which also introduces the new multi-frame generation technology exclusive to the RTX 50 series.

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition performance charts
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These additions mean that while the card may not outpace its predecessors by a wide margin in traditional workloads, it remains a worthy graphics card for those seeking a reliable option that can handle 4K gaming without straining.

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Kunal Khullar
Kunal Khullar
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Kunal Khullar is a contributing writer at Tom’s Hardware.  He is a long time technology journalist and reviewer specializing in PC components and peripherals, and welcomes any and every question around building a PC.

5 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    But SHOULD you? To use Newegg as a price source like the article, the 5080 is $1000 vs the Zotac Solid SFF 5070 Ti for $810, a 23.5% price premium, and for that you get only 14.5% more performance in rasterization and 13% in ray tracing according to TomsHardware, with that gap DECREASING at 2560x1600 and 1920x1080 to 11.6% and 8.5%, respectively. Personally I'd say the 5070 Ti is by far the better buy since they're both 4K60, 1440p60, and 1080p120 class cards, and as a bonus the 5070 is a 2 slot card vs the 5080's 3 slot design.

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    Also yes I know the 7900XTX is $900, but the drastic performance reduction in ray tracing combined with the distinct possibility that more games may ship with mandatory ray tracing makes the 5070 Ti a superior buy, especially as it's cheaper.
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  • endocine
    if possible wait for the super variants to get more VRAM
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  • Notton
    Yeah, 5080 has enough GPU power that it'll run out of RAM before running out of GPU. I'd wait for the 24GB model or buy the 5070Ti for cheaper.
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  • micheal_15
    Please PLEASE remember Newegg is NOT the company it was a few years back.

    It was bought out by chinese scammers and criminals and now ships used/damaged motherboards it buys at a discount as new, it edits firmware for example so a 4090 will report itself to be a 5090. or an 8GB card will report it has 16GB etc.

    There are just TOO MANY reports of scammy practises for them to all be 'accidents'.
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  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    micheal_15 said:
    Please PLEASE remember Newegg is NOT the company it was a few years back.

    It was bought out by chinese scammers and criminals and now ships used/damaged motherboards it buys at a discount as new, it edits firmware for example so a 4090 will report itself to be a 5090. or an 8GB card will report it has 16GB etc.

    There are just TOO MANY reports of scammy practises for them to all be 'accidents'.

    I think they pay enough for articles like this to keep people forgetting they're one step above Temu.
    Reply