Nvidia has been the star of the AI market so far -- and it's well positioned to keep that success going. The company is present in every stage of AI development, from the chips to power the training of models to the software to apply AI to the needs of businesses and organizations around the world.

Nvidia's RTX 5090 GPU is expected to be one of the most elusive GPUs to date at launch and based on the information available to us, it would be challenging for most users to score one even with the best of efforts this quarter.

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But now the rush has died down and RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 systems are still available for purchase if you've got the cash. While you may have to hunt for the specific card you want, if you just want a PC with one of these beasts inside there's still lots of opportunities to order one.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 combines a small generational uplift with AI-powered multi-frame generation to bring along the next generation of graphics cards.

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It’s disappointing to see Nvidia has stuck with 16GB of VRAM on the RTX 5080. AMD’s RX 7900 XTX offers 24GB, and while the RTX 5080 delivers better performance for now, it may well hit video memory limits in 4K gaming in the future.

The more expensive of the two, the RTX 5070 Ti at $749, is set to launch on February 20, according to VideoCardz. The outlet claims reviews will go live on February 19 for models set at list price, while cards priced above list will see reviews on Februrary 20. Nvidia has yet to confirm these dates publically, so treat this as a rumor for now.

The RTX 5080 Founders Edition uses the same lovely shroud as the top RTX Blackwell card, and brings the same DLSS/MFG feature set to the table. But that's all that is really setting the second-tier card apart from the RTX 4080 Super as the gen-on-gen performance difference is marginal at best.

But then, neither is it a blood-boiler like the RTX 4080, nor a largely aspirational show-off piece like the RTX 5090. By maintaining the 4080 Super’s course correction on price while tooling up on compelling DLSS 4 improvements,

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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).