Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080: Everything We Know - IGN

More than likely, we're going to get the long-awaited Nvidia RTX 5080 later this year. After all, the RTX 4080 launched about two years ago in October 2022, with the RTX 3080 preceding it in 2020. And from everything we've seen, this two year cycle is going to continue in 2024 with the RTX 5080, according to prolific GPU leakers, and spotted by VideoCardz.Whenever it appears, it will have big boots to fill. Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 4080 is one of the best graphics cards with its superb performance, ray tracing chops, and vigorous frame rate-boosting DLSS 3. Its hefty $1,199 price tag raised a few eyebrows, but if the RTX 5080 launches with a similar slate of improvements, we could be in for another pricey top-tier card.Nvidia RTX 5080 release dateSince 2016, Nvidia has launched a new generation of RTX cards every two years, with the latest appearing in 2022. While that would put the 50 series on track for a 2024 release, and it looks like its going to continue this year.Originally it was t...