It’s not great.

Yes, money talk is dull, but most of the RTX 4080s problems come down to its price.

You could say its a sufficient step up from the RTX 4070 Ti.

The Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 OC Edition graphics card on a table.

At the same time, its not like the RTX 4070 Ti sweats to death at this resolution.

However, the RTX 4080 does have AMDs efforts beaten on ray tracing.

DLSS 3 is here, too, AI frame generation and all.

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Loads more frames, no performance cost, except for a touch of added input lag.

Whats more, the RTX 4080 seems to extract more from DLSS 3 than its RTX 40 series brethren.

Thats pretty compelling, until yet again you remember what youd be paying for the privilege.

A graph showing how various graphics cards, including the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080, perform in different games.

Then theres the matter of the RX 7900 XTX.

OrHitman World of Assassination, as it’s now called.

Once more, then, its up to that ray tracing advantage to mount a rescue.

A graph showing how various graphics cards, including the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080, perform in different games.

If youre going premium, why not go all the way?

The Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 OC Edition graphics card running inside a PC.

A graph showing how the the RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4080, and RTX 4090 perform with DLSS 3 in Cyberpunk 2077.

A graph showing how various graphics cards, including the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080, perform in different games.

A graph showing how various graphics cards, including the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 4080, perform in different games.

The backplate on an Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 OC Edition.

The Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 OC Edition graphics card propped up next to a PC case.