MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Expert OC, G5080-16EC, 16GB GDDR7, HDMI, 3x DP

Mit der Expert-Serie hat MSI einen echten Volltreffer gelandet. Erstmals zur CES 2024 mit RTX 40 Super präsentiert, ziehen Custom-Designs dieser Klasse seitdem die Blicke auf sich. ComputerBase hat getestet, was die neue MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Expert in Sachen Kühlleistung, Lautstärke und Gaming-Performance zu bieten hat.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Expert OC has an MSRP of $1,299 and is currently available and in-stock at that price on MSI’s US website (as of this writing). That’s a significant 30% increase over the originally launch $999 MSRP of NVIDIA’s Founders Edition card, but MSRP’s on high-end GPUs are essentially a fantasy in this day and age. There’s 13 Founders Edition cards in-stock on NVIDIA’s Amazon store at this moment – which aggregates from third-party sellers – and the lowest price is currently $1,322. Loop in all sellers and the lowest price we found was $1,199. Obviously, the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Expert OC commands a premium, but in light of current market conditions, it’s in-line with the competition.

MSI’s GeForce RTX 5080 Expert OC is a custom-design, factory-overclocked model built with a sleek all-metal cooler shroud and backplate, reminiscent of NVIDIA’s Founders Edition. Its through-flow cooling achieves good temperatures with solid noise levels, at reasonable cost.