NVIDIA’s RTX 5080 finally sees Black Friday price drops — The GPU everyone wants now costs what it should have all along

NVIDIA’s RTX 5080 is the latest flagship GPU from the Blackwell architecture, and most PC gamers covet it for its awesome 4K performance, 16GB of VRAM, and access to all of DLSS 4’s latest features.

The problem, of course, is that the RTX 5080 isn’t cheap. It launched at a $999 MSRP, but that was nothing more than a fantasy. That changes now during Black Friday week, as prices have been slashed at various retailers.

The ASUS Prime OC RTX 5080 is my top recommendation at $300 off the regular price —