ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC
The flagship-of-flagships from ASUS, with a quad-fan cooler, vapor chamber, and aggressive factory overclock sat on top of Nvidia's current 4K powerhouse.
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Why we rate it
- One of the strongest 5080 coolers around
- DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation
- Aggressive factory overclock
- Premium build quality
- 3.8-slot, four-fan monster
- Eye-watering price premium
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Is the ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC right for you?
If you're building a no-compromise 4K gaming PC, you have the case and PSU to support it, and you want the quietest, coolest 5080 partner card available, this is the one. Cooling and build feel a tier above the rest.
If you mainly want the 5080 chip and don't need the flagship cooler, cheaper 5080 partner cards deliver essentially the same gaming performance. And this card simply won't fit in a small case.
Before you buy
Only if you specifically want the best partner cooler, the robust build quality, and the OC headroom. Cheaper 5080 partner cards deliver near-identical gaming performance for hundreds of pounds less.
Nvidia recommends 850W and that's the realistic floor. With a Core i9 or Ryzen 9 CPU and any manual overclocking, step up to a quality 1000W or 1200W unit for transient spike headroom.
This is a 3.8-slot, quad-fan card, one of the biggest on the market. You need a full-size mid-tower or full-tower with plenty of length clearance and at least four slots free. ITX and most mATX are out.
Yes, comfortably. With DLSS 4 multi-frame generation enabled it handles even heavy path-traced titles at 4K with strong frame rates. Native 4K ultra with full path tracing is the only scenario that stretches it.
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