Why Does the RTX 5080 Suck?

Paul's Hardware January 30, 2025
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Why Does the RTX 5080 Suck? - 10 Years of Gen on Gen GPU Performance ▷ MY STORE - shirts, pint glasses & hoodies: http://paulshardware.net ► TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Why Does Everyone Hate The RTX 5080? 1:22 Context - GPU Upgrade Expectations, a 10+ year history 3:40 The Chart - Generational Performance, GTX 980, 1080, RTX 2080 5:19 The Chart - Generational Performance, RTX 3080, 4080, 4080S 7:06 The Chart - Generational Performance, RTX 5080 8:10 Final Graph - 10 years of performance boosts, and conclusion ► LINKS TechPowerUp GPU Database - https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/ **RTX 5080 Reviews** Hardware Unboxed - https://youtu.be/sEu6k-MdZgc JayzTwoCents - https://youtu.be/meekBr-ZB1E GamersNexus - https://youtu.be/nShh_j4s2YE Der8auer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvQwlN1sE0U LTT - https://youtu.be/Fbg7ChsjmEA Optimum - https://youtu.be/d7k4XWg-TcA My Video on Price Anchoring - https://youtu.be/mEaC7peIKgQ Please note that links above may be affiliate links -- if you click them and make a qualifying purchase I earn a commission. ▷ MY STORE - shirts, pint glasses & hoodies: http://paulshardware.net ▷ SOCIAL Twitter: @paulhardware http://www.twitter.com/paulhardware Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pauls-Hardware/195425877329550 Instagram: http://instagram.com/paulhardware :::Send Me Stuff::: Paul's Hardware P.O. Box 4325 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 ► Edited by Joe Aguilar - ShaostylePostProductions https://twitter.com/joe_editing Audio file(s) provided by Epidemic Sound http://www.epidemicsound.com/

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