The packaging for Nvidia ’s RTX 5080 was just leaked mere hours before of the prescribed announcement of theRTX 50 - seriesduringCES 2025 . The packaging confirms a pair of old leaks , which is bully — but it ’s the former retail itemisation , spotted byVideoCardz , that ’s gain me worry . The pricing implies that , unsurprisingly , one of Nvidia’sbest artwork cardsmight indeed be really expensive .

The initial leak comes fromwxnodon X ( Twitter ) . It point us several box of the RTX 5080 stacked on top of each other . These are n’t Nvidia ’s own Founders Edition designs , but custom designing made by one of Nvidia ’s partners , Gainward . Unfortunately , all the luscious specs are ordinarily tucked forth at the back of the box seat , which we do n’t get to see in this image . Still , the corner does confirm 16 GB of GDDR7 memory for the RTX 5080 .

The fact that it ’s GDDR7 is no surprise , nor is the retentivity mental ability , as both have been excogitate about for quite some fourth dimension . What still remains to be seen is the memory board speed . Some leakers claim that the GPUmight get 30Gbps memory modules , which would give it a huge increase in bandwidth over its precursor . With a 256 - flake memory bus , this would bring up to 960GB / s of bandwidth , whereas the RTX 4080 sits at 716GB / s.

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The initial outflow made it appear as if the boxes were sitting in a warehouse , perhaps preparing to be shipped . This checks out — if Nvidia announces the RTX 5080 later today during its tonic , the GPU should be ready to ship later this calendar month .

However , VideoCardz then blot a listing from an unknown retailer that made it seem like the cards were already on sales event . I have n’t been able to avow this myself , so take it with some mental rejection , but if the pricing is true , we really are look at an expensive RTX 5080 . The card is priced at 11,999 Chinese Yuan dynasty , which converts to around $ 1,640 .

Of course , this wo n’t be the prescribed recommended listing damage ( MSRP ) for Nvidia ’s RTX 5080 . Coming from Gainward , the menu is bound to be pricier than the Founders Edition version . However , it ’s the fact that it ’s not even the most expensive RTX 5080 we ’ve already seen that ’s a small worrying . The board was first pick out at an Australian retailer , and it was ready to belisted for 2,799 Australian dollar bill — that ’s around $ 1,740 . We ’ve also visit it come along inexpensive prebuilts .

It wo n’t be long before we know for sure . Nvidia is expected to harbinger the RTX 5080 tonight , most likely alongside the RTX 5090 , during itsCES 2025 keynote .