Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition

Is it worth paying more for a premium factory OC RTX 5080?

Lindsay Handmer

PRICE $2,799 WEB asus.com For those wanting a high-end RTX 5080 with an aggressive factory overclock, extra cooling innovations, and quiet operation, the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC Edition stands out. At $2,799 RRP, it’s on the higher end of the price scale, and while availability is limited (like most 5080s), the preorder offers are at RRP at least. The Asus ROG Astral gets a higher-than-most factory overclock, with a boost clock of up to 2790 MHz when running flat out. This results in an average 4% performance gain over the standard RTX 5080, while further manual tuning allows it to comfortably hit 10% over stock speeds without stability concerns or any major temperature increase. That’s thanks to the mighty cooling system, which in a unique move, uses a…

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