The RTX 5080 and 4080 are some of the most capable GPUs ever made. They target premium 4K gaming performance in the $1,000 range with beefed-up hardware that is capable of ray tracing, path tracing, multi-frame generation, and other cutting-edge hardware.

The best argument for grabbing a 5080 right now, if you can find one at $999 in the first place, is that the only cards that come close to its performance are either way more expensive than they're supposed to be (the 4080 Super) or not cheap enough to justify the Nvidia-specific features you give up (AMD's Radeon 7900 XTX).