The Asus RTX 5080 only hit the shelves back in January and it instantly became one of the most popular graphics cards around. No surprise there: it’s insanely powerful and built for gamers and creators who want the best. The catch so far has been the price, because deals on high-end GPUs are almost impossible to find. Not even Prime Day saw this card discounted.
But that changes with Labor Day, as Amazon has finally cut the price, dropping it to a new all-time low of $999 instead of its usual $1,265. Seeing a premium GPU like this break the thousand-dollar line honestly feels like a rare treat.
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Why Is Everyone So Exited?
Built with 16GB of brand-new GDDR7 memory and designed for PCIe 5.0, this card isn’t just faster: it’s built to last through years of demanding games and creative workloads. If you’re looking at building or upgrading a PC right now, this deal puts one of the most advanced GPUs on the market within your budget and it could easily power your setup for the long run.
The cooling system is the second reason why this model is exceptional: Asus fitted the Prime RTX 5080 with axial-tech fans, a vapor chamber, and a 2.5-slot design which provides a balance between performance and space savings. It means that it can offer rock-solid performance without making your rig a noisy furnace. It’s also included in Asus’s SFF-ready lineup, which makes it a good choice even for those with preference for small builds. As much as it’s a power-hungry reputation, the build ensures temps are managed so that you can drive games and apps without the fear of overheating.
Both HDMI and DisplayPort 2.1 outputs come on the card and support the latest display technologies. You will get fantastically high refresh rates, razor-sharp detail, and super-smoothness for 4K displays, ultra-wide setups or indeed those adventurous enough to go as far as 8K. For game lovers, that translates to less latency and smoother motion in competitive titles.
The Dual BIOS is a nice touch as well and lets you switch between performance mode and quiet mode depending on your operating system usage. When you are gaming and want the highest possible frame rates, the performance mode will give you the power you will need. When you are performing some light tasks and just wish to have a quieter experience, the quiet setting takes the edge off the noise without severe performance loss.
And of course, it’s all powered by NVIDIA’s next-gen GPU architecture which liberates advanced ray tracing and DLSS 4—technologies that significantly improve image quality without compromising frame rates. Games look sharper, lighting is more natural and resource-intensive games that used to make systems crawl now run smoothly. For creators, AI-accelerated rendering cuts wait times dramatically.
Graphics cards this powerful don’t usually get meaningful price drops, and history shows they often stay at premium prices for years. Amazon is certainly selling out inventory for Labor Day, and with an all-time low like this one, it wouldn’t surprise me if this sale is swooped up in an instant.
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