Is The Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 Really Worth It? 🔥RTX 5080 vs RX 7900 XTX vs RX 9070 XT🔥

The Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC Edition is a premium gaming GPU at a very premium price, but is it really worth it? In this video we are going to find out. In the "Is It Worth It?" series we’ve been helping you make the right choice by showing you just how much you can expect to increase performance with a drop-in upgrade. In this video our focus will be on one of the best Nvidia GeForce GPUs on the market, the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 OC Edition, and specifically how it compares to the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 7900 XTX and RX 9070 XT, the two top Radeon cards from AMD. In addition to showing you benchmarks across 19 games, I will also demystify upscaling technologies, show how the performance of these cards changes with overclocking, and see if a highly overclocked RTX 5080 can compete with a RTX 4090 and RTX 5090. And if you stick around, I will be giving away one of the best gaming GPUs on the market, an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, something you will definitely not want to miss. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Component Affiliate Links: Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 OC Edition - https://amzn.to/4jR8Nkq Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT - https://amzn.to/3GMIE83 Sapphire Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Vapor-X - https://amzn.to/4jVNVZz --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Channel Giveaway Link:    • Post   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Is The Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 Really Worth It? 🔥RTX 5080 vs RX 7900 XTX vs RX 9070 XT🔥 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:24 - Video Focus (5080 vs 7900 XTX vs 9070 XT) 01:09 - Demystifying Image Upscaling Technologies 01:41 - FSR vs DLSS: What’s The Difference? 02:37 - FSR 4 vs DLSS 4: Which One Is Better? 04:18 - Test Setup & Components 05:22 - Asus ROG Astral Feature Overview 06:03 - Test Methodology 06:56 - Benchmarks (5080 vs 7900 XTX vs 9070 XT) 06:59 - AIDA64 Extreme 07:04 - 3DMark Time Spy Extreme 07:09 - 3DMark Speed Way + Port Royal + Steel Nomad 07:14 - Blender 4.4 07:19 - Geekbench 6 07:24 - SPECviewperf 2020 07:29 - Total War: Warhammer III 07:34 - Cyberpunk 2077 07:39 - Company of Heroes 3 07:44 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 07:49 - Forza Horizon 5 07:54 - Civilization VI 07:59 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider 08:04 - Red Dead Redemption 2 08:09 - Middle-Earth: Shadow of War 08:14 - Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 08:19 - Formula 1 2024 08:24 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 08:29 - The Talos Principle II 08:34 - Far Cry 6 08:39 - Horizon Zero Dawn 08:44 - Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora 08:49 - Assassin's Creed Shadows 08:54 - Black Myth: Wukong 08:59 - Monster Hunter Wilds 09:04 - 18 Game Average 09:19 - How Much Can You Overclock The ROG Astral RTX 5080? 10:09 - Performance Impact in 3DMark 11:12 - Performance Impact in Games 12:13 - Can An Overclocked RTX 5080 Compete With 90 Class Cards? 13:41 - Relative Performance Insights (5080 vs 7900 XTX vs 9070 XT) 14:51 - Cost & Value Comparison (5080 vs 7900 XTX vs 9070 XT) 16:01 - Is The Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 Worth It? 17:24 - Wrap-Up 17:35 - Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Giveaway! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackbird PC Tech Links: Website: https://blackbirdpc.tech/ Store: https://blackbirdpctech.store/ Membership:    / @blackbirdpctech   Twitter: https://x.com/Blackbird_PC --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMD AM5 Test Platform: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D - https://amzn.to/40Mo6nD Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Hero - https://amzn.to/40Nrqiq RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws M5 Neo RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5-6000 CL26 - https://amzn.to/4meEJ3S CPU Cooler: Asus ROG RYUO III 360mm AIO - https://amzn.to/40vjNLZ Storage: 4TB Samsung 990 Pro NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD - https://amzn.to/4giQIsV PSU: Corsair HX1200i Platinum 1200W - https://amzn.to/40NADqM --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference Material: A big thank you to Digital Foundry for an excellent video on upscaling technology: "AMD FSR 4 Upscaling Tested vs DLSS 3/4 - A Big Leap Forward - RDNA 4 Delivers!" -    • AMD FSR 4 Upscaling Tested vs DLSS 3/4 - A...