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MSI VGA GEFORCE RTX 5080 16G Shadow 3X OC at a glance
The MSI VGA GEFORCE RTX 5080 16G Shadow 3X OC is a MSI retail card of the RTX 5080 on Blackwell 2.0. It is not marked as a factory-overclocked board ; the GPU’s reference boost is 2617 MHz.
Length is 303 mm and it occupies 2.5 slots (303 x 121 x 49 mm ). Board power is 360 W with 16-pin x 1 . Outputs: DisplayPort x 3 (v2.1b) HDMI™ x 1 (As specified in HDMI™ 2.1b: up to 4K 480Hz or 8K 120Hz with DSC, Gaming VRR, HDR) . Warranty is 36 months.
Length is in the typical high-end range. Most mid-towers fit it; SFF and some mATX cases will not.
Best fit: Builds prioritizing this card’s price, cooler, output selection, and warranty over a factory overclock.
Inherited GPU performance
Raster scores come from the RTX 5080, not from this cooler. At 1440p that is 71.95% of the dataset’s best (strong), with 77% at 1080p and 65% at 4K. The chip uses 16 GB GDDR7.
This card’s 1440p value is 42.1 performance per dollar. Other RTX 5080 partners in the card table may be cheaper for the same silicon.
Compare other MSI and partner boards of this GPU in the RTX 5080 retail-card table.
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