Considering all that, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is the graphics card we recommend if you're looking to play high-resolution, high-refresh-rate games, and plan to spend anything in the region of $1,000. For that, it merits our Editors' Choice award.

We later learned it uses DLSS 4’s AI-powered multi frame generation to achieve that in supported titles, but that’s a welcome compromise for those who can’t find room in their budget for the beefier 4K-ready GPUs — including the $999.