Asus has created an RTX 5080 version of its most expensive GPU to date, the Astral Dhahab. Known as the RTX 5080 Astral Dhahab Core, the new GPU is a runner-up to the outgoing limited-edition RTX 5090 Astral Dhahab, sporting the same cooler design but with apparently much wider availability, possibly worldwide. That said, don't expect this GPU to be cheap. If the RTX 5090 version was anything to go by, the RTX 5080 version will most certainly still be more expensive than a regular RTX 5090.
The RTX 5080 Dhahab Edition Core is virtually a clone of its RTX 5090 counterpart, save for the massive difference in VRAM capacity and raw compute power. The RTX 5080 Dhahab Core Edition takes advantage of the same gold ROG Astral cooler as its bigger brother, sporting a girthy 3.8 slot thickness and 357.6mm length. Assuming Asus didn't cut any corners from the RTX 5090 model, the RTX 5080 Dhahab Core's cooler is plated in 24K gold, equating to $700 alone in material cost, at least for the 5090 version.
