ZOTAC China Unveils GeForce RTX 5080 Apocalypse OC Model

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Last week, ZOTAC's Chinese branch fully unveiled their GeForce RTX 5080 Apocalypse OC graphics card via a special regional giveaway. The brand's Weibo account detailed a JX Online 3-themed competition, with the brand-new "elegant + powerful" card advertised as featuring: "a very beautiful mecha appearance, luxurious materials, and excellent performance." The Hong Kong-based manufacturer started to tease its new-gen Apocalypse model back in January, alongside familiar SOLID and AMP Extreme INFINITY offerings. Lucky winners will be getting their hands on one of ZOTAC's most extravagant shroud designs.

The latest iteration seems to sport a slightly evolved take on a previous-gen offering: ZOTAC's RTX 4080 Apocalypse OC SKU (see last photo below). We are likely looking at another quad-slot behemoth, with a sizeable ARGB ring surrounding the card's central cooling fan. The brand's design team has decided to go with a white backplate (instead of black), decorated with angular "mecha" graphics, while the shroud sports a few gold sections. Curiously, the latest setup seems to lack rear-mounting points for two extra mini-ARGB cooling fans placed over backplate cutouts—as seen on Ada Lovelace-era options. ZOTAC's January teaser hinted about Apocalypse SKUs emerging across their GeForce RTX 50-series stack (5090 down to 5070)—VideoCardz has heard murmurs about a possible RTX 5070 Ti variant being released in the near future. At the time of writing, ZOTAC China's website does not feature a dedicated GeForce RTX 5080 Apocalypse OC product page.



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[lexluthermiester]

This is a good looking card! I hope they bring something similar to the western markets.

 

[freeagent]

I would go for a straight black one, not a fan of the other ones..

 

[_roman_]

how boring

Edit: The usual black pcb / black plastic / silver metallic io metall and white put on top cover. Really boring looking brick like card. they really dared to just put on one RGB LED FAN. Very impressive and very boring.

 

[Macro Device]

Is that an ASUS TUF + Snowman (Chinese CPU cooling brand) hybrid?

Meh. Why is FE the only design remotely resembling something reasonable out here?

 

[lexluthermiester]

how boring

Is that sarcasm? I can't tell.. Nothing about these cards is boring. They look very striking, at least to me.

 

[freeagent]

Looks better than the Zotac that I am using right now. Good card btw.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Looks better than the Zotac that I am using right now. Good card btw.

You don't like the looks of your Trinity?

I think it's smooth looking, but that's just me..

 

[freeagent]

You don't like the looks of your Trinity?

I like how small it is, but no.. I dont like how it looks, mostly the RGB is off putting to me. The profile and such is just fine. I did try to slot my 980 Classified under it, but i/o cable is in the way.. but my 4070 looks puny compared to the 980. I kind of wish it would have fit, it would have made for a good picture. It will fit if I pull the cable.. but I don't wanna.. I have become sophisticatereted.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I have become sophisticatereted.

LOL!

 

[Tomorrow]

how boring

Edit: The usual black pcb / black plastic / silver metallic io metall and white put on top cover. Really boring looking brick like card. they really dared to just put on one RGB LED FAN. Very impressive and very boring.

Completely agree. The images are not even consistent. In the final image it's missing the supposed gold/yellow bits around the central fan that are visible in the first images.
Not to mention that user even wont see this shroud design unless the card is vertically mounted.

As for the design it's nothing remarkable and completely unforgettable. As much i hate bling/gold i must commend ASUS for their Dhahab edition design. At least that one is memorable.