Packaging

The Card

MSI follows the design theme of their GeForce 40-series Suprim lineup—metal silver with gray highlights is the name of the game. On the back you get a metal backplate with a cutout for air to flow through.


Dimensions of the card are 36.0 x 15.0 cm, and it weighs 2639 g.


Installation requires four slots in your system. We measured the card's width to be 76 mm.


Display connectivity includes three standard DisplayPort 2.1b and one HDMI 2.1b.

Standard for all GeForce RTX 50-series Blackwell cards is a new display engine that supports three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs, each capable of UHBR20; and one HDMI 2.1a. Both interfaces support DSC (display stream compression). With DSC enabled, a single DisplayPort on this card can drive 4K 12-bit HDR at 480 Hz; or 8K 12-bit HDR at up to 165 Hz. The RTX 5080 features an updated media acceleration engine with support for 4:2:2 video formats, AV1 UHQ, and MV-HEVC. There are two independent NVENC and NVDEC units.


The card uses a single 16-pin connector, which allows a maximum power draw of 600 W.


MSI has installed adjustable RGB lighting zones near the fans, the Suprim text logo is illuminated and the Suprim logo on the corner, too.


This dual BIOS switch lets you toggle between the default "silent" BIOS and a "gaming" BIOS with a more aggressive fan curve.

Teardown

The MSI thermal solution uses eleven heatpipes and a vapor-chamber baseplate. It provides cooling not only for the GPU, but also for the memory chips and VRM circuitry.


The backplate protects the card against damage during installation and handling.