Packaging

The Card

Palit introduces a colorful theme for their GeForce 50 GameRock. Doesn't the card look a bit like an iPhone? The colored Plexiglas definitely adds to the overall experience of the card. On the back you get a metal backplate with a cutout for air to flow through.


Dimensions of the card are 33.0 x 14.5 cm, and it weighs 2200 g.


Installation requires four slots in your system. We measured the card's width to be 70 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.


Palit has installed adjustable RGB lighting zones near the fans, the GameRock logo is illuminated, too.


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

Teardown

The main heatsink provides cooling for the memory GPU, memory chips and VRM circuitry. It uses a large vapor-chamber base with eight heatpipes.


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