GALAX GeForce RTX 5080 1-Click OC White 16 GB GPU Review – Advanced Gaming GPU For Enthusiasts

GALAX GeForce RTX 5080 1-Click OC White Unboxing & Closeup

The GALAX GeForce RTX 5080 1-Click OC White graphics card comes inside a large cardboard box. The front of the package has a large "GeForce RTX" brand logo along with the "GALAX" logo in the top left corner and the "1-Click OC White" series branding in the upper left corner. A small picture of the graphics card itself is depicted on the front which gives a nice preview of the new design.

The packaging has put a large emphasis on the RTX side of things as the first feature enlisted by AIBs will be NVIDIA Blackwell architecture, Ray Tracing & DLSS support. NVIDIA has bet the future of their gaming GPUs on Ray Tracing support as these are the first cards to offer support for the new feature.

The back of the box is very typical, highlighting the main features and specifications of the cards. The key highlights listed by GALAX include a new cooling solution and the brand new design though the company focuses on other aspects on the back of the packaging.

There's also a focus towards GeForce.com on each AIB card through which users can download the latest drivers and GeForce Experience application which are a must for gamers to access all feature sets of the new cards.

Once again, the sides of the box greet us with the large GeForce RTX branding. There's also the mention of 16 GB GDDR7 (RTX 5080) memory available on the card.

Outside of the box, the graphics card and the accessory package are held firmly by foam packaging. The graphics card comes with a few accessories and manuals which might not be of much use for hardcore enthusiasts but can be useful for the mainstream gaming audience. The only two useful accessories are the GPU mounting anti-sag bar and the 16-pin to 3x 8-pin power adapter.

The card is nicely wrapped within an anti-static cover which is useful to prevent any unwanted static discharges on various surfaces that might harm the graphics card. The most interesting accessory that I found in the package was a graphics card support mount which is a great add-on that keeps your card sturdy inside your case.

After the package is taken care of, I can finally start talking about the card itself. This thing is a beast and I can't wait to test it out to find what kind of performance improvement I get over current-gen cards.

The card is nicely wrapped within an anti-static cover which is useful to prevent any unwanted static discharges on various surfaces that might harm the graphics card. The most interesting accessory that I found in the package was a graphics card support bracket. This bracket connects the graphics card to the casing, offering better durability and preventing any sort of bending that may occur due to the heavy weight of these new RTX 50 series custom designs.

After the package is taken care of, I can finally start talking about the card itself. This thing is a beast and impressively and goes for a slightly modified looks versus the previous design.

GALAX is using the Xtreme Cooling system heatsink which are some of the biggest heatsink cooling solutions that I have tested.

With the RTX 50 series cards, GALAX has further refined its heatsink design for the RTX 50 series. The card measures even larger at 315 x 140 x 51 mm and weighs in at 1310 grams. The card features a 3.2 slot height which is expected of today's high-end cards.

You would have to keep in mind the height when going for a triple or quad-slot card solution as your case or motherboard PCIe slot combination may not allow such a setup. The cooling shroud extends to the back of the PCB and it requires a casing with good interior space for proper installation.

The back of the card features a solid metal backplate that looks stunning. The backplate offers a lot more functionality than just looks which I will get back to in a bit.

In terms of design, the card features the Xtreme Cooling system which features a triple-fan design.

The new heatsink looks like a beefed-up version of the older 1-Click OC designs that we saw on the 4080 SUPER with the main changes being the shroud and heatsink design that feature a neater shroud design on the front, absorbing the white and black color platelets.

The sides also come with several RGB LEDs on the "GeForce RTX" logo and the black design on the back which lights up when the card is powered on.

Coming to the fans, the card features the latest fan designs based on the Wings 3.0 design. These fans features 7 blades which are larger and offer enhanced air pressure by 15% while reducing the noise levels by -5%.

GALAX also features its Silent Extreme technology on the cooling solution. This feature won’t spin the fans on the card unless they reach a certain threshold.

According to GALAX, the new fans reduce overall temperatures by 3C various the predecessors.

I am back at talking about the full-coverage, full metal-based backplate that the card uses. The whole plate is made of solid metal with rounded edges that add to the durability of this card. The matte black finish on the backplate gives a unique aesthetic.

The graphics card also comes with a compact PCB design which means that the shroud, heatsink, and backplate are all extended beyond the PCB. The third fan blows air through the heatsink and blows it out from the cutouts that are situated at the very end of the backplate.

There are cutouts in screw placements to easily reach the points on the graphics card.

With the outside of the card done, I will now start taking a glance at what's beneath the hood of these monster graphics cards. The first thing to catch my eye is the humungous fin stack that's part of the beefy heatsink that the cards utilize.

The large fin stack runs from the front and to the back of the PCB and is so thick that you can barely see through it. It also comes with the wave-curved 4.0 fin stack design which I want to shed some light on as it is a turn away from traditional fin design and one that offers better cooling on high-end graphics cards such as the RTX 5090. The card also uses antegrade fins 2.0 on the back that direct and optimize air pass-through on the back by channeling air through a V-shaped fin-stack cutout, allowing more warm air to pass out of the card like a nozzle.

The heatsink has been designed to be denser by using a wave-curved and filled-fin design. It allows more air to pass through the fins smoothly, without causing any turbulence that would result in unwanted noise.

Talking about the heatsink, the massive block is comprised of 6 heat pipes with a more concentrated design to transfer heat from the copper base to the heatsink more effectively. The base itself is a solid nickel-plated base plate, transferring heat to the heat pipes in a very effective manner. To top it all off,

I/O on the graphics card sticks with the reference scheme which includes three Display Port 2.1b & a single HDMI 2.1 port.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 5080 1-Click OC White is a very power-hungry graphics card as showcased by its custom design. Being so, the card utilizes a single 16-pin connector which can deliver up to 600 Watts of power to the graphics card. The card is rated at 360W.

GALAX GeForce RTX 5080 1-Click OC White RGB Lighting Gallery:

GALAX's latest RTX 50 1-Click OC series uses the latest ARGB Lighting Overhaul technology to offer you a visually pleasing lighting experience on your graphics cards.

There are a total of 5 different RGB effects that you can choose from and the cards have 3 RGB points with each fan housing one, the "GeForce RTX" logo and the accent bar on the sides. You can fully customize the RGB lights to your preference using the GALAX's Xtreme Tuner App. Following is what the graphics card looks like when lit up.

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