GALAX GeForce RTX 5080 HOF Gaming
August, 2025Type
Graphics CardPrice
TBDConclusion - King of OC, Silent Operation, & Looks
The HOF series has always been a showcase of engineering skills and enthusiasm in the overclocking field by the GALAX team. The company has so many years of experience being integrated within the HOF GPU series that there's no room left for any error. With the RTX 50 HOF series, GALAX once again proves that they are the legends when it comes to OC designs.
The GALAX RTX 5080 HOF Gaming, although not the highest-end of the HOF series, is a premium graphics card. It looks absolutely amazing with its diamond pattern, the crown designs, and the legendary white cooler and PCB combo. GALAX was the first to do white PCBs, and while the industry has followed them, GALAX just doesn't stop at producing white PCBs, but also features the best components, designed for pure OC. This is also one of the fastest RTX 5080 cards we have tested, with a 158 MHz overclock out of the box, a speed-up of 6% and further with its solid overclocking potential, we were able to reach up to 7% increase in real-world gaming performance.
The cooling solution also did a great job keeping the 5080 GPU cool under 60 °C and at a super-silent 31 dBA. The card is a bit chunky, but with a vapor chamber, massive heatpipes, and large aluminum fins, the extra space is being fully utilized. Plus, GALAX does it all in style, with the aforementioned great looks of the card being further complemented by a solid array of RGB LEDs.
Some of the coolest features of the GALAX RTX 5080 HOF Gaming graphics card are its safety and OC features. There are dual BIOS switches on the PCB and a fan-profile button on the IO. The LEDs will tell you if you've connected the 16-pin connector correctly, and the 16-pin adapter cable bundled with the card is colored white.
Things we liked about the GALAX GeForce RTX 5080 HOF Gaming:
- Lots of gaming performance for 4K
- Very Efficient Gaming GPU
- Incredible PCB with loads of premium components (18+3 Phase)
- Built for 4K 240Hz gaming monitors
- Designed With Next-Gen Neural Rendering
- Good Raster & RT Improvement
- Next-Gen Blackwell Architecture With Several AI Additions
- 30 Gbps GDDR7 Memory
- DLSS4 Offers Better Image Quality
- DLSS4 MFG Offers 4x FPS Boost
- Stunning Design with White-Colored Cooler & PCB
- Cooling Performance is Superb
- Comes with several fail-safe mechanisms for improper 16-pin connections
- Very low noise output with 0db operation
- Next-Gen Video Encode/Decode Engines
- DP2.1b (UHBR20) support
- PCIe Express 5.0 technology
- The bundled white-colored 16-pin adapter is a nice touch
Things we would have liked about the GALAX RTX 5080 HOF Gaming:
- Performance not being a huge uplift versus 4080/4080 SUPER
- Lower Price Point
- GDDR7 Memory runs hot
- A bigger memory capacity (still 16 GB)
The GALAX GeForce RTX 5080 HOF is the fastest RTX 5080 GPU we have tested so far, having massive OC potential, striking looks, a phenomenal cooling solution that runs super silent, and a PCB that is designed for enthusiasts.
Note: As of right now, the GALAX GeForce RTX 5080 HOF Gaming is expected to feature a price of around $1500-$1700 US.
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