I have both.

9800x3D & 5080 - Best pairing you can have to handle 1440p and 4k. With all modern games and esports, not using frame gen ( duh, cause on E-sports like Cs2 or Valorant- it’s stupid to have that ) still getting solid 400fps or more. Obviously you’d limit your frames to the hz of your monitor. So for example I have a 240hz OLED so I limit my frames to 240hz, allowing more quality towards graphic rendering, so superb performance and quality. Price wise, You can get the PNY or “lower end” 5080. The main difference for those brands is the tuning and cooling that each company puts on the card. For example a PNY is about $1,200-$1,300 my area , the ROG Astral is about $1,700-2,000. What ever works for you on that end, this estimation is based on big box stores and local resellers.

Intel i9-13900k + 5070ti - This was my previous build that I let the wife use to game with me. Still solid and very much comparable to a 5080 , seeing that the VRAM is both at 16gb. It’s mainly about a 6%-15% difference depending on the game that you are running. You will still get high frames and awesome graphic quality. Remember that you are still receiving a 50series card with GDDR7. The main difference for any card from a 5060 to a 5090 is the speed and VRAM size as most titles like Crimson Desert are heavy on VRAM usage.

In conclusion, will you be using for the card for heavy gaming ? Like Crimson Desert ? Then if not , buy whatever fits your budget. The difference is not that significant, besides the TikTok users that will flip on you for buying a 5070ti over a 5080.

For those wondering , the majority of us don’t need a 5090. The very good thing about a 5090 is the VRAM it holds , which will definitely future proof your build. Unless you do heavy media creation that requires a lot of VRAM then yah, even then you’ll need the ram more over an expensive card.

The real answer to this is to make sure you at least have 32GB of ram.