ASUS has updated its Prime RTX 5080 lineup with a new EVO OC model that removes the vapor chamber cooling used in the original Prime RTX 5080 OC Edition, which ASUS detailed earlier with higher clocks and ProArt variants.
Instead of using the vapor chamber plate found on the earlier version, the new Prime GeForce RTX 5080 EVO OC Edition uses a simpler heatsink design. ASUS has not shared full details about the new cooler, but the card still keeps the company’s phase-change thermal pad to help move heat away from the GPU.
Clock speeds stay the same as the original card. The Prime RTX 5080 EVO OC comes with a 2655 MHz factory boost clock, which is slightly above Nvidia’s 2617 MHz reference speed. ASUS is also preparing a non-OC version that will run at Nvidia’s standard clock speed.
The card keeps the same 2.5-slot size and triple axial-fan setup as the original Prime RTX 5080, similar to the compact layout used on the ASUS Dual RTX 5070 EVO. It also continues to follow Nvidia’s SFF-Ready standard, making it slimmer than many larger RTX 5080 cards and much smaller than ASUS’s thicker ROG Astral models.
The new EVO version looks like a simpler version of the Prime RTX 5080 OC and may help ASUS lower production costs while keeping the same main gaming performance. The removed vapor chamber is the biggest hardware difference between the two cards.
Other than the cooler change, the EVO model keeps the same overall design and core specifications as the original Prime RTX 5080 OC.
ASUS has not announced pricing or release timing yet, The card has already appeared in product listings and partner pages, suggesting launch may happen soon, much like earlier RTX 5050 GPU listings that surfaced ahead of launch.
Source: Vortez.net
