It’s practically budget. By comparison, I mean.
Look, I wouldn’t blame you if you looked at the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhabab Edition and thought, hmm, I’m not sure it’s worth remortgaging the house for. The Middle East-only card was briefly available for around $7,000, although prices have fluctuated since then and I’ve seen the odd second-hand model float around for way more than that.
The good news is, the Asus ROG Astral RTX 5080 Dhabab Core is much more affordable. Videocardz has spotted one at a Dubai-based retailer for $2,589, and given it’s covered in 24-carat gold plating, I’d say that was something of a bargain.
I’m kidding, of course. It’s the same sort of money as you’ll pay for a regular, non-gold-plated RTX 5090, and that’s a card that’ll give an RTX 5080 a thorough kicking. Mind you, it’s not like the regular second-tier Nvidia card is cheap at the moment, as we’ve been struggling to find them for anything less than $1,100 on our cheap graphics card deals page.
