Hardware Unboxed checks the cost of a disappearing RTX 5080

A ten-country graphics card price survey anchors three uploads covering GPU value and AMD frame generation.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

The RTX 5080 is Effectively Gone Now Too?

Hardware Unboxed put graphics card shopping under the microscope, and the price check drew the biggest audience of its three uploads. "The RTX 5080 is Effectively Gone Now Too?" has passed half a million views, examining shrinking availability alongside reports that the RTX 5090 has been discontinued.

The host works through October prices across ten countries, from entry-level Nvidia cards to AMD Radeon and Intel Arc alternatives. Hardware Unboxed puts the overall monthly increase at eleven per cent. The video includes a sponsored monitor segment, then returns to the increasingly expensive business of finding a card in stock. A possible higher-memory RTX 5080 is discussed as a rumour, not a confirmed replacement.

Viewers are comparing purchases they made with decisions they postponed. Some recall being advised to wait; others ask whether mid-range cards have effectively become the top available tier. One imagines the channel eventually reviewing paper and pens instead.

There was testing beyond the shopping basket, too. "Has AMD Finally Fixed FSR?" uses slow-motion cameras to investigate AMD's claim of improved frame pacing. The week's other upload tests Radeon RX 9050 memory variants across games, including an image-quality comparison in Space Marine 2. That review is currently adding views fastest, while the previous week's Radeon RX 9070 XT and 7900 XTX benchmark remains busy.

Across the channel, the week brought nearly two million views with subscribers unchanged. Today's viewing is below its usual level, though the weekly gain sits close to The Studio's and above Max Tech's. For Hardware Unboxed, the practical questions this week went beyond how fast a GPU runs: what it costs, what its memory buys you, and whether generated frames arrive smoothly.

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The videos drawing views on Hardware Unboxed right now

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The numbers

Here is how Hardware Unboxed's uploads and audience moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Digital Doctor

29,584,952

The Studio

2,094,713

Hardware Unboxed

1,897,350

Max Tech

1,420,878

iDeviceHelp

1,026,430

bigclivedotcom

993,478

Jeff Geerling

875,835

MrMobile [Michael Fisher]

502,603

Snazzy Labs

405,507

subscribers

1,170,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

392,170,485

views per day

107,920

typical day: 253,922

first-day views of each video posted this week

The RTX 5080 is Effectively Gone Now To…

355,676

Worse Than The "Unlaunched" RTX 4080 12…

198,849

Has AMD Finally Fixed FSR?

180,742

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

MrMobile [Michael Fisher]

1,280,000

Snazzy Labs

1,270,000

Max Tech

1,270,000

Digital Doctor

1,210,000

Hardware Unboxed

1,170,000

The Studio

1,170,000

bigclivedotcom

1,130,000

Jeff Geerling

1,100,000

iDeviceHelp

1,060,000

As of November 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.