Will 8 Million Archers be enough to slow the the RTX 5080?

The Spartans took 8.5 million. The Footmen needed 12 million. Now the first ranged unit gets its shot — and it doesn't fight like the others. This is a ranked ICEbox Meltdown episode — same rig, same map, same rules, only the challenger changes. Cinematic mode, hands off: the game directs its own camera. And as always, our hero defender Chunk Norris. *Why this is a real hardware question:* the Footmen and the Spartans drowned the RTX 5080 in bodies — a pure unit-count engine choke. The archers attack differently: millions of arrows in flight, every single one something the engine has to track. Projectiles are a totally different stress profile from melee blobs, and this is the first ranged unit on the ladder. THE RIG (always the same): MSI RTX 5080 16GB | Ryzen 9 9950X3D | ASUS ROG X870E Hero | 64GB Corsair DDR5-6000 | 4TB Samsung 9100 Pro | Corsair TITAN 360 RX | be quiet! Dark Power Pro 13 1600W | HYTE Y70 Touch Infinite RANKED LADDER — SCORING. UEBS2 vanilla units only, identical cinematic-mode procedure every episode. Fewest units to melt ICEbox takes the crown. THE MISSION: melt ICEbox on camera and let the views buy its successor. ~2M views funds the RTX 5090. Subscribe and you're funding the next meltdown. New stress test every Friday. Bonus battles on Sundays. Staaay frosty.