NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition 11GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card
Model: 9001G1502530000
SKU: 6291646
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Customers are delighted by the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti's exceptional performance, high frame rates, and stunning visuals, especially at 4K resolution. Many appreciate its excellent build quality and the impressive ray tracing capabilities, although some find the cooling system inadequate and the price high. Positive feedback focuses on the card's ability to handle demanding games and applications smoothly. However, potential buyers should carefully consider the cost and cooling performance before purchasing.
If you are asking yourself this question, then the answer is probably no. That is my answer to the question "Is it worth it" but I bought one anyways. Why? Because I could actually use the performance in the games and resolution I play at (4K), I love new technology, and I can afford to buy the card without too much concern other than grief from the wife. That said, who should seriously consider buying this card, worth it or not: 1) Anyone gaming at 4K and wants 60 FPS average or 3440x1440p and wants 100+ FPS on a G-Sync panel. This card is NOT going to wow you at lower resolutions like 1080p or 2560x1440p, but at 4K the difference is 40% over 1080Ti which is a pretty big boost and often enough to put you over that elusive 4K/60 barrier where the 1080Ti was close but not quite there. 2) Anyone who doesn't mind dropping $1K on a video card, previous Titan buyers, benchmark enthusiasts, that kind of thing. 3) Anyone who already owned a 1080Ti and understands there's nothing else faster for the foreseeable future. So why isn't it worth it? Most people will correctly point out RTX 2000 series is the smallest performance jump and one of the biggest price increases from one generation of Nvidia cards to another. That said, the price increase also contains a lot of forward looking and speculative features like Ray Tracing and Tensor cores for a new method of anti-aliasing that boasts of improved image quality at a fraction of the previous performance. If you buy this card, you are basically funding the R&D and adoption rate for these features as an investment for the future. Not everyone is going to go for it, and that's certainly understandable, but that's why this card is so expensive. Its massive, its forward looking and its expensive to make. As for the performance, I ran a few benchmarks and they are in-line with published benches, Farcry5, FFXV, AC: Odyssey, all within 2-3 FPS of online benches. Overclocking is good, about the same as Pascal 2080Ti. The new FE cooler is outstanding in terms of build quality, but temps will touch into high 70s when overclocked so you need to turn the speed up. Overall its much quieter than the old blower fans but make sure you have good case airflow. I took one star off which had nothing to do with the performance of the card which is definitely impressive. 1/2 star off for the price hike from Nvidia to $1200 for a non-Titan card. Another 1/2 star off for a poorly executed launch where this card was announced on 8/20 and supposed to ship on 9/20 but was delayed 2x. BestBuy was also late, but that wasn't their fault, it was an Nvidia supply issue and they still managed to only be 2 days late for me, which was great. Also, no RTX case badge from Nvidia this time, they've had this with their GTX founders cards since the 900 series. Overall VERY pleased with this card despite the price, and not being worth it, but hey, I'm going to keep it anyways. I would not recommend it to a friend though, because what kind of friend would recommend a $1200 graphics card to their friend???
Posted by TechBuyer
If you have the extra cash laying around, buy this card. I upgraded from a GTX 1080 Ti and noticed a jump from 90 FPS to 140 FPS at 3440x1440. The card runs quieter and is smaller than my MSI DUKE 1080 Ti and fits better in my case. This thing is a beast. Although it supports RTX, I’ve yet to even enable it. Best Buy was great too for sending me the 3 free game codes as well. Thanks guys!
Posted by DarkStar
I got lucky and recived a card that is not currently defective. Easy installation and boot up once in the game nividia experience auto set the graphic configurations. Ultra everything no problem at 1080 144hz runs most games at 170 plus to max game settings. But it auto scaled resolution to 200% on everything which without realizing it was dipping fps to 120 plus but big spike dips. Still super good for 2 k 144hz but 4k is still not up to par you'll still be getting roughly 60 to 75fps on ultra. Mine luckly stays cool and quite for a founders card. At 144hz ultra 270 fps highest it hits is 81 C or 177F with 4 stock case fans on there own learning curve (smart case h700i) Ok now the features ray tracing and dlss. Almost none existent. Battlefield just launched rtx that's it. And it's not super impressive. Youll roughly get 50 to 70 fps at 1440p at 1080 you'll roughly get 60 to 80fps. Plus the power house pc you need to run it tho if your spending 1200 on a graphics card it better be up there anyways. Overall I enjoy it for 2k ultra no rtx. Rtx is at its early stages and without games to see the performance of it and dlss it's not worth the 1200 price tag. Also with the newer 7nm in the talks I have a feeling this will be around for a year or two before the next card comes out and assuming those rumors hold it will be better plus you have time to see implementation. They also announced they stopped production of the 1080ti. So if your going to get a new card I'd get a 1080ti soon.
Posted by Teambellyflop
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