Hardware & Technical 2080 Teased

Morbad

Morbad
Seems like the 2080 Ti could be available on the 20th concurrently with the 2080. Was tempted to cancel my 1080 Ti order and scrounge up the extra I'd need for a 2080 Ti, but I'm already pretty close to tapping out my budget. I'm also not sure if the launch on the 20th will just be a paper launch for reviews and pre-orders, or if the new part will actually be available in quantity.

Does seem plausible that the 2080 Ti could be available tomorrow as the whole lineup has already been delayed and NVIDIA may not want to compress their Turing product cycle any further as they will have new 7nm parts next year. It may also indicate that the RT104 based 2080 is even slower than I was expecting and that NVIDIA needs to release the 2080 Ti sooner than expected to avoid a hole in their line up.

Looks like we'll see very soon.
 

VR StarLightPL

VR StarLightPL
Morbad said:
Seems like the 2080 Ti could be available on the 20th concurrently with the 2080. Was tempted to cancel my 1080 Ti order and scrounge up the extra I'd need for a 2080 Ti, but I'm already pretty close to tapping out my budget. I'm also not sure if the launch on the 20th will just be a paper launch for reviews and pre-orders, or if the new part will actually be available in quantity.

Does seem plausible that the 2080 Ti could be available tomorrow as the whole lineup has already been delayed and NVIDIA may not want to compress their Turing product cycle any further as they will have new 7nm parts next year. It may also indicate that the RT104 based 2080 is even slower than I was expecting and that NVIDIA needs to release the 2080 Ti sooner than expected to avoid a hole in their line up.

Looks like we'll see very soon.
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Well it really depends a) what it will be priced b) if this affect current gen prices c) if you want a reference model d) if they're just teasing.

So, unless the 1080Ti is a steal deal, I think you might as well wait a bit :) It's reasonable to do so.

EDIT: That said, you can't go really wrong with the 1080Ti, unless you pay too much for it. This card burns through everything I throw at it, and I have a potato cpu (i5-3570k @ 4.4GHz) and slow RAM (1866).
 

Morbad

Morbad
I grabbed my first 1080 Ti more than a year ago, before prices shot up, but my HTPC has needed a new GPU for a while (it's attached to a 4k TV, but the Radeon 7950 I had in it can't drive 4k60 without a min-DP to HDMI active adapter and can't play any games at 4k anyway), so I ordered a 1080 Ti for it the other day, right before I saw the leaks regarding the 2080 Ti.

Anyway, the 2080 (non-Ti) and the 1080 Ti are going to be close enough in price and performance that I was never really going to wait for the 2080, but the 2080 Ti is sorely tempting. Even with an MSRP of 849 USD for the reference parts, it should still be equal or better performance/dollar of the 2080 or 1080 Ti, unless it's clocks are really poor. Still, I need a GPU sooner rather than later. Plus, I won't know if it's a paper launch until tomorrow and the 1080 Ti was already near the limit of what I'm willing to spend at this point.
 

lysan

lysan
well I like that they also release a TI version, so I will maybe jump on the wagon for that one, my 1080OC card is now reaching 3 years and I do see frame drops in some of the new games so......
 

TorTorden_VR

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lysan said:
well I like that they also release a TI version, so I will maybe jump on the wagon for that one, my 1080OC card is now reaching 3 years and I do see frame drops in some of the new games so......
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I would need at least 60% boost to my current 1080ti to jump on it.

And even if it did that, if it's comes in at a full $1000, then that is a fat no from my wallet :\
 

Morbad

Morbad
TorTorden said:
I would need at least 60% boost to my current 1080ti to jump on it.

And even if it did that, if it's comes in at a full $1000, then that is a fat no from my wallet :\
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The 1000 dollars quoted seems to be a non-reference OC version. I'd expect the reference parts to be between 800 and 900, at least once gouging dies down.

Anyway, a 60% increase in performance isn't going to happen. You are probably looking at a 25-30% bump, given the specs shown.

Still, I think the RTX 2080 Ti is going to be the first card other than a $3k Titan V, or even more expensive Quadro, that can honestly be called a true, uncompromised, 4k card. If my budget were a bit bigger, it would be sorely tempting, even at ~900 bucks.
 

Jon flint

Jon flint
StarLightPL said:
Let's take a moment and wish that DirectX12 dies in fire and Vulkan takes over :p
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Im all for dx12 going away, but vulkan is equally terrible, so many things it doesn't support like basic vsync, not to mention it puts all the pressure on the devs. Dx11 is still king thanks to the driver teams at the respective vendors being largely responsible for the low level coding, leaving game devs to just make games.
 

VR StarLightPL

VR StarLightPL
Morbad said:
Anyway, a 60% increase in performance isn't going to happen. You are probably looking at a 25-30% bump, given the specs shown.

Still, I think the RTX 2080 Ti is going to be the first card other than a $3k Titan V, or even more expensive Quadro, that can honestly be called a true, uncompromised, 4k card. If my budget were a bit bigger, it would be sorely tempting, even at ~900 bucks.
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We will see soon enough, but, it may also happen that the 1080Ti price will fall to a very reasonable level IF the performance of next gen surpasses it by any significant margin. But I am also sceptical of 60%, however let's hope it delivers - after all having more powerful hardware means more graphical fidelity possible. There is supposedly more improvements in Turing, and it most likely isn't just "Pascal at smaller nm process", so there may be surprises in store.

There is of course another scenario possible, that it will sit at $1000 and will be considered the pinnacle like titan X, and thus out of average consumer's hands.

PS: 280W TDP, minimum PSU 650W.

PS PS: Lysan I think you wanted to post in this thread, here:
lysan said:
RTX 2018 TI the new king in town, lets see if it's worth the 100 bucks they are asking for it.
[video=youtube;18t4-JBi-Tk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18t4-JBi-Tk[/video]
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TorTorden_VR

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Sounds a bit like they simply will drop the Titan, and charge a Titan price for the 2080ti.

That has usually been in the $12-1300 range.

And I don't doubt it, the hype has been building for increased prices for over six months now, and EVGA, PNY, MSI etc are just all to happy taking money if they can get away with it.

This is definitely starting to look like the generation to skip.
Well for us 1080ti owners at least.
 
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