Monday, August 20th 2018
GALAX Confirms Specs of RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti
GALAX spilled the beans on the specifications of two of NVIDIA's upcoming high-end graphics cards, as it's becoming increasingly clear that the company could launch the GeForce RTX 2080 and the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti simultaneously, to convince GeForce "Pascal" users to upgrade. The company's strategy appears to be to establish 40-100% performance gains over the previous generation, along with a handful killer features (such as RTX, VirtuaLink, etc.,) to trigger the upgrade-itch.
Leaked slides from GALAX confirm that the RTX 2080 will be based on the TU104-400 ASIC, while the RTX 2080 Ti is based on the TU102-300. The RTX 2080 will be endowed with 2,944 CUDA cores, and a 256-bit wide GDDR6 memory interface, holding 8 GB of memory; while the RTX 2080 Ti packs 4,352 CUDA cores, and a 352-bit GDDR6 memory bus, with 11 GB of memory. The memory clock on both is constant, at 14 Gbps. The RTX 2080 has its TDP rated at 215W, and draws power from a combination of 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe power connectors; while the RTX 2080 Ti pulls 250W TDP, drawing power through a pair of 8-pin PCIe power connectors. You also get to spy GALAX' triple-fan non-reference cooling solution in the slides below.
Leaked slides from GALAX confirm that the RTX 2080 will be based on the TU104-400 ASIC, while the RTX 2080 Ti is based on the TU102-300. The RTX 2080 will be endowed with 2,944 CUDA cores, and a 256-bit wide GDDR6 memory interface, holding 8 GB of memory; while the RTX 2080 Ti packs 4,352 CUDA cores, and a 352-bit GDDR6 memory bus, with 11 GB of memory. The memory clock on both is constant, at 14 Gbps. The RTX 2080 has its TDP rated at 215W, and draws power from a combination of 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe power connectors; while the RTX 2080 Ti pulls 250W TDP, drawing power through a pair of 8-pin PCIe power connectors. You also get to spy GALAX' triple-fan non-reference cooling solution in the slides below.
29 Comments on GALAX Confirms Specs of RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti
The challenge for Nvidia this series is going to be convincing owners that if they upgrade this is one of those gens that's really going to require a likely expensive 4k/g-sync/etc. monitor upgrade too in order to really take advantage of it. Otherwise a 1080 or maybe 1070 will more than handle 2k or less resolution. I know it's often the case that monitor and vc upgrades go hand-in-hand, but I guess what I'm saying is this is a gen where it is more necessary than usual.
in the end its they got your cash and you got there card . one thing with reviews benches like here there kinda misleading - like say the evga 1080 ssc shows better then the 980ti but notice the test bed and tests and the 980ti used as the example . most times it the first reference card used vs, the aftermarket card or not the same benchmark used or if so the 80 ti was tested with 8x aa and the 1080 was not and so on.
dude you got to take all the reviews as sales hype and with a grain of salt and read then between the lines .
God I hope they make Galax RTX with RGB plate that fits elite motherboards like Asus Maximus X Apex. (Like 1080 white and 1070 white but thinner). That minimalistic RGB plate is awesome.