EVGA Introduces the GeForce RTX 2080 & 2070 SUPER KO Graphics Cards

[gamefoo21]

Wonder if these cards will also be packing failed cores and hard locked power limits too...

 

[Ruru]

Wonder if these cards will also be packing failed cores and hard locked power limits too...

A cut-down card isn't always a failed chip, remember Radeon 9500, 9800 SE, X800/X850 Pro VIVO, X800 GTO2, X1800 GTO, HD 6950 etc..? And software unlocking GF 6800 cards

 

[gamefoo21]

A cut-down card isn't always a failed chip, remember Radeon 9500, 9800 SE, X800/X850 Pro VIVO, X800 GTO2, X1800 GTO, HD 6950 etc..? And software unlocking GF 6800 cards

Oh I remember plenty of unlocks that failed miserably, the odds were no where close to 100%. I remember it was closer to a 50/50 thing. Surplus cores getting mixed into actually failed silicon.

You also had to deal with the laser locks that appeared in short order.

Either way my point stands, they are likely being made out of either surplus or failed cores, that can be sliced down to function like a lesser version.

The 2060 KO is laser locked last I heard, so unless NV changes how it treats these 'deal cards', they'll likely be more of the same.

Though they might not get the bump to their CUDA cores like the 2060KO did, so they won't get better work performance to offset the crappier everything else about them. If these can unlock, that would be awesome but I will believe it when I see it.

I still remember being so bitter when my X800XL VIVO unlocked and it was bad. Between a friend and myself, not 1 of 4 R290s would unlock. I did have a 9500 NP that unlocked but couldn't do quite hit 9700 NP clocks.

So...

Failed or borderline cores are possible. Binning is real, look at the 9900K(KF) shortly before the 9900KS and since.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I have a 2080Ti on my desktop.

I have a HTC Vive.

I normally use it on my Alienware 17" laptop (GTX 1080) when I'm designing 3D models to print or game elements.

That's kinda cool. You have to admit, you're in the minority though. Most people don't have that usage model. I'll bet that number will grow though.

 

[bug]

Oh I remember plenty of unlocks that failed miserably, the odds were no where close to 100%. I remember it was closer to a 50/50 thing.

That is not a counterargument to

A cut-down card isn't always a failed chip

 

[Deleted member 67555]

A quick search on Newegg and a few other shops says the price point here is simply normal.... These models simply put are generic and you can already do better for the same price or less and $5-15 more gets you bling.