Gtx strix 1080ti 11GB new gen RTX equivalent?

Colin Bailey · 1 Feb 2019 at 23:21

Hi all,

I have a 1080 gtx ti 11GB card with an i8700k.

Could you let me know which is the current new gen equivalent and is it worth upgrading? Is the 2080 faster/better?

Cheers all

Azrael1 · 2 Feb 2019 at 07:53

Hi yeah its an RTX 2080 the equivalent. However to be honest I have noticed no difference. The good news is that 1080TI are fetching quite a good price second hand so if you want to sell by the time you get an RTX 2080 and sold the games it would probably be an £50 outlay etc.

My outlay was £0 hence I swapped to a 2080 - Thank you ebay and your £1 selling fee

I am not sure its worth upgrading at the moment but that could change down the line - IE games like Metro might show how good ray tracing is etc.

I am hoping so.

Colin Bailey · 2 Feb 2019 at 08:35

Many thanks. Is a 2080 about 800 ? What's the 2080ti is that more powerful as I see ones that at over a £1000. I'm a little confused of the lineup tbh

Brazo · 2 Feb 2019 at 08:38

Colin Bailey said:
Many thanks. Is a 2080 about 800 ? What's the 2080ti is that more powerful as I see ones that at over a £1000. I'm a little confused of the lineup tbh

The 2080 is a little better than the 108ti but I suspect this gap will increase.

2080’s start at around £650. £650 will net you the MSI 2080 Ventus.

The 2080ti is top of the charts and is this generations ‘ti’ model and the most powerful consumer gaming gpu.

Colin Bailey · 2 Feb 2019 at 08:42

Many many thanks. So if I had £850 to spend. What should I buy? I will sell the 1080 to strix Rog.

Azrael1 · 2 Feb 2019 at 08:52

Just keep a look out on prices. I managed to snagg a MSI 2080 Trio for £650 which came with 2 games which you can sell for £40 - £50.
Have a look at the reviews mate but top cards like Asus / Evga / Msi / Zotac you really cant go wrong.

Colin Bailey · 2 Feb 2019 at 08:58

After a 2080, what's the next up in the chain? Is it 2080 ti or is there one in another? I want to spend about 850

Azrael1 · 2 Feb 2019 at 09:03

The 2080ti to start from £950 but more likely you will be spending £1100. They are halo products expensive for the performance gains but the best you can get atm.

Colin Bailey · 2 Feb 2019 at 09:04

So there is nothing between 2080 and 2080ti?

Azrael1 · 2 Feb 2019 at 09:13

Nope.

The radeon 7 will roughly on par with the 2080

Colin Bailey · 2 Feb 2019 at 09:14

Perfect. It's s 2080 for me then as I'm not going 4 digit prices

nashathedog · 2 Feb 2019 at 09:26

Colin Bailey said:
Many thanks. Is a 2080 about 800 ? What's the 2080ti is that more powerful as I see ones that at over a £1000. I'm a little confused of the lineup tbh

There's nothing to be confused by, the line up's the same as always with the only difference being the 1080ti is replaced by a card that's more than double the price when you compare launch prices, When you ask for the equivalent do you mean that or do you mean the direct replacement?

The 2080ti is the direct replacement as you can see from the ti in the name and the amount of memory.

Dave2150 · 2 Feb 2019 at 09:32

1080ti may end up a better card than the 2080 due to 3GB more VRAM.

Brazo · 2 Feb 2019 at 09:36

Dave2150 said:
1080ti may end up a better card than the 2080 due to 3GB more VRAM.

I don’t think it will mate.

The 2080 is already 10% better than the 1080ti and nvidia will improve 2080 drivers and gimp the ti.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_RTX_2080_AMP_Extreme/31.html

Telecaster · 2 Feb 2019 at 09:41

How can you be spending 850 on a GPU and not know the line up?

Colin Bailey · 2 Feb 2019 at 10:54

I imagine it's because I have more money than knowledge

Either way, I'm getting a 2080 it seems.

AMDPower · 2 Feb 2019 at 11:31

I would not sell a 1080Ti to buy a 2080, thats madness. Its hardly much faster and not worth the £350 in outlay for similar performance. No, ray tracing is not worth it not yet and certainly not on a 2080 anyway. I had both cards at one point, 1080ti and 2080ti.

Sell 1080ti to buy 2080ti ok np. 2080Ti is 35% faster than 1080ti.

my advice, unless you desperate in need a faster card dont bother with this generation of cards, wait for the next set of cards towards the end of this year. Not worth putting £800 ontop of tbe 1080ti you sell to buy 2080Ti with for only 35% performance. 1080ti is fast enough.

Azrael1 · 2 Feb 2019 at 11:48

I agree with AMD Power but its all down to price. People have been paying and receiving RTX2080 for as little as £550 new.

Now if you can sell your 1080TI for £500 - £600 and then sell the games or if you wanted BF5 and Anthem in the first place...

chaparral · 2 Feb 2019 at 13:30

Colin Bailey said:
Perfect. It's s 2080 for me then as I'm not going 4 digit prices

What the point in going from a 1080ti to a 2080 :confused:

Maldoror · 2 Feb 2019 at 14:31

Colin Bailey said:
So there is nothing between 2080 and 2080ti?

Since you already have a 1080Ti, it might be worth looking into stretching the budget for a 'cheap' 2080Ti rather than a 2080. The 2080Ti comes in two flavours: the TU102-300A chip (the one featured in most of the high end 2080Tis and the overclocked models) and the TU102-300 chip (featured in cheaper 2080Tis like the EVGA Black). Sometimes the 300 chip cards have been available as low as ~£980. Which is still a lot of money of course - but the performance uplift from a 1080Ti to a 2080Ti is noticeable even outside of ray tracing and DLSS and you would not be downgrading your VRAM capacity (a 2080 would take you from 11gb -> 8gb).

The difference between the 300A and 300 chips is small. The 300 chip can't presently (afaik) be flashed to a VBIOS that allows for more than 300W, so it's more power limited and generally clocks a bit lower. But we're only talking a few percent in performance for potentially a few hundred pounds saved. Might be worth considering.