The Turing RTX 2080 Ti Owners Thread

Gripen90 · 28 Sep 2018 at 10:23

Kaapstad said:
https://www.techpowerup.com/247999/...d-rtx-2080-ti-seahawk-x-series-graphics-cards

I had my hands on the RTX 2080 Sea Hawk and Gaming X card and I'm really not impressed by the Sea Hawk. It's louder than Gaming X and barely has the same cooling performance. The most annoying thing was the unflexible tubing and the whole card is covered in a thin plastic cover that doesn't feel solid or sturdy. It's feel like a cheaply made card although it's quite expensive. MSI could have done a lot better. Better solid plastic frame. Quieter stock fan and some rubber tubing instead. Wouldn't recommed this card unless you can get it cheaper than anything else.

tyler_jrb · 28 Sep 2018 at 10:33

Gripen90 said:
I had my hands on the RTX 2080 Sea Hawk and Gaming X card and I'm really not impressed by the Sea Hawk. It's louder than Gaming X and barely has the same cooling performance. The most annoying thing was the unflexible tubing and the whole card is covered in a thin plastic cover that doesn't feel solid or sturdy. It's feel like a cheaply made card although it's quite expensive. MSI could have done a lot better. Better solid plastic frame. Quieter stock fan and some rubber tubing instead. Wouldn't recommed this card unless you can get it cheaper than anything else.

Never been keen on AIO gpu’s. Always either ran a good quality air cooled card or gone with a reference GPU and waterblock.

As more likely than not they end up being a very similar price.

AIO’s on the other hand are normally significantly higher priced. They only have a 120/140mm radiator which isn’t enough and the pipes are too thin for my liking. Plus it can be a pain to fit while also looking neat and tidy.

Silent_Scone · 28 Sep 2018 at 10:40

Gripen90 said:
Asus also have the NV-Link bridges ready although not in stock yet. Prices is pretty similar to nVidias own.

https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards-Accessory/ROG-NVLINK/

Yep, stock will start to trickle in throughout October.

Quartz · 28 Sep 2018 at 10:46

Note not one but TWO packets of Haribo!

Silent_Scone · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:13

ShortWarning · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:20

Silent_Scone said:
Snip

OCUK have run out of Haribo so they're now sending out free rice cakes?

clubb699 · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:31

Quartz said:
Note not one but TWO packets of Haribo!

I should think so with how much it costs LOL

Anyway would you be able to get some FPS results of in game at 4k please all full ultra setting on your games if you could please

will be interesting to see what normal non youtube people are getting

Thanks Clubb699

Smffy · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:36

Silent_Scone said:
Did you order your bridge from NV Store, Smffy? They're out of stock of the 4 slot ones currently.

They did, and that’s precisely why I did as they always run out

Probably swap to a nicer one later...

razorpakk · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:52

tyler_jrb said:
Never been keen on AIO gpu’s. Always either ran a good quality air cooled card or gone with a reference GPU and waterblock.

As more likely than not they end up being a very similar price.

AIO’s on the other hand are normally significantly higher priced. They only have a 120/140mm radiator which isn’t enough and the pipes are too thin for my liking. Plus it can be a pain to fit while also looking neat and tidy.

AIO made sense with the 980Ti, but since then every card has been pretty easy to cool and AIB aren't afraid to go over dual slot coolers.

But 120mm is more than enough.

YoungBlood · 28 Sep 2018 at 11:53

Silent_Scone said:
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I see what you did there

Silent_Scone · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:02

YoungBlood said:
I see what you did there

Brendan1966 · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:20

Quartz said:
Note not one but TWO packets of Haribo!

Nice, enjoy. Still waiting for news on my windforce. Next batch I guess.

Harmoniser · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:32

The Palit 2080ti cards don't seem to flying off the shelf's given they're the only cards in stock. I'm thinking the price might be too high?!

I asked sales when I could expect the my MSI Trio, there's no date

, story of my life!

VincentHanna · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:36

Well they look a bit **** to be fair.

Silent_Scone · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:38

VincentHanna said:
Well they look a bit **** to be fair.

They perform O.K but, yeah, the coolers gold aesthetic is pretty hideous. It will be coming straight off for the EK block after I've checked it's ok.

VincentHanna · 28 Sep 2018 at 12:39

No offence

Silent_Scone · 28 Sep 2018 at 13:40

VincentHanna said:
No offence

Oh believe me, none taken

VincentHanna · 28 Sep 2018 at 13:53

Is it a reference PCB then?

Quartz · 28 Sep 2018 at 14:18

clubb699 said:
Anyway would you be able to get some FPS results of in game at 4k please all full ultra setting on your games if you could please

The only benchmark I've done so far is the rebooted Tomb Raider - not the current one - at 3440x1440 and I went from 64.9 fps with everything maxxed except for AA which was off to 76 fps with everything maxxed including 4x SMAA.

Silent_Scone · 28 Sep 2018 at 14:47

VincentHanna said:
Is it a reference PCB then?

Yep.