EVGA 2080ti question

fantasticCG · 16 Dec 2018 at 21:19

EVGA have 4 different cards with clock speeds of 1350mhz , 1635mhz, 1650mhz and the ftw card at 1755mhz

The first one is £1048.99 with the ftw card at £1399.99 are you just paying extra for clock speed? Or better cooling fans.

Does it matter which one when I’m putting a waterblock on it?

Could you get the 1350mhz to clock the same or higher than the ftw card?

Thanks

clone · 16 Dec 2018 at 22:11

The FTW model has the 3 fan set up and better heatsinks the others have 2 fans.

fantasticCG · 16 Dec 2018 at 22:12

clone said:
The FTW model has the 3 fan set up and better heatsinks the others have 2 fans.

And that warrants an extra £350 ?

clone · 16 Dec 2018 at 22:15

It's their almost top model the kingpin is the best one you could buy if they ever come out.
FTW is a binned card with better cooling that's it tbh.

fantasticCG · 16 Dec 2018 at 22:19

clone said:
It's their almost top model the kingpin is the best one you could buy if they ever come out.
FTW is a binned card with better cooling that's it tbh.

So you could just get the cheaper one and overclock it to similar speeds? Will be using a waterblock on it

clone · 16 Dec 2018 at 22:20

Yeh you should be able to do that mate.

Doug2507 · 17 Dec 2018 at 00:19

FTW isn't reference design. Beefier vrm, different layout, dual 8 pin iirc. Potential to OC higher than ref boards but all down to silicon lotto.

If running on air then sure, defo a consideration. If slapping a block on, just grab a ref board.

From all the 1080ti cards I've had, the ref has been the highest clocker on ambient.

If you can tell the difference in game with a 100hz delta then you've got unique peepers. Without an fps counter I very much doubt anyone would notice much, if any, difference.

Plus the ref board should be eligible for step up.

fantasticCG · 17 Dec 2018 at 07:29

Ah nice one m8 thanks a lot for you’re help really appreciate you taking the time to answer.

So the black edition is the reference board then? Just checking as I’ll be getting the ek block for it!

Kaapstad · 17 Dec 2018 at 07:58

fantasticCG said:
EVGA have 4 different cards with clock speeds of 1350mhz , 1635mhz, 1650mhz and the ftw card at 1755mhz

The first one is £1048.99 with the ftw card at £1399.99 are you just paying extra for clock speed? Or better cooling fans.

Does it matter which one when I’m putting a waterblock on it?

Could you get the 1350mhz to clock the same or higher than the ftw card?

Thanks

FTW3 is marginally faster than FE when both are OCed but this can be cancelled out by the silicon lottery.

The real advantage of the FTW3 Ultra is the cooler which gives quite low running temps and looks good too.

fantasticCG · 17 Dec 2018 at 08:37

Thanks dude! :cool:

I take it their black edition card is the reference board?

Clears this all up for me

kevman · 17 Dec 2018 at 13:35

fantasticCG said:
Thanks dude!

I take it their black edition card is the reference board?

Clears this all up for me

Fyi there are two black editions (check us store) xc and non xc. Non xc is not an -A chip afaik and so unlikely to be great ocer. This is the £1048 version

Remi · 17 Dec 2018 at 13:36

Maybe this will help you ...

Calo · 17 Dec 2018 at 14:26

I have the black edition and can confirm its the A chip, looked at gpu-z and shows its the A revision, but not the (300A) chip aparently, just the 300 which means power limit to about 112%

...and yes i paid 1049 for it from a UK retailer. Doesnt say XC on it anywhere

fantasticCG · 17 Dec 2018 at 15:34

The black edition £1048.99 is the one I’m looking at! I’ve not seen a black edition with xc on it.

Calo · 17 Dec 2018 at 16:16

I just finished overclocking mine in fact. have added 500 to the memory (very conservative) and now have very stable +210 on the core clock using Precision X1. (it failed at +250)

passed the vf curve 'test' with a score of 90 too
scored 100fps exactly in the Valley benchmark (4k ultra - no AA)
and just did Far Cry 5 benchmark and got 60 fps min, 68 avg, 78 max fps (4k ultra + HD textures - no AA)

very happy with that!

If you really want those extra 4fps on the minimum, go ahead and spend 100-300 clams more for a decent brand 300A chip card.

kevman · 17 Dec 2018 at 16:18

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC BLACK EDITION GAMING, 11G-P4-2282-KR, 11GB GDDR6, Dual HDB Fans & RGB LED

EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti BLACK EDITION GAMING, 11G-P4-2281-KR, 11GB GDDR6, Dual HDB Fans & RGB LED

These are the two part numbers - calo seems happy with his so may be it's not an issue

Calo · 21 Dec 2018 at 11:19

updating my overclock, its now at +200 on the core as at +210 it was making Far Cry 5 crash after 2 minutes every time. been playing for 50 hours now wit +200 and no problems at all. If this is the limit of the 300 (non 'A') chip used in this card, then thats great imo.

Now then, a question for you, the 300A chips that are in almost every other 2080 ti on the market, they typically get a 100 MHz factory overclock right? And i then see many people stating they can put up to +170 on the core too (just talking stock air cooling here). Does that mean, very loosely, the difference between a 300 vs 300A chip is an overclock ability of +200 vs +370 respectively?

i may have missed something but that seems to be the gist of it.

Gripen90 · 21 Dec 2018 at 12:05

What is the main difference between EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC GAMING (11G-P4-2382-KR) and the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC BLACK EDITION GAMING (11G-P4-2282-KR) besides the higher clockspeed on the XC GAMING, do they both use the same reference PCB ?

Calo · 21 Dec 2018 at 12:19

Gripen90 said:
What is the main difference between EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC GAMING (11G-P4-2382-KR) and the EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC BLACK EDITION GAMING (11G-P4-2282-KR) besides the higher clockspeed on the XC GAMING, do they both use the same reference PCB ?

boost clock of the black edition is 1560 vs 1635 on the other one. Suggests this is also the 300 non A chip

nick-fury · 21 Dec 2018 at 12:25

I have the EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB BLACK EDITION (11G-P4-2281-KR).

It got so hot and so noisy using the iCX2 cooler that I decided to watercool my whole setup.

I'm really happy with the card now, using the EKWB GPU block, temps under load have gone from 85 down to sub 55 (2x 240 rads with an i9 9900k).

Like Calo, I've also put +200 on the core without issues, although I haven't pushed further.

100% recommend the card if you're going to watercool it, if not then I'd go with something with a more substantial cooler.