AORUS GEFORCE GTX 1080TI vs Nvidia FE 2080

aoaaron · 21 Sep 2018 at 20:09

My final decision seems to be between these two...

One for £620, one for £750... which would u opt for?

Legend · 21 Sep 2018 at 20:18

What games do you play and what resolution are you at? Have you taken a look at the proposed upcoming games that will utilise DLSS... are any of those of interest to you?

Rup · 21 Sep 2018 at 20:19

Bought the Aorus recently just in case. Retruned it today unopened. 2080 FE arrived yesterday so decided to keep that. Dunno if worth extra, but think will be better supported in future.

aoaaron · 21 Sep 2018 at 20:28

Legend said:
What games do you play and what resolution are you at? Have you taken a look at the proposed upcoming games that will utilise DLSS... are any of those of interest to you?

At present, I hope to mainly use it for VR. Otherwise most AAA games.. Witcher 3, Bioshock Infinite.

I game at 4k.

Also is the FE a good card? or are FE normally more rubbish than custom ones?

XeNoNF50 · 21 Sep 2018 at 20:35

aoaaron said:
At present, I hope to mainly use it for VR. Otherwise most AAA games.. Witcher 3, Bioshock Infinite.

I game at 4k.

Also is the FE a good card? or are FE normally more rubbish than custom ones?

I'm impressed by these FEs. Don't think they're a million miles off AIBs looking at reviews.

Gerard · 21 Sep 2018 at 20:35

Custom cards can (and generally do) give better temps and acoustics, only watched a couple of reviews but one stated the new FE cooler was a bit crap (jayz2cents) and the other saying it was a good cooler (oc3d).

Panos · 21 Sep 2018 at 20:56

aoaaron said:
My final decision seems to be between these two...

One for £620, one for £750... which would u opt for?

Imho Aorus. Upgrade to F4 Bios and set it to OC mode in the supplied Gigabyte software and leave the card as is.
Set a custom fan profile at 50% 50C / 60% 60C / 75% 70C and 100% 78C.
Is very powerful with the factory OC at 2021 and the above fan profile you wont have issues nor hear the card even when it is burning 300W+

Unrivaledx21 · 21 Sep 2018 at 21:09

The aorus is a solid choice and imo is the best 1080 Ti card to get (only second to the xtreme model of it). With that said I am going with the 2080 over 1080 Ti just because new tech vs old tech? I would prefer to have DLSS. If you can manage to justify that extra spend get the RTX. If cost is a major concern then the 1080 Ti is the best option.

aoaaron · 22 Sep 2018 at 12:12

Will the 1080ti have an edge with graphics mods and 4k textures compared to the 2080FE?

or is it just really redundant of a few FPS.

[thinking about the 8gb vs 11gb ram, i haven't seen any use cases of this yet]

Vimes · 23 Sep 2018 at 10:37

Panos said:
Imho Aorus. Upgrade to F4 Bios and set it to OC mode in the supplied Gigabyte software and leave the card as is.
Set a custom fan profile at 50% 50C / 60% 60C / 75% 70C and 100% 78C.
Is very powerful with the factory OC at 2021 and the above fan profile you wont have issues nor hear the card even when it is burning 300W+

IIRC they renamed the F4 beta BIOS for that card to F3P.

I never felt the need to flash my Aorus Extreme as it does what I need with no issues. I did add a little to the power limit and change the fan profile within Afterburner. Great card. I've had a soft spot for Gigabyte ho, very good and accessible customer service.

DarrenM343 · 23 Sep 2018 at 10:48

I don't game at 4K but probably still say 2080. £130 difference for new forward facing GPU that's not going to be any worse than as good as a 1080 Ti and has the potential to be a good amount faster and can also try out the new tech. 2.5 years extra R&D, all round improved product.
The new FE's are not like the 10 series FE's - completely different cooling setup.

melmac · 23 Sep 2018 at 20:51

Complete waste of time buying the 2080. You can't use the new tech yet and by the time it's available in more than a handful of games, the 7nm cards will be out. You should get the 1080ti and put your £130 towards getting a 7nm cards.

For all intent and purposes you will notice no difference in performance between the 1080i and the 2080.

LoadsaMoney · 23 Sep 2018 at 21:27

melmac said:
Complete waste of time buying the 2080. You can't use the new tech yet and by the time it's available in more than a handful of games, the 7nm cards will be out. You should get the 1080ti and put your £130 towards getting a 7nm cards.

For all intent and purposes you will notice no difference in performance between the 1080i and the 2080.

This tbh.

chaparral · 23 Sep 2018 at 21:40

melmac said:
You should get the 1080ti and put your £130 towards getting a 7nm cards.

Has there been a release date for these new 7nm cards written somewhere ? :confused:

Simon Belmont · 23 Sep 2018 at 21:46

chaparral said:
Has there been a release date for these new 7nm cards written somewhere ?

I doubt we'll see anything until 2020 at the earliest imho.

chaparral · 23 Sep 2018 at 21:48

Simon Belmont said:
I doubt we'll see anything until 2020 at the earliest imho.

That what I was thinking as new GPU cards seem to get release every 18months to 2 years these days

bru · 23 Sep 2018 at 22:12

The really sad thing here is that a 1080ti 18 months after launch @£620 is considered a good deal, such a sorry state of affairs.

Skynet5 · 23 Sep 2018 at 22:30

bru said:
The really sad thing here is that a 1080ti 18 months after launch @£620 is considered a good deal, such a sorry state of affairs.

Mental. I sucked it up and bought one from Amazon when they were "cheap".

Won't be looking again for a few years now. What ever this card gives me for 1440 is what I'll except for at least 3 years.

opethdisciple · 23 Sep 2018 at 22:32

2080.

The difference is £130. The 2080 is brand new and will be supported longer. Plus better at 4k which the OP states is a requirement.

On top of that the 1000 series launched in 2016!

Tom|Nbk · 23 Sep 2018 at 22:36

I'd probs go 2080 if I was buying again for the little bit more cash you get new tech and something a bit different