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Can you recommend me my first Nvidia in 20 years RTX 2080
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Hey I would have kept the VII than get a RTX 2080 fella, same speed in games and only 8G of Vram on the rtx2080. raytracing and DLS isn't all that anyway. A step up would be wait for 2080 super, but if your desperate then EVGA would be a good choice for warranty
and the fact they don't mind if you fit a water block which I presume you will want to. As the saying goes the grass isn't greener on the green side unless you go 2080 super or 2080ti
I'd just had enough dissapointment from amd, i was hanging on to their products as an upgrade path and to support them but after the recent navi announcement that was the last time i pin hope on them. fury x , vega, radeon 7 , navi all too expensive and underpowered.
The 2080 is overall faster than the R7 and I just want to see what raytracing e.t.c is like for a year before I upgrade to something like rtx 3000 series or if AMD get their act together in 2020 i will pop back over , but brand loyalty is gone for me now, I will just buy what i feel comfortable with in the power to price point.
If the super 2080 is better and the same price as the 2080's now then I will return my new gpu and get one, its no biggy, I have 28 days consumer return rights
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I feel your pain, was hopeing Navi would be a big leap forward with all the speculation surrounding it. Just goes to show how the hype train builds up hope. I just hope ryzen 3000 proves its self to be the big intel killer. but back to 2080's I would go with EVGA for the warranty and ability to fit a water block.
Yep, the bubble burst, I've been loyal to them since good knows when, 20 years...
Thanks for the advice, is there any particular model of evga you'd recommend over others?
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As mentioned you would want an A chip variant, better overclocking head room I believe, but I have no idea which card uses the A chip. perhaps an owner in the 2080 owners thread can help there.
I can look them up on techpowerup its relatively simple, I think anything above the black (although there are two types of black edition one a and one not)
So the xc, xc ultra upwards are all A chip.
£650 was my limit really, I saw a £750 brand new 2080ti elsewhere on the internet for a gigabyte gaming oc 2080 ti but that was with a 10% discount that ran out last night
I did spy the palit game rock which is an A chip with custom pcb and 10+2 Vrms.. are they any good, Pny and Palit are companies I don't know much about as like mobile phone people only go for the well known brands whether they are better or not like asus , gigabyte ,evga e.t.c as they are more well known.
With the amount of issues the 20 series have I would honestly just go with EVGA, if you need to RMA your card you can use advanced RMA and they put a charge on your credit card or debit card then refund it once they receive the faulty card. It just means you aren't without a card for ages (some people are waiting over a month). You can also extend the warranty when you register the card with EVGA.
I have the found the 2080 XC Ultra for £675.98 from a competitor but then you will need another £11 delivery on top of that. But its still £24 cheaper
I have the found the 2080 XC Ultra for £675.98 from a competitor but then you will need another £11 delivery on top of that. But its still £24 cheaper
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Chances are it will be the same price. NV are OOS now on both the 2070 and 2080 (FE cards - UK site) so these probably will soon be superseded at likely the same price point.If the super 2080 is better and the same price as the 2080's now then I will return my new gpu and get one, its no biggy, I have 28 days consumer return rights
Just wait a month rather than using the 28 day consumer protection thing. That doesn't come without cost somewhere along the line and is meant for protection really, not to get free use of somethign for 28 days as a stop gap
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I have built a few machines with palit cards, never had one back yet. infact the best overclocking GTX680 I ever had was palit. cant say what the RMA situation is like as I never returned one.
Protecting me from spending too much for a card that costs too much in the first placeChances are it will be the same price. NV are OOS now on both the 2070 and 2080 (FE cards - UK site) so these probably will soon be superseded at likely the same price point.
Just wait a month rather than using the 28 day consumer protection thing. That doesn't come without cost somewhere along the line and is meant for protection really, not to get free use of somethign for 28 days
@Illuminist are you going to water cool the 2080?
I'm not sure tbh, I only plan to keep it for 1 year until the 7nm nvidia, Intel Xe or navi big boy 20s come out next year and offer something spectacular. I will want something lovely to play Cyberpunk 2077 and bloodlines 2 on with raytracing working much better i imagine.
I'm actually exited to get an nvidia, i think i might be ill or something............
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Good point, you will need to purchase a card they do a water block for, these 2080's like to throttle back when they get hot for sure.
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The XC Ultra has 9 thermal sensors as well which comes in handy when overclocking or putting under water
I will do some research into that for sure, in case I need/want to go that route at some point, it will apply to the supers i guess also.