OcUK Nvidia RTX series review thread

[Minstadave]

In think some people are expecting too much.

30% average performance gain over a 1080 Ti is quite good without even considering RT and DLSS.

I’d agree with you if it was at the same price point.

 

[TonyTurbo78]

Jay says don't buy, that's good enough for me.

Steve at GN saying pretty much the same, the 2080 is a totally pointless buy and overall is left baffled by the 20 series in general. No surprise, the whole marketing secrecy regarding charts should have gave us this info already. I Like how Steve summarised it, “the 2080 series biggest competitor is the 1080ti, Nvidias older gen card”

 

[Yaayuh!]

Roll on 21**/30** series

 

[melmac]

I think you were wrong, personally. Some of the games show the potential of the 2080 over the old Ti and it's in the region of 40%. YOu took issue when I said it would be a decent amount faster . Granted it's going to be newer games probably but I can see the average performance increase getting better in newer titles (IMO) .
If someone has an old Ti they may not want to upgrade to a 2080 at least yet until new titles show a sustained good increase over the old Tii and the best choice would have course be the new Ti but it's of coruse big £.

No man, you are wrong, completely. You said Tom Petersen was sandbagging that the performance would be much higher in Normal games, You were saying that the 2080 would be way faster than the 1080ti, 15% at least. I maintained all along that Tom Petersen knew the exact performance and the 1080ti would be on par with the 1080ti. Faster in some games, slower in others. And that's exactly where it has ended up. If it was the other way around, you would tell me to stop cherry picking benchmarks. The bulk of the reviews say the same thing, that the 1080ti and 2080 are level with each other.

Going forward, games that use DLSS will show a big advantage.

 

[B1gbeard]

I wish I had bought one of these 1080ti’s that were nearly half the price of a 2080ti.

Whether right or wrong only the future will tell but we are not just paying for raw performance here but new tech. Who knows how things will look in 6 months.

 

[Distracted]

One takeaway i had from the slides on the gamersnexus review was that Vega 64 is one power hungry card.

 

[TonyTurbo78]

One takeaway i had from the slides on the gamersnexus review was that Vega 64 is one power hungry card.

I got Titan V is crazy loud and increbly hot

 

[melmac]

It hit 50% and over on some titles and the DLSS review (although limited to 2 titles) was pushing close to 100% so I have no idea why you are disappointed.... these results are very impressive for the 2080Ti

I expected it to average nearly 50%, not 30% in normal games. And I know DLSS will make a big difference in framerate, the problem is that it's only going to be in a few games.

 

[DarrenM343]

No man, you are wrong, completely. You said Tom Petersen was sandbagging that the performance would be much higher in Normal games, You were saying that the 2080 would be way faster than the 1080ti, 15% at least. I maintained all along that Tom Petersen knew the exact performance and the 1080ti would be on par with the 1080ti. Faster in some games, slower in others. And that's exactly where it has ended up. If it was the other way around, you would tell me to stop cherry picking benchmarks. The bulk of the reviews say the same thing, that the 1080ti and 2080 are level with each other.

Going forward, games that use DLSS will show a big advantage.

I think I said he might be sandbagging, not stating as fact that he was . You now recognise DLSS will show a big performance increase so why have you spend weeks pulling it all to bits? These gpu's have been more about technology advancemen rather than just raw FPS in older style games, IMO. In all cases ive seen it's showing an increae which is not what you were suggesting originally . So it's as fast or faster than an old Ti in alcases (that I've seen so far) with a potential of 40% faster.
So looks like we were both correct goig by what you now believe you said, as I said a decent amount faster...which you disagreed with.

Anyway, doesn't matter, but good to see you now believe things with a more positive hat on .

 

[BS Dave]

I wish I had bought one of these 1080ti’s that were nearly half the price of a 2080ti.

Whether right or wrong only the future will tell but we are not just paying for raw performance here but new tech. Who knows how things will look in 6 months.

Those 1080tis are still around

 

[TNA]

Jay says don't buy, that's good enough for me.

But you had no intention of buying anyway. What difference does what he said make?

Trouble here is Nvidia overpriced the cards. I am actually happy to see most people agree with this. That way we can at least go back to Pascal pricing when 7nm comes out. One of the main reasons these cards are priced the way they are is because of such huge cores. 7nm will mean much smaller cores so hopefully a much lower price to.

 

[TonyTurbo78]

One of the main reasons these cards are priced the way they are is because of such huge cores. 7nm will mean much smaller cores so hopefully a much lower price to.

And they can milk with no competition.

Any GPU costing anywhere over £500 is outright disgusting, a gaming GPU costing over 1k is everything wrong with PC gaming today.

 

[kevman]

Jen said the 2070 was faster than the 1080ti. How much BS does that guy spread to pull in pre-orders.

Lol think this was actually titan xp - but we need a new way of measuring performance.

 

[melmac]

I think I said he might be sandbagging, not stating as fact that he was . You now recognise DLSS will show a big performance increase so why have you spend weeks pulling it all to bits? These gpu's have been more about technology advancemen rather than just raw FPS in older style games, IMO. In all cases ive seen it's showing an increae which is not what you were suggesting originally .

You can ask @Gregster or @bru , I have not pulled DLSS to bits, I have been a big believer in DLSS.

No, no, you don't get to change the goal posts now. The discussion was always about Normal games and that was very clear from the conversations and your responses to everything I posted.

It's faster in some games and slower in others, which is exactly what I said.

 

[Stretlow]

So in general at 1440P the 2080 Ti is roughly a 10-20FPS gain over a 1080 Ti, About what I expected to be honest, Definitely not worth 1100 quid though, Not by a long shot.

What about at jump from a 1070 to 2080ti at 1440p ?

 

[opethdisciple]

These wont sell in large enough volume for these prices to be sustainable.

Especially as none of the new tech these cards support are in use yet.

Haven't read many reviews yet. Do we know if the Ray Tracing at 1080p with a 2080ti thing is still true?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

One takeaway i had from the slides on the gamersnexus review was that Vega 64 is one power hungry card.

They probaly havn't lowered the voltage, or fannied with the fan speeds, which has to be done first on them, to get them cool and quiet

 

[Distracted]

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Going forward, games that use DLSS will show a big advantage.

Never buy based on future promises. I made that mistake with Destiny 2...

I hope that the DLSS stuff plays out as well in games as it does in the Nvidia issued demos, but I need to see it in an actual game. No the Final Fantasy results don't count, not until its something that can be replicated by buyers at home.

But i want to be clear - i want DLSS to be everything that is being promised. I hope the improvements that have been shown when using DLSS on the 2080 are real.

 

[Brendan1966]

Anyone seen reviews on VR performance?

 

[B1gbeard]

Those 1080tis are still around

Not when the 1080ti was king of the north. What is the point of a 1080ti owner comparing the cost of the 2080ti to a reference 1080ti now? I’m comparing it to the cost of my FTW3.