RTX 2080 SUPER VENTUS XS or other for ~£600

[goldy6660]

Hi all

I have a friend looking to spend on a gaming rig. He is going for a card within a budget of ~£600 so I've suggested the RTX 2080 SUPER VENTUS XS which is on the BF deal here. Has anyone got any experience they could share around this card or would recommend a different card.

He'll be gaming on a 1440 144hz monitor and has a 3700X. Initially I recommended him go on to a 2070 Super gaming X trio as these are ~£500 and will be adequate for the monitor but just not sure on the smaller sized PCB for the 2080, do you lose much performance by going for the smaller card and are these incredibly noisy?

 

[goldy6660]

Wait till the new cards are out in a few months.

Agreed however this is his first build and wants to get now.

 

[goldy6660]

Unless he is loaded in which case I would recommend a Titan RTX then he will experience buyers remorse very quickly. Lol.

What would you recommend then? Other than waiting for another new set of cards?

 

[goldy6660]

He would like warranty tbh but I personally have no issue with 1080tis second hand. Plus I wouldn't know where to source one from (don't have enough posts for MM yet although I've been a forum lurker for many years). Recently messed up on buying what I thought was a 2080ti secondhand... received a pile of paper, so I'm not entirely sure how I'd go about it

 

[goldy6660]

I believe @Boomstick777 has one of these and rates it.

Do a search on his posts about it.

Thanks, appreciate that. Seems he's happy with it and it looks like a solid deal with cod included too.