The RTX 2080 pre-order thread

Simon Belmont · 20 Sep 2018 at 14:36

VincentHanna said:
Let him enjoy it is what I meant, rather than giving out benchmarks on a forum

Exactly. Really enjoying the new tomb raider. Cheers mate

Unrivaledx21 · 20 Sep 2018 at 14:52

@Gibbo Any updates on MSI and EVGA stock arrival?

Simon Belmont · 20 Sep 2018 at 15:15

I just noticed my idle clocks are 300? Is that ok? every other card I've had is 137 or something like that.

Is 300 ok?

DarrenM343 · 20 Sep 2018 at 15:17

Simon Belmont said:
I just noticed my idle clocks are 300? Is that ok? every other card I've had is 137 or something like that.

Think I read somewhere that the early driver uses to much juice at idle atm.

Simon Belmont · 20 Sep 2018 at 15:20

DarrenM343 said:
Think I read somewhere that the early driver uses to much juice at idle atm.

That makes sense. Looking forward to how new drivers perform. Cheers for that info mate

jrodga2k5 · 20 Sep 2018 at 16:10

Stanners said:
Have you ran any benchmarks or anything yet?

I have stanners

First run with my RTX 2080 clocks at default, happy with the boost.

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/28700313?

Score: 10300
CPU: 8443
GPU: 10716

2700x @ Auto/Max 4.342ghz
Nvidia RTX 2080 FE 1,920 MHz Core 7,000 MHz Memory

JediFragger · 20 Sep 2018 at 19:45

I didn't know where the hell to put this little bit of info (so many threads!) but I don't think the MSI OSD is reporting the core clock correctly in the new beta 4.6.0 Beta 9 (prob something to do with Boost 4.0). I've checked my (graphics) Timespy scores and they seem to tally with overclocked cards (and the OC scanner puts my curve above 2100).

The OC Scanner is accessable by pressing Ctrl-F btw.

Stanners · 20 Sep 2018 at 20:03

jrodga2k5 said:
I have stanners

First run with my RTX 2080 clocks at default, happy with the boost.

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/28700313?

Score: 10300
CPU: 8443
GPU: 10716

2700x @ Auto/Max 4.342ghz
Nvidia RTX 2080 FE 1,920 MHz Core 7,000 MHz Memory

Nice

hobib_ali · 21 Sep 2018 at 01:07

if some one was upgrading from a 1080ti to a 2080 would that be considered madness?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 21 Sep 2018 at 01:16

hobib_ali said:
if some one was upgrading from a 1080ti to a 2080 would that be considered madness?

Emm,why?? By the time you sell the card and buy a new one you are spending £100s for some extra features. Surely waiting for the second generation ones make more sense??

Rofflay · 21 Sep 2018 at 02:25

hobib_ali said:
if some one was upgrading from a 1080ti to a 2080 would that be considered madness?

Madness you say?!

You answered your own question though why do you think you typed madness? Your going to buy one anyways but be forewarned if you do expect the next gen in 2020 to cost £850. And im going to quote this when it happens you mark my words

RichardH754 · 21 Sep 2018 at 07:06

Just my luck ordered from Nvidia like I did for 1080Ti and it came early, now looks like 2080Ti is going to be late to the party!

Questloved · 21 Sep 2018 at 13:45

RichardH754 said:
Just my luck ordered from Nvidia like I did for 1080Ti and it came early, now looks like 2080Ti is going to be late to the party!

Fingers crossed for the 27th, but I'm not holding my breath. Seems like all the retailers have been screwed over to the point nobody has any clue when they'll arrive.

Silent_Scone · 21 Sep 2018 at 13:47

I refused to order from NVIDIA on or near launch day because it would have been utter irrational chaos. The site went down for a few hours, too. Only the most desperate clingers would have managed to bag early orders.

Danwillysxi · 22 Sep 2018 at 11:22

The card prices are really rocketing. £1,289 for the Giga windforce now! That's nearly a £250 increase from initial price last month. What gives? OCUK still have no ETA (according to the website listings) on most cards so who is setting these prices, suppliers or the retailers?

Also some other websites have cards listed with an ETA of the 27th. That could be BS but I'm hopeful we will start to see Ti's come through next week.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 Sep 2018 at 18:06

It's only the prices on here that have gone up like that, the most popular competitor are still better.

Legend · 22 Sep 2018 at 18:13

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
It's only the prices on here that have gone up like that, the most popular competitor are still better.

If I didn't know better I'd say Jensen had bought OCUK and was setting these prices himself!

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 Sep 2018 at 18:28

I think OcUK have enough orders to see them through to xmas, the demand means they put the prices up, if it was your company you would do the same. People will now order elsewhere though, same card £150 less.

JediFragger · 22 Sep 2018 at 18:45

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
I think OcUK have enough orders to see them through to xmas, the demand means they put the prices up, if it was your company you would do the same. People will now order elsewhere though, same card £150 less.

OcUK have always been the masters of hoovering up the bulk of the incoming stock on new releases for quite a while after, so ya pays ya money and takes your chances....

Silent_Scone · 24 Sep 2018 at 12:39

JediFragger said:
OcUK have always been the masters of hoovering up the bulk of the incoming stock on new releases for quite a while after, so ya pays ya money and takes your chances....

When I worked in that part of the industry going back a few years, OCUK always took the majority of inventory from 1st and 2nd tier distros, it was a nightmare.