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Upgrading to 2080Ti

PixDel

PixDel

PixDel

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Hi all,

I'm looking at upgrading to a 2080Ti from a GTX970, as I need some more power for rendering with V-Ray. GPU rendering seems to be the way to go now! I'm a bit of a technophobe when it comes to PC building, haven't got the faintest idea, so I'm looking for a bit of advice:

1. Would I be able to run a 2080Ti alongside my Zotac GTX970? I'm not sure if the two cards would work together. I know I wouldn't get any more video memory, but the extra CUDA cores would be good for V-Ray, if they worked together.

2. If I just ran a 2080Ti on its own, would I need a new power supply (how powerful?) and/or anything else to get it installed? I presume that I'd definitely need one if I ran both cards (if they'd fit and work together).

I've put my PC specs below, it's now 3 years old:
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Many thanks!
 
1. The only benefit that could really give you is if you designate the older card as the PhysX card, to offload that processing. Not sure it's worth it.
2. I think a 550W supply is probably pushing it at the low end... from a chart I found it looks like it will suck down an extra 100W compared to the 970. It might be just fine, but I'd probably want to up that to a 750.
 
Hi and welcome to the forums. :)

That's a Corsair VS series which are Corsairs bargain basement units built down to a price with cheap internals. The all important 12v rail is only 504w and depending on which version you have it's either not 80+ certified at all or has the very basic 80+ white certification. At the end of the day it's garbage and would need replacing. For a 2080ti by itself you should be looking at a quality 650w psu. To use the GTX970 alongside a 2080ti you should be looking at a quality 850w+ psu.

The Antec HCG Gold (High Current Gamer) series are built by Seasonic for Antec and are basically Seasonic Focus Plus Gold in a different case. The 650w version has a 648w 12v rail and the 850w version has a 840w 12v rail. Both are fully modular and have 10 year warranties. The Antec HCG Gold series are on special offer at the moment with cracking prices. I included the Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 1000w in case you wanted the extra headroom when running both cards. It has a 996w 12v rail, is fully modular and has a 10 year warranty.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £323.63 (includes shipping: £11.70)​
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I dont think even a 650w gold is worth risking. 650w platinum yes but not gold. 750w gold is the lowest i would go. If you overclock a 2080ti it uses lots of power. Obviously it depends which 2080ti but its not worth the disk IMO
 
Thank you so much, all, for the in-depth responses! I came to the right place for this! I think I'll probably look at going for an 850W power supply then (unless I combine both cards), I'll take a look at the Antec one that @pastymuncher kindly shared, hopefully, that should do the job.

I've just seen that Overclockers do B-Grade Palit (Never heard of them!) RTX2080Ti's for £875. Seems like a bargain to me... I might message OCs and see what the deal is with them.
 
PixDel said:
Thank you so much, all, for the in-depth responses! I came to the right place for this! I think I'll probably look at going for an 850W power supply then (unless I combine both cards), I'll take a look at the Antec one that @pastymuncher kindly shared, hopefully, that should do the job.

I've just seen that Overclockers do B-Grade Palit (Never heard of them!) RTX2080Ti's for £875. Seems like a bargain to me... I might message OCs and see what the deal is with them.
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I think B grade have only a short warranty, so check that out.
 
@BriT Yeah, I think it's a 90-day warranty. Not sure if it's worth spending the extra few hundred for a year-long warranty, these things can take a hammering when rendering! Hmm.
 
PixDel said:
@BriT Yeah, I think it's a 90-day warranty. Not sure if it's worth spending the extra few hundred for a year-long warranty, these things can take a hammering when rendering! Hmm.
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a lot of cards have a 3 year warranty, but if your card fails in 6 months a 90 day warranty is no good and you lose more than a few hundred pounds!

your choice of course.
 
aoaaron said:
The failure rate of the 2080ti makes buying a B-grade card a very bad idea.
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for the love of god dont buy b grade especially a 2080ti, you'll be far better buying a new one as others have said and you'll get a full manufactures warranty of a few years in case of failure, b grade only has 90 days max after that your on your own.
the b grade card you've seen is the palit card i presume, you can get that new for £949 which isn't much more than the £874 for a second hand card.
i have a palit card that i bought new and its been sold ever since i got it (Christmas last year)
 
PixDel said:
Thank you so much, all, for the in-depth responses! I came to the right place for this! I think I'll probably look at going for an 850W power supply then (unless I combine both cards), I'll take a look at the Antec one that @pastymuncher kindly shared, hopefully, that should do the job.

I've just seen that Overclockers do B-Grade Palit (Never heard of them!) RTX2080Ti's for £875. Seems like a bargain to me... I might message OCs and see what the deal is with them.
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Do not buy a B-grade 2080ti. These cards have a alarming failure rate and that so called bargain £875 could end up leaving you with a £875 hole in your pocket. Buy new so that you get the full warranty.
 
I wouldn’t spend that much money on anything without a long warranty not just a 2080ti even if it was a tv or vacuum cleaner etc I still want a long warranty
 
I'm sure there was an analysis of keeping a dedicated card for physx that showed it was worse in most cases.

Just not worth it.
 
lnoton said:
I'm sure there was an analysis of keeping a dedicated card for physx that showed it was worse in most cases.

Just not worth it.
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In most cases I found it benefited from using a dedicated card for Physx, best scenario was BL2. This was 3-4 years ago however. I wouldn't bother now.
 
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