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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition

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Pros

  • It makes hitting higher frequencies and frame rates so easy
  • high quality and reliable 80 Plus certified power supply
  • build quality and design

Cons

  • steadily marches on dragging us along sometime willingly and well sometimes kicking and screaming
  • RTX 2080 Ti is far too expensive
  • not the equivalent card

Key specs

  • 12.0
  • PCI Express 3.0
  • GDDR6 SDRAM
  • 8 GB
  • 256 bit
  • 7680, 4320
  • 650 W
  • 1515 MHz
  • 2944

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition - Pros & Cons

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition

Pros

  • It makes hitting higher frequencies and frame rates so easy
  • high quality and reliable 80 Plus certified power supply
  • build quality and design
  • new power and more efficient cooling isn t free
  • It also helps give the card headroom for overclocking
  • dual axial fans were remarkably quiet under load
  • the Turing cards are more optimized for DirectX 12 than their predecessors
  • powerful enough to make the price bump less egregious
  • Tensor Cores are also impressive too
  • enough flexibility to optimize performance and efficiency
  • in-depth reviews and helpful tips

Cons

  • steadily marches on dragging us along sometime willingly and well sometimes kicking and screaming
  • RTX 2080 Ti is far too expensive
  • not the equivalent card
  • itself with a big chip and pricey HBM2 memory
  • thermal limits being hit
  • direction nVidia is trying to push
  • faking planar reflections can take a lot of manual effort
  • Marketing Marketing comes before the card ever hits the market
  • temperatures below 63 degrees permitted higher frequencies
  • a weighty bit of kit
  • memory will get tied to a 256-bit bus

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition - Technical Overview

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1710 MHz
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ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX580 8GB OC
Processor boost clock speed: 8000 MHz
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256 bit
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PNY NVIDIA Quadro GV100
Memory bus: 4096 bit
IconEffective clock speed
14000 MHz
Best:
Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 MASTER 24G
Effective clock speed: 19500 MHz
IconCore clock
1515 MHz

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition - Full Specifications

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General
Bus TypePCI Express 3.0
Max monitors supported4
VR Readyyes
API Supported
  • DirectX 12
  • OpenGL 4.5
  • Vulkan
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Memory
Memory technologyGDDR6 SDRAM
Memory size8 GB
Memory bus256.0 bit
Bandwidth448.0 GB/s
Discrete graphics adapter memory8.0 GB
Effective clock speed14000.0 MHz
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Display
Max resolution7680 x 4320
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Dimensions
Height4.57 in
Depth10.51 in
Weight44.45 oz
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Power
Power consumption (operational)225.0 W
Power consumption (typical)215.0 W
Minimum system power supply650.0 W
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Performance
HDCPyes
OpenGL version4.5
DirectX version12.0
NVIDIA Anselyes
NVIDIA G-SYNCyes
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Processor
Core clock1515.0 MHz
Processor frequency1515.0 MHz
Processor boost clock speed1710.0 MHz
CUDAyes
CUDA cores2944
Parallel processing technology supportNVLink
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Design
Cooling typeActive
Number of fans2
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Connectivity
HDMI ports quantity1
HDMI version2.0b
DisplayPorts quantity3
DisplayPort version1.4

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Nvidia - Editorial Reviews (13)

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti & RTX 2080 Founders Edition Review
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Overclockers Club
Published: 19.09.2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti & RTX 2080 Founders Edition Review
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 review: 4K gaming is here, at a price
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The Verge
Published: 19.09.2018
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 review: 4K gaming is here, at a price
4.0

Next-generation GPUs for next-generation PC gaming

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Founders Edition Review - For 1440p to 4K Gaming - ThePCEnthusiast
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ThePCEnthusiast
Published: 07.08.2019
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Founders Edition Review - For 1440p to 4K Gaming - ThePCEnthusiast

We previously reviewed the RTX 2060 Super, one of the latest SUPER graphics cards from NVIDIA. Today, it's time to check out the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Review: Faster, More Expensive Than GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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tomshardware.co.uk
Published: 19.09.2018
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Review: Faster, More Expensive Than GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is in a difficult position. It has to compete against GeForce GTX 1080 Ti at a higher price point, and with a number of features not yet available to enjoy. Can it shine as bright as the flagship RTX 2080 Ti?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 review
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TechRadar
Published: 21.09.2020
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 review

An impressive graphics card for a king’s ransom

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition review
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pcgamer
Published: 19.09.2018
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition review

Nvidia's penultimate GeForce RTX 2080 GPU has a lot to prove in the coming months.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition 8 GB Review
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TechPowerUp
Published: 19.09.2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition 8 GB Review
5.0

It was very bold of NVIDIA to debut its flagship implementation of the Turing architecture right next to the RTX 2080, poised to be the poster-boy of this architecture. This card packs the promise of real-time ray tracing, of sorts. NVIDIA also put out its best cooler design since TITAN. All that beauty comes at a price.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super Founders Edition review: A modest upgrade to a powerful GPU
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pcworld.com_techhive.com
Published: 23.07.2019
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super Founders Edition review: A modest upgrade to a powerful GPU
4.0

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2080 Super is the second most-powerful GPU ever released, but it loses its unique identity in the new-look Super lineup.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti & RTX 2080 Founders Edition Review: Foundations For A Ray Traced Future
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anandtech.com
Published: 19.09.2018
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti & RTX 2080 Founders Edition Review: Foundations For A Ray Traced Future
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Review
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PCMAG
Published: 19.09.2018
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Review
4.0

An exceptionally powerful graphics card, the GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is a home run for gaming at 4K or high refresh rates. Only its pricing and the lack of games supporting ray tracing and DLSS keep it from being a grand slam right from launch.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 review: just about keeps ahead of AMD’s Radeon VII
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PCGamesN
Published: 15.05.2019
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 review: just about keeps ahead of AMD’s Radeon VII

But, with few ray tracing and AI-boosted games, the RTX 2080 stuggles to justify itself as a traditional GPU

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition Review: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super Founders Edition
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HEXUS
Published: 23.07.2019
Review: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super Founders Edition

Incremental performance improvements.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition GeForce RTX 2080 Founders review
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GeForce RTX 2080 Founders review
5.0

We review the GeForce RTX 2080 founders (reference) edition. The little sister of the Ti model still packs some serious punch as it takes on the 1080 Ti anywhere and everywhere. Of course, the RTX 208... Introduction