SeekerNvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition
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.
-- As reviewed by PCMag
Product details
- Powered by the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 graphics processing unit (GPU) with a 1800MHz boost clock speed To help meet the needs of demanding games.
- 8GB GDDR6 (256-bit) on-board memory plus 2944 CUDA processing cores and up to 448GB/sec. of memory bandwidth Provide the memory needed to create striking visual realism.
- VR Ready Experience next-generation VR performance, low latency and plug-and-play compatibility with headsets driven by NVIDIA VRWorks. VR audio, physics, and haptics let you hear and feel every moment.
- Microsoft DirectX 12 Support for the latest Microsoft DirectX API to enable next-generation gaming. OpenGL 4.5 Support Supporting the latest standards in the OpenGL API. Vulkan API Next-generation graphics and compute API from Khronos Group that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to modern GPUs.
- Real-Time Ray Tracing Definitive solution for lifelike lighting, reflections, and shadows, offering a high level of realism. NVIDIA G-SYNC and HDR Get smooth, tear-free gameplay at refresh rates up to 240 Hz and High Dynamic Range.
PROS
+ Offers roughly one-third better gaming performance than the GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition it replaces.
+ Runs cool and quiet.
+ Headroom for overclocking.
+ Includes ray tracing and DLSS support for future games.
CONS
- Hiked-up price, versus GTX 1080 Founders Edition.
- Hard to judge value of ray tracing and DLSS until games come to market.
- Cooling design exhausts most air into case, not out.
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Expert reviews and ratings
By PCMag on September 19, 2018
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.
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By IGN on September 19, 2018
Overall the Turing architecture is impressive. Though Nvidia didn't talk much about its 4K gaming chops in the pre-launch, it runs just fine at that resolution, and has the potential for even better performance in the future as new technologies it supports begin to arrive. It's an exciting GPU, for sure, and certainly seems like one that is built for both today's games, and future titles.
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