AnandTech benchmarked the new RTX graphics cards, and concludes:
So where does that leave things? For traditional performance, both RTX cards line up with current NVIDIA offerings, giving a straightforward point-of-reference for gamers. The observed performance delta between the RTX 2080 Founders Edition and GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition is at a level achievable by the Titan Xp or overclocked custom GTX 1080 Ti’s. Meanwhile, NVIDIA mentioned that the RTX 2080 Ti should be equal to or faster than the Titan V, and while we currently do not have the card on hand to confirm this, the performance difference from when we did review that card is in-line with NVIDIA’s statements.
The easier takeaway is that these cards would not be a good buy for GTX 1080 Ti owners, as the RTX 2080 would be a sidegrade and the RTX 2080 Ti would be offering 37% more performance for $1200, a performance difference akin upgrading to a GTX 1080 Ti from a GTX 1080. For prospective buyers in general, it largely depends on how long the GTX 1080 Ti will be on shelves, because as it stands, the RTX 2080 is around $90 more expensive and less likely to be in stock. Looking to the RTX 2080 Ti, diminishing returns start to kick in, where paying 43% or 50% more gets you 27-28% more performance.
Neither of the two new RTX cards seem to be particularly smart purchases at this point – the 2080 barely performs any better than a 1080 Ti, and while the 2080 Ti does offer a decent performance improvement over the 1080 Ti, it’s also $1200. You might want to wait to see if NVIDIA’s raytracing efforts pay off and gets adopted in video games, and if said raytracing features don’t suck too much performance.
Going from a 1080 to a 2080 Ti sure sounds like a giant leap! That’s what I’m at right now, and wanting a card with 3 DP ports (Vive Pro requires DP instead of HDMI for it’s higher bandwidth requirements, so currently I’m unplugging whenever I want to use VR).
My immidiate question is for anyone willing to spend that much money on a graphics card, why do you have a 1080 instead of a 1080 ti in the first place?
My economy is so that it would be no problem to get a 2080 ti, but i must say that i feel the price and the perceived value that i would get, just does not match, at all. If i was to buy a new card right now, i think i would go for a 1080. 1060 would be a side grade for me, and 1070 is priced too close to the 1080, and the 1080 ti and all the rtx cards are just too expensive.
A lot of people skip every 2nd gen and buy the top end cards. Problem is in this case better off waiting for the due process step the 3080s will have.
Yeah, I tend to not get the ‘Ti’ ones because they are usually released after the original bump. I got the 1080 GTX because it was an upgrade for my main computer while my 980GTX could go into an eGPU system for a more portable VR. That and the 1080 can handle Elite: Dangerous a lot better at the higher sample rates. This time is the first time I’ve seen where they talked about releasing the Ti and non-Ti at the same time.
I buy what’s cheap on ebay
It is nowhere implemented in any games except in couple of test demos they made. Of course in clock rate, more memory the card will perform better but this new shiny raytracing feature is at least 1 year away, until that these cards will halves at price. Same goes for mining, from 1200$ you get 4x rx580s which are double of the mining speed but with the rollout of this new series they will go down to 200$ a piece or even lower very soon.
I’d at least wait for the next release cycle.
This is new tech and I’ll bet it will take a generation before they fully solidify his it works and incorporate tweaks and arch changes they’ve learned from the initial release.
At the very top tier above the Ti cards, ie going dual card.
NVLink 2x RTX2080-Ti Vs SLI 2x GTX1080-Ti seems to be a bigger gain than between the single cards alone.
So it’s maybe a bit more nuanced.
But maybe 1080Ti or even 1080 is the value proposition for next few months.