Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 Founder Edition Review

The all-new “Turing” architecture powers the GeForce RTX 2080. This card was well worth the wait, and it’s a beast when it comes to all-out, high-detail 4K gaming. The GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is a home run for gamers who want to play at 4K or with high refresh rates. Only the dearth of games that enable ray tracing and DLSS prevent it from being a grand slam right out of the gate.

Specs and features:

It’s the first consumer graphics card to include GDDR6 memory, which runs at a faster 15.5Gbps than the conventional 14Gbps. This is how it compares to the original GTX 1080 and the last-generation GTX 1080. The GeForce RTX 2080 Super Founders Edition offers twice the power of the original and, for the first time, features real-time ray tracing. The card’s total board power is 250 watts, compared to 215 watts on the vanilla card, and it may also be used in a multi-GPU SLI configuration. With every RTX 20-series card purchase, you’ll get a free copy of Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Remedy’s Control.

The New Tensor Cores:

They’re made to increase image quality by “learning” how the perfect image should appear. DLSS can properly anticipate what something should look like without having to execute the majority of the typical processing effort, resulting in improved performance. Many upcoming games are expected to use the technology, but nothing has been tested as of this writing.

Gaming Performance benchmarks:

One of the best looter-shooters ever made is The Division 2. Far Cry: New Dawn takes the fantastic gameplay of Far Cry 5 and puts it in a post-apocalyptic setting. Strange Brigade is a co-op third-person shooter in which you must blast your way through waves of adversaries. The reboot trilogy comes to a close with Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which is stunning. The AnvilNext 2.0 engine in Ghost Recon Wildlands destroys GPUs. F1 2018 is a joy to play, with a diverse set of graphics and benchmarking choices. Grand Theft Auto V isn’t exactly a visual stunner, but it consistently tops the Steam rankings.

Power draw, Thermals, and synthetics:

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super Founders Edition is quicker and more powerful than the standard model, but it also gets hotter. The dual-axial cooler design strikes a good balance between noise reduction and noise reduction. We used 3DMark’s highly regarded Fire Strike synthetic benchmark to test the card, noting the highest maximum temperature at the end.

Pros:

• It’s cool and silent when it’s running. 
• There’s enough room for overclocking. 
• Future games will be able to use ray tracing and DLSS.
• Its gaming performance is around one-third better than the GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition it replaces.

Cons:

• In comparison to the GTX 1080 Founders Edition, the price has been increased. 
• It’s difficult to assess the value of ray tracing and DLSS until games are released. 
• The cooling design directs the majority of the air into the case rather than out.

Conclusion:

The GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is a home run for gamers who want to play at 4K or with high refresh rates. Only the dearth of games that enable ray tracing and DLSS prevent it from being a grand slam right out of the gate.