Introduction
ROG Strix graphics cards tend not to come cheap, and the GeForce RTX 2060 OC variant is no exception, arriving at stores carrying a lofty £455 MSRP. That four isn't a typo; Asus's best RTX 2060. Asus' ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2070 O8G Gaming dares enthusiasts to spend a little more money on a graphics card offering lower temperatures, quieter fans, and extra features.
NVIDIA today launched its GeForce RTX 20-series graphics card family based on its ambitious new 'Turing' architecture. Launched 18 months from 'Pascal,' Turing comes at a time when advancements in silicon fabrication node technology are unable to keep pace with roadmaps of major chipmakers who traditionally brought out a new architecture based on a new process every 18–24 months. In an ideal world, we should have gone sub-10 nm already, which NVIDIA would have leveraged to bring the 'Volta' architecture to the consumer-space for another serving of 'more of everything.' The 'Turing' architecture packs a collection of innovations that were needed to build a new GPU on existing silicon fab processes.
At the heart of NVIDIA's effort is the RTX Technology, which brings what looks like real-time ray tracing to 3D games. Not everything on your screen is ray traced, but some of the objects are; and so, a hybrid of ray tracing and classic rasterization makes up what you see.
To ray trace even those few things on your screen, an enormous amount of compute power is needed, and so NVIDIA created specialized hardware for the task in the form of RT cores, which sit besides the all-purpose CUDA cores. The Tensor cores, which made their debut with 'Volta,' also feature here, lending a hand with deep learning and AI tasks, including a few turnkey features game developers can integrate. The new architecture also keeps up with generational gains in memory bandwidth with the new GDDR6 memory standard. The display I/O is revamped with support for the latest DisplayPort and HDMI standards, and a revolutionary new connector called VirtualLink. .
In its long list of firsts, 'Turing' also sees NVIDIA debut the architecture not with two SKUs based on the second-biggest chip (e.g.: GTX 1080 and GTX 1070), but the flagship SKU based on the 'big chip,' along with the top SKU based on the second-biggest chip, with the introduction of the new GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and GeForce RTX 2080. The GeForce RTX 2070 is also on the horizon, but isn't launching today. NVIDIA is saving its launch for next month.
The GeForce RTX 20-series is launching at unusually high prices, with generational price increments ranging between 15%–70%. NVIDIA's justification is that these cards are 'more than GeForce GTX,' and has made a few tweaks to its product stack. The RTX 2070, which starts at $500, is the cheapest SKU for now, followed by the RTX 2080 at $700 and the flagship RTX 2080 Ti at $1000, at least.
These prices don't apply to 'reference design' cards, which don't quite exist. Cards that are completely designed by NVIDIA are referred to as 'Founders Edition,' which not only sell with a premium product design, but higher-than-reference clock speeds to justify 10%–15% premiums.
In this review, we take a look at the ASUS Republic of Gamers STRIX GeForce RTX 2080 Ti OC, the company's most premium RTX 2080 Ti offering for now. This board is a powerhouse when it comes to the VRM setup, with several load-sharing phases, and includes a reasonable factory-overclock of 7%, which takes its GPU Boost frequency up to 1650 MHz.
Our exhaustive coverage of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20-series 'Turing' debut also includes the following reviews:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition 11 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition 8 GB | ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 STRIX OC 8 GB | Palit GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming Pro OC 8 GB | MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio 8 GB | MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gaming X Trio 11 GB | MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Duke 11 GB | NVIDIA RTX and Turing Architecture Deep-dive
Price | Shader Units | ROPs | Core Clock | Boost Clock | Memory Clock | GPU | Transistors | Memory | |
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GTX 1070 | $390 | 1920 | 64 | 1506 MHz | 1683 MHz | 2002 MHz | GP104 | 7200M | 8 GB, GDDR5, 256-bit |
RX Vega 56 | $400 | 3584 | 64 | 1156 MHz | 1471 MHz | 800 MHz | Vega 10 | 12500M | 8 GB, HBM2, 2048-bit |
GTX 1070 Ti | $400 | 2432 | 64 | 1607 MHz | 1683 MHz | 2000 MHz | GP104 | 7200M | 8 GB, GDDR5, 256-bit |
GTX 1080 | $470 | 2560 | 64 | 1607 MHz | 1733 MHz | 1251 MHz | GP104 | 7200M | 8 GB, GDDR5X, 256-bit |
RX Vega 64 | $570 | 4096 | 64 | 1247 MHz | 1546 MHz | 953 MHz | Vega 10 | 12500M | 8 GB, HBM2, 2048-bit |
GTX 1080 Ti | $675 | 3584 | 88 | 1481 MHz | 1582 MHz | 1376 MHz | GP102 | 12000M | 11 GB, GDDR5X, 352-bit |
RTX 2070 | $499 | 2304 | 64 | 1410 MHz | 1620 MHz | 1750 MHz | TU106 | 10800M | 8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit |
RTX 2070 FE | $599 | 2304 | 64 | 1410 MHz | 1710 MHz | 1750 MHz | TU106 | 10800M | 8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit |
RTX 2080 | $699 | 2944 | 64 | 1515 MHz | 1710 MHz | 1750 MHz | TU104 | 13600M | 8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit |
RTX 2080 FE | $799 | 2944 | 64 | 1515 MHz | 1800 MHz | 1750 MHz | TU104 | 13600M | 8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit |
RTX 2080 Ti | $999 | 4352 | 64 | 1350 MHz | 1545 MHz | 1750 MHz | TU102 | 18600M | 11 GB, GDDR6, 352-bit |
RTX 2080 Ti FE | $1199 | 4352 | 64 | 1350 MHz | 1635 MHz | 1750 MHz | TU102 | 18600M | 11 GB, GDDR6, 352-bit |
ASUS 2080 Ti STRIX OC | $1299 | 4352 | 64 | 1350 MHz | 1650 MHz | 1750 MHz | TU102 | 18600M | 11 GB, GDDR6, 352-bit |
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- Powered by NVIDIA Turing with 1770 MHz Boost Clock, 2944 CUDA Cores and overclock-selected 8GB GDDR6 memory
- Supports up-to 4 Monitors with DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0 and a VR headset via USB Type C ports
- Auto Extreme and Max-Contact Technology deliver premium quality and reliability with aerospace-grade Super Alloy Power II components while maximizing heatsink contact
- ASUS Aura Sync RGB lighting features a nearly endless spectrum of colors with the ability to synchronize effects across an ever-expanding ecosystem of Aura Sync enabled products
- GPU Tweak II makes monitoring performance and streaming in real time easier than ever, and includes additional software like Game Booster, XSplit Gamecaster, WTFast and QuantumCloud
- Triple Axial-Tech 0 db Fans increase airflow through the heatsink and boasts IP5X dust-resistance
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ASUS Video Card ROG-STRIX-RTX2080-A8G-GAM GeForce RTX2080 8GB GDDR6 256Bit HDMI DisplayPort USB Retail
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- Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
- Limited Warranty period (labor): 3 years
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Pros: Full overclocking and RGB control through ASUS GPU TweakII application. Has 2 external fan connectors in addition to the three onboard fans (center fan can be controlled separately from left/right fans) which can all be set up with your own curves based on GPU temperature. Even the RGB can be set to change color with GPU temperature so you know with a quick glance when your board is getting close to thermal throttling.
Cons: After installing the board, was getting the micro-stutters many people have been complaining about on RTX 2080 boards. Found two devices in Device Manager missing drivers. Both are related to the USB-C port on the board. NVIDIA has not made (and probably won't make) Windows 7 drivers for these so I had to disable the devices to fix the stuttering problem.
Other Thoughts: Definitely an improvement in performance over my strix-gtx1080-a8g-gaming
Pros: So far out of the box the cards been great quiet, looks great, has some decent RGB and stays pretty cool using the 3 fans it comes with.
Cons: A bit on the heavier side, I've noticed a little sag which I expected after first picking it up out of the box. The price is a bit much now that is to be expected with Asus ROG Strix cards but other then that no others cons as of yet.
Other Thoughts: I think I can really recommend this card to the builder who's looking for that performance and doesn't mind spending a little more on a graphics card.
Pros: Incredibly fast gaming.
Cons: Does run on the hot side. will eventually get a water cooler for it
Other Thoughts: only played Metro Exodus with the ray tracing on and im in awe. So beautiful well worth the money spent.
Pros: Working just fine
Cons: Didn't receive any code for games that comes with gpu
Pros: It is power full
Cons: However it is to exspenisve compared to the 1080 or 1070 and no rtx supported games have been released yet so it is not even practical I would only recommend buying it
Other Thoughts: You need to make sure that your boat and cpu can handle it or you can lag behind
Pros: it is really powerful, it delivers high framerates on games like csgo fortnite and others
Cons: its is really big but it still fits in MICRO ATX CASE in performance mode I thought it would perform way better but the score only reached over 1000 vs iq mode