Comparison between RTX2080 and GTX1080??

[psuman14]

So, I'm building a new PC, and Trying to determine what GPU to go for. I'm looking at the GTX 1070, 1080, and RTX 2080 and am confused on how pricing seems to be done on these boards. Most of the 1080's seem to be very comparable in price to the 2080's despite the specs being lower across the board on the 1080's, then I found the below 2 boards... Am I missing something? why is a 2080 $150 less than a 1080 with lower specs everywhere?

EVGA GTX 1080 - $850.00
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-487-245

EVGA RTX 2080 - $699.00
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487415&ignorebbr=1

Is it all due to the botched release of the RTX, and the fact that most games dont support it yet? If thats the case, I would assume that more and more games would be supporting ray tracing down the road, so getting the 2080 would pay off to get that support for when things are more refined.

Has anyone had experience with choosing between the 1080 and 2080? what have your experiences been? why did you choose one over the other?

 

[Supahos]

The 1080s weren't used for crypto mining so there aren't 20,000 of them used for sale and stocks are obviously low. They're trying to get rid of 1070/1070tis right now. It makes no sense to buy a 1080 new at the moment

 

[drivinfast247]

That's a no brainer. Get the 2080. Not sure why people think they can charge that much for a 1080.

I went from a 1080 to a 2080 because it's more powerful and it supports current and upcoming features.

FYI: the 2080 is on par with the 1080ti processing wise.

 

[King_V]

+1 drivinfast247 - absolutely spot-on.