lumineZ :
Never owned an AMD card. Always gone for Nvidia... But... Ray tracing, etc etc... look at the darn price! Who in they're right mind wanna pay +1k for nice shadows and lights... Its plain and simple 100% nuts!!
So no dear TomsHardware. The 2080 and 2080Ti is NOT the cards to buy at all. Pascal deliver WAY more bang for the bucks. And the 1080Ti can handle 4k just fine.
I find it funny that both Gamers Nexsus, JaysTwoCents and Linus all say the same in a way: Dont buy.
And I understand them. Nvidia are saying the holy grail etc etc. Who knows if this is not just gonna flopp and fail?
Who knows how the cards will perform in games that has all the candy that the RTX cards can handle? There are no games out there yet that gamers can play that has it! So its all hear-say and rumors. No facts.
So until we see full benchmarks in games that people pay. How can you recommend something!!! its just stupid!
Really loosing faith in TomsHardware with the "hype" train they are riding now with Nvidia.
So no people. Dont buy the RTX cards because of 2 simple things.
1. Who knows how they will perform under a real game situation with all the eyecandy vs a 1080 / 1080Ti?
2. Price... its just to laugh about...
$1200 is a lot of money for you but to a lot of people it is not that bad.
Expensive for sure, more than a lot WANT to spend, but it is doable.
You forget, 100,000's of people buy 1200 Iphones every year.
I could buy two 2080 TI's right now if I wanted to and not even think twice about it.
I'm certainly not rich, I have a good well paying middle class job.
Its just a question of do I really WANT it?
I'm just not sure yet.
I know I want to see ray tracing become the standard, its what gamers have dreamed about for a long time.
Someone has to go first or it will never happen.
Even if it isn't perfect I applaud Nvidia for taking the leap and getting it started.
It took a lot of guts and I'm sure a SIGNIFICANT R&D budget to take the leap.
Its only going to get better as cards get more powerful.