RTX 2080 or 2080ti?

[SilverDealer]

Hi,

I'm stuck on a gtx 980 and willing to pay the piper on the exorbitant prices for the upcoming rtx cards. My question is, should I get the normal or ti version? Based on my specs as listed below.

Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core (Can OC)
Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC EATX LGA2011-3 MOBO
Corsair DOMINATOR Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2800
Corsair Platinum 860W ATX12V / EPS12V (Modular PSU)

Due to being in Europe they're extra pricey. And the 2080 is at 1000€ while 2080ti is around 1400€. Ideally I'd stick to the 2080 - but would it be worth going beyond my means for the 2080ti? I'm thinking pay 400 more and make the card last longer and save money that way by holding off upgrades for when rtx & 4k does become a thing. As for what I want to use it for; I'd be happy with 1080p but wouldn't mind some 4k gaming at 60fps either. Though I'd like to make the choice on what's best based around the rest of my specs.

Would love some help in deciding!

 

[jankerson]

Wait until the REAL reviews come out with REAL benchmark numbers comparing them to the current GTX 1080 and GTX 1080Ti.

 

[Corwin65]

Wait until the REAL reviews come out with REAL benchmark numbers comparing them to the current GTX 1080 and GTX 1080Ti.

That should be a sticky.

 

[luci5r]

Wait until the REAL reviews come out with REAL benchmark numbers comparing them to the current GTX 1080 and GTX 1080Ti.

+2

 

[SilverDealer]

That's good and I can certainly appreciate the wisdom in that. But I'm in a bit of a unique situation, due to starting a job in January. Meaning I'll have plenty of time to game before that and subsequently less after that. So, I'd just like to grab the 2080 or 2080ti at release and wonder based on the information available and my specs, which one is more suitable? 8 or 11 GB if we need to simplify it as much as possible.

 

[luci5r]

That's good and I can certainly appreciate the wisdom in that. But I'm in a bit of a unique situation, due to starting a job in January. Meaning I'll have plenty of time to game before that and subsequently less after that. So, I'd just like to grab the 2080 or 2080ti at release and wonder based on the information available and my specs, which one is more suitable? 8 or 11 GB if we need to simplify it as much as possible.

Do take a look at my thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3769652/gtx-1080-sli-rtx-2080.html

I'm taking a close look at RTX 2080 Ti for benchmarks & real-world performance. Ultimately "4K" or not will matter considerably in your choice; and then again - how much fps you want to push. I don't think any of this can be determined without factual benchmarks.

If you absolutely cannot wait & need to pick one up today (pre-order), my GTX 1080 on 4K did not meet my expectations, but isn't unplayable either. Gives me a good mix of Ultra & High Settings for most games, with smooth playback, but fps isn't great. 30fps - 60fps depending on complexity of scene. I'm sure 2080 will give you better (I can't say how much) fps at fully maxed settings for most games (maybe not all), but if you want to play it safe and get the max fps you can, at the max settings, for almost all games, then it will have to be 2080 Ti.

Again, only real benchmarks will tell. I'm looking at 2080 Ti primarily to see if the above turns out to be the case - then I'll go for it. Otherwise the $1K price tag in my opinion is not justified and I'll skip this generation & hold on to my GTX 1080 for another year.

 

[jankerson]

That's good and I can certainly appreciate the wisdom in that. But I'm in a bit of a unique situation, due to starting a job in January. Meaning I'll have plenty of time to game before that and subsequently less after that. So, I'd just like to grab the 2080 or 2080ti at release and wonder based on the information available and my specs, which one is more suitable? 8 or 11 GB if we need to simplify it as much as possible.

If so then I would recommend going with a GTX 1080Ti as you can find some pretty good deals on them now.

There is a large difference in the GTX 1080 and GTX 1080Ti, I know because I own both, EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 and GTX 1080Ti FTW3.

The 2080 and 2080Ti is just speculation now and I don't believe they are worth the cost even if they are slightly faster than the current 1080 and 1080Ti.

Right now the GTX 1080Ti will handle anything you could possibly need out of a GPU.

 

[SilverDealer]

That's good and I can certainly appreciate the wisdom in that. But I'm in a bit of a unique situation, due to starting a job in January. Meaning I'll have plenty of time to game before that and subsequently less after that. So, I'd just like to grab the 2080 or 2080ti at release and wonder based on the information available and my specs, which one is more suitable? 8 or 11 GB if we need to simplify it as much as possible.

Do take a look at my thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3769652/gtx-1080-sli-rtx-2080.html

I'm taking a close look at RTX 2080 Ti for benchmarks & real-world performance. Ultimately "4K" or not will matter considerably in your choice; and then again - how much fps you want to push. I don't think any of this can be determined without factual benchmarks.

If you absolutely cannot wait & need to pick one up today (pre-order), my GTX 1080 on 4K did not meet my expectations, but isn't unplayable either. Gives me a good mix of Ultra & High Settings for most games, with smooth playback, but fps isn't great. 30fps - 60fps depending on complexity of scene. I'm sure 2080 will give you better (I can't say how much) fps at fully maxed settings for most games (maybe not all), but if you want to play it safe and get the max fps you can, at the max settings, for almost all games, then it will have to be 2080 Ti.

Again, only real benchmarks will tell. I'm looking at 2080 Ti primarily to see if the above turns out to be the case - then I'll go for it. Otherwise the $1K price tag in my opinion is not justified and I'll skip this generation & hold on to my GTX 1080 for another year.

The Nvidia benchmarks released yesterday (I know, unreliable cherry picking and all) promise a 60fps@4k for the rtx 2080. And even more with DLSS for games that'll use it. I'll be getting the MSI gaming variant with three fans and naturally overclock it. I'm expecting they'll sort of cancel each other and give me in the end a stable 60fps even at open world gaming. At worst I'll drop some settings from ultra to high, I can live with that if it means I can save 400€ (due to European prices).

Thanks for the great response and threat link!

 

[jankerson]

That's good and I can certainly appreciate the wisdom in that. But I'm in a bit of a unique situation, due to starting a job in January. Meaning I'll have plenty of time to game before that and subsequently less after that. So, I'd just like to grab the 2080 or 2080ti at release and wonder based on the information available and my specs, which one is more suitable? 8 or 11 GB if we need to simplify it as much as possible.

Do take a look at my thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3769652/gtx-1080-sli-rtx-2080.html

I'm taking a close look at RTX 2080 Ti for benchmarks & real-world performance. Ultimately "4K" or not will matter considerably in your choice; and then again - how much fps you want to push. I don't think any of this can be determined without factual benchmarks.

If you absolutely cannot wait & need to pick one up today (pre-order), my GTX 1080 on 4K did not meet my expectations, but isn't unplayable either. Gives me a good mix of Ultra & High Settings for most games, with smooth playback, but fps isn't great. 30fps - 60fps depending on complexity of scene. I'm sure 2080 will give you better (I can't say how much) fps at fully maxed settings for most games (maybe not all), but if you want to play it safe and get the max fps you can, at the max settings, for almost all games, then it will have to be 2080 Ti.

Again, only real benchmarks will tell. I'm looking at 2080 Ti primarily to see if the above turns out to be the case - then I'll go for it. Otherwise the $1K price tag in my opinion is not justified and I'll skip this generation & hold on to my GTX 1080 for another year.

The Nvidia benchmarks released yesterday (I know, unreliable cherry picking and all) promise a 60fps@4k for the rtx 2080. And even more with DLSS for games that'll use it. I'll be getting the MSI gaming variant with three fans and naturally overclock it. I'm expecting they'll sort of cancel each other and give me in the end a stable 60fps even at open world gaming. At worst I'll drop some settings from ultra to high, I can live with that if it means I can save 400€ (due to European prices).

Thanks for the great response and threat link!

Actually a GTX 1080Ti will handle anything you would want now, and we know what they will do.


And they are cheaper than the new cards that we have no idea what they will really do at this point.

 

[SilverDealer]

That's good and I can certainly appreciate the wisdom in that. But I'm in a bit of a unique situation, due to starting a job in January. Meaning I'll have plenty of time to game before that and subsequently less after that. So, I'd just like to grab the 2080 or 2080ti at release and wonder based on the information available and my specs, which one is more suitable? 8 or 11 GB if we need to simplify it as much as possible.

If so then I would recommend going with a GTX 1080Ti as you can find some pretty good deals on them now.

There is a large difference in the GTX 1080 and GTX 1080Ti, I know because I own both, EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 and GTX 1080Ti FTW3.

The 2080 and 2080Ti is just speculation now and I don't believe they are worth the cost even if they are slightly faster than the current 1080 and 1080Ti.

Right now the GTX 1080Ti will handle anything you could possibly need out of a GPU.

This was my back up plan as well. But atm the prices here in Sweden still put the gtx 1080ti's at €900. Meaning For another €100 I can get the rtx 2080. I could go bargain hunting and all, but I'd rather pay the extra money for the performance increase; even if it's small in the end. Since again, I'm bit short on time and have already more or less waited the entire summer for this card's release or price drops. My real question is do I go all the way with the ti (extra €400) or not. I'm heavily leaning against the ti due to the exorbitant price and my other specs not being quite there either. In other words, now there I'd like to save money, hahaha.

In summary

I can save at most €100-200 by going gtx 1080ti. While the rtx 2080ti costs an additional €400. Meaning the middle ground with paying an extra €100 compared to the gtx 1080ti for rtx 2080 is perhaps ideal.

 

[jankerson]

That's good and I can certainly appreciate the wisdom in that. But I'm in a bit of a unique situation, due to starting a job in January. Meaning I'll have plenty of time to game before that and subsequently less after that. So, I'd just like to grab the 2080 or 2080ti at release and wonder based on the information available and my specs, which one is more suitable? 8 or 11 GB if we need to simplify it as much as possible.

If so then I would recommend going with a GTX 1080Ti as you can find some pretty good deals on them now.

There is a large difference in the GTX 1080 and GTX 1080Ti, I know because I own both, EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 and GTX 1080Ti FTW3.

The 2080 and 2080Ti is just speculation now and I don't believe they are worth the cost even if they are slightly faster than the current 1080 and 1080Ti.

Right now the GTX 1080Ti will handle anything you could possibly need out of a GPU.

This was my back up plan as well. But atm the prices here in Sweden still put the gtx 1080ti's at €900. Meaning For another €100 I can get the rtx 2080. I could go bargain hunting and all, but I'd rather pay the extra money for the performance increase; even if it's small in the end. Since again, I'm bit short on time and have already more or less waited the entire summer for this card's release or price drops. My real question is do I go all the way with the ti (extra €400) or not. I'm heavily leaning against the ti due to the exorbitant price and my other specs not being quite there either. In other words, now there I'd like to save money, hahaha.

In summary

I can save at most €100-200 by going gtx 1080ti. While the rtx 2080ti costs an additional €400. Meaning the middle ground with paying an extra €100 compared to the gtx 1080ti for rtx 2080 is perhaps ideal.

And what if the RTX 2080 can't match the current GTX 1080Ti performance...

And that is a real possibility.

The things that make the Ti vers faster are both the cuda cores AND they haver a 384 bit memory bus compared to the non Ti's 284 bit.

 

[SilverDealer]

That's good and I can certainly appreciate the wisdom in that. But I'm in a bit of a unique situation, due to starting a job in January. Meaning I'll have plenty of time to game before that and subsequently less after that. So, I'd just like to grab the 2080 or 2080ti at release and wonder based on the information available and my specs, which one is more suitable? 8 or 11 GB if we need to simplify it as much as possible.

If so then I would recommend going with a GTX 1080Ti as you can find some pretty good deals on them now.

There is a large difference in the GTX 1080 and GTX 1080Ti, I know because I own both, EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 and GTX 1080Ti FTW3.

The 2080 and 2080Ti is just speculation now and I don't believe they are worth the cost even if they are slightly faster than the current 1080 and 1080Ti.

Right now the GTX 1080Ti will handle anything you could possibly need out of a GPU.

This was my back up plan as well. But atm the prices here in Sweden still put the gtx 1080ti's at €900. Meaning For another €100 I can get the rtx 2080. I could go bargain hunting and all, but I'd rather pay the extra money for the performance increase; even if it's small in the end. Since again, I'm bit short on time and have already more or less waited the entire summer for this card's release or price drops. My real question is do I go all the way with the ti (extra €400) or not. I'm heavily leaning against the ti due to the exorbitant price and my other specs not being quite there either. In other words, now there I'd like to save money, hahaha.

In summary

I can save at most €100-200 by going gtx 1080ti. While the rtx 2080ti costs an additional €400. Meaning the middle ground with paying an extra €100 compared to the gtx 1080ti for rtx 2080 is perhaps ideal.

And what if the RTX 2080 can't match the current GTX 1080Ti performance...

And that is a real possibility.

Very true, when can we expect a reliable benchmark? Any time before official release? I got it booked at a store for a slightly lower price due to being an early bird. I believe it'll be reserved for a week or two after release, so I could await reviews before committing.

 

[jankerson]

That's good and I can certainly appreciate the wisdom in that. But I'm in a bit of a unique situation, due to starting a job in January. Meaning I'll have plenty of time to game before that and subsequently less after that. So, I'd just like to grab the 2080 or 2080ti at release and wonder based on the information available and my specs, which one is more suitable? 8 or 11 GB if we need to simplify it as much as possible.

If so then I would recommend going with a GTX 1080Ti as you can find some pretty good deals on them now.

There is a large difference in the GTX 1080 and GTX 1080Ti, I know because I own both, EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 and GTX 1080Ti FTW3.

The 2080 and 2080Ti is just speculation now and I don't believe they are worth the cost even if they are slightly faster than the current 1080 and 1080Ti.

Right now the GTX 1080Ti will handle anything you could possibly need out of a GPU.

This was my back up plan as well. But atm the prices here in Sweden still put the gtx 1080ti's at €900. Meaning For another €100 I can get the rtx 2080. I could go bargain hunting and all, but I'd rather pay the extra money for the performance increase; even if it's small in the end. Since again, I'm bit short on time and have already more or less waited the entire summer for this card's release or price drops. My real question is do I go all the way with the ti (extra €400) or not. I'm heavily leaning against the ti due to the exorbitant price and my other specs not being quite there either. In other words, now there I'd like to save money, hahaha.

In summary

I can save at most €100-200 by going gtx 1080ti. While the rtx 2080ti costs an additional €400. Meaning the middle ground with paying an extra €100 compared to the gtx 1080ti for rtx 2080 is perhaps ideal.

And what if the RTX 2080 can't match the current GTX 1080Ti performance...

And that is a real possibility.

Very true, when can we expect a reliable benchmark? Any time before official release? I got it booked at a store for a slightly lower price due to being an early bird. I believe it'll be reserved for a week or two after release, so I could await reviews before committing.

Nobody really knows, I would recommend waiting.

But if the RTX 2080 doesn't match the 1080Ti performance they will skyrocket in price almost over night.