RTX 2080 or RTX 2080 Ti?

[Demon of Elru]

I am looking to upgrade my current 1080 to either a 2080 or 2080 ti. I am just wondering if the extra cost is worth it? I don't run VR since I don't have a VR headset, and I don't do SLI. I have an Acer Predator 1440p G-Sync monitor and like to play AAA games on high settings. I also watercool the GPU so cooling fans on certain cards are irrelevant.

Could I max most games on a 2080 or is the Ti really that much better and noticeable?

 

[norcalsc]

Neither, 1080ti. Nobody should buy these rtx cards until they start working

 

[mjbn1977]

My RTX 2080 works very well. I pretty much max out all games to Ultra in 1440p. All games that I play have more than 60fps.

AC : Origins: everything on ultra: between 70 and 80fps
Shardow of Tomb Raider: everything very high (is ultra) 85 to 100 fps
Battlefield 5 War Stories with everything on Ultra and Ray Tracing on High: between 60 and 80fps
Wolfenstein II: in Mein Leben Settings, around 140fps
Far Cry 5: Ultra Settings: around 100fps
Kingdom Come Deliverance: Ultra (experimental) between 55 and 75fps
Witcher 3: Ultra everything maxed out: in the 90s fps

Again, that is everything in 1440p with Gsync.

You only want the 2080ti if you plan to play games in 4k. Otherwise its not worth the extra money.

 

[Demon of Elru]

Thanks, eventually I'll probably do 4K but not right now. Thank you those look like excellent scores!

 

[mjbn1977]

yeah, you kinda can throw pretty much anything at it in 1440p and it has not problem with it at all. Even the 8GB Vram seems to be fine for that resolution. No game uses more than about 5 1/2 gigs. Some less. Only with 4k the 8GB vram might be at the low end with some future games

 

[Demon of Elru]

Then I will likely get the EVGA Black 2080 along with the EVGA Hyrdo Copper waterblock. All of my GPU blocks have been Aquacomputer so far.

 

[mjbn1977]

why do you want to water cool it? Most high end 3rd party cards run super silent even under full load...

 

[Demon of Elru]

I get better temps with water cooling than air.