Nvidia RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti review: A tale of two very expensive graphics cards
by Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica - All content on (#3Z3J3)
Sam Machkovech
| Specs at a glance: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition | |
|---|---|
| CUDA CORES | 4352 |
| TEXTURE UNITS | 272 |
| ROPS | 88 |
| CORE CLOCK | 1,350MHz |
| BOOST CLOCK | 1,635MHz |
| MEMORY BUS WIDTH | 352 bits |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 616GB/s |
| MEMORY SIZE | 11GB GDDR6 |
| Outputs | 3x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x USB Type-C (VirtualLink VR) |
| Release date | September 20, 2018 |
| PRICE | Founders Edition (as reviewed): $1,199. Partner cards priced at: $1,169. |
Like any piece of expensive technology, a top-of-the-line graphics card comes with all manner of lingo and abbreviation. You'll need a glossary to wade through the stuff inside (processors, CUDA cores, ROPs), the speeds measured (memory bandwidth, boost clocks, TeraFLOPS), and the results you want from a good card (anti-aliasing, frame rates, higher resolutions).
Thanks to Nvidia's newest products, the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti, that required glossary is only getting bigger.
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