What are your Findings in the Difference between them?
It will all depend on the Computer they are going to be installed in.
What are your Plans?

Good info jmsp0511. Do you know if they used the same PC for this, and defaults on everything? Interesting results...

I agree with Baratak. If you already have a 1080ti, don't bother upgrading. Aside from the ray tracing hoopla of the RTX 2080/2080ti, everything I've read/seen seems to indicate that in current and 2019's upcoming titles, a 1080ti is going to perform close to, equal to, and sometimes better than a 2080. In areas where the 2080 pulls ahead, the difference is marginal. Granted, once overclocked, a 2080 really does start to close the gap between it and the 2080ti. Admittedly, I'm not sure how an overclocked 1080ti compares when overclocking gets factored in. 

The only reason why I went with a 2080 FTW3 Hybrid as a replacement for my 1070ti 3 weeks ago is because 1080ti's were within just $100 of comparable 2080's. So I decided to pay slightly more for just a little more future proofing. But if I could find a Hybrid 1080ti for $100+ cheaper than a comparable 2080, I would have gone with the 1080ti. 

sn0warmy
I agree with Baratak. If you already have a 1080ti, don't bother upgrading. Aside from the ray tracing hoopla of the RTX 2080/2080ti, everything I've read/seen seems to indicate that in current and 2019's upcoming titles, a 1080ti is going to perform close to, equal to, and sometimes better than a 2080. In areas where the 2080 pulls ahead, the difference is marginal. Granted, once overclocked, a 2080 really does start to close the gap between it and the 2080ti. Admittedly, I'm not sure how an overclocked 1080ti compares when overclocking gets factored in. 

The only reason why I went with a 2080 FTW3 Hybrid as a replacement for my 1070ti 3 weeks ago is because 1080ti's were within just $100 of comparable 2080's. So I decided to pay slightly more for just a little more future proofing. But if I could find a Hybrid 1080ti for $100+ cheaper than a comparable 2080, I would have gone with the 1080ti. 

My situation is a bit different, i have a guy wanting to buy my 1080 ti ftw card for about $700.
Which got me really curious about "upgrading" to a rtx 2080.

jmsp0511


My situation is a bit different, i have a guy wanting to buy my 1080 ti ftw card for about $700.
Which got me really curious about "upgrading" to a rtx 2080.

If I could make the swap for basically $0, I probably would.  Performance is a wash and you get the new features to play with as they come out.
 
That said, why would anyone want to spend $700 on a last gen card??  

Baratak
 
If I was up to $900 already for the 2080, I would be awefully tempted to toss in $100 for the 2080TI Black.  It will likely outperform it in every way.

The 2080ti Black is $1,149, putting it $250 more than the 2080 Hybrid. But I will admit that even at that price difference, it is tempting. However, I wanted a factory watercooled card with the 3 year warranty in tact. With that in mind, the 2080ti Hybrid is a $600 jump. That, to me, is not worth it. 

EDIT: Never mind, you were right. Microcenter does have the 2080ti Black for $1,019. I am loving my 58 Celsius max temps but now I am tempted to return the 2080 Hybrid and pickup the 2080ti Black. Damn you!

sn0warmy
 
EDIT: Never mind, you were right. Microcenter does have the 2080ti Black for $1,019. I am loving my 58 Celsius max temps but now I am tempted to return the 2080 Hybrid and pickup the 2080ti Black. Damn you!

Muhahahahahahahah!!!

sn0warmy

Baratak
The Black XC is $1150, the black gaming (link below) is $1000
 
 
 

Yeah, I updated my previous post to reflect that, as well. Microcenter has it for $1,019. I'm tempted to go pick it up today for an extra $19 (they might even price match) and run some testing to see how much better it really is than my 2080 hybrid. Temps and fan noise will play a major factor for me, as well. But if I can keep it quiet and achieve a notable improvement in performance in BF5 and other major titles, it may be the way to go.   

I am already excited to see these results if you go through with this.

Baratak
 
It would be an interesting test.  The black without any OC will likely be faster than the 2080 at max overclock, it would also be easier/cleaner install without dealing with the external Rad.
 
Go black, either small or no overclock and it should stay pretty quiet.  
 
Keep in mind, when I say you should keep it an easier install I am talking out of my backside... since I am on 2x FTW3 2080tis with waterblocks to keep them silent what hard tubing.  Basically as complicated as possible.  

I'm actually very happy with the 2080 Hybrid setup. I have it configured in a push/pull configuration and even with fans never going over 50% (and rarely over 40%) my max temps never exceed 58 Celsius, even with a +110 core and +800 memory overclock. This thing is practically silent at full load. The thought of messing with it again is giving me serious pause. But you guys are making me truly consider running to grab the 2080ti Black and going through with the tests...
 
My current setup:

I would get the 2080 Ti Black for real performance gains over the 2080 FTW3 Ultra.

markestamper
I would get the 2080 Ti Black for real performance gains over the 2080 FTW3 Ultra.

I would guess that to be right.  A FE 2080ti is about 20% faster than the FE 2080, short of LN2, I don't think you would get that much gain out of the 2080.  That is why I've never understood spending a huge premium on cooling or binning on anything but the top tier card when you are trying to get every last ounce possible and there is no better card.
 
Unless you are talking about the Titan... since you can get 2x 2080tis for the cost of 1 Titan and still have beer money left over...  

sn0warmy

Baratak
 
That is very pretty!!  nice setup install.
 
I may be biased and curious without wanting to do the work/testing myself... but I say do it  :)
 
If you want to see mine, click the mods rigs link <--

markestamper
I would get the 2080 Ti Black for real performance gains over the 2080 FTW3 Ultra.

I guess where I'm struggling is with the current 2080 Hybrid, in BF5 on Ultra settings + 1440p, I'm getting around 100-120fps consistently, never dropping under 90fps. In Assassin's creed Odyssey benchmarks my average is 57fps on 'Very High' settings, which is damn near equal to the 58fps average I'm seeing most people report on their 2080ti's in Odyssey benchmark. So in real world usage, I'm struggling to see how the 2080ti Black would really be noticeably better aside from benchmark bragging rights. It's definitely going to be louder and run hotter, like my original 2080 XC Ultra dual fan was. 

Makes dollar sense, and future proofing, for a buck fifty it is worth it.

Nice rig....how’d you get the card so fast?

For me the reason I did not get a 2080 and did get the 2080 Ti was the number of CUDA Cores.
Going from the 1080 Ti to a 2080 was a drop in the number of CUDA Cores.
 
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