Haha. Nice post!

They can just mail me their gpu's I'll get them working 🤣 I'll return them if I can't.   But let's be honest, this will get forced down to the bottom of the board...  And there will be about 30 other posts above this one about how their RTX card doesn't work.

Updated :D If anyone has anything else to add let me know! 

GTXJackBauer
Pin this guide. 
 
Great job OP!
 
Also add GPUz as it's mainly for GPUs for GPU information like the type of memory, speed, temps, watts, etc.

Done! didn't even think of CPUZ

danperry13

Bee_Dee_3_Dee
danperry13,

Great work!

I read everything I could on EVGA forums while I waited five months to complete EVGA Step-Up Program.

Then with the knowledge gained from EVGA Forums- as I waited for the cards to arrive on my doorstep; I made the following To-Do list, for installing my 20880-Ti card(s):

I wish my install went that smoothly :P I had a thermal take 750Watt that didn't want to play ball and some minor driver instability I had to work through.   Having a power pig of a cpu "the 8700k" and a power hungry GPU "2080ti" created some pretty fun adverse power issues.  Cities skylines would hard restart my system after about 3 minutes of running.   

- ended up getting a Seasonic power supply (sorry EVGA) The seasonic PSU was 20 bucks more, almost mirror'd specs, but an extra 2 years on the warrenty :P    - But if it means anything I just ordered a DG-77 Matt Black. 

EVGA needs to design a nice 360mm AIO cooler -  I'm still waiting on company to make one with a big fat resevoir included into the loop /w half inch pipes and a thick 2" Rad.  I'd fork out some dole over something like that...

But I'll probably be doing my first cpu loop in the upcoming months after I get my DG-77 case built out.

I felt that pain PSU... went down the same river recently... i appreciate all u went through...
 
Last September, when RTX came out i decided to go back to EVGA and use their Step-Up Program. Because, by starting out with EVGA 2x1080-Ti, I knew there would be time to figure out if RTX was worth getting.
 
But I only had an 860 Watt Corsair. And it was over three years old, and it was bad. I gave it a Time out. But no tough luv had any effect on it.
 
It had actually failed before getting 2x1080-Ti. I had used it so much with 2x1070 cards it couldn't last any longer. Played hundreds and hundreds of hours games with it.
 
And as a result, when i first got 2x1080-ti cards, I experienced everything u did, and greatly appreciated ur OP.
 
But, get out that Puppy Pic and don't say i didn't warn u. After all, u said, "sry EVGA" and u said u got a seasonic. They're my favorite brand of PSU. (Seasonic or even better a Corsair Branded Seasonic PSU.)
 
Here goes... last December an EVGA Tech mentioned on the phone to me an EVGA PSU Sale they were having Online. He said, if he were me, he'd get, for $150 a EVGA SuperNOVA 1600 P2, 80+ PLATINUM 1600W. (LINK) (The OEM is Superflower.)
 
After buying it I immediately purchased a Ten Year warranty for it, too.
 
...Lighting... posting...
 
 

danperry13
My god man you've been through a lot of hardware, the only sli build i did back in the day was duel 480's... Naturally the heat of having two cards running at 80 degrees eventually cooked one :P   After that i eventually bought a 1070- wasn't enough so i went with a 1080, and now im back to evga with the 2080series. 

560-Ti-SLI, 760-SLI, 1070-SLI, 1080-Ti-SLI, and 2080-Ti-SLI.
 
I recently discovered that "Resolution Scaling" on a single 2080-Ti card shines the light on just how unbelievable a card it is.
 
Past and existing Analytics don't address any clues.
 
At first I wasn't sure if a single 2080-Ti was that much better than a single 1080-Ti. I had seen all the Articles and Benchmarks. Read them endlessly.
 
But after adding the following to a game or two:
Max Resolution Scaling and ALL Max Settings (including Max AA), the results I first witnessed before, were probably a result of the card throttling. And as a result, at that time, the 2080-Ti didn't seem much better.
 
(Note: If u paid what... $859 for 2080(?) and u could get a 2080-Ti for additional $140 in the EVGA Trade-Up program, it would be worth it. Especially if I'm right, about the 2080-Ti light, just starting to shine.)
 
Experiment with Resolution Scaling on ur 2080 with following settings:
 
A. Find a game with settings for Resolution Scaling. Hopefully one that u like, and have played a lot.
 
B. Set RS to Max, only use High Graphic Settings, and Lowest AA. Then test Game-play.
 
C. Keep RS set to Max, use Ultra Graphic Settings, and Lowest AA.Then test Game-play.
 
D. Keep RS set to Max, use Ultra Graphic Settings, and use Max AA.Then test Game-play.
 
What ur looking for is whether or not the Game-play is just as smooth in all three scenarios- and only FPS is reduced, but it is still at a playable rate.
 
If FPS seems too low, an nVidia-Certified-G-Sync-Compatible LCD can be shopped for during the next few months. Because, as more and more of them flood the Market and become fully certified by nVidia; and as the prices fluctuate and u monitor (Pun intended) them closely, u can snag the best of the best when prices are as low as u can ever hope. I'm shopping for a 4K version during the next 6-10 months.
 
Even if ur 2080 shines with RS Maxed; an EVGA Step-Up to 2080-Ti, may still be the best thing u can do- before 90 days run out.
 
With all ^^, I guess I should play the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands game and experiment on it. (I think it has RS in settings.) Last time I tested TCGRW it was in February. And I didn't think of implementing (Maxing) RS when I tested it, because it didn't seem logical to and I had just got my cards.
 
When I tested TCGRW, I only wanted to see if a single 2080-Ti could achieve, while on Ultra Settings; the same or just a little less FPS as a 1080-Ti or 1080-Ti-SLI could on only High Settings. It appeared at the time NOT to.
 
But I'm guessing now, maybe the 2080-Ti was throttling. And as a result, it deceived me into thinking that stuttering FPS and the lack of smooth Game-play was the fault of the Game's Design, a poorly ported game, drivers, or whatever.
 
See, for me, the Far Cry 5 game passed the Max RS test with flying colors during the last two days-- with-- all Maxed Everything!
 
Max RS, Ultra Graphics Settings, and Max AA.
 
I messed-up the final Boss and all the cronies so bad I felt bad and I apologized to them. lol Didn't even have everything unlocked. Barely implemented anything to my advantage. Simply messed them all up with Rambo skills. And never- NEVER! did the game play anything but smoothly. Note: Also used (for test purposes) only Optimal Defaults on MOBO and Stock GPU clocks and a fan curve.  
 
As a result, I'll be using a single card for a number of weeks. And personally evaluating the 2080-Ti-SLI nVLink's Bandwidth effect on Game-play is going to be put on hold.

danperry13
Yea Ubisoft has the best TAA and resolution scaling in the business..some other people may be able to, but i can barely tell the difference between TAA/50 and  TAA/100.     They've also future proofed the living hell out of their more recent games, people for years talked about running crisis as the the pinnacle of computer performance.    Try running r6 seige /w the 4k graphics pack installed and TAAx4 enabled at 100%
 

 
Cool.
 
lately i like Single Player Games. But r6 seige was fun the 1st two times in single player mode. I'll give it another go soon. Only played it on 1070-Ti-SLI about two years ago.
 
r6 seige has RS?
 
4k package works with a 1440p LCD?
 
Or is 4k package what allows for RS in r6 seige?
 
 

danperry13

Bee_Dee_3_Dee
 
Cool. ty
 
lately i like Single Player Games. But r6 seige was fun the 1st two times in single player mode. I'll give it another go soon. Only played it on 1070-Ti-SLI about two years ago.
 
r6 seige has RS?
 
4k package works with a 1440p LCD?
 
Or is 4k package what allows for RS in r6 seige?
 

Yea the resolution scaling is done through TAA, you can do it with any resolution and any texture quality.  - set it at taa x 4 - 100% resolution scaling and run the bench mark and watch your PC floor even at 2k :P

Cool. Cool. ty
 
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege game will go on the RS Test list.
 
Grand Theft Auto V game just passed the RS test. w00t!
-Maxed Out on EVERY Graphics Setting
-Resolution Scaling: 2/1 (x2.000) (GTA V calls it, "Frame Scaling Mode")
-Exception for AA: Only FXAA: "On". (MSAA: Off and NVIDIA TXAA: Off)
 
With ^^ settings the Game-play was extremely smooth and never- NEVER! did the game play anything but smoothly.   Yes, FPS was reduced, but on a G-Sync monitor it always stayed in the sweet spot like Far Cry 5 did the two days I experimented with it. And it was so beautiful all maxed out (including 2xRS) that words couldn't describe it. And no jagged lines- NONE now- finally- w00t! 2080-Ti RULES!
 
Games with Resolution Scaling/ Frame Scaling, still to be tested:
 
-Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
-Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
 
I'll probably GID, "Resolution Scaling+PC Games" or "PC Games With RS", to figure out additional games to add to RS Test list.
 
Bye
 
PS
I just read closer that u said (for TCR6S),
"taa x 4 - 100% resolution scaling and run the bench mark and watch your PC floor even at 2k :P"
 
I overlooked the point being that, it could do 400%. That is too cool. TY!
 
 
PPS
But wait- more importantly i digressed... did I hear,
"What's wrong McFly? Chicken?" lol
 
I got to try it now. I'll start moving TCR6S' install folder from older Mechanical HDD to my new SSD for games.
 
The coolest thing will be if TCR6S' FPS never stutters @400% RS (TAA) and it only gets reduced below 30. It might actual still be playable. If not, then maybe, just maybe, in a few weeks: nVLink to the rescue!? lol
 
Cool. TCR6S is moved to SSD and sitting on the Chopping-Block. lol I'll test it after lunch.
 
PPPS
10240X5760 Resolution.
Sure. NP. lol
 
 
 

danperry13
LOL how'd that go? I cranked everything up with the Ultra DLC Texture package and I thought I heard screws strip. Some days I wish I had standard 2k and not 3440x1440.

 
i'm still (late lunch) stuffing my face. lol
 
Hoping my 2080-Ti won't beg for water and it just crawls.
 
i'll turn the screws on my vid card after just... one... more... thin... wafer. (Stop before 50 sec. mark or else suffer.)
 
Hopefully my vid card won't do a Mr. Creosote. lol
 

 I'm going to upload a video of what 3440x1440 /w TAAx4 @ 100% does to the RTX 2080 TI :P I wouldn't consider it playable, but it's definitely impressive.  I'll post it out side the thread :P see how many r6 players we can get to post a TAAx4 bench at whatever native res they run at.  Look for it under the RTX hub.


 
 
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JyPk5v_cos       This is the hell that 3440x1440 x taax4 provides :P

I don't play a lot of single player games so, I try not to touch anything that's sub 100 fps. G-sync isn't going to stop you from getting plowed if your fps is actually only 30 fps lol.

Yea div 2 is playing well besides the network issues :p ubi has server issues always

Hoggle
Really good trouble shooting guide that would be a great place for people to start but I want people to know you can always turn to the EVGA support for help.

 
OP is truly talented at communicating.

EVGA Support is so much better than any (PC Hardware) company there's no comparison.
 
And no matter how much their company grows; EVGA Support continues to deliver.
 
Corsair deserves strong mention. But so many other companies that could compete in support, don't even seem to try.
 
All that companies have to do is emulate EVGA. Reverse engineer EVGA Support and recreate it.