~#~ Value ~#~
To get the bad part out of the way, the number 1 biggest detractor of this card is the value, or lack there-of. Going for $700-$800 (do NOT pay any more than that or you're being Seriously Swindled), this card alone costs more than a fair amount of full builds. If you're looking for value, look more towards the 2060-2070 tiers, especially as the new NVIDIA lineup launches. But, if you've made it this far, I doubt you're here for value and more for performance.
Is this the most cost efficient card on the market? Absolutely not.
Is this the second strongest consumer card on the market, next to the 2080Ti? Yes absolutely, and it costs nearly half the price.
Does it make sense to buy this over a regular 2080? For me, it did, as they were retailing at the exact same price at time of purchase. A lot of negative reviews about the Super lineup talk about how they're not much of an improvement over the base lineup, and so not a great value. That is a moot point if they cost the same. This card flat out DOES perform better than the core 2080, so I would definitely spring for this one over the other.
So who is this for? Mostly enthusiasts or creators who need some serious performance but have a strict/out-of-pocket budget. As stated above, this card is nearly HALF the price of the 2080Ti.
Value discussion out of the way, we get to talk about all of the good things, and there are so many.
~#~ Product Review ~#~
First, I have to mention the packaging. EVGA always does a fantastic job with the packaging, both in terms of safe, tight packing practices and in terms of A+ presentation. The box is beautiful, the card is elegantly revealed as if you're opening a suitcase full of diamonds, and the packaging is all easily reusable in case you need to RMA or otherwise store the card.
The card itself is fairly hefty and large, make sure you've got room in the case for this one. That being said, I'm not getting any notable sag from it which is great. It looks nice, I love the exposed black PCB on the top side but I know some people are particular about having both sides covered.
Performance-wise, boy golly does this card perform. Paired with a 3950x, I scored just under 12,000 in 3DMark TimeSpy, easily breaching that 12,000 point with a very minor overclock via X1.
Boost clock is advertised at 1815 MHz, of course the real boost clocks you see will almost always be higher than that. My particular card generally sits at 1950MHz under load with stock settings, and it will go up to 1965MHz just from increasing the power ceiling. If you're a hardcore overclocker, this card may disappoint you as there isn't much wiggle room. If you're interested in overclocking and have little to no experience with it, this is actually a really nice entry card. Paired with Precision X1, this is an extremely stable card for some minor overclocking. I've gotten mine up to a stable 2.1 GHz, which is an absolutely insane speed for a GPU to be running, but ultimately isn't proportionally much higher than the non-OC'd clocks.
Finally, the only other possible detractor for this card has to be the fans. Not that they're bad, they actually perform quite well. If you're worried about temps and only having 2 fans, don't be. With a proper fan curve and no overclock, my card sits around 72 Celsius max at a sustained full load. If you're crazy about keeping a super low noise profile, then this is not the card for you. They do make quite a bit of noise at higher speeds, but it's not any louder than say a personal floor fan.
Note that by default, these GPU fans run in a sort of eco-mode where they don't turn on at all until you hit 50 Celsius. If you value low temps over noise, I highly recommend that you download Precision X1, EVGA's overclocking software, to set custom fan curves. I use a fairly aggressive curve (40% at 40C) -> (90% at 70C) and my card sits between 45-60C (VSync on) for most games.
All in all, if you find yourself needing a fantastic GPU and also find yourself holding $700-$800 (or hopefully less once the 3000 series drops), then this is definitely for you. If you're just trying to play games and look at some nice graphics, but don't necessarily need the absolute max performance at all times, I really couldn't recommend the $200-$300 increase in price for this card over the 2070 Super.
| Memory Speed | 15500 MHz |
|---|---|
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080 |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 GB |
