By Lisa Anderson
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Review: Refined Turing Performance
8.3/10
Pros
- Better value than original 2080
- Good 1440p and 4K performance
- Ray tracing capability
- DLSS support
Cons
- Limited improvement over 2080
- Ray tracing performance shows age
- Price premium at launch
- 8GB VRAM limitation
Introduction
The RTX 2080 SUPER represents a refined version of the original RTX 2080, offering modest performance improvements and better value.
Design and Build
The card maintains NVIDIA's high standards for build quality while introducing a new mirror-finish design element.
Gaming Performance
The 2080 SUPER delivers solid 1440p performance and can handle 4K gaming with some settings adjustments.
4K Gaming Performance
- Cyberpunk 2077 (Ray Tracing Ultra): 30 FPS
- Microsoft Flight Simulator: 38 FPS
- Red Dead Redemption 2: 52 FPS
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III: 68 FPS
Ray Tracing and DLSS
Ray tracing performance is modest by today's standards, but DLSS support helps maintain playable framerates.
Performance Benchmarks
4K Gaming Performance
Cyberpunk 207730 FPS
Microsoft Flight Simulator38 FPS
Red Dead Redemption 252 FPS
Call of Duty: MWIII68 FPS
Specifications
- cuda cores
- 3072
- boost clock
- 1.81 GHz
- base clock
- 1.65 GHz
- memory
- 8GB GDDR6
- memory speed
- 15.5 Gbps
- tdp
- 250W
- recommended psu
- 650W
- architecture
- Turing
- manufacturing process
- 12nm
