Introduction

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Market Segment Analysis Price Shader

Units ROPs Core

Clock Boost

Clock Memory

Clock GPU Transistors Memory GTX 1080 $460 2560 64 1607 MHz 1733 MHz 1251 MHz GP104 7200M 8 GB, GDDR5X, 256-bit RX Vega 64 $400 4096 64 1247 MHz 1546 MHz 953 MHz Vega 10 12500M 8 GB, HBM2, 2048-bit GTX 1080 Ti $675 3584 88 1481 MHz 1582 MHz 1376 MHz GP102 12000M 11 GB, GDDR5X, 352-bit RTX 2070 $500 2304 64 1410 MHz 1620 MHz 1750 MHz TU106 10800M 8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit RTX 2070 FE $600 2304 64 1410 MHz 1710 MHz 1750 MHz TU106 10800M 8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit RTX 2080 $700 2944 64 1515 MHz 1710 MHz 1750 MHz TU104 13600M 8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit RTX 2080 FE $800 2944 64 1515 MHz 1800 MHz 1750 MHz TU104 13600M 8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit RTX 2080 Ti FE $1200 4352 64 1350 MHz 1635 MHz 1750 MHz TU102 18600M 11 GB, GDDR6, 352-bit RTX 2080 Ti $1300 4352 64 1350 MHz 1545 MHz 1750 MHz TU102 18600M 11 GB, GDDR6, 352-bit MSI RTX 2080

Ti Lightning Z $1600 4352 64 1350 MHz 1770 MHz 1750 MHz TU102 18600M 11 GB, GDDR6, 352-bit

NVIDIA launched the GeForce RTX 20-series in September last year, with support for several new technologies, like machine learning and RTX Raytracing. This feature is so big for NVIDIA that it has changed the naming of their GeForce cards from "GTX" to "RTX".NVIDIA RTX is a near-turnkey real-time ray-tracing model for game developers that lets them fuse real-time ray-traced objects into 3D scenes that have been rasterized. Ray-tracing the whole scene in existence isn't quite possible yet, but the results with RTX are still better-looking than anything rasterizing can achieve. To even get those few bits of ray tracing done right, an enormous amount of compute power is required. NVIDIA has hence deployed RTX cores, purpose-built hardware components on its GPUs that sit alongside all-purpose CUDA cores.It has taken them a little while, but the MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning has finally been announced. This card is THE demo-vehicle to show what's possible when you build an RTX 2080 Ti custom-design without limits.MSI is releasing two variants of the Lightning: The RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z, which is clocked at 1770 MHz Boost Clock, and the RTX 2080 Ti Lightning (without Z), which runs at a more conservative 1575 MHz Boost. Both cards share the same impressive cooler and design. MSI is using a triple-slot heatsink with three large fans. Also included is plenty of RGB lighting that is fully adjustable and can be turned off. The power input capability has been upgraded to three 8-pin connectors, which are paired with a total of 19 power phases.The MSI RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z in this review retails for $1600, which is not exactly cheap. Let's see what MSI came up with to justify that price.