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Nvidia has finally announced the hotly anticipated RTX 2000 range, which is the first line of graphics cards to introduce ray tracing which is a technique used to produce photorealistic graphics with true-to-life lighting and shadow formations. It could be the biggest breakthrough in consumer graphics cards for years, but it is dependant on developers implementing this new technology.
We already have details of the reference and founders cards from Nvidia and 3rd party custom solutions are now being announced.
ASUS
ASUS appears to have two cards in each class, with the following options:
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB DUAL OC Turing Graphics Card – £1,339.99 – A dual fan design
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB TURBO Turing Graphics Card – 1,273.49 – Blower design
GeForce RTX 2080 8GB ROG STRIX OC – £1,006.49 – Triple fan design
GeForce RTX 2080 8GB DUAL OC – £889.49 – dual fan design
Blurb:
The ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Dual delivers a completely renewed PC gaming experience featuring Dual 11GB GDDR6 memory for the best resolution. Powered by the new NVIDIA Turing GPU design and the innovative RTX platform, RTX graphics cards combine real-time ray tracing, artificial intelligence, and programmable shading. The GPU boost clock in OC mode guarantees an outstanding gaming performance. Keep things cool with the Wing-blade 0dB Fan, dust-resistant allowing maximum airflow, plus 0dB technology lets fans automatically stop when the GPU temperature is 55 Celsius.
EVGA
Similar to Asus there are two options in each category.
Some blurb:
The EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Graphics Cards are powered by the all-new NVIDIA Turing architecture to give you incredible new levels of gaming realism, speed, power efficiency, and immersion. EVGA XC Ultra gaming card provide the best gaming experience with next generation graphics performance, ice cold cooling, and advanced overclocking features with the all new EVGA Precision X1 software. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs have reinvented graphics and set a new bar for performance. Powered by the new NVIDIA Turing GPU architecture and the revolutionary NVIDIA RTX platform, the new graphics cards bring together real-time ray tracing, artificial intelligence, and programmable shading. This is not only a whole new way to experience games – this is the ultimate PC gaming experience.
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC Gaming Graphics Card – £1,206.98 – Twin fan design
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XC ULTRA Gaming Graphics Card – £1,249.99 – Twin fan design
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC GAMING Graphics Card – £808.99 – Twin fan design
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC ULTRA GAMING Graphics Card – £860.99 – Twin fan design
Gigabyte
Gigabyte appears to be doing the cheapest options available, though still well out of reach for most normal people.
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti WINDFORCE OC Graphics Card – £1,049.99 – Triple fan
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GAMING OC Graphics Card – £1,099.99 – Triple fan
Blurb:
The Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti delivers the ultimate PC gaming experience. Powered by the new NVIDIA Turing GPU architecture and the innovative RTX platform, RTX Ti graphics cards combine real-time ray tracing, artificial intelligence, and programmable shading. Featuring 11GB GDDR6 256-bit memory interface, this is a completely new way to experience games. WINDFORCE provides 3X Cooling System with alternate spinning fans. You can also customise the appearance of your GPU using RGB Fusion – with 16.7M customisable colours you can confidently illuminate your PC in style.
INNO3D
INNO3D has revealed their liquid cooled Geforce RTX2080 Ti, which will feature the company’s custom iCHILL Black cooling solution, which covers the GPU’s core, memory and power circuitry to deliver low operating temperatures.
This cooling solution can cool the iCHILL Black down to 62 degrees Celsius under load, thanks to the GPU’s use of a large 240mm radiator and the unit’s “silent” 120mm fans.
MSI
MSI announced five series of GeForce RTX cards, which means there should be a model that suits everyone’s needs. MSI’s Gaming Trio and Duke series feature dual-slot triple fan cooling solutions and overclocked GPUs.
For small form factor PCs, there is the Ventus series GeForce RTX cards feature a dual-fan cooling system, which is shorter than the triple-fan cooler on the Gaming Trio and Duke models.
MSI also has an Aero model for the GeForce RTX lineup, which features a classic blower-style cooler that dumps the hot air out the rear of your case.
At the top of the range is the Sea Hawk series features a hybrid air & liquid cooling solution, which should enable you to push Nvidia’s new Turing GPU to its limits.
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