ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 STRIX OC 8G review

Posted on: 09/24/2018 04:32 PM

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Is it a mere coincidence that the 2080 can't quite reach 60 FPS in most 4k benchmarks? That would be quite convenient for Nvidia, if you have to get the Ti to obtain these last 5-6 frames to make it to 60.

Posted on: 09/24/2018 04:54 PM

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so all reviewed 2080's are recommended despite there price "extravagance".

Posted on: 09/24/2018 04:59 PM

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Why there's such a diference in performance using DLSS ? if i desactivate AA completly (in FFXV) my performance is very similar

Posted on: 09/24/2018 05:49 PM

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Is there going to be a 2080 ti Strix?

Edit: I'm lazy, yeah appears there is

Posted on: 09/24/2018 05:51 PM

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*caughs*
https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-rog-strix-preview,1.html

Posted on: 09/24/2018 06:01 PM

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Does this site EVER give a critical review of anything, or is it too scared of being put on the 'naughty' list of suppliers, if it does?

Seriously, sometimes this 'review' site comes across as nothing more than a paid promotion site.

Posted on: 09/24/2018 06:10 PM

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*caughs*
https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-rog-strix-preview,1.html

*bows* yes, I am blind! I guess you'll update those shootout graphs will all the 2080s? I'm sure some of the newer articles have em all haha

EDIT: n/n I see those too on one of them, if I bought it one it would probably be the strix for the sound levels, but really the prices are insane right now

Posted on: 09/24/2018 06:39 PM

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Question, what exactly would be so wrong with this product that I need to trash it? I mean, other than the pricing of course ... which I kinda trashed didn't I? If this product was 499 USD, would you still feel the same? Probably not. That is the point I am trying to make here. There's little wrong with this product other than pricing.

Posted on: 09/24/2018 07:05 PM

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glad there was a review of this... still waiting on my pre-order. I really hope it gets here this week.

Posted on: 09/25/2018 05:27 AM

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Does this site EVER give a critical review of anything, or is it too scared of being put on the 'naughty' list of suppliers, if it does?

Seriously, sometimes this 'review' site comes across as nothing more than a paid promotion site.
I see it as being a case of the site generally only reviewing fairly elite gear. This is stuff that guru3d readers are prone to buy to start with. Here's yet another car analogy.

If you read a magazine that has reviews of expensive sports cars, you're unlikely to come away with the impression that you wouldn't love to drive any of them.

The only bias we might see is that the site has no desire to spend its time messing around with junk. Lol, we can maybe say that the site is "binning" the products they spend time on, and review.

I guess it might be fair to ask if this actually is the case, and if so, why doesn't the site seek out marginal/cheap gear to review, so that they can steer people away from the worst of that. But that just circles us back to the point I raised above. The readers of this site don't come here looking for that. They want the site to review quality gear that they might want to buy.

When I'm looking at videocards to buy I come here. I'm only looking at quality ones, and I want the level of detail that this site's reviews provide. I'm not expecting it to come down to choice between crap, and gold. They're all good cards, but sometimes one stands out.

Mmm, still looks yummy! https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-r5770-hawk-review,1.html
I ended up buying that card, thanks to Hilbert helping me to make up my mind.

Which reminds me, I need to update my profile, I upgraded to a RTX 2080 FE.

Posted on: 09/25/2018 05:41 AM

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You would have to call it Editors Choice then.