[SOLVED] GTX 1080 ti vs RTX 2080: Which one to buy for the same price???

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I was wondering if the RTX 2080 will be bottlenecked by its 8gb of vram compared to 11gb on the GTX 1080 ti.

Which one would be more future proof for the same price?

I'm looking to play 1440p ultrawide and maybe get into 4k and perhaps even some VR.
 
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There are a lot of problems with RTX performance right now, honestly I'd be cautious of that dumpster fire until Nvidia figures out what's going on and fixes it. A lot of people are getting 1070 ti or 1080 performance out of 2080s for no discernable reason, the 2080 ti founders cards might have a very severe issue with memory/VRM cooling and it's unknown what other cards (if any) that affects, there aren't any RTX games out right now and it's unclear whether the performance hit is small enough for it to be worth anyone's time. IDK, it's not a basket I'd put my eggs in yet. Maybe in a month or two they'll have all this stuff sorted, but for now it's a very expensive, very immature platform and it's kind of hard to tell if the cost will...
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Since I'm planning to keep this card probably for the next 5 years, I would like to know if it will perform good if I upgrade to 4k.

I've seen some people complaining that true 4k texture packs for some games can require 8gb vram minimum or more.

Will the higher memory speed make up for the less vram it has?
 


It should, but if you want to really play well at 4k, the 2080Ti is the way to go, and even that cannot master all games. The 2080 will perform decently at 4k if you turn the settings down.

Ideally, it may face a shortage. But I doubt it will be anything high performance impacting.
 
There are a lot of problems with RTX performance right now, honestly I'd be cautious of that dumpster fire until Nvidia figures out what's going on and fixes it. A lot of people are getting 1070 ti or 1080 performance out of 2080s for no discernable reason, the 2080 ti founders cards might have a very severe issue with memory/VRM cooling and it's unknown what other cards (if any) that affects, there aren't any RTX games out right now and it's unclear whether the performance hit is small enough for it to be worth anyone's time. IDK, it's not a basket I'd put my eggs in yet. Maybe in a month or two they'll have all this stuff sorted, but for now it's a very expensive, very immature platform and it's kind of hard to tell if the cost will be worth it in a year's time.

A 2080 or 1080 ti will be fine at 4k, I don't know why people fret so much about "turning down the settings" by running 2x anistropic filtering instead of 16x at 4k (which makes almost no difference at all) or running some parameters at high instead of ultra, it's still a great experience.

I guess if they're the same price, I might steer towards the 2080, but be prepared to ship it back asap if there's something that you don't like about it or you have a problem. You shouldn't put up with being a guinea pig after spending $800+ on a graphics card.

Also, be aware that neither of these options is going to provide you with top tier performance for 5 years. That's a long time in graphics card years. The 2080 might have an aging advantage considering Nvidia's track record of not providing driver optimizations for older architectures (just look at the 780 ti), but it's really hard to tell.
 
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I did not say it is bad that you might have to turn down settings. I just said you might have to turn down settings for some games.

I myself used to play at all low regardless of the game when my PC worked, specs in the sig, so I am the last person who would care about how bad the game looked.
 
Unless you are really in need of an upgrade I think you should just wait for the price on the RTX 2080ti to go down or hope for AMD to release something similar or better next year.

The RTX 2080Ti is basically a Titan that costs as much as a Titan and performs what a Titan should, 25-30% faster than a XX80Ti
If you want to play the newest and most demanding games at 4K the 2080Ti is the only card that will be able to give you constant or close to constant 60fps. Not sure how it will perform with ray tracing turned on though...