Nvidia reveals $800 GeForce RTX 2080 at Gamescom 2018

Nvidia reveals $800 GeForce RTX 2080 at Gamescom 2018

Nvidia kicked off Gamescom 2018 with an announcement of the new Turing-based GeForce line of GPUs, the RTX 2080, RTX 2070 and RTX 2080 Ti. You can preorder cards now, and they're all slated to be available starting Sept. 20, with the exception of the $500 RTX 2070, which will be available in October.

On the keynote stage, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang alluded to the torrent of rumors leading up to the announcement, saying that "everything on the Web -- every spec -- is wrong." That may have been an overstatement -- especially given that Nvidia's own US website jumped the gun by posting photos, specs and pricing details before the official announcement.

Here are all the Turing-based card announcements Nvidia has delivered recently, including its workstation-targeted Quadro versions. It's interesting that Nvidia hasn't given a specification for the number of tensor cores in the consumer cards, despite emphasizing the capabilities during the announcement.

Comparative specifications

GPU	Memory	Memory bandwidth	Clock Speed	Ray Tracing	RTX-OPS (trillions)	CUDA Cores	Tensor Cores	Price
GeForce RTX 2070 (reference)	8GB GDDR6	448GB/sec	1,410MHz	6 Gigarays per second	45	2,304	n/a	n/a
GeForce RTX 2070 Founders Edition	8GB GDDR6	448GB/sec	1,710MHz (OC)	6 Gigarays per second	45	2,304	n/a	$600
GeForce RTX 2080 (reference)	11GB GDDR6	616GB/sec	1,545MHz	8 Gigarays per second	80	2,944	n/a	$800
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (reference)	11GB GDDR6	616GB/sec	1,350MHz	8 Gigarays per second	78	4,352	n/a	n/a
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition	11GB GDDR6	616GB/sec	1,635MHz (OC)	10 Gigarays per second	78	4,352	n/a	$1,200
GeForce Titan Xp (Pascal)	12GB GDDR5X	547.7GB/sec	1,582MHz (boost)	n/a	n/a	3,840	n/a	$1,200
Quadro RTX 5000	16GB GDDR6	n/a	n/a	6 Gigarays per second	n/a	3,072	384	$2,300
Quadro RTX 6000	24GB GDDR6	n/a	n/a	10 Gigarays per second	n/a	4,608	576	$6,300
Quadro RTX 8000	48GB GDDR6	n/a	n/a	10 Gigarays per second	n/a	4,608	576	$10,000

Nvidia historically hamstrings the GeForce cards from some workstation-class features (such as true 10-bit color support for photo editing), so it's more than just memory and CUDA cords that account for the huge price gaps between the two. All of the Turing-based cards support the new VirtualLink specification for VR headsets, though it's possible some manufacturers won't provide the actual USB-C connector, as well as DisplayPort 1.4 to drive 8K video.

Nvidia will also release non-Founders Edition versions of the new cards: the $1,000 GeForce RTX 2080Ti, the $700 GeForce RTX 2080, and the $500 GeForce RTX 2070. After showing a trailer for Battlefield V, which supports the new technology, Huang announced that the game will go into open beta on Sept. 6.

The big announcement was preceded by extensive remarks from Huang about the significance of the company's Turing enhancements. Nvidia's RTX technology adds new ray-tracing cores for high-quality, real-time rendering with global illumination, and the Tensor cores will speed up creating image detail quickly where there's none.

Ray tracing is the primary technology that's been used to create realistic rendering since the mid-1980s -- and with RTX, Nvidia says it has significantly reduced the most time consuming aspect of rendering. According to Huang, it would take 10 of Nvidia's previous-generation graphics card -- the GTX 1080Ti -- to keep up with Tensor.

Moments before the keynote started, NewEgg posted a promotion for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti, showing models available from Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI, PNY, and Zotac.

screen-shot-2018-08-20-at-12-19-47-pm — NewEgg

The event was livestreamed from Cologne, Germany.

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We're on the ground for Gamescom, so we'll bring you all the news as it happens from Cologne. Keep your eyes on our Gamescom hub for all the gaming info from the show floor.

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Asus reveals latest ROG gaming gear, including RTX 3090, 3080 cards and Wi-Fi 6E router

Asus' biggest launch today was the company's new GeForce RTX 3090, 3080 and 3070-based graphics cards following Nvidia's announcement of the new generation of Ampere-based GPUs, as well as its reveal of the first Wi-Fi 6E router, the tri-mode ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000

The new cards, which ship this month, have redesigned fans, heat dissipation and airflow to improve cooling and reduce noise. There are also warning lights to notify you if the voltage coming out of your power supply is insufficient or inconsistent. Asus' GPU Tweak III software will go into beta mid-month.

It's all about esports for the ROG PG259QN 360Hz and PG259QNR display it announced at CES 2020. New in the R is Nvidia's Reflex technology for analyzing latency bottlenecks among the display, keyboard and mouse. There's also a new desk clamp mount, which is like an arm, but without the articulation. The ROG Swift 360Hz PG259QN and PG259QNR ship in September 2020 and November 2020, respectively.

The Swift PG329Q is a 32-inch 1440p quantum dot monitor (P3 gamut) with 175Hz refresh rate and variable overdrive. It's slated to ship in October.

On the accessories front, the ROG Strix Scope RX keyboard incorporates new ROG RX Red Optomechanical switches, which feature a 1.5mm actuation point, a and 40cN -55cN force curve. It has less wobble thanks to a square hollow stem with lighting LED inside. The keyboard is more durable, too.

The ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 lands in December.
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The ROG Strix Scope RX keyboard will arrive in October.

At only 79g, the ROG Keris wireless mouse is one of the lightest ever. It has tri-mode wireless -- 2.4GHz, Bluetooth and wired --and new switches that are easily replaceable, PBT plastic and Teflon feet.

The ROG Keris Wireless mouse will be available by the end of the year.

Only 300g, the ROG Delta S headset is 20% lighter than before, and has upgraded audio (MQA support) with AI noise canceling and improved signal to noise. It also has lighting that responds to your voice and new cushions.

The ROG Delta S headset ships by the end of the year.

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