Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition 11GB Review

1. Introduction2. Turing Architecture: SM, GDDR6 and NVLink3. Turing Architecture: Ray Tracing and AI4. RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition5. Testing Methodology6. 3DMark (1080, 1440p, 4K)7. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (1080p, 1440p, 4K)8. Far Cry 5 (1080p, 1440p, 4K)9. Ghost Recon: Wildlands (1080p, 1440p, 4K)10. Middle Earth: Shadow of War (1080p, 1440p, 4K)11. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080p, 1440, 4K)12. Ray Tracing Tested13. DLSS Tested14. Temperatures15. Acoustics16. Power Consumption17. Clock Speed18. Overclocking: 3DMark and Games19. Overclocking: Thermals, Acoustics, Power20. Closing Thoughts21. View All Pages

We take our noise measurements with the sound meter positioned 1 foot from the graphics card. I measured the sound floor to be 34 dBA, thus anything above this level can be attributed to the graphics cards. The power supply is passive for the entire power output range we tested all graphics cards in, while all CPU and system fans were disabled.

A reading under load comes from running the 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra stress test 20 times. An idle reading comes after leaving the system on the Windows desktop for 30 minutes.

We've already seen just how impressive the new Founders Edition card is in terms of temperatures – but it is also fantastically quiet. OK, it is not the quietest card we've ever tested – but this is an Nvidia reference design, cards which usually run fairly hot and relatively loud.

This new Founders card has changed all of that, to the point where this card is quieter than some previous-generation aftermarket cards. It is hugely impressive.

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