Thursday, November 28th 2019
ASUS Formally Launches ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti White Edition Graphics Card
ASUS formally launched the Republic of Gamers (ROG) Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card, which was pictured yesterday. The White Edition features a whitewashing of the cooler shroud, the back-plate, secondary base-plate underneath the cooler shroud, internal cables, and white Axial Tech fans. These fans feature webbed fan blades that direct all their airflow axially, onto the heatisink below.
The heatsink and the black PCB underneath are identical to that of the ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti O11G, but what's changed are clock speeds. It turns out that the 1770 MHz GPU Boost previously reported referred to the software-activated "OC mode." Out of the box, this card comes with 1740 MHz GPU Boost, which is still a step up from the 1650 MHz that the O11G ships with. The card draws power from a pair of 8-pin PCIe power connectors. Display outputs include two each of DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, and one VirtualLink. We know from the older report that this card is selling in the EU for 1,600€ (including VAT).
The heatsink and the black PCB underneath are identical to that of the ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti O11G, but what's changed are clock speeds. It turns out that the 1770 MHz GPU Boost previously reported referred to the software-activated "OC mode." Out of the box, this card comes with 1740 MHz GPU Boost, which is still a step up from the 1650 MHz that the O11G ships with. The card draws power from a pair of 8-pin PCIe power connectors. Display outputs include two each of DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, and one VirtualLink. We know from the older report that this card is selling in the EU for 1,600€ (including VAT).
19 Comments on ASUS Formally Launches ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti White Edition Graphics Card
Asus, what are you smoking up there? :eek:
After that, then came all the failed designs .... the 570 VRM failures ... the 970 SC where 1/3 of the heat sink missed the GPU ... the 1060, 1070. 1080 SC / FTW fires and subsequent recall. Remember when Asus won the performance title every new generation ? ... that also has not been true since the 6xx series.
No one today has what would be called good tech support a decade ago. EVGA and Asus however have hit new heights in customer frustration in recent years where every call begins with making you do long lists of tests and call backs for things that have nothing to do with the problem. The email responses are always signed with someone's 1st name but every response says the exact same thing cause they are bot generated. I even get e-mail responses sent "over the internet" telling me the steps I need to go thru to have them "get me on the internet".
And while the card may be thought to be inexpensive ... better performance costs more.
MSI Lightning Z 236.7 fps
MSI Gaming X Trio 226.6
EVGA FTW 225.2
Asus Strix OC 225.0
Zotac Amp 221.5
MSI Duke 220.5
EVGA X Ultra 218.0