Thoughts on this 2080 TI

[ZenZimZaliben]

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I have the opportunity to pickup a very, very slightly used one for $600. I feel even though this isn't a 300A chip it is still an incredible deal. But I am not super familiar with PNY and I can't find any good or bad reviews on this specific card. I already have the HeatKiller VI waterblock picked out for it. I assume that is why it has lower then typical Clocks is due to the crappy slot cooler.

Any further thoughts on this?

I want to replace my aging 980TI's in SLI and this seems like a great replacement. Plus even though I have SLI am not a huge fan due to lack of support in all games, extra heat and power draw.

 

[eidairaman1]

Used...

why was it returned?

PNY is like Visiontek, found in Bestbuy

PNY advantage is work right outta box, no tuning required.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Used...

why was it returned?

PNY is like Visiontek, found in Bestbuy

PNY advantage is work right outta box, no tuning required.

Oh it wasn't returned. A friend has it and spent to much. He needs the cash now rather then try to flip on ebay or deal with people on CL or Offerup. I have benchmarked and put it through some other tests and the card runs fine.

But I can tune it right? It's not like I can't overclock it. Also once on watercooling it will be nice and quiet.

Besides all those points above is PNY a good brand? Visiontek isn't the greatest so on par with that...still the price is good.

 

[xkm1948]

You can definitely tune it. Get Afterburner and run OC scanner. It should give you the best v/f curve for your preferred fan profile.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Oh I actually watched that review with the guy that bought (cheapest 2080ti) one and thought it was junk until he swapped coolers and then it was hitting 2Ghz on boost.

So knowing this information on who owns it, a friend, the fact I ran benchmarks and it passed with flying colors...except temps were way to high and was throttling. Would you buy it for $600.

 

[eidairaman1]

600 is more like it for a high end card

 

[Tatty_Two]

PNY are fine, I have had a couple of their cards albeit some time ago, I don't know much about the blowers (I always buy aftermarket) though but I think the blowers from any make are pretty similar, I do know PNY's aftermarket cards are pretty good and at that price it seems a good deal to me.

Like you said, down the line you can always go water or even fit a decent aftermarket air cooler.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

All I need to do is add it to my loop, at least once my block is delivered. Thanks for the responses. This should be a solid upgrade over my 980's plus they dump so much heat in my loop they limit my CPU overclock.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

For $600 I would buy it in a heartbeat.

 

[Deleted member 193792]

Blower cards tend to be more noisy, AFAIK. You only have 1 small fan and it needs to work harder.

On the upside, they're able to expel air outside the case, which is very beneficial in multi-GPU/SLI scenarios.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Blower cards tend to be more noisy, AFAIK. You only have 1 small fan and it needs to work harder.

On the upside, they're able to expel air outside the case, which is very beneficial in multi-GPU/SLI scenarios.

Yeah I am going into this knowing the fan will be removed and a nice new HeatKiller VI waterblock will be installed and then added to my existing water loop.

 

[eidairaman1]

All I need to do is add it to my loop, at least once my block is delivered. Thanks for the responses. This should be a solid upgrade over my 980's plus they dump so much heat in my loop they limit my CPU overclock.

Considering a 1080ti was a worthy upgrade, the 2080 will net you more. RT just isnt ready but cards today should at most cost 500 at the top end for gaming...

 

[erixx]

all or most 2080 series are power limited, so really really high OC is only for modders... compare reviews here at TPU... I got a sofisticated one and no, ti doesn't overclock a lot. but it stays cool all time....

 

[eidairaman1]

And what

all or most 2080 series are power limited, so really really high OC is only for modders... compare reviews here at TPU... I got a sofisticated one and no, ti doesn't overclock a lot. but it stays cool all time....

specific card? You just have a general name.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

all or most 2080 series are power limited, so really really high OC is only for modders... compare reviews here at TPU... I got a sofisticated one and no, ti doesn't overclock a lot. but it stays cool all time....

Yeah I have read up on OC'ing them. My goal is once it is on water to set boost clock up to 2GHz and let the card figure out if it wants to go that high. I doubt I will have stellar OC results because the 300 chip doesn't OC as well as the 300A and also the 300 doesn't support dual bios...so I will be limited in max power it can draw. Either way it will out perform my 980's with less heat and better FPS and it was only $600 instead of a ridiculous $1200.

 

[eidairaman1]

Yeah I have read up on OC'ing them. My goal is once it is on water to set boost clock up to 2GHz and let the card figure out if it wants to go that high. I doubt I will have stellar OC results because the 300 chip doesn't OC as well as the 300A and also the 300 doesn't support dual bios...so I will be limited in max power it can draw. Either way it will out perform my 980's with less heat and better FPS and it was only $600 instead of a ridiculous $1200.

Fyi pny cards you can OC like anything else.

Just make sure when you wb the card to wb the vrms and ram and then you can try a different 2080ti bios under my discretion

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Yeah it's a full coverage block. Has contacts on RAM, VRM's, Core and a nice backplate.

I ended up purchasing this card. Runs rock solid right now but damn is that squirrle cage loud. LOL. Oh well my Waterblock should be here today. Thanks for the advise and comments TPU! 50% faster in 3dMark TimeSPy from 9k to 12k. Very nice! Can't wait to see how far I can open this up once under water.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

So in my above post I was rounding up to 12k. It was actually around 11.8k.

After installing waterblock I used Nvidia Precision to get an idea where it wanted to live and was pretty happy with just those results. https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/43469857

Next step is to start manually adjusting. I know the Ram has more headroom and the core has a little, but probably not a bunch. Also was only running my CPU at 4.7 and that can go up 200Mhz, but that won't add much to 3dmark or FPS.

Very nice upgrade for $600 + $150 for waterblock. Also really good results for a 300 non-A chip.

 

[kapone32]

Man are you ever lucky any 2080TI is $1600+ in Canada. Even used ones command an average of $1300 used. For me $600 for that card is academic.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Yeah I got super lucky on finding it. Had been searching for months for either a good deal on a 1080ti or 2080ti. Was so excited when I found a 2080ti for basically $100 more than people are asking for used 1080ti's. The reason the owner wanted to get ride of it was the slot cooler was LOUD as F and PNY really gimped this card. Memory and Boost were severely limited due to the crappy cooler and he just didn't have the ability to do what needed to be done to open the card up.

 

[kapone32]

Yeah I got super lucky on finding it. Had been searching for months for either a good deal on a 1080ti or 2080ti. Was so excited when I found a 2080ti for basically $100 more than people are asking for used 1080ti's. The reason the owner wanted to get ride of it was the slot cooler was LOUD as F and PNY really gimped this card. Memory and Boost were severely limited due to the crappy cooler and he just didn't have the ability to do what needed to be done to open the card up.

You have to love those ones! I would love to hear the performance improvements after installing the block.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Oh that is with the heatkiller installed. Here are the original specs for the card. Notice how low Boost Clocks are. https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/pny-rtx-2080-ti-blower.b6255

I'm hitting 2085Mhz now on boost. Loop temps are in low-mid 40's during stress test.

 

[kapone32]

Oh that is with the heatkiller installed. Here are the original specs for the card. Notice how low Boost Clocks are. https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/pny-rtx-2080-ti-blower.b6255

I'm hitting 2085Mhz now on boost. Loop temps are in low-mid 40's during stress test.

Interesting. based on what I just read you will get uber performance if the GPU clock sits around 2GHZ. That would be almost a 33% increase in clock speed. Again congrats on your purchase!

 

[PerfectWave]

PNY is better know for the quadro nvidia cards rathen then gaming card

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

PNY is better know for the quadro nvidia cards rathen then gaming card

Well this one seems to game really well once it's opened up. They do make a dedicated "gaming" card called the pny 2080ti xlr8 https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/205140/pny-rtx2080ti-11264-180918

Overclocking these 2080ti's is so weird compared to my older 980ti's. Like everything I set to the 2080ti is just a suggestion and it decides whether to use it or not...very odd.