ASUS GeForce RTX 2080 Super Overclocked 8G GDDR6 Dual-Fan EVO V2 Edition VR Ready HDMI DisplayPort 1.4 Graphics Card

I had a EVGA 1080FTW2 that I absolutely loved. It was quiet and fast for all my needs playing at 1440P. Always have bought EVGA for as long as I can remember. My wife bought me an ASUS PG279Q monitor for Christmas and I felt the urge to upgrade my video card to utilize the 144HZ refresh rate in my games. I play Tomb Raider, Metro, Doom 3 and Wolfenstein II.2080 cards were out and I was searching for the best looking card since I have a S340 and like to look at my hardware and have it look nice, especially when you're spending this much money ($800+).I settled initially on the MSI Duke 2080TI and loved the look, it was quiet, it was fast but man did it have coil whine. I am sensitive to sound, my system is virtually quiet with all the NZXT fans and Kraken X62 and my 1080 FTW2 was super quiet and looked oh so good, absolutely loved that card. Moving on...I couldn't handle the coil whine, I did all the burn in tests that everyone suggested, changed power supply (I had a Corsair RM850 and changed it to a RM850I). Unfortunately none of that worked, I actually think these people on message boards and forums have no clue and just like to write something online to make them feel important. The coil whine on the Duke card was so loud I sent the card back and said I'm going to buy an EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 and just save all that money and get a bit better performance, and feel good with EVGA. So I bought an ELITE version, it looked ok in my case, not great tbh. Performance was better than my 1080 FTW2 but here we go again, it had some coil whine and mind you I have had never had issues with coil whine EVER. So I couldn't keep this card either, it didn't look good in my case and on top of it the coil whine made me decide to buy a 2080 EVGA XC Ultra, staying with the trusted EVGA brand. Received the card and boy what a cooler on that card...2.7 slot. Ran VERY hot, it was at 55C idle with a room temp in CA of about 21C. And it had a constant buzzing even at idle and increased in games or benchmarks. And the look was absolutely horrible. Returned that one too. Was almost settling on a Gigabyte Auros 2080 just for the looks but all the reviews said it was loud and hot so I kept on looking. Then I kept hearing great things about the Asus Strix 2080 OC, I never even considered this brand although I do have their motherboard and monitor. After reading all the reviews I bought it.This card is beautiful, the LED is subtle, it integrates so well with my system, no GPU sag, SUPER quiet idle or load and temps were unbelievable, 23C idle and 55C while gaming all on quiet settings barely hearing the fans. There is a little bit of coil whine, but after testing all the other cards this was the least noticeable and i'm convinced that the entire RTX line up suffers from it. You just have to find the one that's the most tolerable to your eardrums.VERY happy with this card, the look is amazing, fans spinning is an enjoyable sound, the temps are unreal and really almost no coil whine. I will update if it gets worse. All in all HIGHLY recommend this card.

This was actually a great upgrade from my STRIX 1080. This card hits the sweet spot of high performance, however not really fully justifies the high price of admission. This high-end graphics card it’s on the verge of breaking the 4K 60 fps barrier that the RTX 2080 Ti smashes through. Non the less, my Fire Strike Ultra results are pretty nice.One of the amazing thing I noticed was the immediate effects RT Cores and Nvidia RTX brings as it transforms puddles, glass and other reflective surfaces into mirrors for the first time in video games. That was a pretty neat step up from other cards.The RTX 2080 can also tap into a new Deep Learning Super Sampling feature that’s much more efficient at applying super sampling and anti-aliasing at the same time. Those AI-injected Tensor Cores are also pivotal for Nvidia’s new super-simple overclocking features.Popular overclocking apps like EVGA Precision X1 and MSI Afterburner have released beta builds that integrate this new NV Scanner API, which essentially tweaks your GPU up a precise micro-voltage curve and tests for stable overclock speeds and voltages. Pretty impressive if you ask me :DSo far, played "Rise of Tomb Raider", "Hitman 2", "Elite Dangerous", "Fair Cry 5" and "Ghost Recon" at maximum graphic settings on a 4K monitor, and all games played like a charm. Though I never really hit a constant 60fps on a 4K setting.So in short...GOOD:- Great graphic performance, even in 4K- Don't need to be overclocked to see good performances, but can be overclocked non the less- RTX technology- Handles lot of games at max settings even on 4K screens- Looks good and has also programmable LED lighting effectBAD:- BIG bulky card that needs some space in your case, so be aware of that.- Still VERY EXPENSIVE (at the time of writing this review 05/30/2019)Would definitely recommend to anyone not ready to pay the crazy money of the 2080ti, and still want a great performances graphic card.

Best $800 I spent this year. If you don't want to pay 2080ti prices, then this is a good compromise.**This has already been tested and benchmarked by other legit techs (Just search the webs for performance results) So this is just my personal review**The reason why I think this is a really good buy, is because I did a basic graphics comparison and these were my results:I usually play Overwatch. Before upgrading to this. I had a GeForce 1060 and it would max out on medium-high video/graphics settings. After the upgrade, I changed my in game settings to ultra and my GPU was running about 80-90% (This was a basic test by changing the in game settings, and monitoring my performance through task manager. Nothing fancy)All in all, easy to install, fan noise is moderate, very large card so be sure to make sure you have enough room for it. Looks pretty sleek too. Hope this helps ;)End result: I doubled my performance. If I choose to OC this thing to get the most out of it, I'm sure I could see almost triple the graphic settings I had on my 1060.

This specific rtx 2080 i think is awesome, in terms of looks and performance. My rtx 2080 overclocks to a nice 2115mhz on the core clock and a nice 7000mhz on the memory. it does this overclock while being less loud than my mouse clicks. also the looks of the card just scream, you got a good card with customization rgb. I also love the new steaming encoder, works really nice with my streams and doesnt effect m,y fps. The only bad thing ill say about this card is the price, $800 is a big hit in the wallet. but if your able to get this card below $700, its a steal for the new features and performance you get.