ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Super Advanced Overclocked 8G GDDR6 HDMI DP 1.4 USB Type-C Gaming Graphics Card

I bought this when Amazon offered a stretched out payment plan and was looking at higher end cards at the time as my last rig was starting to have issues. Like most the dream card 2080ti is a tough hit on the wallet, and frankly most don't have the rig or monitor to take advantage anyways. That being said, this RTX 2080s card rocks! For a ton less money! I have tossed all the games that tortured my recent 2060s running my large monitor and this card simply waltzes through them on ultra with little effort. ESO, Div 2, Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous, Metro Exodus! All run with very high settings. Guys saying their 1080ti is good enough or comparable? I beg to differ! Big, beefy, lots of tubes and fins, subtle RGB effects, tri fans that are very quiet, you can hear them whine a bit when being pushed though. Much will depend on your own case. With my setup it really never gets a few degrees warmer gaming while OC'd with MSI Afterburner. Bench testing bumped it a few degrees! Mine runs through most games in Afterburner at PL 125, Temp max set 88, CC 100, MC 1100 without a hitch for a good all around and very safe setting. I do have a large Cougar tower with several fans going so I do have alot of quiet cool going on. Be aware, this card was within 2mm length wise of not fitting into a smaller full tower that I have as my backup when I tested it with another build. So make sure you measure before ordering this large beast. I tested this with three different boards/processors and cases. Two very large monitors and also my custom Samsung Odyssey VR helmet run on Ultra with double the resolution. I say helmet because it is no longer a simple goggle setup. With the Steam code hack which doubles the VR resolution, (Steam has their setting for the much lower resolution Occulus Rift). Running Samsung VR on ultra barely touches RTX 2080s. Most will not need to OC this card at all for any reason. It ended up in my newer MSI 570 pro carbon/3800x build, and of all the cards I have owned. This one I absolutely love. So unless you are on the fringe and just have to have the ti version for whatever reason and have a deep wallet and insane needs, this card will do it all.

Everyone already knows how good this card is, and how it can be overclocked, etc. No need to rehash all that stuff.I bought this to run my new 4K gaming monitor, and refresh my old Dell XPS gaming computer with the latest and greatest (under $1K). In that respect, it does it's job very well.I will only add my experience installing this card, and provide information you will not see elsewhere.First of all, this card is H-U-G-E. Yes, others have mentioned this but it bears repeating. Within my Dell XPS mid-tower, the card b.a.r.e.l.y fit. I had to stretch and bend internal case metal and take out the hard drive enclosure just to crowbar this thing in. Not sure I'll be able to pull it out without breaking something. It physically makes contact with memory module release handles on one side, so there is no way to remove my RAM modules now, and it physically covers two SATA connections on the other side. I had to move my DVD drive connector, and now there is no space to plug in any more SATA connections. The PCIe power plugs rub against the side of my hard drive - I had to plug them in first and them mount my hard drive after. If this card was a single centimeter bigger in any direction, it would not fit in my case.My original Dell XPS power supply was not suitable for this card - it had only one 6-pin PCIe x16 power plug, and 450 Watt capacity. This card requires TWO 8-pin PCIe 16x power plugs, and according to the manual you need at least a 650 Watt power supply. I had to purchase a new power supply just to run this card.I worry about airflow and overheating now that there is this huge thing laying inside the middle of my case, but everything has been stable so far. The fan is pretty quiet, which is very much welcomed. The LED lights are nice, but not very visible stuffed inside a mid-tower case.It was easy to download and install the latest NVidia drivers. So far everything seems to be working properly.Wish I had this information - especially the power requirements - before buying this card but couldn't find it anywhere. Hope it helps any prospective buyer.

This is a fantastic video card. I have not had anything this powerful before and I am happy that I got such a quality product. Combined with the Ryzen R5 3600x in 1440p I can achieve a normal 100+ FPS on any modern game on ultra quality.Cooling is fantastic. I have three fans at the base of my case that pull cold air in, and the horizontal mounting of this graphics card pull that cold air directly in. The stock thermals on this card are far superior and make it the coolest component in my case even while gaming. Idle temps are usually 35-40 °C and during high loads I have observed it to go up to 80-85 °C.The RGB syncs well with Jacknet, there is an ROG logo on the top of the card, "Republic of Gamers" written on the front along with some internally visible lights. The lighting remains tasteful. Be warned, this is a large card and you will need a large case to comfortably fit it. I have the LIAN LI PC-O11 and there is roughly an inch of space left between the front of the card and the side of the case.