MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr Turing Architecture Overclocked Graphics Card

This is me of the best video cards I’ve ever owned. Definitely worth the high price. I used to run an Asus GTX 1080 then it died after only a couple years. After dealing with the crappy customer service of ASUS, I decided to make the swap to MSI. This card blows my old one out of the water. I am able to run games at ultra wide resolutions @ 21:9 ratio 3440x1440p on ultra settings with great fps in all games. Most games over 100fps, CoD modern warfare at 60-70fps with ray tracing and everything. If you have normal smaller monitors I recommend the 2070 super. If you game on high refresh monitors with rates above 60hz or want to game in 4k then get this 2080 super or 2080 ti. This card has great software and sweet looking rgb effects. It’s quiet and cools well, even with the fans ramped up. I prefer to have the fans running than having them turn off when low load. That way the card stays cool and extends life. The card is massive and heavy, make sure you have room. It is a bit thicker than my old 1080 by like half an inch with a larger heat sink/fins. With the fan speeds set to where I like, GPU temps never go above 50c even under high load. I do run a open air thermaltake core p3 case, so I suppose an enclosed case would run a little hotter.

This card has been performing extremely well in games with Ray Tracing and HDR enabled. I have a 1440p, 144 Hz monitor that really shines with the 2080 Super. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, I have the image settings at Ultra, Ray Tracing Shadows at High, and HDR enabled. It benchmarked at 100 fps max, 55 fps avg, and 37 fps min. I have also played Metro Exodus with similar settings, as well as DLSS enabled, and had similar or better benchmark scores. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019 performs even better. I was able to play the same games on a 4k, 144Hz monitor with lower FPS, but smooth game play that never dipped below 30 FPS. There was no stuttering or artifacting. The card with it's triple fan cooler never went above 68 Centigrade and the fans never ran more than 1200 rpm. The card remained silent throughout the games and testing. I haven't overclocked it yet because there really has been no need to. I will probably give the beta MSI After Burner program for RTX card overclocking a try. It seems very simple because it will do all the overclocking automatically, except for the memory. The card is visually pleasant to look at with its RGB rainbow scheme. Aside from price this card is a real winner. It definitely makes more sense than the RTX 2080 Ti, since there are rumors of a Ti Super coming in early 2020, as well as the AMD "nvidia killer" coming by summer next year. Save the $500 difference and wait to see what comes. If you own a 1080 Ti you might want to wait till next year when the new cards come out, unless you really want RTX now. I hope this has been helpful.Edit: I finally did overclock the card with MSI AfterBurner which gave me a modest boost that resulted in about 10% performance boost without any overheating, throttling or other problems. This is an excellent card.

Updated a custom build with a new motherboard and graphics card. I was running an Intel I7 processor and AMD Fury X graphics card and ironically updated to an AMD Ryzen 9 processor and an NVIDIA RTX 2080 Super graphics card. I will say that I had to think long and hard to pull the trigger on the NVIDIA card because of the cost. Man, this card is expensive but I figured this would be the last major computer build I will do, so decided to pay the extra cost. If not this card, I would have gone with the AMD 5700 at half the cost for about 75% of the performance, a much better value. However, I do not have buyers remorse for this beast of a card. It rips through anything I can throw at it and benchmarks amazingly well. I'v even gotten back into some gaming and wow! I turn every graphics options to max and the detail in the games is awesome. You would think that when pushing the card the three fans (Tri-Frozr) would scream but, on the contrary, you can barley hear them. This card is extremely quiet, which eliminates the need to liquid cool it. As a bonus, the LEDs on the card look great. After running this card for a couple of months I am extremely pleased and found nothing to complain about other than the cost.

1st off, MSI, is a GREAT brand and my personal favorite, i buy MSI everything when possible. So, this card is not only a mega monster, but super super silent 1. without case fans, the fans on the GPU are 100% silent. im not joking. i put my head damn near in my pc, when i had the liquid cooler fans (2 130mm) and the 3 fans on the GPU, its literally 100% quite. you wont be able to know your pc is on.My pc i built before the current build i just did, could barely and very laggedly run a game call "kingdom come: deliverance" a game made powered by alienware. so you know its quite demanding. the game was made in 2018. my old pc would bog down, even on the lowest of settings. this card, runs this game on max settings, pulling out the 144mhz refresh rate just fine. thats without over clocking the GPU. i run games such as Star Citizen, black desert remastered, hunt the showdown and more all on max settings pull out 144mhz like its nothing. this car is an amazing buy. im actually considering buying another to use SLI and not have to worry of upgrading my pc for many years.