NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super is a high-performance video card presented as part of the Turing line released by NVIDIA. In this article, we will look at the development history, announcement and release dates, architecture, detailed specifications, gaming performance at the time of release versus competitors, as well as interesting facts about the RTX 2080 Super video card.
Development and announcement date
The RTX 2080 Super is based on the Turing architecture, announced by NVIDIA in August 2018. Turing brought a number of technological innovations to the industry, such as hardware ray tracing (RT) and Tensor Cores for accelerating machine learning. These technologies made it possible to create more realistic graphics scenes and accelerate processes such as 4K imaging and artificial intelligence.
NVIDIA announced the RTX 2080 Super on July 2, 2019, along with other Super series cards, the RTX 2060 Super and RTX 2070 Super. These cards were introduced as improved versions of their base models, offering users increased performance.
Release date
The GeForce RTX 2080 Super went on sale on July 23, 2019, shortly after the announcement. The price at launch was US$699, which was on par with the base RTX 2080 model that the RTX 2080 Super replaced.
Architecture and detailed characteristics
The RTX 2080 Super is based on the Turing architecture and uses GPU TU104-450. The video card has 3072 CUDA cores, which is 128 cores more than the base model RTX 2080. The number of RT cores (48) and tensor cores (384) has also been increased.
The RTX 2080 Super has a base clock of 1650 MHz and a boost clock of 1815 MHz. It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with a bandwidth of 496 Gbps and a 256-bit memory interface. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the card is 250 W, which is slightly higher than the RTX 2080 (215 W).
Gaming performance at launch compared to competitors
At launch, the RTX 2080 Super delivered improved performance over the base RTX 2080, delivering a solid 4fps or higher in many games at max settings at 60K resolution. At 1440p resolution, performance was even more impressive, allowing gamers to enjoy smooth, high-quality images.
Compared to competitors like the AMD Radeon VII, the RTX 2080 Super performed better in most games. However, the RTX 2080 Ti continued to be the leader in the segment, offering even better performance but also a price tag of around $1200.
In games that support ray tracing, the RTX 2080 Super also performed well, delivering more realistic reflections and shadows, although in some cases it was necessary to lower graphics settings to achieve a stable 60 FPS with ray tracing enabled.
Interesting facts about the video card
- The RTX 2080 Super was one of the first graphics cards to support NVIDIA's DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) technology. This technology uses machine learning to improve image quality and optimize gaming performance.
- With the Super series, which includes the RTX 2080 Super, NVIDIA has improved the graphics cards' hardware, allowing them to achieve higher performance than their base counterparts without significantly increasing power consumption.
- Among the Super series graphics cards, the RTX 2080 Super offered the most significant performance improvement over the base model. This makes it one of the most attractive products in the lineup for gamers looking to squeeze the most performance out of their system.
- The RTX 2080 Super has become available in various versions with different cooling systems and form factors. This allowed users to choose the card that best suited their requirements and preferences.
- Along with the release of the Super series, NVIDIA announced the discontinuation of the original RTX 2080, RTX 2070 and RTX 2060 graphics cards, making the Super versions the new standards for the company's high-end graphics card segments.