MSI GeForce RTX 2080 DUKE OC 8 GB Graphics Card Review – $829.99 US For Tri-Frozr Cooler on Founders Edition PCB

MSI GeForce RTX 2080 DUKE OC Power Consumption

I compiled the power consumption results by testing each card under idle and full stress when the card was running games. Each graphics card manufacturer sets a default TDP for the card which can vary from vendor to vendor depending on the extra clocks or board features they plug in on their custom cards. The default TDP for the RTX 2080 is 215W while the MSI custom model has a TDP of 245W.

Also, it's worth noting that the 12nm FFN process from TSMC is a refinement of their 16nm FF node. NVIDIA is cramping even larger amount of transistors and more cores than their previous cards, making it one of the densest chip built to date. It's likely to consume a lot of power and the results are reflective of that.

In the case of our MSI GeForce, RTX 2080 TI Gaming X Trio featured two 8 pins and a single 6 pin connector. The system power draw was 330W in stock loads but jumped over 370W when running at overclocked speeds. Same differences were spotted on the RTX 2080 which consumed around 270W (system load) in an overclocked environment. The DUKE OC is within the same range as the Founders Edition when it comes to power consumption numbers. This is a good thing considering the DUKE OC ships with a higher factory overclock. You'd see another 25-30W jump when manual overclocking is applied.

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8.5

WCCFTECH RATING

MSI's GeForce RTX 2080 DUKE OC packs a superb cooler on a nicely designed Founders Edition PCB, offering great performance at just $30 US over the NVIDIA FE solution. But the high-price for a **80 series cards and lack of RTX titles at launch still makes the GTX 1080 Ti looks like an impressive card.

Pros

• Great performance at the 4K resolution
• Great upgrade from GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 Users
• Factory Overclocked Out of Box
• Tri Frozr heatsink cooling performance is great
• Refreshing new MSI Gaming design
• ZeroFrozr Technology Included on Torx 3.0 fans
• Great overclocking potential, full tuning options
• Memory modules on the Gaming X Trio can hit more than 550 GB/s bandwidth
• Backplate includes heat pads for increased heat dissipation
• RGB Lighting support on the shroud and sides are a plus
• Support for real-time ray tracing and DLSS features in next-generation gaming titles
• Good driver support for GeForce products, compatibility with DX11, DX12, Vulkan, OpenGL titles
• Performance per watt is great on Pascal graphics cards
• Lot's of display connectivity, great for VR and multi-display PCs.

Cons

• Very High Price ($829.99 US)
• Performance same as custom GeForce GTX 1080 TI models
• Not much of a performance improvement over Founders Edition RTX 2080
• Very high power consumption when overclocked
• No RTX and DLSS games available at launch

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