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 Benchmarks (VULKAN)

DOOM

In 2016, Id finally released DOOM. My testing wouldn’t be complete without including this title. All cards were capable of delivering ample frame rates at the 1440p resolution using Nightmare settings, so my focus turned to 4K.

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

Wolfenstein is back in The New Colossus and features the most fast-paced, gory and brutal FPS action ever! The game once again puts us back in the Nazi-controlled world as BJ Blazkowicz. Set during an alternate future where Nazis won the World War, the game shows that it can be fun and can be brutal to the player and to the enemy too. Powering the new title is once again, id Tech 6 which is much acclaimed after the success that DOOM has become. In a way, ID has regained their glorious FPS roots and are slaying with every new title.

Ultra HQ-AF, Vulkan, Async Compute On *if available, Deferred Rendering and GPU culling off

We tested the game at Ultra settings under the Vulkan API which is standard. Async Compute was enabled for graphics cards that support it while deferred rendering and GPU culling were disabled.

You can read our detailed analysis of GPU Culling and Deferred Rendering graphical settings for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus here!

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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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