MSI GeForce RTX 2080 DUKE OC
September 2018Type
Graphics CardsPrice
$829.99 USMSI GeForce RTX 2080 DUKE OC Thermal Tests
No graphics card review is complete without evaluating its temperatures and thermal load. The MSI GeForce GRTX 20 DUKE OC series is fitted with the most advanced version of the Tri-Frozr cooling design. The latest Tri-Frozr cooler features a massive heatsink with multiple heat pipes which extend beyond the aluminum fin-based design that lead towards the incredibly dense heatsink block. The card comes with PWM cooling and an anti-bending plate that keeps the card sturdy and durable in the harshest environments inside your PC.
The patented Torx fan 2.0 design and Zero Frozr technology featured on this card make sure that it delivers the best cooling performance and best acoustics while operating.
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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.
- 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.
Pros
- 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
Cons
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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