Help me Decide my 2080ti Path

[Dayaks]

I have two choices I am considering:

1.) An EVGA 2080ti FTW. I figure it’ll have a higher powerlimit than other cards and be quieter due to it’s absolutely enormous, stiff heatsink. Should be good performance and have a good warranty.

2.) The cheapest 2080ti reference I can find (999 garbage blower?), a waterblock, pump and hard mod the power limits away. Added bonus it can help heat my pool in the summer. Negative is I’ll void any warranties. Risk in the hardmod.

Both will cost similar. What would you guys do?

 

[Brahmzy]

Do the FTW3 Ultra n be done. But be prepared to wait. Mine still says 3-4 weeks.

 

[Trimlock]

I'd say cheapest, these are probably going to have a wide range of price options next year, much like the 1080 had during its lifetime.

 

[CoreStoffer]

Hang on, there has been some speculation that there are vanilla TU102 chips and binned TU102A for overclocking:

https://videocardz.com/newz/techpow...rence-between-turing-a-and-non-a-gpu-variants

If this is true, the vanilla cards might not overclock that well, but it could also be bullshit or you might hit jackpot in the silicon lottery.

 

[arestavo]

You can't actually change the voltage on these cards, so.... Waste of money if you want to OC the piss outta it with the ability to change the voltage. The Kingpin card should be able to.

https://forums.evga.com/So-who-canceled-their-preorder-m2858287.aspx

 

[RJ1892]

You can't actually change the voltage on these cards, so.... Waste of money if you want to OC the piss outta it with the ability to change the voltage. The Kingpin card should be able to.

https://forums.evga.com/So-who-canceled-their-preorder-m2858287.aspx

So does this mean the voltage curve doesn't work at all either? I may cancel if this is the case. I prefer to set an optimal curve and never use the default.

 

[kirbyrj]

So does this mean the voltage curve doesn't work at all either? I may cancel if this is the case. I prefer to set an optimal curve and never use the default.

Sounds that way.

 

[Dayaks]

My concern was more with the low powerlimit. Sucks about voltage... and hard voltage mods are usually very tedious. But 250W (the normal it seems) is pretty low for a 754mm^2 chip.

I didn’t look into it but Kingpin are usually so far through the cycle you’re half way to the next gen.

I am slightly leaning towards the EVGA FTW if I can find out if it’s PL is increased enough to warrant the wait. Getting older it’s sometimes nice for things to just work lol.

I just checked my email and EVGA said they don’t have power limit info yet. They are usually pretty tight lipped.