I think they made a TERRIBLE job on the model naming for the RTX line.
One of the main concerns is that the RTX2080, for example, replaces the GTX1080, yet it performs and costs much as a GTX1080Ti.
Same thing goes for the rest of the line except the 2080Ti which is a special case, so to speak.
As it is now
RTX 2060 replaces GTX1060, costs like a GTX1070
RTX 2070 replaces GTX1070/1070Ti costs like a GTX1080
RTX 2080 replaces GTX1080 costs like a GTX1080Ti
RTX 2080Ti replaces GTX1080Ti costs and arm and a leg, a kidney a lung and both retinas.
But if the RTX 2060 was named as RTX2070 instead?
Suddenly it wouldn't sound so bad as it would cost as much as a GTX1070 and perform faster, not by that much, but still.
And if the RTX2070 was named as RTX 2080?
Guess what, it would still be faster than the GTX1080 and cost as much.
and you get the idea.
I guess nvidia feared that consumers would view Turing as just Pascal + RTX/DLSS with just a small bump in performance for the same price. So they chose to position them as a large performance increase + RTX/DLSS but also a big jump in price.
And now we know how it turned out...
One of the main concerns is that the RTX2080, for example, replaces the GTX1080, yet it performs and costs much as a GTX1080Ti.
Same thing goes for the rest of the line except the 2080Ti which is a special case, so to speak.
As it is now
RTX 2060 replaces GTX1060, costs like a GTX1070
RTX 2070 replaces GTX1070/1070Ti costs like a GTX1080
RTX 2080 replaces GTX1080 costs like a GTX1080Ti
RTX 2080Ti replaces GTX1080Ti costs and arm and a leg, a kidney a lung and both retinas.
But if the RTX 2060 was named as RTX2070 instead?
Suddenly it wouldn't sound so bad as it would cost as much as a GTX1070 and perform faster, not by that much, but still.
And if the RTX2070 was named as RTX 2080?
Guess what, it would still be faster than the GTX1080 and cost as much.
and you get the idea.
I guess nvidia feared that consumers would view Turing as just Pascal + RTX/DLSS with just a small bump in performance for the same price. So they chose to position them as a large performance increase + RTX/DLSS but also a big jump in price.
And now we know how it turned out...