Zotac Gaming RTX 2080 Ti Amp Review

Peter Donnell / 6 years ago

Final Thoughts

How Much Does it Cost?

Now for the elephant in the room, where you guess the weight of an elephant, and put a £ or $ in front of it. There’s just no easy way to saying that these cards are the best part of £1200, give or take a few quid from retailer to retailer. That’s a tough pill to swallow. However, that’s the price for the flagship performance, and for 4K and ultra-high frame rate gaming, there’s not really anything that comes close. I suspect they won’t drop below £1000 for quite some time either, as even at this price, the Ti is proving quite popular.

Overview

I can’t help but be impressed with what RTX has to offer. I know the public reception has been a mixed bag of affairs, and I do think a lot of that revolves around the price. It will get better over time, but for now, I can’t let the price detract me from the fact that this is a truly fantastic piece of technology. I’ve had more fun with Ray Tracing and DLSS than any consumer can right now, and that is a shame. However, there are truly brilliant things on the horizon, and we can’t wait to see them hit consumer titles with the launch of DirectX RT.

RTX and DLSS

We’ve been testing the Ray Tracing and DLSS performance of the new cards over the last few days and will share that with you soon enough. Why not include it in the reviews? Well, we’re running a little behind schedule, and it means changing our testing methods too. Right now, only RTX cards can run these benchmarks, and with nothing to compare them to, it’ll be something we expand on in its own right. Games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Battlefield V will have something we can benchmark in the coming weeks, so sit tight, all that information will happen.

Performance

This card is like bringing a sledgehammer down on a push pin. It’s brutally powerful, and while I know you’ll grind your teeth as you pay for this card, you won’t have any regrets when you start gaming. For 4K and those on high refresh rate displays, it’s truly breathtaking what it is capable. Its 1080p performance is erratic, but that’s like saying an F1 car isn’t good for nipping to the supermarket. If you’ve built an extreme PC, this is the jewel in the crown and a real leap forward in terms of raw rendering performance. It’s also poised to be the most capable when it comes to Ray Tracing, and we’ll see huge FPS improvements with DLSS yet. Think this card is fast? It’s only just getting its engines warmed up.

Should I Buy One?

I don’t recommend anyone buys hardware this expensive if I’m honest. This is an enthusiast card, not a consumer card simply based on price. I wish every gamer could afford one, as it would push the game development market forward at an incredible pace. However, if you’ve got the cash for it, and you want to enjoy AAA games at extreme resolutions and frame rates, then make no mistake, this is what you want in your rig.