Gamescom 2018 is underway right now in Cologne, Germany. Nvidia has been the center of attention as hundreds and thousands of people worldwide sit in front of their screens in anticipation for the next big announcement. Everyone is eager to finally find out what the next line of Geforce graphics cards has in stores for us. Right at this moment as I write this article, Nvidia has announced their latest most anticipated Turing based GPU. Three Turing GPUs have been announced, namely, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080 and 2070.
The weeks leading up to this announcement have been an utter leak-fest. Sources around the internet have tried their best to leak some of the info regarding the GPUs, we here at TNM covered some of the leaks ourselves but nothing had prepared for this. The Nvidia Geforce RTX line of GPUs is nothing the computer world has ever seen before, it is the expression of raw power and computational ability.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080 and 2070 Official Specs
The three GPUs have already been announced along with the retail price and availability dates. Below is the official list of specs for the Nvidia Geforce RTX line of cards.
| Graphics Card Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Architecture | Turing GPU (TU104) | Turing GPU (TU104) | Turing GPU (TU102) |
| Process | 12nm NFF | 12nm NFF | 12nm NFF |
| Die Size | TBD | TBD | 754mm2 |
| Transistors | TBD | TBD | 18.4 Billion |
| CUDA Cores | 2304 Cores | 2944 Cores | 4352 Cores |
| TMUs/ROPs | 144/64 | 184/64 | 272/88 |
| GigaRays | 6 Giga Rays/s | 8 Giga Rays/s | 10 Giga Rays/s |
| Cache | 4 MB L2 Cache? | 4 MB L2 Cache? | 6 MB L2 Cache |
| Base Clock | 1410 MHz | 1515 MHz | 1350 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1620 MHz 1710 MHz OC |
1710 MHz 1800 MHz OC |
1545 MHz 1635 MHz OC |
| Compute | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Memory | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 11 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Speed | 14.00 Gbps | 14.00 Gbps | 14.00 Gbps |
| Memory Interface | 256-bit | 256-bit | 352-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 616 GB/s |
| Power Connectors | 8 Pin | 8+8 Pin | 8+8 Pin |
| TDP | 180W | 215W | 250W |
| Price | $499 US | $699 US | $999 US |
| Price (Founders Edition) | $599 US | $799 US | $1,199 US |
| Launch | September 2018 | August 2018 | August 2018 |
As can be seen above, even the RTX 2070, the least powerful of the cards accounced, packs a whopping 2304 cuda cores, all the cards are based on 12nm NFF process. The RTX 2070 boasts a 8 GB of Vram and so does the RTX 2080. However, the RTX 2080TI features an impressive 11GB of Vram.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, 2080 and 2070 Price and Availability.
To everyone’s disbelief, the announced cards are very reasonably priced. The immensely powerful RTX 2070 will cost only 499 USD. The RTX 2080 will cost 699 USD and the absolute mammoth that is the RTX 2080TI will cost 999 USD. All three GPUs are available for Pre-order right now and the launch is in September for RTX 2070 while the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080TI will be launched this month.
This is all for now, let us know in the comments if you have been impressed with the GPUs Nvidia announced today.