Check Out The New Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti, 2080, And 2070 Video Cards Up Close

Nvidia unveiled its new line of video cards under the GeForce RTX 20-series umbrella with new graphics technologies to boot. Real-time ray tracing for better lighting, shadows, and reflections and DLSS for advanced anti-aliasing are the marquee visual enhancements made possible by the new Turing GPU architecture. A few upcoming AAA titles were used to highlight these new features such as Battlefield V, Metro: Exodus, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Control.

Three models will hit the market this fall--the RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 will be available on September 20 and the RTX 2070 is said to come sometime in October. Pricing varies based on the model and manufacturer: The RTX 2080 Ti has an MSRP of $1,000 USD, but the Nvidia Founders Edition is being sold for $1,200. Similarly, the RTX 2080's MSRP is $700 while the Nvidia's model goes for $800, and the RTX 2070 will be $500 and $600, respectively.

At Gamescom 2018, we had the chance to see these cards in action and get a closer look at the cards themselves. In this slideshow, we're showcasing the Founders Editions for each of the three models, as well as a few third-party RTX 2080 models from Nvidia board partners like Gigabyte, EVGA, and Palit that use unique custom cooling solutions.

In addition to Nvidia's new graphics cards, we have a ton of coverage from Gamescom 2018 from news and trailers to impressions and gameplay clips. This includes a discussion about the upcoming Hitman 2, new gameplay from Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and hands-on with Devil May Cry 5.

The first thing you'll notice is that both the RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080, at 10.5 inches, are slightly longer at 10.5 inches compared the RTX 2070, which measures at 9.0 inches. All three cards sport the same dual-fan vapor chamber cooling system.

The beefy RTX 2080 Ti card requires a 8-pin + 8-pin power connection and the Founders Edition is said to draw up to 260 watts, while the RTX 2080 needs an 8-pin + 6-pin connection and will use up to 225 watts. The RTX 2070 differs slightly in that the power pins are located at the front-end of the board, requiring one 8-pin connection, and draws up to 185 watts.

Founders Edition specs:

• Base Clock Speed: 1350 MHz
• Boost Clock Speed: 1635 MHz
• Memory Configuration: 11GB GDDR6
• Memory Speed: 14 Gbps
• Memory Interface: 352-bit
• Memory Bandwidth: 616 GB/s
• CUDA Cores: 4352
• RTX-OPS: 78T

Founders Edition specs:

• Base Clock Speed: 1515 MHz
• Boost Clock Speed: 1800 MHz
• Memory Configuration: 8GB GDDR6
• Memory Speed: 14 Gbps
• Memory Interface: 256-bit
• Memory Bandwidth: 448 GB/s
• CUDA Cores: 2944
• RTX-OPS: 60T

Founders Edition specs:

• Base Clock Speed: 1410 MHz
• Boost Clock Speed: 1710 MHz
• Memory Configuration: 8GB GDDR6
• Memory Speed: 14 Gbps
• Memory Interface: 256-bit
• Memory Bandwidth: 448 GB/s
• CUDA Cores: 2304
• RTX-OPS: 45T