Nvidia’s RTX 2080 Super card is lastly right here. Offering superior speeds for roughly the identical value as the unique RTX 2080, the RTX 2080 Super is just about the 4K graphics card to beat proper now outdoors of Nvidia’s loopy costly RTX 2080 Ti – particularly because it at the moment has no actual competitors from the likes of AMD proper now, both. In reality, its closest rival is Nvidia’s personal £485 / $500 RTX 2070 Super. But how a lot quicker is the RTX 2080 Super, and is it price spending one other 200 quid on it? Let’s discover out by way of the medium of some pretty bar charts.
RTX 2070 Super vs 2080 Super: How we check
Like my common comparability articles, the purpose right here is to see how all each playing cards stack up throughout a wide range of resolutions and graphics settings. This time, I’ve solely included my 4K and 2560×1440 outcomes as a result of, let’s face it, nobody ought to be shopping for both of those playing cards for enjoying games at 1920×1080. There are loads of playing cards that may try this for a fraction of the price of these high-end behemoths, reminiscent of our present best graphics card champ, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti.
In reality, shopping for both of those Super playing cards for 1440p gaming continues to be a little bit of an extravagance when you ask me, however I’ve included these benchmarks anyway because the RTX 2070 Super sits just about on the border of being a top-notch 1440p card and an entry-level 4K jobber.
To check every card, I paired them with my Intel Core i7-8700K CPU and 16GB of Corsair Vengeance 2133MHz RAM and put them by way of my normal games benchmarking suite, taking a median body charge from both their very own built-in benchmark instruments or from my very own repeated handbook gameplay assessments. The games consists of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Final Fantasy XV, Monster Hunter: World, The Witcher III, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Metro Exodus and Forza Horizon 4.
For this explicit check, I’ve used the Nvidia Founders Editions of every card, as these had been those despatched to me for overview. Both run at their inventory reference speeds, so they need to be pretty consultant of their respective card classes. With all that in thoughts, then, let’s get all the way down to these tasty bar charts.
RTX 2070 Super vs 2080 Super: 4K benchmarks
Starting on the deep-end, then, right here’s how every card stacks up when confronted with 4K Ultra settings throughout a few of in the present day’s hardest games. Needless to say, neither are actually match for enjoying games at this type of high quality setting except a) it’s an outdated game like The Witcher III or b) extremely effectively optimised like Forza Horizon 4.
That stated, each of them nonetheless handle a median of at the very least 30fps throughout the board right here, which continues to be fairly spectacular all issues thought of. Still, within the case of the RTX 2070 Super, you’re nonetheless seeing lows effectively beneath that in each Total War: Three Kingdoms (26fps) and Monster Hunter: World (28fps), which isn’t precisely superb.
Moving all the way down to High high quality settings (and eliminating the games that would already hit 60fps on Ultra), each playing cards supply far more playable speeds right here, with all however one of many RTX 2070 Super’s common body charges sitting comfortably above 40fps. However, whereas the the RTX 2080 Super is probably solely a median of 5-6fps quicker in a number of circumstances right here, it’s exactly round this type of mid-40s mark the place a small enhance like this could make all of the distinction between one thing that’s nearly playable and one thing that’s truly fairly all proper.
Final Fantasy XV, for instance, felt noticeably smoother on the RTX 2080 Super right here, as did Monster Hunter: World and Metro Exodus. Plus, when you allow every game’s DLSS help (which all three games now have, by the way in which), you’re capable of get a lot nearer to an ideal 60fps with the RTX 2080 Super than you might be with the RTX 2070 Super. Take Final Fantasy XV, for instance. Whereas the RTX 2070 Super was solely capable of attain a median of 53fps with DLSS enabled on High with all of its fancy Nvidia results turned off, the RTX 2080 Super pushed that each one the way in which as much as 62fps.
As for Medium settings at 4K, the RTX 2070 Super is nearly capable of attain common body charges between 50-60fps right here, however it’s the RTX 2080 Super that’s capable of hit 60fps far more constantly. Admittedly, most 4K screens max out at 60Hz lately, so the profit you’re going to get from a median of, say, 69fps in Total War: Three Kingdoms, is sort of actually going to be misplaced on you because of the limitations of your gaming monitor. The similar goes for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.
However, whilst you could not really feel the good thing about these explicit games proper now, the RTX 2080 Super will virtually actually stand you in higher stead additional down the road when games begin getting even harder to play at 4K. If I had been shopping for a 4K graphics card proper now, I believe I’d in all probability virtually actually go along with the 2080. I wouldn’t take pleasure in it, as a result of come on, nobody actually desires to spend virtually 700 quid on a graphics card, however when the one different different is shopping for a card that solely nearly do Medium settings now doesn’t precisely fill me with a number of confidence.
RTX 2070 Super vs 2080 Super: 1440p benchmarks
If you’re primarily shopping for a card for flawless 2560×1440 gaming, nonetheless, then the RTX 2070 Super is unquestionably greater than sufficient proper now. Able to hit a constant 60fps in virtually ever game going (or rattling effectively close to it), the one doable motive why you may need to improve to an RTX 280 Super right here is in case you have a excessive refresh charge gaming monitor – however even then I’m unsure the enhance you acquire right here is absolutely price it.
As for that quite low-looking Final Fantasy XV end result, that is with all of Nvidia’s fancy pants results like HairWorks, TurfEffects, VXAO and ShadowLibs switched on, as a result of that is the sort of calibre card you want to be able to do it correctly at this decision. With every part switched off, you’re a median of 71fps for the RTX 2070 Super and 82fps for the 2080 Super.
RTX 2070 Super vs 2080 Super: Conclusion
Ultimately, then, all of it comes all the way down to what decision you’re making an attempt to hit. If you’ve solely received a 2560×1440 gaming monitor, then there’s completely no have to spend £669 / $699 on the RTX 2080 Super. Instead, go along with the considerably cheaper £485 / $499 RTX 2070 Super.
However, when you’ve received your sights set on 4K, then you definately’ll in all probability thank your self later for spending that additional money, nonetheless a lot it’s going to bruise your pockets within the quick time period. I do know it’s an enormous ask over the RTX 2070 Super, however as I discussed above, I’m simply unsure it’s notably sensible to purchase a 4K graphics card that may solely nearly deal with Medium settings for the time being, as that sort of high quality stage is just going to deteriorate additional because the years roll on – particularly if the present crop of confirmed ray tracing games all find yourself requiring the identical sort of intense PC requirements as Remedy’s upcoming Control, too.
The solely actual query is whether or not the RTX 2080 Super will finally face any competitors from AMD’s new Navi GPUs. At time of writing, we’ve solely seen the RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT come out to date, and each of them are extra 1440p playing cards than correct 4K jobbers – as you may see from my massive RTX 2060 vs RX 5700 vs RTX 2060 Super vs RX 5700 XT comparability piece – so it’s fully doable there could be one other high-end card ready within the wings someplace that gives roughly comparable efficiency to the RTX 2080 Super for much less cash (identical to the RX 5700 XT does with the RTX 2070 Super in my RTX 2070 vs 2070 Super vs RX 5700 XT comparability). It’s simply too early to say.
There is, after all, nonetheless AMD’s Radeon 7 to have in mind, though contemplating that would barely sustain with the unique RTX 2080 (as you may see from my Radeon 7 vs RTX 2080 article), it could possibly’t actually maintain a candle to Nvidia’s similarly-priced Super-charged successor.
As a end result, when you’re shopping for a 4K graphics card proper now, then the RTX 2080 Super is just about the one technique to go in my eyes, making it my new ‘what you should actually buy’ suggestion over in our best graphics card rankings.
