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Background

The GeForce RTX 2080 is a high-end discrete graphics card designed by Nvidia. The RTX 2080 was announced in a press release on August 10, 2018, together with the RTX 2070 and the RTX 2080 Ti. The RTX 2080 was released on September 20, 2018.

The RTX 2080 is built on the Nvidia TU104 GPU die, using the Turing architecture and TSMC's 12 nm process.

The RTX 20 series is the first Nvidia consumer graphics card line to have hardware ray tracing. The series introduces DLSS 1.0 upscaling and uses second-generation Tensor Cores.

Identification

The GeForce RTX 2080 features multiple graphic card partners and vendors with different specifications and appearances. The GPU model can usually be found on the product sticker, often on the GPU's backside.

To identify your graphics card in Windows, open:

  • Nvidia Control Panel
  • Select Help in the navigation bar
  • The GPU model name will be shown in the items tab.

To identify your graphics card in a Linux environment, see this How-To-Geek's guide.

Troubleshooting

  • TechPowerUp has many reviews with teardowns of RTX 2080 graphics cards from multiple vendors.
    • Scroll down to the "Retail boards based on this design" section.
    • Find your specific graphics card.
    • The GPU models that has reviews, teardown and high-resolution PCB images has the TechPowerUp logo next to them.
  • This page has many schematics of the RTX 2080 graphics cards from multiple vendors.

Specifications

The following is the GeForce RTX 2080 base configuration, features, functionality and performance may vary depending on vendor.

Release date: 2018

Body:

  • Type: discrete GPU
  • Segment: Desktop

GPU:

  • GPU name: TU104
  • Raytracing gen.: 1
  • Tensor gen.: 2
  • TDP: 215 W

Memory:

  • Size: 8 GB
  • Type: GDDR6

I/O:

  • No. of Displays: 5
  • Type:
    • 1x HDMI 2.0
    • 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
    • 1x USB Type-C

Technologies:

  • DirectX 12 Ultimate

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