The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti & RTX 2080 Founders Edition Review: Foundations For A Ray Traced Future
by Nate Oh on September 19, 2018 5:15 PM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
- Raytrace
- GeForce
- NVIDIA
- DirectX Raytracing
- Turing
- GeForce RTX
Final Fantasy XV (DX11)
Upon arriving to PC earlier this, Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition was given a graphical overhaul as it was ported over from console, fruits of their successful partnership with NVIDIA, with hardly any hint of the troubles during Final Fantasy XV's original production and development.
In preparation for the launch, Square Enix opted to release a standalone benchmark that they have since updated. Using the Final Fantasy XV standalone benchmark gives us a lengthy standardized sequence to utilize OCAT. Upon release, the standalone benchmark received criticism for performance issues and general bugginess, as well as confusing graphical presets and performance measurement by 'score'. In its original iteration, the graphical settings could not be adjusted, leaving the user to the presets that were tied to resolution and hidden settings such as GameWorks features.
Since then, Square Enix has patched the benchmark with custom graphics settings and bugfixes to be much more accurate in profiling in-game performance and graphical options, though leaving the 'score' measurement. For our testing, we enable or adjust settings to the highest except for NVIDIA-specific features and 'Model LOD', the latter of which is left at standard. Final Fantasy XV also supports HDR, and it will support DLSS at some date.
| Final Fantasy XV | 1920x1080 | 2560x1440 | 3840x2160 |
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NVIDIA, of course, is working closely with Square Enix, and the game is naturally expected to run well on NVIDIA cards in general, but the 1080 Ti truly lives up to its gaming flagship reputation in matching the RTX 2080. With Final Fantasy XV, the Founders Edition power and clocks again prove highly useful in the 2080 FE pipping the 1080 Ti, while the 2080 Ti FE makes it across the psychological 60fps mark at 4K.
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tamalero - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
Unlike a video card, DVD were a STANDARD. set to replace the DVD. This wasn't a war between BETAMAX and VHS again. It was an evolution.And as you said it, they had a few titles coming on.
Nvidia currently is offering ZERO options for what they charge insanely.
Even those 4k TVs you mentioned.. had demos and downlodable content.
It was the future.
Nvidia's game in some of these RTX features are solely of Nvidia, not a global standard.
tamalero - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
Errata: set to replace the "CDS" not DVDs.. They do really need an edit button here.Writer's Block - Monday, October 1, 2018 - link
Not a great comparrison.Mainly because: games making use of RTX and othe new features is: Zero.
OlED and 4k/DVD/Blue: pretty much zero/extremely small/dozen or so - not of the aforementioned is as low as zero, so the consumer could see what they were getting.
boozed - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
Early adopters have always paid over the odds for an immature experience. That's the decision they make. You pays your money and you takes your chances...Gastec - Thursday, September 27, 2018 - link
Yes, drug addicts would also agreeianmills - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
RTX - Radeon technology cross off the list. Nvidia is free to price as they please XDNikosD - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
1080 Ti vs 980 Ti ~ 70% for 50$ more MSRP1080 vs 980 ~ 60% for 50$ more MSRP
2080 Ti vs 1080 Ti ~ 30% for 300$ more MSRP (actual price difference is a lot more)
Please, let's boycott Turing cards.
nVidia must learn its lesson.
Skip it.
V900 - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
If you look at AMDs Vega and compare it with the previous AMD flagship: Fury, you see a similar 30-40% increase in performance.In other words: This isn’t Nvidia wanting to rip gamers off, it’s just a consequence of GPU makers pushing up against the end of Moore’s law.
formulaLS - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
It IS nVidia wanting to rip off gamers. Their prices are absolutely a huge rip off for what you get.DigitalFreak - Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - link
Blame AMD for not competing. Nvidia would never be able to do this if AMD had a competitive offering.