Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Graphics Card Review

Overclocking, Noise, Heat and Power

OK, so as we saw in the previous testing, the card didn’t sit well with 1080p. However, it did well in 3DMark, and even managed to pip the Zotac cards with a graphics of 35434 with a score of 36625. The overall score of 27279 was not too bad either, and once both cards are overclocked, both the Gigabyte and Zotac scored extremely close to each other.

3DMark Firestrike

Acoustic Performance

One advantage of the Gigabyte 2080 Ti is that it has a zero RPM fan mode. In low-load scenarios, it was happy to sit completely silent. Even in full load, it was still pretty quiet too, hitting just 43 dBA. It may not be the sexiest cooler ever, but clearly Gigabyte made the right choice for their new GPU.

Stock

Overclocked

Thermal Performance

The card does run a little warmer than the Zotac model by 4c. That’s not bad though, given that it’s also quieter. Perhaps you would want to increase the fan curve and overclocking this card though, it should close the performance gap on the Zotac quite nicely.

Stock

Overclocked

Power Consumption

It’s pretty power hungry, but that was expected given the sheer brute force of the new architecture. At stock, it’s far more efficient than the Zotac. However, once they’re both overclocked, there was only 4 watts difference.

Stock

Overclocked