RTX 2080ti questions
Bobvan
Posts: 2,653
I am looking at upgrading from a 1080ti. I have attached the specs I have 32G of system ram. Will my hardware properly support the card and DD6 RAM? Power supply be adaquate? Last the most important will I see a decent speed increase with DS iray rendering? Feedback from anyone who has upgraded? Thanks in advance.
38fd964d36266fce38de671b021ef7.jpg
478 x 598 - 98K
Post edited by Bobvan on
Daz 3D is part of 
Connect
DAZ Productions, Inc.
7533 S Center View Ct #4664
West Jordan, UT 84084
Licensing Agreement | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | EULA
© 2025 Daz Productions Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Comments
I can confirm you will see a difference in Iray rendering speed, I think I get anywhere from a 40%-65% increase in speed going from a 980ti to a 2080ti. Your CPU appears to be a little faster than mine, but I have a 1000w power supply (but I think the card only *requires* like 450w? 750w is probably fine but correct me if I'm wrong). I also have 32 GB of RAM, that's always good as well.
I've done a similar upgrade (1080 to 2080ti) and I've seen a boost in render speeds, especially with the updated DS. I went with an 1100 PSU, but I was thinking I'd be adding a second ard eventually, but haven't goen that far yet. Use PC part picker to get an estimate of your Power needs, but I agree with SnowSultan and think 750w should be fine.
Cool sounds like its worth it! Specially for those pesky indoor scenes with geometry. Somebody else mentioned in another topic that 750W should be adaquate since I am going to be selling the 1080. There was a low volume of response there hence why I ctreated the specific thread. Had the system built 3 years ago.. I can imagine the bigger jump from 980 to 2080. I had 980 prior to 1080ti
I've been suffering with the inner struggle of wanting to go from a 1080TI to 2080TI (went from the 980TI to the 1080TI) and I don't know how much of a difference I'd see in my case. I have heard that the 3x line coming out will offer more VRAM and a better price point.
Interesting I googled 3X line I see all kinds of stuff. I prolly can get it with the possibility of returning it if I dont think it's worth it..
I wouldn't hold my breath personally.. there's little reason for the pricing to be decreased, they hold all the cards (excuse the pun). If AMD could compete, then that might force their hand, but for now, they're top of the tree.. and they know it.
What might happen though is the 2nd hand market should look lively on 2080Ti's, if that's any good for you.
Thanks. I can afford a new one plus the resale of my 1080Ti will contribute to over 1/3 of the cost.. The main thing is that my hardware would support its function since it is a 3 yr old system.. If I get it somewhere like Best Buy they have some kind of return policy. But I don't see the need if its going to be a significant improvement.
If you have a 1080ti, then I would hold off for a few months to see what the 3080ti will be like, since it's not that far away. You already have 11 Gb of VRAM, so that's not currently holding you back. You will miss out on an immediate speed boost, but the 1080ti is still a very decent card. Then, when the 30 series cards are announced, you can either opt for the new card, or go looking for a bargain for a 2080ti, since makers will start clearing out their old chips. There aren't a lot of bargains for 2080tis right now.
NB: There will be some kind of announcement from Nvidia on May 14th. So you may not have to wait that long.
Right on good plan! Probably good deals in the summer months.. Your right almost double the price of my 1080 in Canada right now..
They were saying june, but with all this zombie apacolypse stuff, that might not happen.
Riggghht LOL..LIke I said though I can get a third back from selling my 1080ti which also will go down in value later on. Thoughts to ponder in any case.There is also the possibility that my hardware would not support the 3080 since it is new it will be expensive...Some indoor scenes can take over 13 hours at times..not that long for the most part. The obvious if one uses BG pic or HRDI much faster times.. Everything like this cars phone ect lose value. My system is certainly not worth 5K anymore. But it never runs hot and can render for hours on end..
Hey Bob!! (waves)
Also, keep in mind that it was quite a while after the RTX 20xx cards became available, that they were fully supported in Iray (IIRC it was almost a year, but they work fine before they had proper RTX support in Iray, just not as fast as they are now). I think basic support for the RTX 20xx cards took a month or so, but I'm not sure since my GoogleFu seems to be taking a nap. If the new cards have a different architecture, chances are good that Iray will need ot be updated to use the new cards. With that in mind, and the current state of things around the world, it's seems that it could be really hard to guess when the new cards will be out, and when Iray support will happen.
Just thought I'd throw this out there as food for thought.
Exacly when I can pick up a 2080 TI soon and sell the 1080 for a decent amount.. As far as price drops ect like I said that always happens.
The main concern was to make sure my motheboard and power supply would be compatible with DDR6. Im going to look into one on the weekend. Waves back
To think I used to Luxrender with laptops..
I would go ahead and spec out a better power supply because it will give you flexability. I bought a Corair HWX1000W power supply 11 years ago and it was in several builds imncluding multiple multiple GPU builds. I just recently replaced it with an EVGA SuperNova 1200 P2 Platinum PSU (the Corsair had not failed, I just wanted to replace it before it did, being it is over 10 years old). I went with 1200 watts beause it gives me the option of running two cards and gives me some headroom to do so.
If you go for at least 1000 wats you too will have some head room in case you decide to get a second card or fall into a deal on a good used card. You can also run the 2080 as your perimary rendering card and use the 1080 for monitor viewing. That is my plan once I upgrade to Ryzen later this year.
Selling the 1080 is part of the budget..
I'm here to second this. Not necessarily for the lack of bargains yet, a good point that @Sevrin points out, but rather because I did not think the speedup that I experienced was worth it. It was faster, don't get me wrong, but just not "oh my god, that's the best $1500 I've ever spent" faster. And not only do we have the 3080s to think about, as @Sevrin again refers to, we've got Navi X2, as well, which won't be usuable in Daz Studio, but they are sure to put downward pressure on the price of cards that will be. Afterall, that happened literally *overnight* with CPUs.
There are just too many things about to change for me to be comfortable comitting to and upgrade, only the biggest of which are Ampere, Navi x2, and Vulkan (which could eventually make AMD cards usuable in Daz Studio). I'd at least want to know what is going on with these three technologies before I set my heart on anything specific.
Thats what I wanted to know if the $$ was worth the speed upgrade thx! Sides if I "kill" this card then validates buying a new one! Or wait for better deals!
Or I make sure there is a return policy from the point of purchase *if* I dont think its worth it..
Thanks for all the honest & varied responses. I know I can trust this board over PC part salespeople.
I have the same issue, I have a 1080 Ti, and I begin to suffer, so I wonder if I upgrade, and if yes, for what. (or if I wait as usually). Does it make a really big difference between a 1080 and a 2080 in term of scene weight or render speed? Did anyone already make this change?
V3 I Like your skin coverts good shine & gloss options! As mentioned in the other thread there is a killer deal on a local store, I am off in 90 minutes so I will drop by and see if it's still available. There is a 14 day return period if I dont think its worth it but I somehow don't see that being the case. Especially since it will cost me little out of pocket between a commish I just sold (multi render stories) and recooping approx $500 back on my current card..
Thanks a lot ! Cool, you are lucky for the killer deal! That would be nice to share the "real impact" of this new card, I mean at least the feeling you have about this change after you played a bit with it !!!
Will do providing they are still available. Like tv's gadgets ect its a sign of things to come I would wait to get it around that price range why pay 2K with tax when I dont have to..
I dont doubt the 30 series will rock but there will be a cost. Evrything like this loses value but hey if I used and enjoy it why not.. Phones are the worse..
I suscribed to this topic, so I will be informed. Thanks for that!
Remember that when the 20xx cards were released it took months to have an Iray version which supported them and a few more to have a DS beta version including that version of Iray (and a lot more before it turned into a General Release)...
I'm not sure that's a fair comparison. The 20 series introduced RTX. The 30 series so far sounds like it's mostly the 20 series on steroids, rather than a new rendering paradigm.
Anybody on the cusp of rage-buying an upgrade should check out the current beta. I twas suggested to me in another thread where a scene that *should* have been able to render out no problem was giving me grief. I tried it on the beta and yup. Hopefully that will get me to when the 3x cards are an option.
I would agree with this plan also. I went from a gtx 970 to a 2080ti a little over a year ago and the difference was quite noticable. If I was upgrading now, i would hold off to see what the new cards will do and cost. the way i see it, the amount of video ram is the main focus and you are not losing out on anything by waiting.
Zotac it comes with 3 years warranty evga is 1599...
That's an interesting point. Yes, there is no emergency. I just can see a bit more to have a bigger difference. I have to think carefully of what I do because I will work years with my new card so...
If you want to know how much faster the 2080ti is, just look at the benchmark thread in my signature. All the RTX cards have been benched, plus the 1080ti and many others. I have TWO 1080tis, and they are roughly as fast as a single 2080ti. So if you ask me, I think its worth thinking about. But now we also have the 3000 series due very soon.
Nvidia is holding a special event on May 14 and they are expected to announce their next generation GPU, Ampere. They are not expected to reveal the gaming lineup, which is what we are talking about here, but we can gather the performance the gaming cards will be.
There are lots of rumors and things going around. Right now they point to a May/June launch for the professional lineup, and September for the gamers. I do not think July was ever the target for gaming. If you look up my previous posts, I predicted August at the very earliest with September being possible. And that was back in 2019 long before corona came along.
I expect dramatic improvements across the board, especially ray tracing. Turing is only the first generation of ray tracing hardware, and to be blunt, I do not think Turing is going to age well. Ampere will likely have much faster ray tracing that puts Turing to shame. Also, all Ampere cards will ray trace.
No rumors have pointed at pricing at all. I find this very interesting, and what this tells me is that Nvidia is monitoring AMD as closely as they can. Now some people think Nvidia as the top to themselves. That is true, but AMD has cards in the works that can beat the 2080ti. Some rumors suggest that AMD might even beat the 3080ti in traditional gaming, while the 3080ti will offer better ray tracing. So we might have a very competitive market coming up. As for corona virus delays, they are not an issue. The next gen consoles are on track to release as scheduled, and these are AMD products. AMD and Nvidia recently just bought up the remaining capacity for 7nm fabs from TSMC, the company that produces their chips. Operations are a full go at this point.
Worst reason ever for making a decission, based on what you're 'heard'. Basically, if you listen, you'll 'hear' anything and everything on the internet.
Wait until Nvidia (or those officially authorised) release specs.
I've been holding off for years, basically my opinion is that Nvidia are greedy, so I've been reluctant to part with cash.