Help RTX 2080 or GTX 1080TI

[Gift Banda]

Hi,

am trying a choose a GPU for my rig which i will be using for 3D Design, Game Dev, Motion Graphics and Video production.

with 3D Design and Game Dev being the main priorities.

[Turtle Rig]

Go with a 1080 Ti.  The 2080 is only if you game at 4k resolution.  1440p the 1080 Ti will do fine and 1080p it will be blazing fast.  thx

[Gift Banda]

so the RTX 2080 has nothing to contribute to 3D Design and Game Dev?

[vSaft_Hype]

The 1080 is your best bet but if you need help check Linus' channel because there is a video of 3D design pc's on there

[Overbuilder]

It has ray tracing cores, which will probably contribute in the future, but in current day 2018, not really... gddr6 is one thing that may help...

[Speed Weed]

5 minutes ago, WikiForce said:

 WTF are you talking about? 1080 Ti is a quite capable 4k gaming GPU.

Ya, but the RTX 2080 will rekt GTX 1080TI when RTX technology got optimized very well. 

[Turtle Rig]

9 minutes ago, WikiForce said:

WTF are you talking about? 1080 Ti is a quite capable 4k gaming GPU.

Yes your right but there are dips from constant 60fps , with 2080 you wont get those dips to 40's and 50's fps,, for example......  

[Turtle Rig]

5 minutes ago, Alexsolo said:

What programs do you use? Would you know if VRAM is beneficial? (in that case the 1080ti has 11GB)

I think for what hes trying to do, or the things hes trying to do, the more VRAM the better.  So ya 11GB with 1080 Ti and 14GB with 2080 RTX.  Want to be future proof or code ray tracing then 2080 is your choice here. 

[Turtle Rig]

2 minutes ago, Alexsolo said:

RTX 2080 is only 8GB...

 

RTX 2080TI is also only 11GB...

Nice call, my bad..........................  sighs

[jones177]

Hi

For game development keep your old machines. The biggest mistake I have made in game development is not shooting code or 3D to a minimum spec machine early on.  

 

For 3D in games, rendering in 3D programs does not matter. If I did it at all I used CPU rendering.  

Previews matter most. A Quadro card is best for that. 

 

The only reason to get a RTX card for game development is for inside engine testing, since any previews in a 3D program won't behave the same. 

 

I would say build a video production rig. Any decent setup for video would be fine for 3D for game development because the hole point is to keep it light.

Being an indie dev means you are your own quality control so also having a minimum spec machine for testing beside your production rig is a must as far as I am concerned. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gift Banda]

35 minutes ago, Alexsolo said:

What programs do you use? Would you know if VRAM is beneficial? (in that case the 1080ti has 11GB)

I will be using Maya, 3DS Max , Unreal Engine, Unity 3D, Cinema 4D, After Effects  and Premier Pro