Is this 2080ti deal too good?

[Dean.P.]

Just seen this on amazon, let me know what you think?

 

for £899.00 + delivery it seems like a cracking deal. Is this because it's not a good 2080ti, does it have poor OC potential?

 

[PopsicleHustler]

Check sellers. If its a single seller with  no feedback selling this card for 200 USD cheaper than everyone else, than thats a scam.

[Dean.P.]

11 minutes ago, PopsicleHustler said:

Check sellers. If its a single seller with  no feedback selling this card for 200 USD cheaper than everyone else, than thats a scam.

It's sold a being "new" the seller has 18 previous feedback at 92%. I think I will take a punt, at least if else I will be backed by Amazon, the deal does seem a bit too good to be true though...

[Brooksie359]

The MSRP for the 2080ti is 1000 and this is 100 dollars cheaper which isn't unheard of for a sale on a card of that price so I wouldn't assume it's a scam. It is a bare bones model and I have seen similar bare bones model go for 1000 dollars many times so not too out of the ordinary. I would take the chance if you want the deal. 

[Dean.P.]

1 hour ago, Brooksie359 said:

The MSRP for the 2080ti is 1000 and this is 100 dollars cheaper which isn't unheard of for a sale on a card of that price so I wouldn't assume it's a scam. It is a bare bones model and I have seen similar bare bones model go for 1000 dollars many times so not too out of the ordinary. I would take the chance if you want the deal. 

I bought it  Just got to pray it's legit! I don't expect it to overclock like the premium models and I definitely expect it to run hotter but with some good airflow optimisation I hope I can tackle this beast

[xg32]

i can see it being legit but it is a gamble, i've seen 2080 ti for 999 usd so it isn't impossible.

[Zando_]

4 minutes ago, Dean.P. said:

I bought it  Just got to pray it's legit! I don't expect it to overclock like the premium models and I definitely expect it to run hotter but with some good airflow optimisation I hope I can tackle this beast

If it is legit, keep in mind a lot of the lower end cards just use the FE PCB (which on the last few gens has been fine for everyone other than extreme overclockers IIRC, a lot of people pushing them on water purposely get FEs for waterblock compatibility), which means finding an aftermarket cooler, block, or AIO adapter shouldn't be too hard if temps aren't to your liking. 

[Dean.P.]

8 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

If it is legit, keep in mind a lot of the lower end cards just use the FE PCB (which on the last few gens has been fine for everyone other than extreme overclockers IIRC, a lot of people pushing them on water purposely get FEs for waterblock compatibility), which means finding an aftermarket cooler, block, or AIO adapter shouldn't be too hard if temps aren't to your liking. 

I've got a few 140mm Industrial  3000RPM Noctuas facing the top and side of the card which should help but down the line when the warranty of the card is over I may decide to get a water block or something.

Edit: using a Meshify C case which is touted to have great airflow too

[Zando_]

Just now, Dean.P. said:

I've got a few 140mm Industrial  3000RPM Noctuas facing the top and side of the card which should help but down the line when the warranty of the card is over I may decide to get a water block or something.

 

I've got 4 iPPC 2000RPMs, NF-F12s. Actually building a custom loop soon using them, I have a waterblock for my RVII and some other parts coming. I've ran them for a while on my X58 test bench (X58 classy/X5670/23GB DDR3/Heatkiller IV block and a 360mm rad), and for a bit as intake fans on my case, they're awesome. Have some little 40mm baby fans for chipset/VRM heatsinks and such, then two Chromax fans and the stock fan for my NH-D15S. 

[Ebony Falcon]

42 minutes ago, Dean.P. said:

I bought it  Just got to pray it's legit! I don't expect it to overclock like the premium models and I definitely expect it to run hotter but with some good airflow optimisation I hope I can tackle this beast

Probs sit at 1800mhz or so but will beat the 2080s so don't worry 

U can always get a water block for it later

[Dean.P.]

10 minutes ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Probs sit at 1800mhz or so but will beat the 2080s so don't worry 

U can always get a water block for it later

Do you think with an aggressive fan curve there should be some OC potential on this?

[Ebony Falcon]

Yeah but repaste and clean first then definitely bro 

[Dean.P.]

11 hours ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Yeah but repaste and clean first then definitely bro 

Since it's not been used and hopefully sealed I hope there shouldn't be a need to do that for a while.

 

On another note, I've been reading and this appears to be a binned product falling into TU102-300-K1-A1 variant, does this mean the card cannot be overclocked or is it that it is unlikely to reach the levels of what the TU102-300A-K1-A1 chip can achieve? I'm curious to know what the non-A version can safely achieve

 

[xg32]

32 minutes ago, Dean.P. said:

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most 2080 ti, A or not, hits 1950mhz, lowest i've seen is 1920 on a garbage bin, actual gaming performance is like...2-3% difference at most btwn a bad and a good bin, the rest is up to cooling, temps, and a repaste, it's worth your time on a 2080 ti whenever you feel like it imho.

[Cypher-Jackson]

Amazon has a really good policy to protect you if you try to buy it though.

[Ebony Falcon]

5 hours ago, Dean.P. said:

Since it's not been used and hopefully sealed I hope there shouldn't be a need to do that for a while.

 

On another note, I've been reading and this appears to be a binned product falling into TU102-300-K1-A1 variant, does this mean the card cannot be overclocked or is it that it is unlikely to reach the levels of what the TU102-300A-K1-A1 chip can achieve? I'm curious to know what the non-A version can safely achieve

 

Sorry got mixed up with another post, yeah it should oc just fine 

[Dean.P.]

21 hours ago, xg32 said:

most 2080 ti, A or not, hits 1950mhz, lowest i've seen is 1920 on a garbage bin, actual gaming performance is like...2-3% difference at most btwn a bad and a good bin, the rest is up to cooling, temps, and a repaste, it's worth your time on a 2080 ti whenever you feel like it imho.

Thanks man that's kind of what I was hoping to hear!

[Dean.P.]

Edit: Got the card from the company IbericaVIP through amazon it was sadly 1 week late which they apologised and offered a further 50BGP off the price. The card was brand new, not used and is running like a charm. Seems to overclock okay +270Mhz and +665 on the memory, not sure how this compares to the founders? The card looks great in my Meshify C and works awesome with the 3900x. It's been a good end to a totally amazing build that's taken a whole summer to spec, buy and build.

[Ebony Falcon]

With ur oc what are is ur average clock speed 

[airENOwevEr778]

On 8/2/2019 at 7:11 PM, PopsicleHustler said:

Check sellers. If its a single seller with  no feedback selling this card for 200 USD cheaper than everyone else, than thats a scam.

Quite proper suggestion. Check reviews also.

[Dean.P.]

On 8/23/2019 at 7:51 AM, Ebony Falcon said:

With ur oc what are is ur average clock speed 

I have not actually tested that yer, would have have any suggestions on a free benchmark I could test with to find out

[Oskar94a]

3 minutes ago, Dean.P. said:

-snip- 

Unigine superposition is a great free GPU benchmark, with 1080p, 4k and 8k testing resolution. There is a thread here in the forums where you can compare your results with others. 

[Dean.P.]

54 minutes ago, Oskar94a said:

Unigine superposition is a great free GPU benchmark, with 1080p, 4k and 8k testing resolution. There is a thread here in the forums where you can compare your results with others. 

Hi, so I ran it and this is my score:

 

On 8/23/2019 at 7:51 AM, Ebony Falcon said:

With ur oc what are is ur average clock speed 

On this test is hangs around 1980-2050MHz I could raise my fan curves a little and I probably could push the OC a tad higher, idk how this compares to more premium 2080ti's but it think it's doing pretty darn good. 

[Ebony Falcon]

Always have an aggressive fan curve  

but that looks solid bro 

[Dean.P.]

15 minutes ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Always have an aggressive fan curve  

but that looks solid bro 

What makes you think it's an aggressive fan curve?