Asus Strix ROG RTX 2080 OC or Asus Strix ROG RTX 2080 ti OC???

[richintheveins]

Sooooo I have buyers remorse to an extent, but I'm wondering if I''m being a little ridiculous. I typically upgrade my PC every 5 years. Due to this I try to future proof myself by purchasing the best mainstream hardware so I will be good for a while. This is my third build and the first time I didn't buy the best mainstream GPU. The RTX 2080 ti price was just insane!! I was able to pick up the Asus Strix ROG RTX  2080 OC for $799.99 plus 5% off for using the store card. 

 

*****If you have a micro center in your area it is the TRUTH****

 

Ok back to the story. I only upgraded the main parts as the rest of my things (PSU, case, monitor, etc) was all good. current upgrades: 

 

i9 9900k 

32 GB of Hyper X predator ddr4 

500 GB 970 EVo NVME 

Maximus Hero XI 

Asus Strix ROG RTX 2080 OC

 

I turned on Division 2 and it was awesome ........but something was missing. After dropping over a grand I was only getting around 75 - 120 FPS on ultra settings running on a 1440 display. I thought it would be more. 

 

Did I mess up by not paying the massive premium for the 2080 ti? Idk I just expected to get higher FPS. My CHG70 27" can do 144 fps based on its 144 hz display. 

 

Feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[Jurrunio]

what do you expect? Without using RTX features, the 2080's DX11 performance is just 1080Ti level, and only a bit better than 1080ti in DX12 and Vulkan.

[Princess Luna]

3 minutes ago, richintheveins said:

I turned on Division 2 and it was awesome ........but something was missing. After dropping over a grand I was only getting around 75 - 120 FPS on ultra settings running on a 1440 display. I thought it would be more. 

Your problem is the *ULTRA* settings.

 

Refer to this video:

 

 

 

You have two ways around it, either you replace the RTX 2080 for a RTX 2080 Ti (honestly I'd have gone 9700K+2080Ti myself instead of 9900K+2080 for games) or you just learn to better adjust the in-game graphical settings.

[richintheveins]

6 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

what do you expect? Without using RTX features, the 2080's DX11 performance is just 1080Ti level, and only a bit better than 1080ti in DX12 and Vulkan.

Well prior to this upgrade I was running an i7 4790k and an Asus ROG GTX 980 ti. So I can definitely see a massive difference in performance in every avenue. I know its a tad bit better than the 1080 ti but I guess based on the hardware I expected to get better than 75 to 80 on average. I get your point though. 

[richintheveins]

14 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Your problem is the *ULTRA* settings.

 

Refer to this video:

 

 

 

You have two ways around it, either you replace the RTX 2080 for a RTX 2080 Ti (honestly I'd have gone 9700K+2080Ti myself instead of 9900K+2080 for games) or you just learn to better adjust the in-game graphical settings.

I strongly thought about the 9700k but all the benchmarks it was getting was out performed by the i9 9900k. I don't upgrade very often so I wanted to make sure it was the best I could afford. Plus the 8700k has outperformed the 9700k in some gaming benchmarks as well. The i9 was the champ in almost everything when it came to mainstream intel cpus. Sometimes not by much but still the champ. 

 

Yeah I'm thinking about doing the return/exchange and paying the additional $500 or so for the TI. It just sucks the price gap is so large. I live for ultra settings! lol. Yeah If I drop the settings to high, remove HDR, etc than my FPS skyrockets. If it was year 3 into my build I wouldn't care but the first day I want to feel the power. 

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, richintheveins said:

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The thing is if gaming is the only thing you care about the i9 9900K makes absolutely no sense.

 

It games much the same as an i7 8700K which is about half the price, your motherboard of choice also is the most overpriced z390 of all, An Aorus Elite would be just as good but considerably cheaper.

 

32GB of memory also seems excessive, 16GB is enough for any game and still leaves you enough for multi-tasking.

 

My point here is that you over-spend where you didn't have to, an i7 8700K on an Aorus Elite would be sufficiently cheaper to afford the RTX 2080 Ti and your gaming performance would be much better, like an i7 8700K + 2080 Ti will outperform an i9 9900K + 2080 on any game you try.

 

There's no way around it, for games the GPU will always be the more important thing... I know it's a bit pointless to cry over spilled milk now, but eh...

[richintheveins]

8 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

The thing is if gaming is the only thing you care about the i9 9900K makes absolutely no sense.

 

It games much the same as an i7 8700K which is about half the price, your motherboard of choice also is the most overpriced z390 of all, An Aorus Elite would be just as good but considerably cheaper.

 

32GB of memory also seems excessive, 16GB is enough for any game and still leaves you enough for multi-tasking.

 

My point here is that you over-spend where you didn't have to, an i7 8700K on an Aorus Elite would be sufficiently cheaper to afford the RTX 2080 Ti and your gaming performance would be much better, like an i7 8700K + 2080 Ti will outperform an i9 9900K + 2080 on any game you try.

 

There's no way around it, for games the GPU will always be the more important thing... I know it's a bit pointless to cry over spilled milk now, but eh...

While I'm disappointed with the FPS in gaming my computer is mainly a workstation as I only game around 30% of the time if not less. I do multitasking, video editing, and rendering as well. I'm very happy with the performance there just the gaming was in question. Thus the reason I purchased higher amts of ram and the i9. I still think its overkill, but I felt it was important to explain I'm not purely a gamer. 

[richintheveins]

Update: Went today and exchanged the Asus 2080 OC for the Asus 2080 ti OC. It made it a better workstation as well. I didn't want to pay the premium, but since I already invested in a pretty expensive rig I though what the heck....

 

Good to go now!