This is why I wanted a Kingpin 2080 Ti instead of another Titan for the new gaming rig...

[Kalm_Traveler]

The numbers speak for themselves, but basically this is exactly what I've theorized all year - the TU102 is ultimately power limited on the Titan cards more than the Kingpin or Galax HOF 2080 Ti cards because they have 3 8-pin power input connectors, where the Titan has only the standard 2.

 

Even with my shunt mod on the Titans for a theoretical max power limit of ~ 434 watts, this Kingpin card just sails right passed it.

 

Mind you this is with the Nvidia OC Scanner's OC VF curve on both, so fairly similar situation. If anything I think my room is actually a bit hot tonight compared to that 9900k + Titan RTX run from February (HEDT's ambient temp sensor is reporting 24 C in here at the moment).

 

TLDR; (that I wish I understood last year)

Unless you need 24gb VRAM per card, even if you have the money - buy the Kingpin 2080 Ti, not the Titan.

[dizmo]

I thought this was pretty common knowledge?

[Kalm_Traveler]

22 minutes ago, dizmo said:

I thought this was pretty common knowledge?

I didn't realize it was that big of a difference until noticing that the very top of all the graphics benchmarks were 2080 Ti's, with Titan RTX's being near the top but never THE top. 

In any case, seemed pretty interesting to me to see it for myself in person. This KP card isn't modded, isn't on the fully unlocked BIOS, etc, but just clocks higher right out of the box.

[grandmaster64]

So the rtx 2080ti kingpin is better than the rtx titan?

[Mick Naughty]

Hmm beating a reference card with a custom oc’ing card. Good if you play benchmarks I guess.   

[Kalm_Traveler]

17 hours ago, grandmaster64 said:

So the rtx 2080ti kingpin is better than the rtx titan?

Better in that it boosts higher which seems to result in generally higher gaming framerates.

12 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

Hmm beating a reference card with a custom oc’ing card. Good if you play benchmarks I guess.   

It's not just reference vs custom - the Titan has more of everything, so it's interesting that a 2080 Ti is able to clock a little higher and that the higher clocks trump the lack of everything else.

[Mick Naughty]

Just now, Kalm_Traveler said:

Better in that it boosts higher which seems to result in generally higher gaming framerates.

It's not just reference vs custom - the Titan has more of everything, so it's interesting that a 2080 Ti is able to clock a little higher and that the higher clocks trump the lack of everything else.

It’s still reference vs custom. 

[Kalm_Traveler]

On 4/28/2020 at 5:58 PM, Mick Naughty said:

It’s still reference vs custom. 

You said 'good if you play benchmarks'. Not sure what you meant by that - the performance delta is enough to be obvious in real-world use.