SLI is a multi-GPU technology introduced in the consumer market by NVIDIA in 1998. After that, a long time has passed and a revolutionary change has occurred in the game industry but SLI is surviving still though its popularity has been decreased.
The GeForce GTX 1080 is a 2-way SLI card that lets you play only SLI-supported games. On the other hand, the RTX 2080 super is a more advanced graphics card that provides the world’s first consumer support for real-time ray-tracing technology which is abbreviated as RTX.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Vs RTX 2080 Super
GTX 1080 SLI – Key Configuration
Released in May 2016 the GeForce GTX 1080 SLI is still dominating the market. It is equipped with Pascal architecture offering 5120 Shader Processing Units, 320 TMUs (Texture Mapping Units), and 128 ROPs (Render Output Pipelines).
It can access an 8GB frame buffer of GDDR5X SDRAM through a 256-bit memory interface and the memory clock operates at 1251 MHz. In turbo mode, the core clock speed and the boost clock speed are 1607MHz and 1733 MHz respectively.
It comes with 1 DVI connector, 1 HDMI connector, and 3 display ports. You will also get a pair of 8-pin connectors with it. With a rated board TDP of 360W, the card needs at least a 600W PSU (Power Supply Unit) with the available connectors.
Game Performance Synopsis
The GTX 1080 SLI meets the DirectX 12 gaming requirements and can run the top-tier AAA games at 1080p, 1440p, and even 4K.
Based on the performance of the 1070 SLI at Ultra graphics settings and the frame rate, it returns at the popular display resolutions here is a short performance synopsis.
When it is run at 1080p resolution to play FIFA22 it will return an excellent frame rate across the following graphics settings:
Low: 510 FPS
Medium: 401 FPS
High: 270 FPS
Ultra: 193 FPS.
When it is run at 1440p resolution to play FIFA22 it will return an excellent frame rate across the following graphics settings:
Low: 389 FPS
Medium: 306 FPS
High: 206 FPS
Ultra: 147 FPS
A common question we get from gamers that how long NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 1080 SLI card will be able to play newly released games?- Well, we predict that it can give you a satisfactory service for more than years from now on.
RTX 2080 Super – Key Configuration
Released in July 2019 the GeForce RTX 2080 is still dominating the gaming world. It is more advanced compared to the 1080 SLI and equipped with Turing architecture offering 3072 CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) Shader Processing Units, 192 TMUs (Texture Mapping Units), and 64 ROPs (Render Output Pipelines).
It can access an 8GB frame buffer of Second Gen GDDR6 through a 256-bit memory interface and the memory clock operates at 1940 MHz. The core clock speed and the boost clock speed are 1650MHz and 1815 MHz respectively.
It comes with 1 DVI connector, 1 HDMI connector, and 2 display ports. You will also get an 8-pin connector and a 6-pin connector with it. With a rated board TDP of 215W, the card needs at least a 600W PSU with the available connectors.
Game Performance Synopsis
The RTX 2080 Super meets the DirectX 12 gaming requirements and can run the top-tier AAA games at 1080p, 1440p, and even 4K.
Based on the performance of the 2080 Super at Ultra graphics settings and the frame rate returned by it at the popular display resolutions, here is a short performance synopsis.
It returned 66 FPS at 1080p for both the Grand Theft Auto VI and Dying Light 2. For the Forza Horizon 5, it returned a little higher FPS and that is 71.
When it is tested at 1440p it returned the following FPS for Grand Theft Auto VI.
Low: 132 FPS
Medium: 104 FPS
High: 70 FPS
Ultra: 50 FPS
For the Dying Light 2, it returned 50 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And for Forza Horizon 5, it returned 54 FPS at Ultra 1440p.
Final Word
The best-suited resolution for both the GeForce GTX 1080 SLI and the GeForce RTX 2080 Super is 3840×2160. For optimal performance, it is recommended to use Core i7-6800K 6-Core 3.4GHz CPU and 16GB RAM. On the other hand, Core i9-9900K 8-Core 3.6GHz CPU and 16GB RAM are recommended for the optimal performance of GeForce RTX 1080 Super.
That’s all for today. Have a nice day.
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