Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti vs my older GTX 1080 Ti

Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti review unit came in:

Thumbnail Generation: the RTX2080Ti is 25% faster at generating thumbnails (edit tab) on a complex timeline compared to the 1080Ti.

Dropped Frames: the RTX2080Ti dropped 77% less frames than the 1080Ti. (Red, BM DNG, BM raw, XAVCS, GoPro, ProRes - with complex grades)

Render Times: the RTX2080Ti is 5% faster at rendering (Red, BM DNG, BM raw, XAVCS, GoPro, ProRes - with complex grades)

Scrubbing the Timeline: The RTX2080Ti scrubbed the BM raw and BM DNG 'a bit better' than the 1080Ti. (Didn't notice any difference with the RED, GoPRo, XAVCS and ProRes footage)

Peak Power from Wall: during render of Red, BM DNG, BM raw, XAVCS, GoPro, ProRes clips the RTX2080Ti used 521 Watts and the 1080Ti used 490 Watts.

Tested with Resolve 15.2 Studio with the EVGA RTX2080Ti with 11G, 4K timeline driving a 3440x1440 screen.

For the dropped frame test I checked the "Stop playback when a dropped frame is detected" and checked the "Show all video frames" and I just counted every time Resolve stopped playing.

While the 2080Ti was impressive on how many times it didn't drop frames on very challenging footage, that could be the main reason I talk myself into upgrading, the price is really holding me back.

When I ordered the review sample I should have got two cards and used the NVLink to test the 22G of VRAM usage - sorry.

System spec?

Intel Core i9‑7960X 16 core
ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe Mother Board
Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB)
Seasonic Prime Titanium 1000 SSR-1000TD
Samsung SSD 850 Pro 2TB
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 2TB
Samsung NVMe SSD 960 Pro M.2 1TB
Samsung NVMe 960 Pro M.2 512GB
Fractal Design Define R5 w/o window white case
Fractal Design CPU Water Cooler Celsius S36
Fractal X2 GP-14 Fans
GTX1080ti
Hard Drives WD 6TB Green
Windows 10 Home USB

The Turing lineup should get a lot more interesting for Red users at least when the new SDK ships that moves the wavelet decoding onto the GPU, since it's using some of the Turing's new features for that.

When I ordered the review sample I should have got two cards and used the NVLink to test the 22G of VRAM usage - sorry.

Sorry to dissapoint you but eventhough the RTX series use NVLink as the physical communication system the actual link is still SLI not NVLink.

It's not possible to get 22GB.
They would make their Quadro RTX series totally obsolete if they did.

Been looking at the 2080Ti...
Is the Titan X (what i have now) faster than the 1080TI?

Thanks for the performance testing, Dave. I subscribe to your YT channel and enjoy your shows.


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