GeForce RTX 2080 & 2080 Ti Review: The Future of Computer Graphics Is (Almost) Here

[TechSpot Weekly Newsletter] Latest in tech September 19 GPU [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 & 2080 Ti Review: The Future of Computer Graphics Is (Almost) Here](.xGd6cHib-y6vZG_7marqFcwG3ujSivDddPB3JIHn-0A) After a month-long wait since Nvidia unveiled the [GeForce RTX 20 series](.tBObWis-zScSVq7v6B7KABpg-sdUKwFoAHJusOlmHgA), we can finally bring you our performance review. As you all know by now, we have a new flagship graphics card in the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti with pricing starting at $1,000 for partner cards and $1,200 for the Founders Edition version, we're talking Titan X money here. Meanwhile the vanilla RTX 2080 is landing at $700 for partner models and $800 for the Founders Edition. .0LYEtIo8TBOJpiJvRjttDE7i18ksBeLvpI5wk0oHHJs .9CDqd1z_oV4NvMnckvHM8QF2n5BZW9bbek11FBa7ejw After a month-long wait since Nvidia unveiled the [GeForce RTX 20 series](.5N4orCaVBA8PGRdqkVMA9dEo4kQb0_SghnaZQeAEH2M), we can finally bring you our performance review. As you all know by now, we have a new flagship graphics card in the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti with pricing starting at $1,000 for partner cards and $1,200 for the Founders Edition version, we're talking Titan X money here. Meanwhile the vanilla RTX 2080 is landing at $700 for partner models and $800 for the Founders Edition. .HbKwQCy70NGdICT0nXceaxyQOdVISXWleFr0YbIW1w8 Hardware [AMD Athlon 200GE Review: $55 Zen CPU](.f81MRVm73i8disQ7Z8Nz8HTT7h8ExDh5fqm983mtQ98) AMD's most affordable Zen based processor yet, the [Athlon 200GE](.OpLyZQuyZgGrO8tPJg0F6SzYCvaAD2X2SysG69gbEvg) is just dual-core, but before your shrek louder than the coil whine of a cheap graphics card, consider the price, this is a $55 processor. Clocked at 3.2 GHz, there's 5MB of cache in total, and the integrated Radeon GPU packs just 3 compute units. The TDP rating has been set at just 35 watts. .A7Tdu3f9VBFgodj2a1oRoYrPcNP4pVmyeMptEwLmrMI .xzSwLJwM5Dn-V4e4Rch_g3yIk7Ljga5ChMJ8GvEDDpM AMD's most affordable Zen based processor yet, the [Athlon 200GE](.jpLLxeXl12CeOBerIxrLY2ypin9t9kWpn4qpZxwAzPg) is just dual-core, but before your shrek louder than the coil whine of a cheap graphics card, consider the price, this is a $55 processor. Clocked at 3.2 GHz, there's 5MB of cache in total, and the integrated Radeon GPU packs just 3 compute units. The TDP rating has been set at just 35 watts. .5wk6b8wYZqUrkVGVZ0w77D8sWDisjoxrMsBYOq8FWb0 Apple [iPhone XS and XS Max review round-up: Impressive, but should you wait for the iPhone XR?](.dYXWwRNOCjjM1KOT4Yg-CCGM-wweSGh-ZEFubXQeNUs) Some members of the media left last week’s press event with review samples of Apple's new iPhone XS and XS Max in tow. 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