Re: Nvidia GPU GTX 20XX Series likely revealed @ Gamescom 20
Posted: 13 Sep 2018, 16:34
I think I'll wait for the reviews to come in, I want the absolute best Ti model possible, for eventual SLI'ing if the RAM is doubled of course.
One thing I found annoying while looking at all the vendors' options, is that the only one that has two HDMI 2.0b outputs is the Asus 2080 non-Ti.
So I ordered a DP 1.4 to HDMI 2.0b adapter given that all the rest have 3 displayport outputs and DP 1.4 is superior to HDMI 2.0b in terms of bandwidth, but I worry about there being any lag differential between the output ports. Say, for VR headsets like StarVR One that use dual HDMI connectors, one for each screen. I need them to be perfectly synced. I recall the non-commercial version of the StarBreeze headset having dual HDMI 1.4 connectors and having to use a DP-to-HDMI adapter, but it was still annoying. I don't see myself ever needing triple monitor setups, and actually I think DisplayPort might die as a standard once HDMI 2.1 comes out, which is far superior. Time will tell I guess. I just think a 35 inch 21:9 4K monitor is enough desktop real-estate for coding on, and don't really see myself doing triple monitors in that setup. Dual monitors, maybe, but I'd rather have two HDMI 2.0b and two DisplayPort 1.4 than 1 / 3. I guess I'm in the minority here. If VirtualLink takes off none of this matters, really.
I also got a Gigabyte motherboard for my new AMD Treadripper 2 workstation so I kind of like the idea of sticking to Gigabyte for the videocards too. They have that cool up / down / up fan config which makes sense to me as an engineer:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/ ... NG-OC-11GC
One thing I regret is only buying a 1200 watt power supply. I think I'll need 2000 Watt to be safe with SLI'd 2080 Tis and the 800 watts that an AMD 32-core workstation overclocked to 4.2 ghz takes.
One thing I found annoying while looking at all the vendors' options, is that the only one that has two HDMI 2.0b outputs is the Asus 2080 non-Ti.
So I ordered a DP 1.4 to HDMI 2.0b adapter given that all the rest have 3 displayport outputs and DP 1.4 is superior to HDMI 2.0b in terms of bandwidth, but I worry about there being any lag differential between the output ports. Say, for VR headsets like StarVR One that use dual HDMI connectors, one for each screen. I need them to be perfectly synced. I recall the non-commercial version of the StarBreeze headset having dual HDMI 1.4 connectors and having to use a DP-to-HDMI adapter, but it was still annoying. I don't see myself ever needing triple monitor setups, and actually I think DisplayPort might die as a standard once HDMI 2.1 comes out, which is far superior. Time will tell I guess. I just think a 35 inch 21:9 4K monitor is enough desktop real-estate for coding on, and don't really see myself doing triple monitors in that setup. Dual monitors, maybe, but I'd rather have two HDMI 2.0b and two DisplayPort 1.4 than 1 / 3. I guess I'm in the minority here. If VirtualLink takes off none of this matters, really.
I also got a Gigabyte motherboard for my new AMD Treadripper 2 workstation so I kind of like the idea of sticking to Gigabyte for the videocards too. They have that cool up / down / up fan config which makes sense to me as an engineer:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/ ... NG-OC-11GC
One thing I regret is only buying a 1200 watt power supply. I think I'll need 2000 Watt to be safe with SLI'd 2080 Tis and the 800 watts that an AMD 32-core workstation overclocked to 4.2 ghz takes.