The latest in a broad range of MSI takes upon the RTX 2080Ti is the Duke. Is it worthy of being addressed as "Your Grace"? Let's find out.
MSI RTX 2080Ti Duke Review
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MSI RTX 2080Ti Duke Review
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The latest in a broad range of MSI takes upon the RTX 2080Ti is the Duke. Is it worthy of being addressed as "Your Grace"? Let's find out.
MSI RTX 2080Ti Duke Review
Kaapstad
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Why are you so hung up on power limit, if you want to go down that route get a RTX Titan + water/LN2 setup + custom bios, even Kingpin would if EVGA sold Titans.
All the 2080 Ti cards are nice, it all comes down to cooling and warranty as to which is best for you.
All the 2080 Ti cards are nice, it all comes down to cooling and warranty as to which is best for you.
I reckon you'll most probably hit power limit before cooling becomes an issue on this card..
Also why not include power limit in the review ? When paying 1200 smackeroonies for a GPU all this is useful information. I think sometimes people forget what the OC in OC3D stands for 
I reckon you'll most probably hit power limit before cooling becomes an issue on this card..
We live in an age where we want to squeeze the most out of our cards and not have to invest in a loan to pay for the electric bill at the end of the month.
My opinion on power is that I want more performance for less Watt per hour
The moment I see a card with 3 connectors, I move on without any temptation!
Thanos
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From https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/204256/msi-rtx2080ti-11264-180906
PCIe Slot power 63W nominal, 74W max.
Each 8-pin power connector 143W nominal, 167W max
TGP 130W min, 260W rated and 290W max.
Excalabur50
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This card looks like a real nice offering and Thanks for yet another awesome review OC3D Team!!!
Wasnt cherry picked fella
MSI can also be a bit slack with details in what the actual limits mean beyond the normal % you see in afterburner
Thanos
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Personally I've never liked using percentages as they tend to be ambiguous. Also GPU-z assumes default power is the rated power but this is not always so and as it appears to use percentage based power calculations then they too can be wrong.
The NvSMI utility that installs with the driver can display power levels for the card in Watts.
D:\>"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\nvidia-smi.exe" -q -d power
Cheers Thanos, I think I remember this tool from my 980 days
glad you reminded us about it !
Add a -l on the end to get continuous updates
"C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\nvidia-smi.exe" -q -d power -l
