I Bought The Cheapest RTX 2080 Ti on eBay

[@czrptr6849]

Imagine if the gpu fell in the lake...

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah riskiest shot I’ve taken in a while haha

[@B-26354]

Pond*

[@arch1107]

you know you can dry it and shouldnt be much problem

[@czrptr6849]

@@B-26354 is to small to be a lake

[@najeebshah.]

@@arch1107 nah sediments and shit will be there

[@stupendousalex]

May be worth discussing FPS comparison in percentile terms. The Cyberpunk RT benchmark still showed around 10% improvements after the re paste which is what you were seeing in most games.

[@Ostfriese93]

I thought exactly the same. 😅

[@GraveUypo]

this card would probably still benefit a lot from a nice undervolt. it could run much quieter and cooler than this.

[@twanheijkoop6753]

​@@GraveUypoor cutting up the shroud and using a cut up nzxt aio bracket to make it a hybrid cooled card. I did the same to the same card but decided to model a new shroud for it.

[@frankhunyadi9279]

I have owned many blower style gpus in my day , if noise became an issue I would zip tie and 80mm or 92mm Noctua fan directly over the top of the blower fan to push fresh air into the card, therefore hopefully lowering the temps and noise. I would normally see an 8-10 degree temperature drop and the gpu blower fan would reduce it's RPMs by about 30%...so there's one tip. Keep on delivering great videos.

[@harry2597]

Weren't you worried about increasing the RPM over the rated amount for the pre-existing fan?

[@jiggamanog]

Best to stay away from blower cards in general.

[@gamingballsgaming]

*GTX 480 flashbacks*

[@kkonabill95]

@@gamingballsgamingI had to install an Arctic Xtreme cooler on my GTX 480, as well as my blower 1080ti 😅

[@KurosuGon]

Where would you plug the noctua fan into? Get a fan splitter?

[@dshadow01]

Two things: 1. I would've loved if you'd have included the clock speeds as well (before repasting). Since it was thermally throttling, it would've been nice to see how low does the clock speed get (maybe it was still above the reference speed?) 2. Blower style cards and cards in general absolutely love being undervolted. This could've been a prime candidate for some undervolting and tinkering. You can shave off a surprising amount of heat and power consumption with a modest undervolt, which would help your ears as well, since the cooler wouldn't have to work as hard.

[@Le_Grand_Rigatoni]

You can see the clock speeds on the Afterburner ovelay.

[@titaniummechanism3214]

From 1:20 onward you can see the GPU Clock in the top left corner. You can compare it to the GPU clock shown after 2:45 to see the difference that the repaste made.

[@evguenict]

I bought this GPU in 2020 when the 30 series got announced and all GPU prices went really low. With undervolt, you can keep this GPU at 1900 MHz drawing 220~250 W, so it’s still very loud. So I underclocked it with UV at 1800 MHz, 180~220 W power draw you get, but with this type of cooler it still need high RPM to extract the heat so I modified the fan curve to have the GPU hitting the temp limit of 86 deg without dropping the frequency. You get a nice loud GPU but not as loud as a jet but the pitch of the sound is just horrendous, I ultimately bought a dual fan cooler kit for 75€ and all things went just lovely

[@burrfoottopknot]

If you look at the video that shows the dried paste, the clocks were between 1520 to 1720 MHz @ 86 celcius, after repasting I saw 1815 to 1860 MHz at 69 celcius. I could see a potential over clock boosting it further

[@evguenict]

@@burrfoottopknot the temp is not the problem here, it is hitting the power limit, 250W in that case. With afterburner you can set to 280w, I was able to get 2030MHz but the cooler reminds you a jet is next to you even with headphones

[@alexandrebier4581]

When grandad passed away in 2018, he left some money to each granchild and I remember not thinkng twice and using my share to buy a 2080 ti. It was an oddball of a PC with an already old i7 2600k, 8gb of ram and... a freaking 2080 ti. the GPU has lasted through many different setups and it is still going strong. Grandad would've been proud. He loved 'buying things to last'. Ask my cousin who instead of money got a 1997 Toyota Corolla as his share.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

That’s a great story :)

[@20VGT]

Corolla is the better deal if you ask me ....😅

[@groenevinger3893]

sure your grandad would be proud.. spending it on a FREAKING GPU?? I bet he turned around in his grave.

[@alexandrebier4581]

@@groenevinger3893 considering the fact that he spent over 20 years at dell as a networking engineer and that he taught us all that the house above their heads was there solely because he “could patch racks to the moon and back without a hiccough”, considering he kept the same car for decades but would buy every single piece of new tech available, the fact that I turned out to be a literature teacher would have pissed him far more than buying a GPU. But hey, thanks for your concern, guy.

[@alexandercatterson223]

​@@20VGT A 97 corolla is worth fuck all

[@sheltontyndale3475]

I bought my gtx 1660 super for 40 dollars on ebay...bought It as untested but when it came it worked fine...and is still working right now..what a bargain

[@Zerbey]

You got a hell of a deal, the 1660 is a fine card.

[@Lemmiou]

Got myself an rtx 2080 ti fe to upgrade from my crap rtx 3050 laptop gpu and I think it’s probably the best purchase that I did in a long time. For 360 Canadian dollars, it was an amazing deal. I think that this card is very underrated, like it can still keep up with high end gpu today.

[@DeadKaspar]

Sure it can keep up with todays cards, but it needs 270 watts and a modern card needs around 100 watts less for the same performance.

[@dominicshortbow1828]

@@DeadKaspar Yeah it's an older card, but it can compete in performance with the 3070 and 4060ti. For 1080p that's no slouch, even can still do some 1440p gaming in some newer titles with at least 60 fps.

[@zuckdaddy1596]

@@DeadKaspar it only pulls about 50w more than a 3070, and has more memory. it's also on a very large die, so you can get absurd efficiency gains via undervolting

[@vasili1207]

are you saving the planet with your lower power no? dont care then ... if you cared about things like this you stick with chess.... ecowarriors and gamers are water and oil they will never mix ... @@DeadKaspar

[@CollynPlayz]

@@DeadKasparnobody really cares about power consumption when you just want to game

[@spinb]

That's a significant improvement after new thermal paste. I'm interested in seeing how you improve the fan/cooling. I have a Dell 2080 ti blower and I'm thinking about swapping the "hybrid" cooler on my 1080 ti blower unit I have. I think it will fit with some minor modification on the cover.

[@CataclysmZA]

Consider replacing the thermal paste and the thermal pads at the same time. You'll have to take it apart to measure their thickness. If you get slightly thicker pads (by 0.5mm), as well as some rubber washers for the screws that attach the heatsink to the GPU die, you can test higher mounting pressures to see if that helps with noise levels and hotspot temps.

[@white_mage]

@@CataclysmZA thicker pads will increase mounting pressure on the mounting plate but lower it on the gpu die. worst case scenario the card dies because of a broken track in layer xx of the multilayer pcb.

[@Acolis]

im sorry but what makes this a big improvement? after replacing the paste he only squeezd another 5-15 frames on average (which you wont even notice) and the card is running around 20F cooler. what makes this a significant improvement? it barely improved anything at all

[@white_mage]

@@Acolis the paste was dry. replacing the paste with new fresh paste improves heat transfer. this lowers core temperature by transferring heat more efficiently to the heatsink where it is dissipated.

[@white_mage]

@@TYPICALGHOSTSNIPER i shredded the threads on a nvidia paperweight once

[@gorjaharchangel2267]

The 2080 Ti is still a beast of a GPU. Perhaps before installing some aftermarket cooler (or maybe part of the same video) you could try undervolting. My 1070 FE was also pretty noisy but after a quick and easy (~5-10minutes at most) undervolt I shaved off around 20W and the performance drop was less the 4%. When I spent some extra time (about 40 minutes) I managed to reduce the power consumption about 24W and I was actually able to slightly improve the performance by around 3% comparing to before I undervolted.

[@ApocDevTeam]

I like the 2080 Ti simply for the fact that is has an absolutely gargantuan GPU chip. I believe it's actually the biggest GPU chip NVIDIA ever made for consumer GPU's. At 754mm2 it is not that far away from the reticle limit.

[@stew_redman]

I run a 2080Ti, water-cooled, with a custom ROM to give 40% extra power limit.

[@jubeikibagami1601]

I have a bog-standard Gigabyte 1080 that still plays modern games like a champ with moderate tweaks! These cards were amazing.

[@uglybob7505]

OMG its a blower !!! My word those things were loud but theres no doubting the 2080Ti was a quality card. This one looks a LOAD thinner than other models and maybe this contributed to the thermal throttling it experienced. Great video, thanks for sharing dude

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

Of course it's loud, it's a gigabyte. Crap fans meet crap cooler and crap factory fan curve. My sister in law had the same issue with a 3060 ti eagle oc, which was a dual fan design, which should have been quiet. But it was louder than our big workshop hoover. Worst and loudest card i have seen in the past 25 years. In my workstation, i have to radial fan quadro graphics cards and they are nowhere near that loud.

[@zuckdaddy1596]

I got mine for $230, slapped an AIO on it, and am absolutely loving it. tbf mine was also JUST a PCB, but I had an AIO living on my desk sooooooo- seemed like a nobrainer to me :P

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Nice :)

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

improvise adapt overcome lesgo

[@Negiku]

What about the VRMs and memories bro?

[@zuckdaddy1596]

@@Negiku the 2080 ti reference VRM is very overbuilt and can easily run without airflow. I did stick some heatsinks on the mosfets becsuse I had them lying around tho. the memory also has some heatsinks, but same story there. they'll dissipate heat well enough on their own provided they're not suffocated underneath something

[@Knaeckebrotsaege]

@@zuckdaddy1596 and for those who don't want to rig something up, there's the NZXT Kraken G12 to slap any Asetek OEM AIO (those with the characteristic bazillion hooks around the base) onto a ton of different GPUs. it's sadly discontinued but still easy to get for now. just don't overpay for it (no more than 20 freedom eagles or eurodollars)

[@bonniscootor]

I picked one of these up during the pandemic, and it blew me away. I had the Gigabyte Gaming OC version, and I can confirm that those things still perform on par with a 3070/3070 TI. That's not in *some* cases, either. The 11gb of VRAM really gives it an edge; it was an upgrade from a 3060 12gb for me. The USB-C was also a really nice touch on the TI models.

[@crazywall256]

Yes the 2000 series super/Ti models had that USB C which was awesome for VR wish they kept that on my 4090 which I upgraded from a 2080ti which is still in use on my sisters system still a good card.

[@Nirmk]

the 2080 ti is on par with 3070 ti 3080 the turn power cap up on 2080 ti and its right there with in 1% of 3080 frame chaser has reveal 3080 is a 2080 ti with poower cap removed and over clocked ddr6 nvidia was lieing when they said it was on par with 3070 the 3070 is a 2080 super

[@raptorjesus3894]

"Louder than any card in my collection" I distinctly remember an older GPU getting you a noise complaint from neighbours.

[@CompatibilityMadness]

You simply need to undervolt it (with possible frequency adjustment)

[@Gienek_CPU]

I wanted to write the same thing :) My card 1660s 1.05v 120% power limit around 2055mhz/7800mhz 150W. Undervolt + overclock 0.9v around 80% tdp max, 2000mhz/7800mhz 100W.

[@ironhead2008]

This. It turns a reference Vega 64 into a completely different card if you go full OCD with the undervolting, powerlimit tweaking, and fan curve optimization. Yeah, it's still a blower, it's never gonna be whisper quiet, but it's perfectly achievable to get it to where it's unobtrusive. Another tweak I like to do in older games is to lock the FPS at 60, no point in running it at full tilt when I can't appreciate it (my monitor does 60hz only).

[@KeksimusMaximus]

Undervolting GPUs rarely works. I have a 2080ti myself and I slightly undervolted it when I bought it. And that was it, I don't remember the numbers because it was 2019, but I remember struggling to get any noticeable results without it shutting down. Undervolting a CPU is easier, I'd say. And you also have to be lucky to get a "golden" chip 😂

[@GoonyMclinux]

​​@@ironhead2008 I have a vega 64 and it has the most comprehensive overclock options in Adrenaline of any GPU besides the radeon 7, the vega 64 is also right behind my 5700xt in performance, Both still very viable gpus.

[@Trikipum]

@@KeksimusMaximus it works man..My card is less noisy, uses 30watts less and clocks the same or even higher than with the standar settings. Oh, and it is 9 degrees cooler.

[@DeadBeefTech]

I picked up 2 2080ti in the past few months, triple fan for 325$ and a blower recently for $265 before tax. Both were given a repaste and much quieter than when I got them. The blower fan out of the box has a tuned really low fan, so it hits the 84C throttling limit vs your 70C, but very quiet in that state. I give them both a bit of an undervolt and also dropped the clocks by 5-10% to 1740mhz for a 20% drop in wattage, but they are certainly capable of more if power is not a concern.

[@JeBubbieSpubbies]

The thing that sucks is by the time you're done installing a third-party cooler you'll have spent almost as much as you would've just buying an RXT 2080 Ti with a better cooler, but at least it'll be well-and-truly yours and it feels similar to building a kit car. I did that with an RX Vega 64 Frontier Edition I had, but I'm still kinda proud of that one because it was completely custom at that point, plus that card is rare and unique (I still have the cool blue coolers they originally came with).

[@m4rsianer]

True. But all famous aftermarket cooler perform much better than any Asus strix or whatever top tier cards out there. Morpheus, Accelero, Kraken with aio all are complete silent in 100% load.

[@JeBubbieSpubbies]

@@m4rsianer Completely agree, I've used two of the three aftermarket air coolers you've mentioned over the years - an Arctic Accelero III on a GTX 1080, the Raijintek Morpheus II on the previously mentioned Vega 64 Frontier Edition, both worked fantastically and frankly better than the liquid cooler that was attached to either of them. Just consistent performance and only one mechanical piece to replace (the fans), the only negative to those air coolers is that they're heavy and transform your GPU into an unwieldy triple slot card - but it's not a big deal nowadays since SLI and crossfire are pretty much dead and motherboards come with reinforced PCI-E slots and most cases come with brackets to protect against GPU sag.

[@lockdot2]

That is a quite fast GPU! I never wanted an RTX 2080 Ti, but it's good to see it's still a beast. I recently got a GPU I've been wanting for a few years, a GTX 980 Ti. It was a total of $64. I'm happy with it. I do have better, like my RTX 3060. But there is just something about the GTX 980 Ti I just like.

[@EBMproductions1]

Same love that card im on a rtx 2060 tho but man enjoy the old king.

[@agsechogd6406]

so you downgraded your gpu just because 980ti sounds nice? ok

[@lockdot2]

Nope, I still have the RTX 3060. But I wanted a GTX 980 Ti to tinker with. @@agsechogd6406

[@hman6159]

@@agsechogd6406 yeah makes no sense lol

[@lockdot2]

I want an RTX 3060, and a GTX 980 Ti. Sometimes I use the RTX GPU, sometimes I use a GTX GPU. And I have a good spare GPU to test other computers with. @@hman6159

[@TheEnhas]

2080 Ti will last a while yet because of its 11GB of VRAM, nowadays GPUs with 8GB or less are starting to suffer in some games because they're easily hitting the limit unless you reduce settings (sometimes substantially).

[@StiggyAzalea]

12 gb cards are currently in the position 8gb cards were 1-2 years ago. The idea that the 2080ti will last awhile is misguided

[@Vile-Flesh]

Definitely. My 1080 is nearly maxing out it's 8gb of video memory playing FF14 with LOTS of mods loaded. I was forced to stop playing that game on my 1060 3gb system because it crashed constantly from lack of video memory.

[@stangamer1151]

​@@StiggyAzaleaNot true. 8GB cards were doomed 2 years ago because of the new gen consoles, which offer ~12GB of unified memory for games. 12GB cards will be fine until the end of this gen (2028?).

[@TheBlueStinger55]

Execpt if the card isn't powerful enough in the first place to utilise it in while gaming. Radeon VII for eg.

[@НААТ]

Usually lowering shadows is good enough. Dont forget that apart of ur ram gets used as vram

[@FoVision]

Wish you had included the disassembly and repaste rather than holding it outside

[@anchannel100]

Put it on an old AIO with the Kraken G12, that's what I did with my Asus Turbo 2080Ti, runs 2.1GHz stable at 48C with 64C hotspot and totally silent

[@marekmarecki7816]

Thank you for inspiration. Last week i bought MSI Gaming X 2080 Ti with waterblock fitted in the same price 240£! Now I can play :D

[@procrastinates]

I find it strange that they made the 2080 Ti an 11GB card just like the 1080 Ti. They easily could've made it 12GB. Nvidia is really a cheap scape when it comes to Vram.

[@CersionX]

Bro, the 2080 ti doesn’t need more than 11gb vram it’s not powerful enough for that

[@beezle1976]

It has a 352 bit bus. Can only have either 11 or 22GB VRAM. Has zero to do with NVidia being cheap or not.

[@HerpaDerp-ht8hy]

​@@beezle1976no one forced nvidia to make it a 352 bit bus... that's just the result of them using 11gb of vram. You've got your logic backwards

[@classicallpvault]

@@beezle1976 Nonsense. They deliberately cut down the memory controller and the only reason was to be able and position a card above it - which was the incredibly overpriced but barely more powerful Titan RTX so it hasd everything to do with NVIDIA's greed.

[@CersionX]

U guys seriously raging over 1 less gb of vram than you would like on a 5 year old card now?

[@oldtimercomputer8426]

congrats to this dream card. my new FHD lofi dreamcard is also Gigabyte but the small sister 2060 6GB with better TU104 gpu.. only 80€, sold 1660ti OEM for 100 :) Haswell quad i7 4790 still rollin like a tank, now with brandnew BQ PurePower 12M 750w PSU + new D27-30 27" 75hz screen for just 90€. LowBudget gaming is Fun, affordable, playable and doesnt need much pricy WATTS

[@ayanbahukhandi1869]

You can hear the effort he's putting into saying twenty with a 't' when he first says it at 0:03

[@RandomGaminginHD]

It’s hard being Bri’ish

[@ayanbahukhandi1869]

@@RandomGaminginHD yeah lol

[@Trick-Framed]

Great job on the clean/repaste. It really quieted that card down. Prior it sounded like a jet was taking off in your room.

[@terzaputra3203]

With some undervolt, this card could be a gem to buy. especially with that huge Vram.

[@65ha]

Didn't know gpus could become a supercharged v8 engine

[@Oraceon]

Back in late 2021, I was looking at a blower style 2080ti like this as an upgrade from my Strix 2070 Super. This was back during the GPU-Scalper craze, so prices were insane, especially for Strix cards. I had a guy straight up offer his blower 2080ti for my Strix 2070 Super. I almost took it, but I'm glad I didn't because Microcenter had a Strix 2080ti on sale for $700, which was close to what I was being offered at the time for my 2070 Super. I almost broke even after selling my old card. Still have the Strix 2080ti, and see almost no reason to upgrade today at 1440p because its still really good.

[@oldguy9051]

The Strix 2080TI is also very quiet in my experience.

[@blainecountysherrif4542]

I was playing a plane game while watching the video at 1:40, so I was confused wondering where the extra jet sound was coming from until realizing

[@RandomGaminginHD]

😂

[@QuiteLunacy]

I snagged my girlfriend one for $250 almost a month ago. Still a great card of course, but it is being put through its paces running Stardew Valley 5 hours a day now.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

😁

[@giZm]

Brutal.

[@TheFinalOutpost]

I still have a 2080 XC (non-ti) and I had the same problem with thermal throttling back in 2019. I took the card apart and replaced the thermal paste, and swapped the 120 mm exhaust fan on top of my case with a 140mm fan, and that helped substantially.

[@tryllejens]

An NZXT Kraken G12 and a 120mm AIO on there could be a nice cooling solution! I used it on a 1080TI some years ago and it worked great! Had it set as exhaust in the rear of the case, and a 240mm AIO on the CPU as exhaust on top, meaning most of the heat generated in the case was directly exhausted from the case, pretty nice cooling solution overall 👍

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Very nice!

[@theorphanobliterator]

this video completely made me write starfield off my game list. imagine not being able to run on a 2080ti at basically 768p WITH FSR, that's wild

[@MemeSama]

A 2080ti is 5 years old.....Wow

[@Zerbey]

It's amazing how many GPUs and CPUs I've "repaired" simply by replacing the thermal paste. Honestly I think it's just something everyone should do with their equipment every couple of years.

[@Katze822228]

you could also look into undervolting. I undervolted my blower style 1070 because it reached the thermal limit and I managed to make it max out at about 10°C below that with the undervolt at the same clock speed. The only thing with undervolting is that it can a lot of time if you want to perfect the undervolt.

[@ryanvtec3885]

Try putting on new thermal paste

[@reloadingdontshoot1]

I don't care how cheap it is, its a blower model. Hard pass on every level

[@nintendork07]

crazy timing! i literally just bought one an asus blower style 2080ti for $240 USD. it was crashing often but after a repaste & cleaning, it works great now.

[@adriandabrowski4990]

As we can see starfield needing to run at upscaled 1080p because it’s such a beautiful game and really next gen, I’m so impressed by the game!🤠

[@RandomGaminginHD]

It runs the same on like 3 of my Nvidia cards 😂

[@Funnky]

@@RandomGaminginHD I doubt things are going to improve massively, it is Bethesda we are talking about.

[@MafiaTunis]

I have this card when bought a while back it hit 95c, new thermal paste and cleaning it decreased that to 74c, it still made a terrible noise so cut off a pcie case bracket which obstructs the airflow as well as the gpu bracket where the mesh is, it went to 71c with an overclock and undervolt, fan went from stock 4090rpm > 3530rpm max during benching after all the tinkering now it is reasonable sound wise

[@KeksimusMaximus]

Yyyyyeah, once your GPU appears on this channel, you know it's time to upgrade 😅 Have mercy, I'm saving up for the upcoming 5080ti or 5090, I swear, and yeah, I'm probably going to build a whole new rig, so it's going to cost a lot, so I'm starting so early

[@fakethiscrap2083]

I remember buying a msi gaming trio version when the rtx 3000 series was announced for $500. Best deal i ever had. Then got the rx 6800xt for $500 as well and the vega 64 for $200. Mans i love the used market.

[@SianaGearz]

On a card of this class, i would expect them to use a phase change material instead of thermal paste, though it's not a given, and obviously not the case with this particular one. It's a polymer product that is applied as cured screen printed paste or a thin pad, which melts at a temperature that is higher than room temperature and is liquid while the processor is running. It is long term stable, normal temperatures, separation and pump-out are not concerns with a phase change polymer. Hints that you're dealing with a PTM polymer: - it's grey and crumbly - it's not soluble in alcohol - thermal performance is excellent at high load (similar to liquid metal) but kind of shit at idle regardless of card service age. Hints that you have a baked in garbage paste: - it's grey and crumbly - it becomes runny and wipes off easily once you apply alcohol pad - once you replace it with something fresh, your thermal performance improves drastically at load. With 20 series to be kept in mind that Resizeable BAR isn't available, as opposed to 30 series. I wonder whether newer games are more being developed with it in mind.

[@CorrichetiLagga]

I just noticed the licence plate on FH5!!! 😂😂

[@aldershot8008]

Other tech YTers: WE'RE COOLING a 4090 WITH A SWIMMING POOL!!! (when the fuck is that information relevant to me or anyone?) RandomGamingHD: Here are some hardware that you'll actually use in use cases that actually exist. (This is why you're literally the best tech YTer)

[@unitybeing777]

Very nice that u covered the legendary 2080ti, thank u. Keep up the great passionate work. Godspeed.

[@alexz1232]

A custom aluminium backplate with 3mm thermal pads over the VRAM + VRM will do wonders. $25 mod if you have access to a drill press.

[@masonskellon5290]

Finallly!!! I've been waiting for a 2080ti review in this time since there sold for like 300$ which i think is still a good price for the performance

[@wyx087]

With 11GB VRAM, 2080 Ti are certainly aging better than 3070 8GB. I bought my EVGA 2080 Ti after 3070 announcement for £500 in 2020, it bargain of the year. I put it under water with G12 and Corsair H80 thick boy. It games at ~55c, ~70c hot spot, whisper quiet with Noctua fans push-pull. 😊

[@Greedy-Allay]

0:55 Me just praying that card does not fall in the water

[@ven7165]

I remember back when the 2080 Ti came out and there were the Minecraft raytracing videos. And now there are GPUs that outperform it. Amazing.

[@thymirusconfederatus]

I built a friend of mine his first real PC last year, and a top-shelf 2080 Ti cost me 400 on eBay for the system. I also scored a very cheap 9900K from an acquaintance who was upgrading, 32GB of DDR4 Corsair RAM from Amazon, and went overkill on the cooling - the case has three intake fans, three exhaust fans, and two fans on the Noctua cooler I gave him. It's older hardware, relatively speaking, but it handles everything with ease at maximal settings on his old (but high-end) 1080P TV. These cards are an excellent bargain presently, and if you want a good warranty, CEX sells them for around 330GBP.

[@delta250a]

I got mine when it came out, first proper gaming computer I have built. I use it with a G9 monitor and it plays every single game I try perfectly still.

[@LotoTheHero]

That's pretty cool that just applying new paste made that much of a difference. 👍

[@bumbaclot813]

I've been waiting for this. I actually have one of these in my ebay cart but I was waiting for a review.

[@anasevi9456]

Do not know about that 2080ti; but I remember the exhaust bracket Dremel mod and liquid metal (after putting nail polish on the package SMDs) made a world of difference for my old Vega 64 reference blower. It went from a gale(2400rpm) to a soft whoosh(1900rpm) at stock temp targets, and the temps dropped dramatically when I forced the more aggressive 2400rpm fan curve back. I've had many many triple fan open case coolers that were vastly more obnoxious sound wise, and that's ignoring those horrid old gigabyte windforce open case coolers.

[@bsig77]

You are defo a brave chap balancing this beast on the side of your pond :D

[@aveenof]

I scooped some of these mainly for the blower style - stacked 4 of them in a large case for a budget AI server. They really are loud but after reapplying thermal paste, same as your results of around 70C max. The Gigabyte model was even designed to be used in a stack making the cooler profile slightly streamlined for air intake.

[@michaellegg9381]

How much better is the 2080ti compared to its release? Would be interesting to see how good the 1st generation RTX core's got over the years of driver updates.. does it compare to lesser 30 and 40 series cards..

[@jtenorj]

I think its better than a 3060 Ti but not as good as a 3070, as far as 3000 series cards go. IDK about 4000 series. The RX 6700 XT is in the same ball park, too(wins some, loses some).

[@michaellegg9381]

@@jtenorj coz I was thinking that the 2080ti could be a good alternative for budget gaming rigs. Like the Linus Tech Tips "around $500" or the "around $700" Intel/AMD budget videos.. I always hear about the RX550 and 1660 super and how they are perfect for cheap PC's but I rarely hear about the 2000 series cards for budget gaming rigs.

[@JForth]

I did exactly the same. Purchased a 2080ti and it was horrifically loud. I stripped it down and used Liquid Metal thermal paste and it's silent now, in fact, even under load, it's quieter than my case fans!

[@allxtend4005]

awesome always to see that my gpu that i bought last year double the fps of the flagship of 2020/2021

[@chrisward000]

I had a Zotac blower style 2080Ti. Undervolting kept it reasonably quiet. Main issue was that it didn’t boost very high (in spec, just not much more), so later I fitted an Arctic GPU cooler which was excellent, made it totally silent and even allowed for over clock.

[@oldtimercomputer8426]

which arctic cooler? i have accelero twinturbo3 max 250w dualfan with big alu backplate, will come on my TU104 2060 first, that install will be a struggle.. should be maxed on 2080ti that cooler

[@chrisward000]

@@oldtimercomputer8426 I used the Acclero Extreme IV which worked perfectly. Not sure if those are available any more though.

[@michaelthompson9798]

10-15% fps improvement in the averages and a little more in the 1% is a great bonus✊🥰💪 imo. In addition, the massive improvement in Blower Cooler whine etc is quite noticeable💪🥰👍. I’ve owned a few blower design cooler gpus over the years, the last being a GTX1080TI FE which I purchased new,…… these gpus are not as loud as many reviewers make them out to be (yes, as per the video when the thermal paste dries, the noise increases) under heavier gaming loads. Yes Blower designs are generally a little louder than 3-fan coolers, but offer great opportunities for ITX / SFF builds with higher end gpus installed so they hav4 their place in the market 🥰💪

[@C0LPAN1C]

I paid 250 usd for a Dell 2080TI 11GB from eBay.

[@HerrAlien]

My heart started racing seeing the card having its breel shots done on top of some rocks and a pond behind it. Not for the faint of heart.

[@facelessvaper]

Back yard looking good, vibrant foliage nice to see you have sun👌

[@hamdanali2036]

currently have a gigabyte oc 2080 ti. came from a 2070 super. even in 2023, the thing is a beast. 4k gaming without problems

[@starwarsfan117]

I love your content buddy, but did you take budget builds out back and shoot him? I followed your page through his and haven't seen much of the dude in a long time ;-;

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah he pops up in the comments here occasionally. Must just be busy. Might even reply to this 👀

[@ishanmondal3366]

One lesson I have learnt after buy a blower card is do not buy it unless you can liquid cool it specially for 80 class card .

[@HairyScrambler]

8:08 maybe even a light undervolt and optimized fan profile through msi afterburner could noticeably decrease noise. Or going into the nvidia GeForce experience driver and setting fan speed to like 60% with the undervolt and keeping it around 75°C with acceptable noise

[@pjcnet]

The noise reminds me of my 1.5GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 that was released March 2010 with a similar cooler. I got a bargain just after the GTX 580 was released later the same year in November 2010, it was an absolute beast for gaming in the day, but temperatures would get up into the low to mid 90s C as the norm and it was designed to safely heat up to an incredible 105C in the specs.

[@jmcl99s]

Great deal on that vcard unit despite need to reapply the thermal paste on it to run better! Goodluck to us!

[@Sonicsmith]

I had this type of cooler on my older 970 and it was loud as well. I upgraded to a 2080 TI and in EVGA app, power at 50 out of 100 and I get most of the performance and barely any throttling. While people like to overclock with massive coolers and noise, I like to underclock enjoying the silence :D

[@mattaaron6142]

I cant imagine upgrading from my 2080ti. If someone had a 3080 or 4080 in that price range id still probably stick with my 2080ti!!

[@RealPixelDude]

those shots you take of your graphics cards next to ponds and water are very unnerving lol. have you ever accidentally had a gpu fall in while taking some of your shots

[@Krakn3Dfx]

Sounds like my old PS4 Pro when I ran Spider-Man on it, so loud it was comical.

[@rwln]

Sensational

[@JoseLgamer05]

1:59 Don't forget the 15£ 6950 that you had years ago, that was THE LOUDEST card you owned. Also I had a 6790 that would spool the fans up to 100% randomly and back down over and over. 20 series founders edition cards were also REALLY loud

[@daigriffiths399]

I bought a 2080Ti not long after they hit the market specifically to play Greedfall. Despite being a twin fan setup, it was a screamer from the get-go, always running flat out even when not under load. Nvidia eventually owned up to making a screw-up on one batch of cards and mine was - you guessed it - right in the middle of the listed serial numbers. They promised a fix with the next GeForce update which again - you guessed it - never arrived. I ended up junking the entire cooling setup (which was an epic in itself because the fan control is on a separate mini-board) and fitting two 120mm Noiseblocker eLoop fans on a huge Mobius heatsink. Normally I'd then run a fan controller and monitor the GPU temps but the bloody card won't start up if it can't see two fans, so I had to connect the eLoops into the mini-board. It still runs flat-out all the time, but at least it's almost inaudible now.

[@MisterTonyG]

I always liked how blower style cards look as well. In my opinion, I think that the Pascal Founder's Edition were the best looking blower style cards ever produced. However, I wouldn't buy a blower style card that needs more power than a single 8 pin/ 175 watts. Interesting video. I don't have a 2080 ti but I'm still running my EVGA RTX 2070. Only needs a single 8 pin and runs cool and quiet as it's a twin fan design.

[@richardclark7679]

For a small tight case with limited airflow you can't beat these card with a stick. All the heat is blown out of the case making an absolutely dramatic difference in internal case and even CPU temps. These things are what the pros use for intensive processing.

[@mrhappy8966]

I remember almost buying one in 2019 for 1200! now sits in my pc a well priced new rx 6800

[@tourmaline07]

Considering it's age I'm more than pleased with my 2080ti Gaming X Trio , which I got 18 months ago to drive two 4k60 27" panels . (Wish I was in a place to pick one up cheaply just before Ampere launched 😂 ) The thing with these cards is that they can have very large OC potential with decent cooling with the TU102-300A chips. I dont think your blower Gigabyte is a 300A chip but I'd check - if so its worth flashing a new VBIOS with a increased power limit to 350W + if so , you can get 15-20% more fps with a decent OC on the core and VRAM. With the above I'm still happy to run mine at 4k for the time being , taking advantage of DLSS - just about to play Cyberpunk 2077 again and going for 4k high , getting 71fps with dlss quality in the canned test :)

[@UncleJemima]

I assume that's with RT off?

[@tourmaline07]

@@UncleJemima No RT indeed , enabling it practically halves the framerates even if only for reflections though my overclocked 8700k is also struggling somewhat.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Something about that shroud design always makes me imagine that as some kind of oddly rectangular Batmobile.

[@BillyBoy444]

1:39 I wouldn't recommend using that piggy tail PCIE connection to power 2 x 8 Pin power connectors on a GPU... Most I ever use them for is 2 x 6 Pins. You really want a power supply that's got 2 separate GPU power cables. Over time that cable will get hot and become brittle and it's also asking a lot from the PSU and could cause premature failure. I know it looks neater that running 2 cables but it's asking for trouble IMO.

[@zuckdaddy1596]

as long as the cables are decent quality it's fine. it has been demonstrated that the PCIE connector can handle wayyyyy over the rated spec long term. I've pushed 750w through a single daisychained 2x8 pin cable lol

[@gullimont]

My previous card was a 2080ti Asus duel fan, and can confirm more than one model that sounds like a tornado when under load.

[@25MHzisbest]

Cut the very small holes out into a big open rectangle to allow the air out would help with airflow and noise.

[@JimmyTheBear]

Before changing the paste make sure you turn it on first then off again then replace the paste.

[@jayjayuk-f1x]

Changed my blower cooler on a 1080ti, to a raijintek morpheus ii. Worked an absolute treat.

[@TheWasher18]

The main reason cards paste dries out is because they run hot, and blower cards usually run hotter in my experience, thus drying out the paste faster, but my FTW style cards Ive dismantled to deep clean dust out of and the paste looked good as new because in my system they rarely hit above 62c

[@asdprogram]

It was about to take off.

[@magnagazoo4863]

Its easy to make a cardboard duct from the fan intake to the case front vents, with blower cards. Quiets them right down, both from soaking up the noise and getting room air directly. Cardboard tape super glue, hot melt...

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Really? That sounds like an interesting experiment!

[@mattaaron6142]

Congrats! Mine is a beast but my friend has a blower that is not that loud but the fan goes to full speed randomly. After a repaste the fan still misbehaves without a min fan speed set over 30%

[@Deliveredmean42]

Man, 5 years already? Time sure flies...

[@motazkasem3289]

Great vid as usual, what Noctua cooler u have 1:40 ?

[@Duvoncho]

Great video, if anything this goes to show exactly how much of a difference a re-paste can make.

[@Taraquin83]

You should try undervolting with afterburner, make a flat line at 700mv/1450-1550MHz depending on bin, overclock vram a bit a nd you will get about 85-90% of stock performance, but consumption will drop from 250W to 150W, that will make noiselevels very nice. A more modest approach flatt line at 800mv/1700-1800MHz will give you 90-95% of stock perf at around 180W :)

[@BReal-10EC]

It's got a good copper heat sink. That might be a good candidate for a Liquid Metal Thermal application. Ever tried that stuff before? It may drop the temps several degrees with the fans running much slower, and may make the noise less of an issue.