Asus geforce rtx 2080 turbo comes with the tu104 a chip, the black leg

The Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo is supposed to be a baseline product that the company can sell for $ 699 or even less. This was expected to make use of the lower-quality TU104 silicon than the TU104-400A-A1, with which Nvidia enables its partners to offer factory overclocking speeds. Finally, this is not so, and the "cheap" Asus card has a "black leg" chip

Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Turbo comes with Nvidia's blackleg chip

At this time it is not known if all Asus RTX 2080 Turbo cards have TU104 chips of variant "A", or if it is a lottery. Since the PCB relies heavily on NVIDIA's reference design, PC Games Hardware (PCGH) has been able to successfully update the card's BIOS with that of the reference PCB-based RTX 2080 Founders Edition cards, which They have the power limits increased up to 307 W, making it easy to overclock.

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Typically, the TU104-400-A1 silicon is designed for baseline cards like the Asus RTX 2080 Turbo, while the TU104-400A-A1 is used in factory overclocked products like the Asus RTX 2080 ROG Strix. The discovery of TU104-400A-A1 in Asus RTX 2080 Turbo makes it the cheapest option for enthusiasts who want to upgrade it, with the BIOS of other PCB based reference cards, which have TU104-400A-A1 chips to increase the power limits.

We don't know to what extent this discovery may hurt sales of the Asus RTX 2080 ROG Strix, which is noticeably more expensive, but instead comes with a higher-quality PCB and a much more powerful heatsink. What do you think?

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