Evga rtx 2080 super xc gaming review in Spanish (analysis)

Our test benches will undergo a renewal for this 2020 as far as GPU is concerned, and the EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming has been one of the chosen ones. Based on the TU104 chip, it is a GPU that has already shown us its stripes in previous reviews, offering us very high performance in all kinds of resolutions, with +60 FPS in 4K / High.

This version comes with a double fan on a very particular casing, made of transparent plastic to reveal the RGB lighting inside. In addition it only occupies 2 slots and 270 mm deep, making it ideal for chassis with reduced space. Would it have been a good purchase for our bank? Well, we will see it in this analysis.

EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming technical features

Unboxing

This model in question we have acquired at Coolmod for a slightly more adjusted price than other sites of about 829.95 euros. For presentation purposes we have exactly the same, a box that this time is made of hard cardboard and with a vertical configuration. The entire exterior is decorated with photos of the card and information about it in the back area.

We uncover the bottle of essences simply by pulling the top to see that the card comes perfectly accommodated in a high-density foam mold and in turn in an antistatic bag as it should be.

Inside the bundle we will find the following elements:

• EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming Card Support Manual Metal stick with EVGA logo HDMI Converter - DVI-D for older monitors

Exterior design

EVGA is always an assembler with excellent graphics cards at a good price and high performance, not to mention that we already use their software regularly to overclock due to its great stability.

We have chosen this model in part for its cooling configuration, which is made up of a very compact double fan heatsink for both chassis mounts and our bench. In this case we have measurements of 270 mm long, only 111 mm wide and occupying two slots, 40 mm thick. We will see later how this heatsink behaves compared to other large models or triple fans.

The case that has been used on top of the EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming is for the most part transparent. It is made of quite thick plastic and with a very striking design in which aggressive lines predominate. Obviously it is due to the lighting option used, which is not found in the fans, but in the visible edge, in order to offer us a more general and striking light throughout the card. This lighting can be managed directly from EVGA Precision X1.

Regarding the heatsink, it is built in aluminum and copper heatpipes, and we can see it perfectly underneath the fans and the case. These two fans are 90mm in diameter and helical type blade configuration with the EVGA "E" screenprinted across the blades. This is supposed to decrease air noise although it will inevitably generate a more turbulent flow than in other cases.

Each fan can be managed independently through the software. We also have 0 dB technology, that is, the fans will remain stopped while the system is idle. Each of them reaches a maximum speed of 3500 rpm, although only if we force them manually.

As for the side areas of the EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming, it is the closest thing to having nothing, since we will have the entire interior in sight. Only the area occupied by the fans will remain covered or closed, while the entire finned surface is open to expel the hot air that passes through them. This is a basic tactic to ensure that all air flow passes through the fins and comes out unimpeded. The outer face is slightly more covered by having the EVGA and GeForce RTX 2080 logo in the area, which will light up when the equipment is running.

We finally go to the top, where an aluminum backplate of about 3 mm thick and of fantastic quality has been installed. In addition, the manufacturer has chosen to open it wide to the outside to allow the rear to evacuate more hot air. In this area we do not have any lighting, although the distinctive silkscreen marking and model are not renounced.

Ports and power connections

We are now going to present the technical factors of the EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming, and we will start as always with the connections and ports we have. In this model they will be the following:

• 1x HDMI 2.0b3x DisplayPort 1.41x USB Type-C

We see quite positive the fact of having a capacity for 5 video outputs including USB Type-C which also supports the DiplayPort 1.4 standard. In addition, this connector we already know that allows you to connect almost any type of peripheral, including storage units.

As we always remember the capacity of each connector: the HDMI port supports a 4K @ 60 Hz resolution, while DisplayPort will give us a maximum resolution of 8K at 60 FPS, while in 4K we will reach 165 Hz or 4K @ 60 FPS 30 bits deep. In either case, it offers support with Nvidia G-Sync, FreeSync and HDCP 2.2.

The main connection interface is PCIe 3.0 x16 type as in all cases of Nvidia cards, being compatible with PCIe 4.0 boards. At the top, the connector for MultiGPU NVLink does not escape, with which we can connect the RTX 2080 Super cards in parallel and double the graphics performance.

We already know that this card has a TDP of 250W which translates into a consumption without overclocking of approximately 250-300W, which is why we have opted for a dual connector power input , one with 6 + 8 pins and another with 6. And finally, an integral connector is responsible for providing power and management capacity to both fans and lighting. With just one head we will have everything centralized and perfect to remove and put the heatsink.

EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming PCB, Interior and Hardware

But, let's take a closer look inside the EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming, it's going to stay with us, so let's open it to see how its heatsink and PCB is built. To make the opening, we will have to remove the 4 main screws that hold the heatsink to the socket. If in addition to this we plan to also remove the backplate, then we will need to remove all the small screws located in the area, a total of 15.

Heatsink and PCB

We start with the heatsink, one that as we have mentioned has been made of a double aluminum block. Its size is extremely tight with the casing, thus taking advantage of all the available space, which will be essential for this card to cool properly.

The first block features a nickel-plated solid copper cold plate that makes direct contact with the GPU. For this, a considerable amount of gray thermal paste has been used that even exceeds the area of ​​the DIE in extension. On top of this block, we have a total of 6 nickel-plated copper heatpipes soldered to it to capture heat and spread it over the entire surface of the heatsink. Two of them are simply huge, and together they take up the entire surface.

A second finned block extends into the VRM area, and we actually see part of the surface with fins with a wider surface to capture the heat of the feeding phases. This is done through an aluminum plate in contact with them and in turn thermal pads both inside and outside the plate to transfer heat. The 6 copper heatpipes arrive at this block, two of which have previously passed through the main block.

But we are not done, because this EVGA has installed a metal frame between PCB and heatsink to take care of cooling the GDDR6 memory chips using silicone thermal pads. In this case the plate does not make contact in this area with the cold plate, so in principle it should be somewhat less effective.

The truth is that it is a very well-worked system that will surely keep temperatures at bay thanks to so many copper tubes. We have full confidence in EVGA, so let's move on to see its specs in more detail.

GPU Features

Due to the complexity and the time that we should invest in removing the metal plate, we have chosen to leave it on. So we do not have in direct vision its VRM consisting of 8 + 2 phases of feeding with solid chokes and MOSFETS of three states so that this beast does not lack food.

The chipset we have assembled is the RT10 2080's own 12nm FinFET TU104, with modifications in terms of frequency and cores. In this case it is capable of reaching a frequency of 1650 MHz in base mode and 1830 MHz in turbo mode, which is not the highest frequency in automatic OC that we have seen, since for example the Gigabyte reaches 1945 MHz. Inside we have 3072 CUDA Cores, 384 Tensor Cores and 48 RT Cores, with which we can reach 192 Texture Units (TMUs) and 64 Raster Units (ROPs).

On the part of the GDDR6 memory, the 8 GB and its 256-bit bus have been maintained. And if 14 Gbps seemed enough to you, in this model we have even more, since its clock frequency has been increased to 7751 MHz, thus achieving speeds of 15.5 Gbps of stock due to the condition of its DDR architecture, as well as a bandwidth of 496 GB / s. Already in the previous reviews we have experienced brutal performance, demonstrating the capacity of these memories and this chipset. In addition we will be able to do our bit with an overclocking that will take it to the limit of stability.

Test bench and performance

We are going to carry out our battery of performance tests that include synthetic tests or benchmarks and tests directly with the games that we normally use in our analyzes. The test bench consists of the following elements:

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	Intel Core i9-9900K
Base plate:	MSI MEG Z390 ACE
Memory:	T-Force Vulkan Z 16GB @ 3200 MHz
Heatsink	Corsair H100i RGB Platinum SE
HDD	ADATA Ultimate SU750 SSD
Graphic card	EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming
Power supply	Cooler Master V850Gold
Monitor	Viewsonic VX3211 4K mhd

All the tests we have carried out with the filters as they come in the configuration of each program and game. The tests consist of tests that run in various resolutions, namely Full HD 2K and 4K, and also to test performance in Ray Tracing in the case of the Port Royal test. We have run all of them on the Windows 10 Pro operating system in its 1909 version with the latest version drivers available for this graphics card being 441.66, downloaded as not from the official Nvidia site

What are we looking for in these tests?

First, the best possible image quality. The most important value for us is the average FPS (Frames per second), the higher the number of FPS the more fluid the game will go. To slightly differentiate the quality, we leave you a table to assess the quality in FPS based on the quantity we get in each game and resolution.

FRAMES PER SECOND
Frames Per Second (FPS)	Gameplay
Less than 30 FPS	Limited
30 ~ 40 FPS	Playable
40 ~ 60 FPS	Good
Greater than 60 FPS	Fairly Good or Excellent
Greater than 144 Hz	S-sports level

Benchmarks and synthetic tests

First, let's look at the results of the synthetic tests performed on the EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming, which are made up of the following titles:

• 3DMark Fire Strike normal3DMark Fire Strike UltraTime SpyPort Royal (RT) VRMARK

Game testing

We are now going to evaluate the real performance in games, thus having a more palpable proof of what our EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming will be able to deliver under DirectX 12, OpenGL and Vulkan in this case.

The tests will be carried out at the three most used resolutions in gaming, we refer to Full HD (1920 x 1080p), QHD or 2K (2560 x 1440p) and UHD or 4K (3840 x 2160p). In this way, we will have a complete range of results to be able to compare them with other GPUs. For each of the games, we have kept the automatic settings selected in each and for each resolution.

• Shadow of the Tomb Rider, Alto, TAA + Anisotropico x4, DirectX 12 (without DLSS) Far Cry 5, Alto, TAA, DirectX 12 DOOM, Ultra, TAA, Open GL 4.5 Final Fantasy XV, standard, TAA, DirectX 11 Deus EX Mankind Divided, High, Anisotropic x4, DirectX 11 Metro Exodus, High, Anisotropic x16, DirectX 12 (without RT) Control, High, Ray Tracing High + DLSS @ 720 / 1080p, DirectX 12 Gears 5, High, DirectX 12

Both in the benchmarks and in the FPS results we see that it is very close or in some games it exceeds the previously tested models. This is perfectly normal, as the drivers are fine-tuned over time as well as games, showing better potential in performance.

Curiously in Gears 5 it has been the opposite, and also the game warns us when starting it that it is not optimized for this GPU, like for the RTX 2070 Super, and the truth is that it is noted in that discreet frame rate where AMD cards do go much better.

Overclocking

We now continue with the overclocking test of this EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming, in which we have of course used the EVGA Precision X1 brand software to raise the memory clock and chipset. We will evaluate performance with Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Fire Strike.

In this case we have been able to raise the memory clock about 700 MHz and the GPU clock about 100 MHz in a stable way to play. We also needed to squeeze the fans to get temperatures below 70⁰C, which is not mandatory, but we wanted to make sure there was no throttling.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider	Stock	@ Overclock
1920 x 1080 (Full HD)	136 FPS	137 FPS
2560 x 1440 (WQHD)	106 FPS	107 FPS
3840 x 2160 (4K)	60 FPS	60 FPS
3DMark Fire Strike	Stock	@ Overclock
Graphics Score	28, 548	29, 012
Physics Score	23, 988	23, 844
Combined	24, 026	24, 275

With this increase we have carried out the tests, with hardly any improvements in the game we have tested, only 1 FPS in Full HD and 2K, which is a bit disappointing considering that this increase in other Nvidia cards makes them respond very well. So this EVGA model doesn't seem to have a strong point here.

Temperatures and consumption

In addition to measuring both its temperature with the HWiNFO program by stressing the GPU with FurMark, we have also simultaneously measured the power consumption of the entire equipment, to see how this affects the consumption of the reference version.

As for temperatures, we see generally good results, although it is true that the fans in this heatsink will need to turn at more RPM under stress, making themselves more noticeable than other larger models, which is normal. However, they never reach maximum regime to keep this card at around 70⁰C.

Consumption in this case has been higher than in other RTX 2080 Super models, in fact it almost reaches 350W under stress, and 450W if we stress both GPU and CPU, which are high figures.

Final words and conclusion about EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming

We come to the end of this analysis, where we have seen everything that EVGA offers us with its RTX 2080 Super. A very compact graphics card in terms of dimensions and only occupying 2 slots, making it an excellent choice for multiGPU or vertical mounts.

Regarding design, the manufacturer opts for a transparent casing that reveals the RGB lighting placed on one of the edges, which illuminate the upper and lateral areas. We believe that this design is also intended for vertical mounting. From EVGA Precision X1 we can manage the overclocking of this card as well as its lighting and NVLink link if we have it, being one of the best for it.

The performance places this card very high in the table, where we have seen notable performance improvements in some games, possibly due to the improvement in the drivers. If we generalize, we see that in 4K we will be around 50-60 FPS, even more with games in high quality. While in Full HD we will easily exceed 144 Hz and 100-110 FPS in 2K, being ideal for competitive gaming and to move today's heaviest games, type Red Dead Redemtion 2 or Metro Exodus.

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The dual fan heatsink has responded fairly well to long stress processes, keeping temperatures below 70 degrees at bay most of the time. While it is true that it is slightly noisier than larger heatsinks, it is somewhat acceptable.

Overclocking has not been a differential aspect, in fact the performance has not been seen hardly improved even raising +700 MHz the memories and +100 MHz the GPU. In this sense, the heatsink is somewhat more fair and it seems that we have touched a somewhat more limited silicon in this regard.

Finally the price of this EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming stands at approximately 830 euros as the most economical, reaching 912 euros on other sites such as PCComponentes. The truth is that it is not the cheapest model that we can find, although it does not vary too much with other double fan and even triple configurations, such as Gigabyte or MSI.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE IN HIGH QUALITY	- DISCREET OVERCLOCKING
+ EFFECTIVE AND COMPACT HEATSINK
+ AESTHETIC DESIGN
+ QUALITY OF INSURED COMPONENTS WITH EVGA
+ VERY GOOD SOFTWARE

The professional review team awards him the platinum medal:

EVGA RTX 2080 Super XC Gaming

COMPONENT QUALITY - 94%

DISSIPATION - 90%

GAMING EXPERIENCE - 97%

SOUNDNESS - 90%

PRICE - 85%

91%