MSI’s Geforce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 DUKE pictured
MSI’s Geforce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 DUKE pictured
Now we have more images from the MSI camp, revealing what appears to be an affordable alternative to their already leaked RTX GAMING X TRIO models, cutting down on some of the extra RGB lighting to focus on a smaller three-fan cooler design.Â
For the DUKE series, we again see RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti models from MSI, with what appears to be identical cooler designs, both of which have a black/grey colour scheme and an RGB logo on the side of the graphics card, where GEFORCE is likely to be written.Â
With the RTX 2080 Ti we can see again that the graphics card lists Ray Tracing support and 11GB of GDDR6 DRAM on the box, though aside from these listing the DUKE box is extremely plain.Â
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Looking at the MSI DUKE’s backplate, we can see that MSI’s triple fan cooler extends beyond the end of the GPU’s PCB, with a dark grey section protruding from the edge of the graphics card. Again, we see what appears to be a Nvidia NVLink connection, revealing that NVLink could replace Nvidia’s traditional SLI Bridges in Multi-GPU configurations.  
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Moving to the Geforce RTX 2080 DUKE, we can see further confirmation, provided these leaks are legitimate, that Nvidia’s RTX 2080 will feature 8GB of GDDR6 memory. This frame buffer size means that the RTX 2080 is likely to use a 256-bit memory bus, just like today’s GTX 1080, granting a significant boost in memory performance thanks to the addition of GDDR6 memory alone.Â
Assuming that Nvidia is using 14Gbps GDDR6 memory on their RTX 20 series, the GTX 2080 will offer a 40% increase in memory bandwidth over the GTX 1080, which uses slower 10Gbps GDDR5X memory. 
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