An Unreleased Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Super Engineering Sample Surfaces on eBay
This card was never officially released, and it appears to be a bridge between the RTX 2080 Ti and the Titan RTX.
An engineering sample of an unreleased Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Super graphics card has appeared on eBay. The card was first spotted by Reddit user @tendermeemay, who also reportedly owns one.
Specifications
- GPU: TU102 Turing, manufactured using TSMC's 12nm node, fully unlocked.
- CUDA Cores: 4,608 (a 5.8% increase over the standard RTX 2080 Ti's 4,352).
- Clock Speeds: 1,410 MHz base, 1,650 MHz boost (compared to 1,350/1,545 MHz on the standard Ti).
- VRAM: 12 GB GDDR6 (1 GB more than the standard Ti) on a 384-bit bus (vs. 352-bit).
- Memory Speed: 20 Gb/s (vs. 17.5 Gb/s on standard Ti), resulting in 768 GB/s bandwidth (a 24.6% increase).
Design and Identification
- The card uses a design similar to Nvidia's Founders Edition, featuring a reflective front plate and black frame/backplate.
- The eBay listing identified it as an RTX 2080 Super, but GPU-Z reports it as an RTX 2080 Ti engineering sample.
Driver Installation
The owner could not use official Nvidia drivers. After modifying the driver's INF files, they successfully installed the card. No gaming benchmarks were shared.
Context
- According to the eBay listing, the card was intended to bridge the gap between the RTX 2080 Ti and the Titan RTX.
- For comparison, the released RTX 2080 Super (non-Ti) uses a cut-down TU104 GPU with 3,072 CUDA cores and 8 GB VRAM.