The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is the flagship Turing architecture consumer GPU, launched in September 2018. It introduced real-time ray tracing and Tensor Core-based DLSS to consumer gaming, establishing the technologies that would define subsequent generations.
The RTX 2080 Ti uses the TU102 die with 11GB of GDDR6 memory providing 616 GB/s bandwidth. It includes 4,352 CUDA cores, 544 first-generation Tensor Cores, and 68 first-generation RT cores. TDP is 260W.
As the first consumer GPU with dedicated ray tracing hardware, the RTX 2080 Ti pioneered real-time ray-traced gaming. Early ray tracing titles demonstrated the potential while highlighting the performance cost, setting expectations for future hardware evolution.
DLSS 1.0 was initially limited to specific supported games, but established the concept of AI-accelerated image quality. The RTX 2080 Ti defined high-end gaming for its generation and its architectural innovations laid the groundwork for modern GPU features.