Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can find out whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 is good or bad for gaming from testing data. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the primary characteristic. The average FPS in games is 63 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. So, taking into account 8Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce RTX 2080 is good even for new most exacting games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Release date
September 19, 2018
Price
639 USD
Frequency
1515 MHz
Shaders
2944
TMUs
184
ROPs
64
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
215 W
Memory Size
8 Gb
Memory Bus
256 Bit
GeForce RTX 2080 power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the graphics card, you can already make some decision. This will let you to choose the required power supply that can meet the demands of the graphics card. We should also not forget about the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A very powerful power supply is needed for the GeForce RTX 2080, since it has a pretty high power consumption under loads - 215W. Here is a list of some popular games in which the graphics card has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all contemporary games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 2080 and AMD Ryzen 7 7700 configuration:
Minecraft
League of Legends
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Atomic Heart
Hogwarts Legacy
Hitman 3
Apex Legends
Valorant
Dota 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Roblox
Far Cry 6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Genshin Impact
Fortnite Battle Royale
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
After viewing the data from the game tests below, you can easily understand how the GeForce RTX 2080 is better or worse than rivals in several famous games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce RTX 2080.
The closest GeForce RTX 2080 competitors
Video Card
FPS
Radeon RX 6800
195.4
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
185.3
GeForce RTX 4060
183.4
GeForce RTX 3070
177
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
173
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
163.8
Radeon RX 6700 XT
161.6
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
155
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
148.5
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
147.7
GeForce RTX 2080
139.3
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
135
Radeon RX 6600 XT
134.4
Radeon RX 6600
130
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
125
Radeon RX 5700 XT
124.6
GeForce RTX 3060
123.1
Radeon Pro 5700 XT
122.8
GeForce RTX 2070
122.6
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
122.6
GeForce RTX 4050
122.2
The closest opponents of the GeForce RTX 2080 are GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. We compared GeForce RTX 2080 (139.3 FPS) and their average FPS in popular games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 147.7 FPS, which 6.0% faster and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 135 FPS, which is 3.1% slower. These figures will further help you make the good choice.
How good is GeForce RTX 2080 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce RTX 2080 and AMD Ryzen 7 7700. The numbers near to the names of the games represent the medium FPS achieved with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. In the following table, testing the GeForce RTX 2080 in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Scorn
2022
39.1
50.8
66.5
82.1
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
37.1
48.2
63.1
77.9
Starfield
2022
35.1
45.6
59.7
73.7
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
43.1
56.0
73.3
90.5
Saints Row
2022
71.2
92.5
121.0
149.5
Atomic Heart
2023
24.1
31.3
40.9
50.5
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
64.2
83.4
109.1
134.8
Homeworld 3
2022
49.1
63.9
83.5
103.2
Overwatch 2
2022
96.3
125.1
163.6
202.1
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
52.1
67.8
88.6
109.5
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
62.2
80.8
105.7
130.5
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
67.2
87.3
114.2
141.1
Stray
2022
107.3
139.5
182.4
225.3
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
54.1
70.4
92.0
113.7
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
58.2
75.6
98.9
122.1
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
42.1
54.7
71.6
88.4
Elden ring
2022
38.1
49.5
64.8
80.0
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
39.1
50.8
66.5
82.1
To understand how the GeForce RTX 2080 behaves in demanding games, you can read the figures from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
97.3
126.4
165.3
204.2
Forza Horizon 5
2021
72.2
93.8
122.7
151.6
F1 2021
2020
97.3
126.4
165.3
204.2
Marvel's Avengers
2020
59.3
77.0
100.7
124.4
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
98.3
127.7
167.0
206.3
Dishonored 2
2016
75.8
98.5
128.9
159.2
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
74.0
96.2
125.8
155.4
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
45.3
58.9
77.0
95.2
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
98.9
128.5
168.1
207.6
Hitman 2
2018
98.3
127.7
167.0
206.3
The Witcher 3
2015
88.8
115.5
151.0
186.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
78.9
102.6
134.1
165.7
F1 22
2020
87.2
113.4
148.3
183.2
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
47.1
61.3
80.1
99.0
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
45.8
59.6
77.9
96.2
Halo Infinite
2021
57.1
74.3
97.2
120.0
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
65.4
85.0
111.1
137.3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
63.2
82.1
107.4
132.6
Monster Hunter: World
2018
85.6
111.3
145.6
179.8
GreedFall
2019
90.5
117.7
153.9
190.1
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
80.8
105.1
137.4
169.7
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
63.2
82.1
107.4
132.6
Just Cause 4
2018
79.5
103.4
135.2
167.0
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
30.0
39.0
51.0
63.0
Total War: Warhammer
2016
99.0
128.6
168.2
207.8
Hitman 3
2021
68.2
88.6
115.9
143.2
The Division
2016
88.6
115.2
150.7
186.1
Project CARS 3
2020
46.1
60.0
78.4
96.9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
78.9
102.6
134.1
165.7
Final Fantasy XV
2018
84.2
109.5
143.2
176.9
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
98.3
127.7
167.0
206.3
Metro Exodus
2019
55.0
71.6
93.6
115.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
99.7
129.6
169.4
209.3
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
72.5
94.2
123.2
152.2
Crysis 3
2013
98.5
128.0
167.4
206.8
World War Z
2019
99.2
128.9
168.6
208.2
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
73.2
95.1
124.4
153.7
Gears of War 5
2019
80.1
104.1
136.2
168.2
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
78.7
102.3
133.8
165.3
DOOM Eternal
2020
93.2
121.2
158.5
195.8
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
85.3
110.9
145.0
179.2
Far Cry 6
2021
75.2
97.8
127.8
157.9
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
50.1
65.2
85.2
105.3
Borderlands 3
2019
63.6
82.6
108.1
133.5
Genshin Impact
2020
87.2
113.4
148.3
183.2
Resident Evil Village
2021
68.2
88.6
115.9
143.2
Devil May Cry 5
2019
89.2
116.0
151.7
187.4
Godfall
2020
88.7
115.4
150.8
186.3
Anthem
2019
68.1
88.5
115.7
143.0
Death Stranding
2020
91.1
118.5
154.9
191.4
GeForce RTX 2080 8Gb with Ryzen 7 7700 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 2080 from the following table are just for reference, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is much more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
DiRT Rally
2015
158.1
205.5
268.8
332.0
Apex Legends
2019
105.6
137.2
179.5
221.7
Dota 2
2013
143.4
186.4
243.7
301.1
Rocket League
2015
428.1
500.9
618.6
899.1
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
110.1
143.1
187.1
231.2
F1 2019
2019
103.3
134.3
175.6
216.9
Minecraft
2011
234.6
305.0
398.8
492.7
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
122.4
159.1
208.1
257.1
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
99.7
129.6
169.4
209.3
Project CARS 2
2017
104.0
135.2
176.8
218.3
Doom
2016
157.6
204.9
267.9
331.0
League of Legends
2009
495.4
579.6
715.8
780.2
Battlefield V
2018
105.6
137.2
179.5
221.7
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
128.3
166.8
218.2
269.5
Roblox
2006
345.9
449.7
588.0
726.4
Titanfall 2
2016
108.3
140.8
184.1
227.4
For Honor
2017
146.8
190.8
249.5
308.2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
293.6
381.6
499.1
616.5
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
125.9
163.7
214.1
264.5
Strange Brigade
2018
129.0
167.7
219.4
271.0
Hitman
2016
100.3
130.3
170.4
210.6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
118.4
153.9
201.3
248.7
Dawn of War III
2017
107.9
140.2
183.4
226.6
Battlefield 4
2013
139.5
181.3
237.1
292.9
Need For Speed
2015
118.7
154.3
201.8
249.3
Battlefield 1
2016
125.2
162.8
212.9
263.0
Valorant
2020
201.2
261.6
342.1
422.6
Destiny 2
2017
138.7
180.3
235.7
291.2
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
103.0
133.9
175.0
216.2
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
207.9
270.3
353.5
436.7
Resident Evil 2
2019
114.3
148.6
194.3
240.0
Fallout 76
2018
128.7
167.4
218.9
270.3
Though you can't argue with the numbers from this table, however, you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work together. In such cases, FPS is evaluated theoretically according to the formula based on the performance of the GeForce RTX 2080 and the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 separately.
