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New EVGA Precision X1 and New “Smart Auto Overclocking” Yes, it actually works!
We have all been fed the line of “one-click overclocking” for the past several years. and it has gotten a little more obtainable with each launch but today I think we have made a major leap in terms of a real overclock with the new Nvidia Scanner.
We were given a preview of the new EVGA PRecision X1 which employs the new OC Scanner which will launch a dedicated thread of complex mathematical algorithm which tests for single and multi-bit failures to determine stability as it adjusts variables within the card to find a safe and manageable overclock.
Needless to say, I was a bit apprehensive to believe this but with a click, the OC scanner is off to the races. The picture below is a screenshot I took while the OC Scanner was doing its work.
Now there is something to note is that you must make a few adjustments to maximize the clock for your GPU. I did not know this up front as I am the type that dives right in without reading anything. but once you adjust your temp tuner which you can see below, you will find MUCH better success than I did.
So, No I guess its not necessarily a “one click” experience. But with everything considered anyone could really optimize their card without all the testing and restarting of finding your OC limit on your card without the years of experience many of us have spent developing. Do not dismay though for those of us who love to tweak cards ourselves, even in the unfinished early version we got of EVGA’s precision X1 it proved to be a very competent and well-sorted piece of overclocking software. the visual representation of what part you were changing was interesting, and the integrated LED control is cool although I think that is more geared towards EVGa’s custom model cards which we hope to be taking a look at soon.
Two years later a new generation card should deliver around the performance the 2080ti does however the price is also expected to stay equal or less than the card it replaces. This is where the 2080ti fails big time and it’s sad to see reviewers ignore the fact. All serious reviewers should ignore nvidia marketing and compare the cards to similarly priced previous gen cards. So 1080 to 2060, 1080 to 2070 and 1080ti to 2080.
I agree, if this was a direct comparison as in Rasterization to Rasterization that would be 100% true and this review would be much different. However, as in life, things are much different and it has nothing to do with Nvidia’s marketing but more to do with having a long view on the direction of the industry. There is a lot at work which will come around as this all matures and new features really get to be explored. Thank you for the comment and for giving it a read as I always welcome constructive feedback. That being said, I would definitely revisit not just my review but others as the new features change the way you can render in-game scenes and opens the doors to next level performance differences along with massively more immersion with what the new real-time ray tracing capabilities start to show up.
I do agree that the new tech will change how rendering is done, in a GPU generation or two as it is the right way forward. But the 2080 and 2080ti cards simply do not currently deliver the value for anyone but developers that need to work on this for 1-3 years before it hits the market for real.
A card should be reviewed from a ‘consumer’ perspective. The consumer here being the gamer not a developer. Any existing consumer with a 1080ti looking to upgrade would be considering to spend around the same as amount for a new card. So his upgrade here is the 2080.. The 2080 does not currently provide the usual generational performance increase and is therefore close to worthless as a upgrade. If the consumer was willing to spend $1200 his existing card would most likely be a Titan X.
So from this perspective the 2080 upgrade is turing and rtx cores and they are not supported in DX12 yet (with luck it comes in October), furthermore there are no games currently available.
So all in all you are buying something that might work but most indications point to RTX forcing you to go from 4k -> 1080p on a 2080TI and the 2080 will probably not do well at all. This leaves DLSS as the only real gain.
Now if NVIDIA has launched this without marketing bullshit trying to sell a titan as a TI I would have no issues because people know what they are buying and all reviews would be done correctly comparing apples to apples instead of apples to oranges.
So the conclusion for now is that the 2080 card probably only provides DLSS as a improvement over a TI for a higher price as the RTX cores most likely wont be able to render in a usable resolution for guys doing 4k or 144hz gaming .
Furthermore I would expect the 2080 FE (factory overclocked card) to be compared to a equally overclocked 1080 TI.
Any conclusion that skips these obvious issues are hard to take serious.
Very well said Reviewers are missing this very important point: nvidia is ripping us off with this outrageous prices
This is not true, as in any market the tech will go for what the market will bear. If you are not happy with the prices, you have no requirement to make a purchase or even buy when a model which meets your expectations show up. I have no skin in this game as far as what Nvidia sells their product for, of course as a consumer I would love to see it for 500 or even 99 bucks but the amount of research and time that goes into these products it is simply not feasible.
Same goes for any tech product… Try telling Tesla their products (cars) are overpriced.. Many feel that way and they choose not to purchase them, but knowing what I know about them, same as I know about this tech I would buy one if I could… today…
IF this were true I would definitely agree. but we have seen games which are in process of adding these features now.. many games which already exist and more are gonna be added to this list soon I am sure. I would definitely agree once again if this was some far off tech, but it’s simply not. This is tech we will see implemented within the next few quarters is what I am seeing.