Hardware Installation 
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti User Guide  |  8 
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Before You Begin 
The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card is a PCI Express 3.0 ×16 graphics card. 
Your computer may already have a graphics card installed in the PCI Express 
slot. If so, you will need to remove that graphics card and replace it with the 
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card.  
If you do not have a graphics card, this means that your motherboard has on-
board graphics (there is a graphics chip installed on your motherboard or 
integrated in the motherboard chipset). If this is the case, there is no action that 
needs to be taken before installing your new graphics card. 
Use the RTX 2080 Ti graphics card with UL Listed ITE Personal Computer 
(PC)/Server. 
Installing the GeForce Graphics Card 
Because there are so many different computer systems on the market, the 
procedure to install the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card can vary from system 
to system. Use the following instructions as a guideline and consult the 
documentation for your computer system for any further information on your 
individual system. 
 
: It is important that all power to the computer be disconnected before you install 
the graphics card. 
 
Discharge your body’s static electricity by touching a grounded surface before 
touching the graphics card. A grounded surface is the computer chassis, or some 
other surface you know to be grounded.  
 
ATTENTION
 If your system has been running for a while prior to opening the panels, it is 
very important that you wait until the graphics card in your system has cooled before 
taking the card out of the system. Graphics cards get very hot when they have been 
operating for any length of time. 
 
Use the following procedure to install the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card into 
your computer system.  
1  Turn off your computer and monitor and disconnect the power cord. 
Depending on your computer system, you may need to disconnect the cable 
going to the back of your system. Mark the cables so you can make sure you 
reconnect them properly.