Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 User Manual

Hardware Installation
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 User Guide | 10
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If you are installing additional RTX 2080 graphics cards for an NVLink
configuration, continue with step 6. If you are only installing one GeForce
card, go on to step 7.
6 Install a second GeForce RTX 2080 graphic card (NVLink configuration).
Install the second GeForce card into the outer most PCI Express x16 slot on
the motherboard.
Connect the two cards together using the GeForce RTX NVLink Bridge (3-Slot
or 4-Slot).
Note:
GeForce RTX NVLink Bridge can be found on www.nvidia.com
.
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7 Connect a 6-pin and 8-pin power connectors from the power supply to the
power connectors on the top edge of the GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card.
Note that the connector and socket on the graphics card have a unique shape
and connect one way only.
Reinstall the cover on your computer and reconnect any cables that you
removed earlier in the installation.
2-way SLI: Install your second
GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card
into the outer PCI Express x16
slot (the outer slot is the one
farthest away from the CPU).
Connect the two cards together
using the GeForce RTX NVLink
Bridge.
GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card
requires one 6-pin and one 8-pin
PCI Express power plugs from the
system power supply.

Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 Specifications

General

Architecture	Turing
CUDA Cores	2944
Base Clock	1515 MHz
Boost Clock	1710 MHz
Memory	8 GB GDDR6
Memory Interface	256-bit
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s
TDP	215 W
Transistor Count	13.6 billion
Manufacturing Process	12 nm
GPU	TU104
Outputs	DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, USB Type-C
Ray Tracing Cores	46
Tensor Cores	368
NVLink	Yes
PCIe Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Support	12 Ultimate
OpenGL Support	4.6
Maximum Resolution	7680 x 4320 @ 60 Hz
Multi Monitor Support	Yes
VR Ready	Yes
SLI Support	Yes (NVLink)