The Ultimate "Fine Wine" GPU? RTX 2080 Ti Revisited in 2025 vs RTX 5060 + More!

They call it "fine wine" - the idea that a PC component ages gracefully over time, always capable of delivering good performance on the latest games... and perhaps the RTX 2080 Ti is the best example of that? General performance in line - or better than - the RTX 5060, a decent amount of VRAM and support for the latest Nvidia DLSS technologies (frame generation apart). Just how good is the 2080 Ti in 2025? Rich investigates. Note: Gamers Nexus and De8auer measured the TU102 processor at circa 775mm2 - other reports have it at circa 755mm2. Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to new videos, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Go here to check out DF merch! https://store.digitalfoundry.net Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00 Introduction 00:16 Turing Architecture: Fine Wine At Its Best? 01:53 RTX 2080 Ti: Yesterday's Flagship, Today's Budget Buy? 02:45 Benchmarking Introduction 03:06 RT Benchmark: Cyberpunk 2077 03:36 RT Benchmark: Alan Wake 2 04:17 RT Benchmark: Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 04:51 RT Benchmark: Hitman World of Assassination 05:08 RT Benchmark: A Plague Tale Requiem 05:45 RT Benchmark: F1 24 06:06 Raster Benchmark: Black Myth Wukong 06:31 Raster Benchmark: Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 07:06 Raster Benchmark: Forza Horizon 5 07:37 Raster Benchmark: Alan Wake 2 08:00 Benchmark Summary 08:55 VRAM Testing: RTX 2080 Ti vs RTX 5060 vs RTX 5060 Ti 10:22 Custom Testing Introduction 10:45 Console Comparisons: Forza Horizon 5 11:51 Console Comparisons: Black Myth Wukong 12:40 Console Comparisons: Alan Wake 2 13:05 RTX 2080 Ti vs DLSS Transformer Ray Reconstruction 15:02 RTX 2080 Ti Likely Won't Get Frame Generation 15:50 RTX 2080 Ti vs RTX 5060 - Gigantic Efficiency Differences 17:08 Flagship GPU Performance: 2018-2025 18:26 Seven Years On, RTX 2080 Ti Matures Nicely 19:22 And Now, The Conclusion