I'm going to try to to disassemble my 2070 AORUS gaming box enough to accommodate the eVGA RTX2080Ti amp. To start, it will be ugly and possibly thermally throttled, but I just want make sure it will work electrically first. Aside from another power supply (the eVGA needs 2x 8-pin power and the gaming box only has 1x), any tips?
Also, does the 1080 in the gaming boxes have NVLINK ports for SLI? I noticed a connection where SLI bridge could potentially fit. It's missing from the 2070 card.
UPDATE: Well, I can't get the card to power up, despite the extra power supply powering the card and the AORUS board/PCIe slot. Because the 24-pin main power connector blocks the card, I'm using a Thermaltake 200cm PCIe riser/extender. I think the AORUS board doesn't like that.
MBP 2018 16 inch + Razer Core X@40Gbps-TB1 (Zotac RTX 2080 Ti Amp) + Ubuntu 20.04, Win10
2011 13" MacBook Pro [2nd,2C,M] + RTX 2080 Ti @ 10Gbps-TB1>TB3 (Razer Core X) + Linux Ubuntu 18.04.02 LTS [build link]