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Given the amount of time allocated for launch reviewed, it's very difficult to cover every permutation out there, so we have to make judgement calls at some point.
The other challenge with this generation is that we do not have a stock of press samples sitting around to use as comparison hardware. In the cases where it absolutely makes sense for the review (and can be used for future articles), I shell out for the hardware, but if it's not crucial, I think everyone would prefer that money goes towards labor.
For the 2080 non-FE, that would make most sense to look at for a AIB 2070 Super review, but perhaps can be accomplished through overclocking our FE card. Though, with the 2080s leaving the channel, how relevant is that to someone looking to buy a new card today?
Back when NV started releasing so many variations of Pascal I commented about this very dynamic of how most sites would eventually find it difficult or nearly impossible to compare even within the same generations of cards. I honestly don't remember how many iterations of the 1060 popped up back then not to mention 1050 or 1070's. We're seeing a similar effect now with Turing. From the original RTX's to 1660 to Super the pattern continues and I doubt it's far from over for the Turing fab.