NovumZ: On the 1080ti side I see CPU underutilization hence less FPS I believe from my own experience.

Nvidla lost money with 2000 rtx lineup and with crypto-mining bust. Now they are begging congress for US taxpayers money for as they said "innovation costs". And the gullible politicians will provide while bridges and roads are falling apart.

Spectre: I think it will be up to the consoles to push raytracing by having it specifically as it's main graphics and creating games around it's features.