The Greatest GPU of All Time: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti & GTX 1080 2024 Revisit & History

Summary

This video by Gamers Nexus revisits the NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti, often heralded as the greatest GPU of all time. The GTX 1080 Ti, released in 2017, set itself apart with its performance and affordability, outstripping its contemporaries like the RTX 2080 at launch. The video explores the historical significance, performance benchmarks, and longevity of the GTX 1080 Ti, highlighting its unmatched value and enduring legacy, especially in comparison to modern GPUs and in the context of technological advancements like real-time ray tracing. The discussion includes detailed analyses of GPU performance against inflation-adjusted prices, emphasizing the card's sustained relevance in the gaming world seven years post-launch.

Highlights

• The GTX 1080 Ti was often favored over the RTX 2080 due to its superior performance and lower cost at launch. 🤑
• Even today, a used GTX 1080 Ti can outperform newer budget GPUs, highlighting its timeless capability. 📊
• NVIDIA's pricing strategy during the GTX 1080 Ti launch era was more consumer-friendly compared to today's options. 🔄
• The GTX 1080 Ti's longevity is linked to its overclocking potential and robust build, making it a fan favorite. 💪
• The card performs well in modern games that don't require intensive ray tracing, maintaining high FPS rates. 🚀

Key Takeaways

• NVIDIA's GTX 1080 Ti is celebrated as the greatest GPU due to its remarkable performance and value. 🎮
• The GTX 1080 Ti set a high bar that recent GPUs, even with inflation, struggle to match in terms of price-to-performance ratio. 💾
• Despite being released in 2017, the GTX 1080 Ti can still manage modern games well without real-time ray tracing. ⌛
• The video compares inflation-adjusted pricing of GPUs, demonstrating how the GTX 1080 Ti's value endures over time. 📈
• FPS performance shows the GTX 1080 Ti often beats newer, supposedly superior models like the RTX 2080. 🥇

Overview

The GTX 1080 Ti is a beloved icon in the gaming community, known for its stellar performance and affordability when it launched in 2017. Gamers Nexus revisits this legendary GPU to assess its position in today's gaming landscape and why it remains relevant and powerful. The card's performance outpaced its contemporaries, making it a staple recommendation even years later.

In the intricate narrative of GPU evolution, the GTX 1080 Ti stands tall, effortlessly bridging past and future technologies. Despite lacking modern features like real-time ray tracing, it remains a formidable contender in gaming, supported by a robust price-to-performance legacy that newer models strive to emulate.

Reflecting on the GTX 1080 Ti's journey reveals its exceptional durability and consistency. Gamers Nexus discusses the significant impact of inflation-adjusted pricing, illustrating how the GTX 1080 Ti continues to offer exceptional value. This enduring powerhouse is a testament to NVIDIA's one-time mastery in achieving an ideal gaming GPU.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 01:00: Introduction The introduction revisits the GTX 1080 and the GTX 1080 Ti, recognized as some of the greatest video cards made by Nvidia. It highlights the significance of the GTX 1080 Ti, emphasizing that it was released at a time before Nvidia expanded its line with various iterations such as the 'ti', 'tii', 'taii', 'super taii', and 'taii super'. The chapter emphasizes the innovation brought by these cards at their release.
• 01:00 - 03:00: The Legacy of the GTX 1080 Ti The chapter discusses the lasting impact and legacy of the NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti graphics card. The card is praised for its enduring performance and reliability, with the speaker noting they still use it in their personal setup despite it being seven years old. This particular model is an SC2 icx, which left a strong impression when initially reviewed. The GTX 1080 Ti remains competent for playing many games, especially those that don't require real-time ray tracing (RT). The narrative emphasizes the card's status as a 'greatest of all time' (GOAT) in the realm of GPUs.
• 03:00 - 03:30: Montage Ad Read In the chapter 'Montage Ad Read,' the speaker revisits their previous discussions about Google's capabilities as a search engine, noting several regressions. This reevaluation is timely, given the recent launches in the Super Series, specifically the 700 J. The intention is to provide a comprehensive overview of where Google stands currently amidst these new technological advancements. Additionally, the chapter introduces new types of charts designed to efficiently convey essential information to the audience.
• 03:30 - 05:30: Pricing and Value The chapter titled 'Pricing and Value' appears to be an overview or discussion related to a product, in this context referred to as the 'k95 pro case' by Montech. It is highlighted for its specific features such as a dual chamber design, extensive storage and power supply options, a deep cable management channel, and support for dual power supplies, which are beneficial for advanced setups such as a thread ripper system. Additional capabilities include ample options for radiator and fan mounting, likely emphasizing its versatility and efficiency for high-performance computer system builds. The chapter provides a perspective on why such features may have been considered impressive at the time, illustrating their value in the context of pricing.
• 05:30 - 10:00: Revisiting Performance Comparisons In this chapter titled 'Revisiting Performance Comparisons,' the discussion revolves around computer casing and GPU pricing. It begins by explaining the differences between mesh and solid fronts of computer cases, with mesh providing better breathability. The chapter then transitions into a discussion on GPU pricing, using the Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti as an example. It highlights how the GTX 1080 Ti was positioned as a premium option, typically priced $100 to $200 more than the GTX 1080, reflecting Nvidia's pricing strategy which included experimenting with dual launch prices.
• 10:00 - 15:30: Historical Context and Competition The chapter discusses the historical context and competition between the Nvidia 1080 and 1080 TI graphics cards. It highlights the performance gap between the two and why the 1080 TI was considered the superior choice for those who could afford it. The launch of the RTX 20 series is mentioned as a pivotal moment, reinforcing the 1080 TI's status as one of the greatest graphics cards of all time, especially when the RTX 2080 was released, prompting recommendations to purchase the 1080 TI instead.
• 15:30 - 20:00: Price Adjustments and Modern Equivalents The chapter 'Price Adjustments and Modern Equivalents' discusses the competitive pricing of graphics cards during its time. Specifically, it mentions how certain models like the MSI Armor Series cooler for the 1080ti were available for around $700. This pricing made it cheaper compared to the average 2080, making it a preferred choice despite the cooler's less impressive build quality. The focus is on the value offered in terms of price versus performance at that time.
• 20:00 - 25:30: Onto the Benchmarks The chapter titled 'Onto the Benchmarks' discusses the viability and advantages of modifying computer hardware for improved performance. The transcript reveals a focus on the VRM (Voltage Regulator Module) and how replacing the cooler with a hybrid cooler, such as a CLC (Closed Loop Cooler) with a VRM fan, was a popular and cost-effective strategy. This modification allowed users to efficiently overclock the 1080 TI graphics card. Additionally, the chapter highlights the importance of power for V BIOS, which provided more headroom for overclocking, contributing to the cards’ favorable reputation.
• 25:30 - 47:00: Game Benchmark Analysis The chapter discusses the launch of the 20 series graphics card, which was part of the success of the 1080 TI model. At the time of the launch, there were no 'RTX' branded features available, and it was several weeks before the first game utilizing real-time ray tracing (RT) was released. The emergence of real-time RT was considered a novel concept.
• 47:00 - 51:00: Conclusion The conclusion chapter discusses the impact and market perception of NVIDIA's GPUs, particularly focusing on the 1080 TI and the 2080 models. The 1080 TI held a strong position in the market due to its performance, which often matched or exceeded the 2080, while being more cost-effective. The 2080 did not appeal as much at its release due to its high price and the delayed meaningful integration of ray tracing (RT) technology in the market. Consequently, the 1080 TI gained a legendary status, especially after the launch of the 20 series, because the expected widespread adoption and relevance of RT technology had not yet occurred.

The Greatest GPU of All Time: NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti & GTX 1080 2024 Revisit & History Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 [Music] today we revisiting the GTX 1080 and the greatest video card that Nvidia ever made the GTX 1080 ti What was what was that not only did the 1080 TI come out at a time when it was just the TI and not the ti or the tii taii or the super taii or the taii super all of those came later it was they innovate in different ways every time it was also the greatest card that Nvidia has ever made and we've regularly
• 00:30 - 01:00 said it's a mistake that they probably won't make again this card is the goat absolutely no questions about it and it's actually why I still have a 1080ti in my personal system at home it's actually an SC2 icx model uh that I liked when we reviewed it and now it's retired from service and in my machine so it's good enough that depending on the games you play especially if you don't play RT or something they can still handle it and they're 7 years old the 1080 TI is such a good car that we
• 01:00 - 01:30 have now Revisited it at least two or three times maybe more I've lost count and Google has gotten worse as a search engine but we've Revisited it a lot and it's worth doing again because now there's the whole Super Series the 700 J basically everything has launched for this generation in theory anyway uh and so we can take a complete look at where it stands today and what your options are uh and also for this revisit we have a couple new types of charts just to try and capture the most relevant things as fast as possible for those of you who
• 01:30 - 02:00 might still be on one of these cards and if you're not on one and you just want to look back at something that was impressive for its time maybe this will give a new perspective as to why before that this video is brought to you by montech and the k95 pro case the k95 pro is a dual chamber enclosure with configurable options for storage and power supplies the k95 has a deep 35mm cable channel for management support for dual power supplies if you want it which could be useful for a thread rer system and ample radiator and fan mounting options scattered around the the top
• 02:00 - 02:30 back bottom side and front of the case the front also can be mesh or solid with the mesh running a higher paracity for more breathability learn more at the link in the description below one of the things that made the 1080 ti so good was that it was typically about $100 more than a GTX 1080 maybe 200 depending on which price you're looking at that was an ERA where Nvidia was experimenting with having two launch prices because uh we needed that in our lives they've improved in that respect at least but typically it was a $1 to $200 price jump
• 02:30 - 03:00 between the 1080 and the 1080 TI and given the performance gap which we'll look at in a moment between these two for the first time against each other in years actually we haven't tested them both on the same charts in a while it really made sense to go for the 1080ti for people who could afford it the RTX 20 series launch though is really what cemented the 1080ti in its place as the greatest of all time the launch of the RTX 2080 saw us telling everyone to just buy a 1080ti instead that's because they
• 03:00 - 03:30 could still be had for believe it or not around $700 at that time which made it often 100 bucks cheaper than the average 2080 maybe 50 if $50 cheaper if you bought one of the cheaper 2080s uh and it was extremely competitive the MSI Armor Series was a Bare Bones kind of garbage tier cooler for the 1080ti as far as that generation of coolers went anyway but it was a an MSRP option at 700 box that we liked because you got a
• 03:30 - 04:00 good enough vrm you could strip the cooler from it didn't feel like you were throwing away a ton of cost in it uh and then throw a hybrid cooler on it like a CLC with a vrm fan that was really popular for the era you suddenly had a very budget conscious water cooled cold enough to overclock 1080 TI and that's another aspect of what made these cards so damn good the power for V bios gave you more Headroom to overclock than
• 04:00 - 04:30 you'll find on a lot of modern cards today but the real reason the 20 series set the 1080 TI up for such success was because it launched with no namesake feature it was called RTX there was no RTX it was about 2 months before the first RTX game launched uh I remember talking about it in news segments where we were like 55 days without RT title uh and at the time that was when RT real time RT was still kind of a a new thing
• 04:30 - 05:00 being marketed it hadn't proven itself and there's no reason to review or buy a product based on a promise and so when the 1080 TI was matching or sometimes exceeding a 2080 uh and it was often cheaper it didn't make a lot of sense to buy a 2080 and it would be years before RT became really truly meaningfully relevant in any atlarge way so the 1080 TI immediately if didn't already have it gained legendary status with the launch of the 20 series the pricing was a big
• 05:00 - 05:30 part of that where the 20 series saw the 2080 TI coming in at 1,200 bucks or whatever it was plus or minus a little bit uh and that just felt like such a climb compared to this card that whatever status it had not yet earned the 1080 TI It earned with the 20 series launch so uh this still even seven years later and close to eight years later for the 1080 non TI which is also worth talking about can still handle a lot of games it can still play at a reasonable
• 05:30 - 06:00 FPS in non-r traced scenarios you lack some Modern features you don't have rt Hardware there's kind of limited natively supported upscaling options so it has limitations and it's starting to show age but depending on what you play you might not even need to upgrade it and if you're ready to upgrade at least it is a massive jump from 7even years ago that's some pretty damn good mileage out of a video car some additional history here the 1080 TI launched in March of 2017 about a year after the 1080s launch in 2016 it was a powerful
• 06:00 - 06:30 onew punch for NVIDIA at the time its newest competition from AMD for the 1080ti would have been the RX 580 which launched in April of 2017 and that itself was just a refresh of the 480 otherwise the 1080ti was up against an aging generation of Fury cards Vega wouldn't come out for another several months after the 1080 TI's launch and largely to disappointing reception and this is part of what we're trying to do today we've Revisited this card so many times from a performance aspect today
• 06:30 - 07:00 it's about providing some extra provenance and background especially for people who hear about the 108ti you see people say it was legendary it was the goat not sure why we're trying to give some of that context and I still remember covering all of this as it was happening because it was an exciting time uh this was an ERA where AMD was absolutely plagued and riddled with driver problems we had multiple videos on them back then I remember posting one that was titled something along the lines of like AMD sabotages itself again
• 07:00 - 07:30 or something like that and we talked about drivers all the time for them so Nvidia was in an overpowering position uh and and these drivers at the time were so riddled with bugs that if the drivers had a door opening that door was like opening the door to a roach infested room where you just see them all scatter Andy's drivers though have gained substantially since then that era is largely gone for Amy they fixed those problems it's nothing like it used to be so huge Improvement for from AMD side of
• 07:30 - 08:00 things and its modern generation of cards is much more competitive than what it was fighting with back then which before Vega launched wasn't a lot at least not a lot of brand new architecture stuff uh and so at that time AMD mostly chose to fight in the mid-range Market they had $250 rx580s which looking back was actually a pretty damn good card and even at the time I think pretty much everyone recognized it as the best mid-range option in a lot of cases and that market is kind of dead
• 08:00 - 08:30 today which is sad we maybe took it for granted at the time where we had the 1080 TI at the top end as an inarguable best and we had things like the rx580 keeping that affordable class alive in a way that today you don't really get that type of competition until you go up to 400 bucks or so maybe 500 uh where you really start to see the market get interesting so it was a a much different time for the market and gpus and the prices were a lot different let's let's go over that quickly though so we have
• 08:30 - 09:00 some price data with inflation adjustment the GTX 1080ti was often $700 like with the armor card and it ran up to 800 pretty frequently there were more expensive cards as always but these two price points cover the vast majority of relevant options today a $700 purchase of the 1080ti would be equivalent to spending $88.75 according to US inflation data an $800 purchase would be equivalent to $1,006 if you look at gpus available right now that $880 adjusted price would
• 09:00 - 09:30 be an RTX 47 TI super from Nvidia or an rx700 XTX from AMD flanking each end the $1,000 inflation adjusted 1080ti price if you bought it that higher end back then would be an RTX 480 sup MSRP if you can find one at MSRP or again a 7900 XTX back to the inflation table the GTX 1080 was $600 to $700 commonly and again remember that Nvidia made this all very messy with its e price and at the time we're kind of ignoring that aspect that'd be a 766 to 894 pricing inflation
• 09:30 - 10:00 adjusted today equivalent would again include the 4070 TI super from Nvidia or the 7900 XT up to maybe the 7900 XTX from AMD what's Wild is the used price of the 1080 TI in a quick look around they seem to have sold listings on eBay for 150 to 200 bucks or so and sometimes cheaper if you buy one with a broken fan which is an easy fix that makes a used 1080ti a better option than nvidia's modern $ 150 to $200 video cards or
• 10:00 - 10:30 sometimes even it's $300 card if you're willing to sacrifice RT so in a way Nvidia own Masterpiece remains kind of a thorn in its side to the extent that at a launch event Jensen went on stage and he said something about to all my Pascal gamer friends it is safe to upgrade now and that was because of cards like this and the 1070 The 1060 was fairly competitive too now the 3080 did really well to reset the whole pricing stack following the 2080 it felt like a breath
• 10:30 - 11:00 of fresh air it was lined up to be another 1080 TI in terms of its reception but the rug got pulled out from under it because of the immediate boom where it was no longer available and when it was available they were scaled and way overpriced so that kind of killed the momentum on the 3080 but it was kind of lining up still though nothing has quite touched the 1080ti so let's get into some numbers we'll start with reestablishing our bearings for how the 1080 and the 1080t I compared to
• 11:00 - 11:30 each other today this factors in the latest drivers for each the Windows updates that are the latest and modernized changes to the BIOS firmware things like that the OS as well such as rebar Hardware accelerated GPU scheduling here's the chart this shows percent improvement from a 1080 to a 1080 TI in the various games we test in 2024 it's remarkably consistent from game to game in this era even across resolutions that's a big difference from what we see with cards today where Nvidia in particular plays with memory bandwidth in ways that create less
• 11:30 - 12:00 predictable or at least less linear scaling across the resolutions the GTX 1080 TI is generally about 35% faster than the 1080 and average FPS for today's benchmarks if you had waited until the 1080ti launched and spent about $100 more max maybe around $200 more than the 1080 then that money stretched out pretty well and could have been a deciding factor in stretching the card out for maybe one more generation as a side note it's rare that we see something like 38% uplift within a
• 12:00 - 12:30 single vendor stack for a hundred bucks today it doesn't really happen anymore and the few times it does happen they're pretty rare uh broadly speaking looking at the consistency of improvement of those numbers for the price at the time again something like a 100 bucks maybe 150 sometimes it just it seems like it will never happen again and like it was almost a mistake okay on to the next table since we've recapped the 1080 ti so much again we're experimenting with some different charts this is a different one uh we're using a simple table that
• 12:30 - 13:00 Recaps several games we've tested in one shot but what it does is uh in the First Column it's going to show you the most immediate trailing card so the one that's the most comparable to the 1080 TI but right behind it the other column shows you the most immediate advantaged card ahead of it the middle is something roughly equal now all three of those together because it's immediate immediate and then roughly equal you end up with basically what is the equivalent today that's what this table will answer and serves to help you get a a sort of
• 13:00 - 13:30 quick snapshot of your minimum threshold you want to clear to actually get a meaningful upgrade ideally you go a little bit beyond that too this also helps you figure out a baseline so this part's important where going forward if we or other reviewers drop the 108ti from charts but you want to know where it falls you look at this list of equivalents and then in the future if you know it's roughly equivalent to card X and the 108ti is not on someone's chart you look for card X and you go okay it's probably probably around here
• 13:30 - 14:00 it's not perfect but it's good enough to kind of keep it in keep it fresh with knowing where it lands here it is the most immediately behind modern architecture GPU is generally the 6600 6600 XT or nvidia's 60 class cards like the RTX 3060 and 4060 Intel Arc also makes a few appearances and this tells you that if you wanted to upgrade you would need to buy at least better than these cards in a modern lineup to get any meaningful Improvement at all and ideally you'd go a couple steps up from
• 14:00 - 14:30 them to ensure it actually is Meaningful and not just basically a side grade with Ray tracing capabilities the closest of any generation we've recently tested is variable here we see that the 2070 super makes an appearance a few times and the 7600 But it really depends on the game tested the 2080 also makes an appearance in that column for the most immediately advantaged modern generation card the 1080ti is commonly beaten most immediately by the same cards as were
• 14:30 - 15:00 immediately behind it this makes sense because when a card is plus or minus a few percentage points it'll swing either direction depending on the game the 4060 appears the most here if you're not buying at least a 4070 or a 6700 XT as a replacement generally speaking we don't think it'd be worth buying a new card if you can do it it's maybe more sensible to save up a little longer if possible and buy something another click or two up let's look at this another way instead of looking at the immediate flank since that largely comes out to be the same set of cards sort of across the stack we're going to look at the most
• 15:00 - 15:30 likely upgrades for a quick snapshot and for this we're looking at similar pricing inflation adjusted so in other words someone who wants to spend a similar amount of money in value back then today what might you get for uplift that's what we're looking at and we have some others that are a little bit lower in price we're going to go through as well that are maybe more similar to like to like back then uh and we'll talk about more that with the 1080 also this also helps you understand what the difference between $150 or $300 extra might get you uh if you're upgrad you're buying a new
• 15:30 - 16:00 card today what's that Gap look like if you spend a little more here it is against a bunch of games the 10ed ti itself is not shown that's because it's the left Axis or the Baseline we're looking at percent improvement over Baseline and average FPS this is one of those scenarios where anything would be an upgrade generally speaking you can expect somewhere around a 120 to 150% uplift or so with a 4070 TI super just looking across this Suite of games the 4080 super roughly speaking would be around 170 to 190% uplift the XT is
• 16:00 - 16:30 around 140 to 160% for uplift with the XTX at 190 to 210% or so just broadly speaking each of these has several breakouts including the 7900 XTX in particular spiking upwards of 300% Improvement in Starfield at that point percentages don't really feel like they mean anything anymore so suffice to say it's an entirely different experience you should basically be choosing between the modern cards that you're considering
• 16:30 - 17:00 rather than necessarily comparing them to the 1080ti because all of these are going to be massive changes in the experience but it's still fun to look back and get a feel for it this way the next recap is for the GTX 1080 non TI for this one we're comparing against the 470 super the 470 TI super the RX 7900 GRE that just got a global launch and the RX 7900 XT the 470 super is the same price that the 1080 launched when ignoring inflation or it would be the equivalent of $470 at launch like back
• 17:00 - 17:30 then the 700 GRE as a similar price today or including inflation would be about $431 back at launch and that gives us two cards priced similarly with inflation and two priced below here's the chart the 1080ti doesn't appear here since we've already shown a summary chart for that but as a reminder that generally be around 35% uplift from the 1080 for the rest you can get increases in average FPS in the multiples even with something at an equal price today when ignoring inflation in other words
• 17:30 - 18:00 even if your buying power hasn't kept up with inflation you can at least get a 2 to 3x increase in many scenarios with the 470 super the 470 TI super is better enough that it may help pull you forward another year than the 470 super though that depends so much on how much you're willing to lower the graphic settings what games come out that it's hard to really make estimates like that but uh you're paying for that theoretical longevity the 7900 GRE also provides significant uplift while being cheaper
• 18:00 - 18:30 than $600 and is one of the more relevant cards at this price point right now the 700xt is just in a completely different class of rasterization performance altogether uh it blows these away the biggest difference though would be in R tracing where you're going from basically not compatible to compatible on any of these modern devices now we're about to get into the individual game test just to give some foundational data with more charts but uh rate tracing kind of remains the key Point here that doesn't get charts because the 1080 TI
• 18:30 - 19:00 does not natively or meaningfully support rat racing uh realtime rat racing with modern games so because of that there's not really anything to test it's your number is basically zero and or unplayable enough to be zero if you were to force it in some scenarios where you can and so for ra tracing results just look at our 7900 GRE review any other recent review look at the RT chart that gives you an idea but you're not really choosing between how much better is it than a 10ed ATI uh because it might as well be infinitely better okay
• 19:00 - 19:30 we'll quickly run through some game charts but because we've already covered the major comparisons here there not a lot more to talk about we'll make this quick you can pause these if you want to check out cards that we haven't explicitly mentioned otherwise we'll focus on the key highlights and Final Fantasy 14 at 4K the 1080ti still manages to hold the 62 FPS average so no problems here that has it at 3060 TI levels of performance and actually surpassing the 2080 somewhat embarrassingly for the touring card the 1080 FTW ran at about 76 600 levels of performance flanked by the two available
• 19:30 - 20:00 models and this chart actually also contains an overclock we ran for the 1080ti last year when we did a different revisit and that data is still valid for this game because the results for this title don't change with our test approach so that OC had it up at about 6700 XT average FPS surpassing the 4060 TI in DL 2 at 1080p the GTX 1080 sat below the 6600 in our most recent round of testing the 3060 also leads it somewhat significantly the 108 TI has done excellently to hang on here but in
• 20:00 - 20:30 some heavier modern games it's beginning to fall to the bottom of the chart of note even Intel's a750 is outdoing the 1080 TI in this one the RTX 380 is another good reference point up about 151 FPS average to the 1080ti 74 or the 1080s 55 one last note you can see the 1% lows dipped down on the 1080 indicative of where some of the generational improvements have been invested over the years 1440p stretches the scale to the point that the 1080 TI
• 20:30 - 21:00 now Falls below 60 FPS so if we choose 60 FPS as a somewhat arbitrary line of scrimmage the first card that passes it is the a770 on this chart with the 7600 XT and the 2080 close enough for non-intel you might consider the 470 or the 7800 XT as meaningfully improved with the 1080ti but probably with less staying power than you benefited from the 1080ti and realistically the 4070 if you're coming from at least just a naming perspective feels like a a more
• 21:00 - 21:30 of a step aside or a step down even than the original 10d DTI purchase but it's still objectively better in Starfield at 1440p tested mostly because it helps us avoid non GPU limitations higher up the stack at say 1080p the GTX 1080s performance had it about tied with an Intel a750 GPU Intel struggles with Starfield so it's not the best comparison and so we can instead turn to the 6600 and the RTX 3060 which both post large gains over the GT TX 1080 despite neither being a recommended path
• 21:30 - 22:00 forward from this card this and the 1080ti alike would be hugely improved upon by nearly anything in the chart 1440p is heavy with this game on these cards they were capable 1440p players at the time and even some 4K but games have also gotten heavier in the years since Pascal at 4K the Pascal cards really just can't handle the game they're clearly struggling their results are less consistent as a result of this load fortunately not much was lost because it's Starfield but to get any meaningful
• 22:00 - 22:30 uplift might mean a jump to a 7800 XT uh a used RTX 380 as a great option or the 4070 super in Rainbow Six Siege at 1080p were served a reminder that both of these cards can still be objectively capable performers for the right title this combination of resolution and game still puts the goat 1080 TI into the hundreds of FPS average approaching 300 actually with even its slower 1080 counterpart still surpassing 200 FPS average if you're not playing the heavy VI games at higher resolutions and if
• 22:30 - 23:00 you don't always need the max settings then in an objective sense these are still good enough and this is a great reminder of that anyone ultra competitive in a game like this might notice a latency difference between the 1080 TI and the 470 super here but generally speaking if you're not noticing the performance of your 10 series card as being bad then there's no shame in sticking with it to us it's a sense of Pride that's actually why I still have my 1080 TI in my home machine at 1440p the GTX 1080 still holds 30 FPS average in Rainbow Six Siege with the
• 23:00 - 23:30 1080 TI continuing to impress and earn its goat title all 7 years later now we're still seeing performance equivalent to a 2070 super in this one and besting the modern a750 noteworthy entries on this one Remain the RTX 380 which would still give a huge upgrade pathway while potentially running cheap if you're willing to trust a used listing the new RX 7900 GRE also johs ahead for something at a balanced price at 4K the Pascal cards both manage to keep their frame rate above 60 FPS the
• 23:30 - 24:00 1080ti ftw3 held an impressive 83 here tying it with the 2070 super and the 7600 XT and the 1080 FTW ran at 62 about the same as the 6600 XT they're still hanging in there another option we haven't discussed is a potential used 3070 but it really have to be cheap enough to be worthwhile other cards probably feel a lot better to move to than a 3070 if you're a current 1080 or 1080 TI owner uh If Only from the sort of Psychological Association with the
• 24:00 - 24:30 naming it feels like a downgrade if you can get a 6950 XT for 500 bucks or so that's another one that people are probably sleeping on these days Resident Evil 4 at 1080p is up now another one of the relatively new titles in the suite this one has the 1080 TI at 101 FPS average and the 1080 at 74 it's not bad the 1080 TI puts up a performance not distant from the 2080 just ahead of the 207 super and the 1080 Trails the 3060 here this is still playable on both though at 1440p the 1080 FTW slips to about 50 FPS average still playable but
• 24:30 - 25:00 less enjoyably the 1080ti maintains an overall good frame rate and is effectively tied with the RTX 4060 you'd want to buy into a higher class of card if upgrading otherwise it' just be the same in rasterization except with rt support for Less intensive RT titles on the AMD side the 6950 XT remains worth paying attention to in the used Market as does the 3080 for used for new cards the 7900 XT remains hard to beat for its value with its 7 $100 pricing these days or up to 720 or so and for NVIDIA the
• 25:00 - 25:30 4070 super might be one of the stronger modern values at 4K both cards struggle they fall off more as resolution increases in these modern games the 1080 TI manages to hang on to 2080 equivalent reminding us of exactly why our 2080 launch day review conclusion was to just go buy a 1080 TI while you still could because remember at that time there were literally zero RTX games the first RTX Game Wouldn't launch for another two months and because we're not in the
• 25:30 - 26:00 business of reviewing promises the 1080ti just made way more sense back then it was comparatively cheap too it's incredible how many generations this card has managed to survive and remain playable and matching the 2080 really proves that finally in GTA 5 the 1080 held a 56 FPS average and was between the 5700 XT and the 360 this is at 4K the 1080ti continues to impress and outmatches the 4060 TI it's a hell of a show from Pascal finally just for fun here's some power consumption numbers in
• 26:00 - 26:30 a total 100% workload we have the 108ti at about 280 Watts that has it more power hungry than the 7900 GRE so if nothing else cards have definitely gotten way more power efficient over the years in terms of FPS it's similar to the 407t non super with an overclock we had the 1080 TI at 325 watts and that's another aspect that goated the card its OC Headroom was often enormous with board Partners more enabled to expand the total power budget than you'll often find in a V bios today this has it
• 26:30 - 27:00 around 7900 XT and 3080 levels so that's kind of the wrapup to recap some of the pricing the 4070 super it's like the same price if you ignore inflation uh it's cheaper if you factor it in something like 470 bucks the 470 TI super is the same price back then with inflation and uh meaning if you spent that amount of money today and then you got in a time machine went back you'd be buying a 1080 TI with roughly the same money the 7900 GRE is cheaper IGN oring inflation it's about $431 in 2016 uh and
• 27:00 - 27:30 then the 700xt is similar price with inflation now the inflation numbers are coming from US Government data for the numbers specifically we compared uh the launch date for the 1080ti the precise date against December of 2023 they didn't have 2024 data available yet and uh as for the accuracy of it I I don't know ask the US government it's a little it's above my head so but uh those are kind of the numbers to consider ultimately if you you feel like your buying power is about the uh the same as
• 27:30 - 28:00 it was then then you're looking at something like maybe 4070 TI 700 XT something in that range anyway the 1080ti holds on to its Crown as the goat and at this point it's not going to let go of it this card will go down as completely legendary when it eventually gets retired from our benches but until a point at which it can't really run things anymore we're going to keep it in as many charts as we can because it's just it's fun to continue seeing how well it's holding this is genuinely people occasionally in
• 28:00 - 28:30 the comments will ask what cards or what Hardware I've enjoyed reviewing the most what I've most genuinely liked working on uh in my 15 or so years doing this and earnestly the 1080 TI is probably in my top three things I've ever worked on it might be number one uh some of that is because it was it was a bit of a formative era for us as an outlet uh where this specific generation of cars from AMD and Nvidia was one where we were really starting to learn a lot of
• 28:30 - 29:00 the processes and uh the performance remains impressive for the price so anyway if you're looking to buy something new first of all uh depending on what CPU you're running but if you're on a platform from that era probably should consider buying it to something newer just so you don't uh sort of hamstring the performance of a new card too much but 4070 TI super 700 XT 700 XTX price has actually come down to like 900 to 950 bucks these days 6950 XT if used 380 if used those are kind of the
• 29:00 - 29:30 starting points 4070 super if you're looking to spend a little less but still get a meaningful uplift and uh some actual RT it does seem however that if you're trying to find what's the next 1080 TI doesn't really seem like there is one right now the 380 was lined up for it but couldn't quite take that title the 490 is definitely the closest Contender but it's price just it takes away a lot of the power that it would have in terms of that associate people would make with something like
• 29:30 - 30:00 the 108 it's got to be a combination of the two together that make something as special as this card was so anyway it still plays games uh if you're not into RT or don't care yet and if you can get by on either older titles or 1080p then I think my personal message for people would be if you don't feel like your 1080 or your 1080 TI is underperforming for you don't upgrade just wait till the next Generation you stretch it out a little longer put bigger gaps between those card purchases
• 30:00 - 30:30 and you're stretching your money a little further for other things in life uh of course if you feel like it's time to upgrade then there are plenty of options we've given you the numbers but this was really fun for us I love doing this kind of look back at things and if you're interested in more things like this go watch our 3dfx Voodoo revisit we did it with a modern handmade replica of a voodoo card it's an awesome video Patrick wrote the script for that thing and uh that was an awesome piece we also have an article on gamer nexus.com net if you want to just read it click on gpus thanks for watching go to store.
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