Last year Nvidia launched its Pascal gaming line with the GTX
1080, bringing capable 4K PC gaming to the masses. The new Geforce GTX 1080 Ti
upgrades that “capable” to “comfortable.”
The original GTX 1080 is an excellent graphics card that hits at
least 30 frames per second on most contemporary PC games, especially when some
of the more extraneous settings are dialed back.
Thing is, I
am not a big fan of dialing back(Present Participle). I like to install a game, set everything to “ultra” or its
equivalent, and then never go into the graphics settings menu again. I know
there are settings that I wouldn’t even notice were sub-optimal with these
aging eyes, but I can still read a slide, dammit. Don’t touch my thermostat,
kids.
If I can’t play at 30 frames-per-second or higher on ultra, I dial
things back to 2K or 1920 x 1080. I’ve been doing a lot less dialing back since I installed the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti.
What It Is
The GTX 780 begat the 780 Ti, the GTX 980 begat the 980 Ti, and
now the GTX 1080 begets the GTX 1080 Ti. Upgrading their flagship card with a Ti (or titanium) version has
become a tradition with Nvidia,
and this time around they’ve done it up big. According to the card’s review
materials, the 1080 Ti marks the biggest jump in power in the history of making
people feel bad for buying the first one, something like a 35 percent jump.
Adding insult to humility, the GTX 1080 Ti retails for $699, or the same price as the plain 1080 launched at last year, with the older card dropping to $499 (at least
Nvidia’s Founders Edition, third-party cards will vary).
Not only does the Geforce GTX 1080 Ti outperform its direct predecessor in Nvidia’s gaming line, it also performs better than the $1,200 Titan
X. Folks who hopped over to Nvidia’s enterprise line to leapfrog the plain 1080
at a premium are likely feeling very silly right now.
And here’s a quick comparison of the 1080 Ti versus the original
1080. Ti numbers are on the left.
More shader units are nice. More memory is nicer. Faster memory with
a wider interface results in a huge leap in memory
bandwidth, which makes a massive
difference.
The GTX 1080 Ti is more akin to the latest Nvidia Titan X card. It
uses the same Pascal-based GP102 graphics processing unit as the Titan X with a
slightly faster clock speed. It’s got 11 GB of memory to the Titan’s 12 GB, but
it’s running a bit faster, resulting in slightly more memory bandwidth.
That’s right, we’re skipping the regular “What I Did With It”
section, because you know what I did with it. I played video
games(Past Participle),
and I played them very well. Well, the card ran them well.
Let me start with the biggie. Every time I review a graphics card,
one benchmark in particular kicks that card’s ass. That’s the Metro Last Light Redux bench. This
benchmark is one of the biggest assholes. There was a time
when I wondered if any card would break 30 FPS average at 1920 x 1080.
The Geforce GTX 1080 Ti averaged just over 40 frames per second in
Metro’s demanding benchmark, all bells and whistles checked. At 4K.
Review’s over, you can all go home
how.
Okay, fine. Rise of the Tomb Raider, another notoriously
challenging benchmark, though nowhere near as bad as Metro. GTX 1080 Ti managed 62 frames per second on average at 4K in the
DirectX 12 version of the game. Hitman at 3840 x 2160? Over
70 frames per second average in DirectX 12.
It’s not all 60 frames per second and sunshine. Grand Theft Auto V
running at 4K on ultra settings only managed an average around 54 frames per second on my system. If only I could dial back just one thing, but alas, I am trapped in this endless hell, where my really demanding computer video game falls mere points
from perfection and I’ll just shut up now.
Want a bit more depth?
Our friends over at Techspot went deep with the 1080 Ti, looking at power
consumption, temperatures and several games we didn’t get to. They even created
this handy performance comparison chart between the GTX 1080 and 1080 Ti.
If you’re looking for a graphics card to run games at 4K, the
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is your card. If you’re looking for an outstanding
virtual reality gaming experience, then the Geforce 1080 Ti is your card. If
you want to make anyone who bought a Nvidia Titan X for gaming last year feel
really bad, the GTX 1080 is definitely your card.
The only situation in which I wouldn’t recommend picking up a
Geforce GTX 1080 Ti is if you aren’t ready for 4K gaming yet. If you just want
to bash on games at 1920 x 1080, the more affordable GTX 1070 is your card.
What did Nvidia
launch last year?
Answer : GTX
1080
What’s the price
of that GTX TITAN X?
Answer : $1200
What’s the price
of that GTX 1080 Ti?
Answer : $699
How the results of FPS run GTX 1080 in Ultra or 4k settings?
Answer : 54 Fps
Why is the GTX 1080 good?
Answer : The original GTX 1080 is an excellent graphics card that hits at least 30 frames per second on most contemporary PC games, especially when some of the more extraneous settings are dialed back.
Is graphic card
good ?
Answer : Yes
Doy you like GTX
TITAN X ?
Answer : No
because most expensive
