The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is widely regarded as the GOAT. The 7-year-old GPU marks the last time a flagship gaming GPU was offered at a reasonable price, that plus its exceptional longevity.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Revisit: Is this the GOAT?
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The 1080ti, back when I could still get excited about about games and hardware. The 20 series was cool and it actually wasn't that poorly priced, it was just that raybteacing wasn't ready for the main stream yet.
I have a feeling that GPU prices will come down a bit in the next gen aside from maybe the 5090. People are holding onto their cards for longer and as these graphics show, mid teir and even entry level cards can perform like the 1080ti did years ago. As much as I hate nVidia, I don't hate the performance their cards off. They make great products with my old form of protest being to not buy their stuff and telling strangers on the internet that they're wrong.
I had a 1080ti and 1070ti, both were fantastic cards. Currently rocking a 6700xt because it was all I could get at MSRP during the GPU shortage and I'll probably get the RX8800 when it comes out then out the 6700xt in my secondary rig which currently has a 1050ti.
I have a feeling that GPU prices will come down a bit in the next gen aside from maybe the 5090. People are holding onto their cards for longer and as these graphics show, mid teir and even entry level cards can perform like the 1080ti did years ago. As much as I hate nVidia, I don't hate the performance their cards off. They make great products with my old form of protest being to not buy their stuff and telling strangers on the internet that they're wrong.
I had a 1080ti and 1070ti, both were fantastic cards. Currently rocking a 6700xt because it was all I could get at MSRP during the GPU shortage and I'll probably get the RX8800 when it comes out then out the 6700xt in my secondary rig which currently has a 1050ti.
I loved my 1080 ti. I came from a 980, and the difference was ridiculous. Next to the 8800 gt, it has to be one of the best buys in terms of GPU's.
Funnily enough, the 2080 ti may have launched as one of the worst graphics cards in recent memory.
Shout out to the fx5000 series from nvidia for being the worst entire series of gpus released.
Man. I'm getting old.
Good article, Steve.
Funnily enough, the 2080 ti may have launched as one of the worst graphics cards in recent memory.
Shout out to the fx5000 series from nvidia for being the worst entire series of gpus released.
Man. I'm getting old.
Good article, Steve.
I like how Alan Wake 2 trashed 5700 xt.
It was like, no, no I am done here. Good bye.
Another thing that was almost shocking on this graph
is how awfully slow 4060 looks. People are right to say
that Nvidia released entire list of cards one tier lower
having slapped dlss and having told us it will do.
This is no 4060, it is 4050.
It was like, no, no I am done here. Good bye.
Another thing that was almost shocking on this graph
is how awfully slow 4060 looks. People are right to say
that Nvidia released entire list of cards one tier lower
having slapped dlss and having told us it will do.
This is no 4060, it is 4050.
Achaios
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Τhe regular 1080 works just fine for me still.
I game at 3440X1440 and so far I have never seen any game go above 5.5 GB of video memory.
I don't play any modern games.
First time for me that I kept a GPU more than 3 years.
Attempted to upgrade to a 3070 a few weeks ago but the 3070 Amazon sent me was defective (artifacts) so I returned it and they refunded me.
I game at 3440X1440 and so far I have never seen any game go above 5.5 GB of video memory.
I don't play any modern games.
First time for me that I kept a GPU more than 3 years.
Attempted to upgrade to a 3070 a few weeks ago but the 3070 Amazon sent me was defective (artifacts) so I returned it and they refunded me.
Achaios
Posts: 661 +1,670
Because it's more than two times faster than my 1080 and also supports Ray Tracing?
No game I play ever went above 5.5 GB of video RAM so I am not sure what do I need a GPU with more than 8GB video RAM for?
Neatfeatguy
Posts: 1,949 +3,834
1080Ti is only considered the best by personal opinion. Those that had one swear by them, but those that didn't don't.
It doesn't matter the parameters you try to setup because with something like this it still boils down to personal opinion. The 1080Ti was touted as being a 4k card when it launched. If you claim that it can't do 4k today then the card has already failed as being hailed the greatest of all time. However, if you change the perspective just slightly and claim that the 1080Ti can still manage games at an acceptable playing level at 1080p today, now it starts to look like it could be the greatest of all time.
I never had a 1080Ti, I cannot make a comment about it.
I can claim that I think the 980Ti is a contender for the greatest of all time spot or maybe the introduction of the G92 chip that debuted in the 8800GT is the greatest of all time.
At least that's how I see it.
It doesn't matter the parameters you try to setup because with something like this it still boils down to personal opinion. The 1080Ti was touted as being a 4k card when it launched. If you claim that it can't do 4k today then the card has already failed as being hailed the greatest of all time. However, if you change the perspective just slightly and claim that the 1080Ti can still manage games at an acceptable playing level at 1080p today, now it starts to look like it could be the greatest of all time.
I never had a 1080Ti, I cannot make a comment about it.
I can claim that I think the 980Ti is a contender for the greatest of all time spot or maybe the introduction of the G92 chip that debuted in the 8800GT is the greatest of all time.
At least that's how I see it.
UncleMikeRetro
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Call me cheap (and I am) but my GTX 1070 is playing CS2 (non-competitive maps of course) and Civ6 and other non-frame rate dependent games at 1440 for me every day. I will eventually upgrade, but life gets in the way, you know?
Wow, 7 years later and the GTX 1080 Ti is still a beast! it's impressive how well it runs modern games at 1080p and even 1440p. Maybe it's not quite the GOAT anymore, but it's a legend for sure!The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is widely regarded as the GOAT. The 7-year-old GPU marks the last time a flagship gaming GPU was offered at a reasonable price, that plus its exceptional longevity.
veLa
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I haven’t quite felt the “oomph” since then as well. I had the same experience around the 8800 series.
Crunch
Posts: 59 +47
The RTX 3080 the was a great buy for those of us, who were lucky to get it at launch price. Still using one.
But if you mainly play older games you dont NEED raytracing.
Something doesnt add up here.
Somebody's sour they couldnt buy a 1080ti.....
Achaios
Posts: 661 +1,670
They added Ray Traced Shadows to WoW Classic retroactively.
GodisanAtheist
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Now do one of those aftermarket 980Ti's that easily boosted to 1200-1300mhz instead of the stock 1075mhz.
Problem with a lot of 980ti retro reviews is that they run a founders edition card which ran the stock clocks, while most people's aftermarket cards were easily 20-30% faster.
Problem with a lot of 980ti retro reviews is that they run a founders edition card which ran the stock clocks, while most people's aftermarket cards were easily 20-30% faster.
b3rdm4n
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Went from a 1080 to 3080 and it was over double then, cool to see the 20/30 series have widened that gap in newer games and 1080Ti to 3080 is over double now too. Still love that Vanilla 1080, got it at launch and it was a powerhouse for 4 straight years, just as the 3080 (also bought at launch) is proving to be. Given the performance delta growing and feature maturation, I'd even say the 3080 is aging like a fine wine.
Not sure where you got your numbers from. The 3070 is only 45% faster than the 1080.
You need more than 8gb for future proofing. If you only play non-demanding games you didn't really need an upgrade at all. Your logic is poor.
If you take account of inflation then I wouldn't call it a GOAT. Now the GTX 1060 6GB was one of the best mainstream cards of all time and sat at the top of the Steam hardware charts for years.
I only upgraded to a 6700XT last year and with inflation it was only slightly more expensive.
I only upgraded to a 6700XT last year and with inflation it was only slightly more expensive.
b3rdm4n
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Don't know where you get yours from, but the link below suggests it's pretty close to double, Techpowerup's GPU database suggests 74% at a vague aggregate too. The truth seems to be between both figures given (45-100+%), but I'd wager the newer the title, the closer to 100+% it'll be. 8GB only is a pretty reasonable argument against though, it's not a great choice for another 5+ year purchase in 2024. Coincidentally a good reason why why the 5700XT is absolutely not the GOAT as suggested earlier.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
AndrettiGTO
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Again, no 3090 in comparison charts.
PS - The only real GOAT I know was made by Pontiac.
PS - The only real GOAT I know was made by Pontiac.
Certainly the GOAT in its day - it destroyed the GTX980 Ti when it came out for maybe a $100 hike in price? I flogged mine for 5 years! It was a massive performance upgrade over my old GTX670 SLI setup. But then, my jump to a 3080 12GB on sale for $800 (Just $50 less than I paid for an AIB 1080TI in 2017) was another massive jump. Great card then, will be one of the best single-gen leaps ever! But it's pretty much a 1080p card today.
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Before I upgraded to a 6900xt, I had dual EVGA water-cooled 1080ti. They would overclock to just over 2.1ghz and a slightly memory overclock. The performance of each would be between 2080super and 2080ti performance. That is the reason I didn't upgrade for a while.
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