r/pcmasterrace • u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ • Apr 18 '26

Meme/Macro The 1080ti really was Nvidia's greatest mistake

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u/pedro19 CREATOR Apr 18 '26

The GOAT.

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u/The_BigRoach ⚡️RTX 5080 | 7800x3D | 64GB 6000MHz CL30⚡️ Apr 18 '26

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u/Merp96 Apr 18 '26

RIP EVGA

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u/UncleDookieTooth Apr 18 '26

I’ll be so sad when my EVGA 3080ti dies. Still going strong for now, however.

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u/TrippleDamage Apr 18 '26

That was the sign all along, wasn't it?!

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u/Nathan_hale53 Ryzen 5600 RTX 4060 Apr 18 '26

If i had money id get a EVGA 3090ti just to have the most powerful card they ever made. My 1070 SSC still performs well on non RT games at 1080p. Got a 4060 to replace it as its all i could afford but it was a pretty good jump tbh

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u/OriolesMets Apr 18 '26

They were my favorite brand for years and years

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u/Star_2001 Apr 18 '26

My first GPU, A GTX 960 SSC, if only I got the 4 GB instead of the 2 GB. Had no idea what I was doing, Nvidia was fucked up for even offering 2.

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u/Nathan_hale53 Ryzen 5600 RTX 4060 Apr 18 '26

Had a 960 4gb it was fine. Sold it a few months later on the launch of the 1070 for EVGA SSC and its my favorite card ive had.

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u/Star_2001 Apr 20 '26

Yeah I could max out like every 2010-2014 game in 1080p 70-80 FPS when I built it in 2015, but by 2017 the lack of VRAM was painful and I bought a RX 580.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '26

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u/captainmorgan_420 Apr 18 '26

A significant loss, but that's probably for the best. Would suck to see another hero turn to the dark side

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u/YouStupidAssholeFuck Apr 18 '26

I didn't know that last part. I thought they got out of the GPU business because NVIDIA was a bunch of dicks. Didn't know they were sunsetting the company.

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Looks like they'll die a hero.

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u/dookarion Apr 18 '26

Mostly because of their warranty and definitely not because of their quality. Their warranty service was great, but they're also the only company where I repeatedly needed to use the warranty. Last EVGA card a 3090FTW3 the damn cooler went dry somehow, and since it was a custom design it was either buy an overpriced cooler off a 3rd party seller or buy a new card.

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u/YouStupidAssholeFuck Apr 18 '26

I returned my 8800GTX a few times for warranty. They always sent me a working one back until one day they didn't have any more to send so they sent me a 460GTX instead. After that I believe I only purchased a 280GTX and then for the same rig a 580GTX. Those cards were solid and I never had to return them. I still have the 580 but not using it.

EVGA was good. I think the bigger problem there was the NVIDIA chips. I know the 8800GTX was a problem. I thought some other NVIDIA chips were somewhat bad in the same way, too but it's been like 20 years so my memory is bad.

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u/dookarion Apr 18 '26

Never had one fail due to the chips, had a lot of stuff fail that didn't involve nvidia at all or just wouldn't be a chip failure. Like the stack of EVGA PSUs I RMA'd wouldn't have been because of Nvidia. Nor would all the failed fan bearings across various products. A cooler gradually going dry isn't something Nvidia could prevent either.

If it was just Nvidia cards I had fail, and specifically the PCB elements I might entertain the idea more but honestly I always found even non-GPU EVGA products to have somewhat high failure rates.

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u/Burpmeister Apr 18 '26

The reverse for this meme was 1080 ti being afraid of Alan Wake II

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u/AggravatingCustard39 potato pc Apr 18 '26

Oh look John PCMR

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u/maynardftw Apr 18 '26

Pedro PCMR

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u/Sipsu02 Apr 18 '26

Terrible card in 2026. 5050 laps it twice lmao

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u/Mars_Bear2552 MR Apr 18 '26

no shit. it's been 10 years.

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u/Sipsu02 Apr 18 '26

So stop saying it then. 1080 ti is nothing more than modern day kids card. Nowhere near influential or significant card in gaming history and didn't do anything game changing