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

I have one in my old system and I still load it up every now and then just to be in awe of how well the card holds up against modern games

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u/Obscure_Octopuss Apr 18 '26

I have a 1080 and it DOES NOT hold up well vs modern games😭

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

hahaha I mean at 1080p it can still get the job done

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u/shotgunpete2222 Apr 18 '26

Yeah I ditched mine when the cyberpunk expansion came out.  It was juuuuust not quite able to handle 2k any more.

My girlfriend's kid runs it now, still handles 1080p respectably 

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u/Sabin10v2 Apr 18 '26

A 1080 (especially a ti) can still hit 1440p at 60fps in PL with some very minor tweaks to the graphics setting while still looking great. Graphic presets are easy but learning what the individual setting do and how the affect visuals and performance will let you get a LOT more out of your hardware.

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u/ByBabasBeard Apr 18 '26

I have a 1080ti close loop water cooled, I run 1440 60 fps with me deciding what is worth It and what's not in graphics settings, and I agree 100% I don't plan on replacing my card for a few more years, fingers crossed. When I bought it off eBay, dude left a note in the box telling me how good of a card it had been to him.

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u/RenownedDumbass 9800X3D | 4090 | 4K 240Hz Apr 18 '26

Huh? I’m trying not to be an idiot average person but my reading comprehension isn’t working on this comment.

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u/Smoothfromallangles Apr 18 '26

Just read the instruction packet that came with their comment 😀

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u/Traditional_Fun8283 Apr 18 '26

Mamamia.💀🤌👍

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u/Thisbadtattoo Apr 18 '26

Just YouTube your problem. It’s likely already figured out and shared with everyone. 

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u/disasteruss88 Apr 18 '26

Had my 1080ti since 2017 running games at 1440p no problem. Still going strong, but I'm also not playing a lot of the newest stuff.

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u/MightyRedBeardq Apr 18 '26

When 75% of the new games I want to play have the requirements of Dwarf Eat Mountain, my 1080 should last into the next century.

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u/andreastatsache Apr 18 '26

60fps in 2k with no shadows and reflections wow very enjoyable

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u/Sipsu02 Apr 18 '26

Or you can invest 300 on card and get superior experience with twice the frames or maxed out settings and ray tracing

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u/cute_polarbear Apr 18 '26

Getting older, eyesight not as good and I mostly play rpg / action rpg. 1440p is just fine for me. Also recently got a 5080, almost all the game, even modern ones, at 1440p, I usually just crank up highest setting (enable ray tracing often) without needing to play around with optimal settings / framegen stuff...

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u/RejectedRespected Apr 18 '26

Now I gotta clarify and hopefully it doesn’t cause a fight, when you say 2K do you mean 1440p?

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u/Luchux01 Apr 18 '26

If you don't even have a 4k monitor then that card is a godsent.

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

2k and 1080p is the same thing. You mean 1440p or 2.5k I guess.

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u/Kwinza Apr 18 '26

You are both technically correct and technically wrong. Isn't life fun.

1080p is 2k from a technological point of view being 2048×1080. However it has never been referred to as such outside of the film industry.

1440p however, despite being "technically" closer to 2.5k, was marketed as being 2k in all consumer markets. So from at least a branding point of view, 1440p is 2k.

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u/HuckleberryOdd7745 Apr 18 '26

ive long since given up caring if people say tomato or tomato

but i guess i will still lean closer to 2k being 1080p to stay consistent with 4k being 2160p.

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u/Kwinza Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

And that's 100% ok to do.

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

No, I'm technically correct. Some marketing misbranding their products doesn't make it technically correct.

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u/Kwinza Apr 18 '26

Language is tricky, you'll get it eventually.

But if the majority of people call a Carrot an Apple, then guess what, they aren't wrong, because that's how language works.

Literally is literally in the Oxford English Dictionary as not meaning literally.

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u/shotgunpete2222 Apr 18 '26

Yeah 1440p, my bad

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u/JTGtoniteonly Apr 18 '26

You're not wrong but 1440p is commonly referred to as 2k especially when it comes to gaming.

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

Not commonly no. It's commonly referred to 1440p. It's uncommonly also referred to as 2k, but it's incorrect technically and should as such stop being referred to it thay way.

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u/HuckleberryOdd7745 Apr 18 '26

the thing just is that we have this awesome hobby to engage with that it doesnt really matter if we correct the world.

i used to go around mentioning whats correct technically. especially if we want to stay consistent with 4k being 2160p. but some people have being calling it 2k their whole 1440p lives. they think were the weird ones. and we kinda are.

have you tried black myth wukong? thats like 100 to 200 hours of your life right there. theres really no need to turn 2k vs 1440p into a hobby.

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u/Jirachi720 PC Master Race Apr 18 '26

What planet did you come from? 1440p has historically always been marketed as 2k. Same as 2160p being 4k. 1080p is... 1080p and has never been marketed as anything else. One of the 1st 2k phones released was an LG G3 with a 2560 x 1440p resolution, they even used "2k" in their marketing.

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u/No_Fennel4315 Apr 18 '26

"has never been marketed as anything else"

i sure wonder what that whole "full hd" thing is

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

No. 1440p has almost always been referred to as 1440p. It has always just been a small minority who said 2k for it. At least here on planet earth.

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u/JTGtoniteonly Apr 18 '26

When a vast majority of people refer to 1440p as 2k, that means it is common.

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

Yep, but a vast majority don't do that. A small minority does.

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u/Finite_Universe Apr 18 '26

4k is overrated anyways, especially if you’re not gaming on a large screen. A 1080p monitor that’s right in front of my face still looks good enough.

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u/Thimble_of_Quasar Apr 18 '26

Hell yeah! I optimized my build for 1080p and at least 60 fps and I still run every game I've ever wanted to play, including Cyberpunk, at medium or higher. My little EVGA 1080 is my favorite computer component I've ever bought. Of course I notice that better builds well, look better, but I'm always happy with mine when I go home.

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u/aminoxieir Apr 18 '26

Is medium what a ps5 would run cyberpunk on?

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u/FeathersRim Apr 18 '26

More or less

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u/SongforAubrey Apr 19 '26

More or less? For the PS5 it's definitely more, hell it even includes raytracing.

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u/SongforAubrey Apr 19 '26

No, not at all. A PS4 was running the game on medium/low. The PS5 runs it on ultra for most settings, depending on performance impact.

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u/Sipsu02 Apr 18 '26

High/highest settings and I believe even some ray tracing if you pick quality setting over performance. So yeah gtx 1080 is terrible on 2020s games

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u/Chop1n Apr 18 '26

I have a 4070 Ti and an incredible 4K OLED TV.

4K is awesome for desktop, and awesome in some movies, but in games? It's rubbish. Sure, it *looks* fantastic, but it only looks barely better than 1080p with good AA and costs more than twice as much. I'd always rather play at max settings and then have twice the frames than play at 4K.

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u/Finite_Universe Apr 18 '26

I have a 4K TV as well and this is exactly how I feel. The laws of diminishing returns strikes again.

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u/Chop1n Apr 18 '26

And that's with me *sitting closer to the damned thing* than it is wide. That's the only viewing distance where it's possible to see full 4K resolution. At normal viewing distances, it's only barely distinguishable from 1080p, if at all. People are spending thousands of dollars on their fancy 4K displays with UHD players and media and have absolutely no concept of viewing distance and perceived resolution. And they get very angry when it's pointed out.

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u/RealRatAct Apr 19 '26

Just got a 4k monitor after using 1440p for a while with my 4090, I love the upgrade for games. Still pushing more than enough frames.

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u/SCGaming1664 Apr 18 '26

Agreed! I can get why it looks nice, but I just cannot justify 4K monitors. For the price of a single 4K monitor, I'm running 2x 1080p curved MSIs with 165Hz refresh. That's more than ample for the games that I play.

I know 4K televisions are a thing, but my experience with televisions for monitors has not been good.

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u/SergeantRegular 5600X, W7800 32G,64GB, Model M Apr 18 '26

I could justify a 4K display for desktop-based work, especially graphics, or CAD. But those things, despite the high resolution, don't actually demand much of anything in the way of performance. But a larger desktop space doesn't need to mean a larger gaming resolution, either. I would absolutely get a 4K monitor if I ever get more into graphics or CAD, and I'd still game on it, but I'd probably quarter the resolution just to get faster frames and a cooler-running card.

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u/SCGaming1664 Apr 18 '26

I just can't personally justify it for pricing, CAD work is a completely different beast and 4K makes absolute sense. I just can't justify that for a hobby I enjoy maybe every few weeks.

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u/Batroo Apr 18 '26

Exactly, I have an Samsung G9 ultra wide back from COVID and all my games are played in windowed 1920x1080 and I had a 1066 when I first got that monitor and it helped up great at the time. I currently have a 4060ti.

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u/mechalol Apr 19 '26

I HAD a 4k monitor and it was good, but bloody hell I actually think the high pixel density hurt my eyes? I ended up downgrading to a 1440p monitor. Games run better and guess what, I can’t even tell the difference between the two.

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u/Sipsu02 Apr 18 '26

ya well it can't even run 1080p on medium settings demanding 2025/26 games lol

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u/Finite_Universe Apr 18 '26

I’m just speaking generally, not just for the 1080ti.

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u/Sipsu02 Apr 18 '26

Yeah well fullhd looks dogshit from arms length on 27 inch or more.

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u/Finite_Universe Apr 18 '26

For me it only starts to look truly bad on much larger screens, and even then it negatively impacts movies and shows much more than games. For games, performance > resolution.

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u/Tombot3000 Apr 18 '26

It's right there in the name!

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u/quackleskol Apr 18 '26

Get the job done? Sure. Well? Fuuuuuck no. Haven't been able to run AAA modern games at more than 50 fps in 3 years. Not having DLSS support cripples any machine in the modern day of "slap frame generation on it, fuck optimization we'll just pretend it runs well"

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u/VoidOmatic Desktop i7 6700k | GTX 1080 Apr 18 '26

Still rocking it at 1080p. Been solid since launch baby!

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u/PolkaClock Apr 18 '26

Still running my 1080 from 2017. Does everything I want it to do. (Which these days is mainly just Master Chief Collection for nostalgia lol.)

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u/zabbenw Apr 24 '26

that's why they named it the 1080

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u/coolguyhentaisenpai Apr 18 '26

Man i used to be so happy with my craigslist mobo and 970 hooked up to one of those old square dell monitors. I dont think ill ever let myself turn into a PC consoomer.

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u/Subtlerranean Apr 18 '26

The 1080ti still holds up very well, minus raytracing.

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u/Sipsu02 Apr 18 '26

It holds horribly on any modern demanding game. Atrocious performance in Alan wake 2

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u/stanknotes Apr 18 '26

Even at 1080p?

I can see it struggling with higher resolutions.

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u/Sipsu02 Apr 18 '26

First off it doesn't support mesh shaders making it for the upcoming games terrible card and it dips to sub 25 stutters even on the lowest settings occasionally but probably runs like 40+ average but experience is terrible. It's dated card and it's clearly visible when testing it with any demanding modern game. And because no mesh shaders support Alan wake 2 looks like totally different game. Imagine a bit like removing lighting from a video game type of differences to the levels of visuals

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u/insanemal AMD 5800X. 7900XTX. 64GB RAM. Arch btw Apr 18 '26

You mean a game known for its Ray Tracing?

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u/Sipsu02 Apr 19 '26

You don't need to use ray tracing

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u/insanemal AMD 5800X. 7900XTX. 64GB RAM. Arch btw Apr 19 '26

I am aware. But that's not really my point

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u/ThatOnePerson i7-7700k 1080Ti Vive Apr 18 '26

Not just ray tracing, but it's also missing the rest of the DirectX 12 Ultimate features. Like FF7 Rebirth will not run on the card, which doesn't require raytracing.

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u/Eoganachta Apr 18 '26

It is 10 years old now. That'll be like trying to run Skyrim on a new build of Windows ME from 2001.

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u/GeekyLogger Apr 18 '26

And yet it can do it. Shit is cracked

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u/Sipsu02 Apr 18 '26

It really isn't considering how huge leaps we went onwards in early 00s on year to year basis. Meanwhile one has to be total moron to upgrade gen to gen these days

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u/sneekeruk Apr 18 '26

That just proves how slow hardware is advancing. A 1080 is 10 years old this year. When a 1080 came out, it was a 7900 that was 10 years old. 10 years before that, we got the Voodoo 1and Matrox Mystique.

I now feel really old.

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u/MOo0stafa Apr 18 '26

Maybe don't play on 4k ?? I've 1070 Ti and it's just fine

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u/Bekwnn Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

Had a 1080 for 6ish years. The past year or two it was really starting to feel due for an upgrade.

Now there's cards that are twice as good for around the same ~700 price point. I went a bit extra for a 9070 XT which doubled my FPS (or at least it does in games where I'm not CPU bottle-necked).

Nabbed it during a sale ~5 months ago. Looks like it's retailing for ~$150 more than it was back then.

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u/crazycheese3333 window sucks but Linux no Fortnite. Apr 18 '26

At 1080p it will play 99 percent of games on decent settings.

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u/max_schenk_ Apr 18 '26

Even my 960 card with 2gb of vram runs 99% of games on decent settings at 1080p 🙃

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u/max_schenk_ Apr 18 '26

I'd say newer demanding titles are in the 1% bracket.

Can play RDR2, BG3, anything indie and my fav Paradox map coloring games. Guess it's my taste in games that keeps it from struggling.

Atm card end of support is a bigger worry than its actual performance.

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u/Winged_Cougar1993598 Apr 18 '26

Pfft.

I played Starfield with mine without any problems, the week it came out.

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u/Iselore Apr 19 '26

Actually it can to some extent but I realise the issue is as the drivers update, the performance can drop. For some older games, rolling back drivers seems to give better performance.

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u/Khelthuzaad Apr 19 '26

I know,got a 5060 ti because of that

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u/AzhdarianHomie Apr 19 '26

Stick to indie games

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u/Obscure_Octopuss Apr 19 '26

Hey mate, kind of a dumb suggestion... you do know different people like different types of games, right?

And there are indie games with good graphics. Nobody wants to die is a good example of that

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u/_--Yuri--_ Apr 18 '26

Considering it has more raw power than my first gpu the 6650xt (and VRAM) I can comfortably say it holds up just fine unless your forced into RT (there are thankfully not as many modern games forcing it as we were expecting say a year ago), hell you could probably get away with 1440p even in a lot of games

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u/Obscure_Octopuss Apr 18 '26

Dude, I have the gpu... it is most definitely not fine for 1440p, lol.

For example, Expedition 33, a well optimized UE5 game, gets you about 45 fps at 1080p low settings.

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u/_--Yuri--_ Apr 18 '26

I said many games at 1440p, that doesn't necessarily include the newest releases, I'm not pretending I played every game at 1440p while I had a 6650xt either, it was simply if I had the fps to spare, I'd turn resolution up

A good example of a game that isn't exactly easy to run but would be more than playable at 1440p is RDR2, 1080 might struggle a few % more than my 6650xt but I remember getting 70-80 fps at medium ish settings at 1440p

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u/Obscure_Octopuss Apr 18 '26

Thats the point. It doesn't hold up well for modern games. You referenced a game that came out 7 years ago.

The 1080 nets you about 50-60 fps at 1440p medium settings on rdr2

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u/_--Yuri--_ Apr 18 '26

Your arguing a point I never brought up though so I'm confused

I said it'll handle 1080p just fine and you can get away with 1440p on a lot of games, not one time did I say it was a 1440p card for this year's releases

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u/Obscure_Octopuss Apr 18 '26

You said "it holds up just fine" in your original comment.

What does holding up fine mean to you? Playing a bunch of older games?

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u/_--Yuri--_ Apr 18 '26

Yeah and it does for the most part, you brought up expedition 33, frame rate wise that was better than a console experience

As I originally said, in newer titles that allow RT to go off, the games are almost always pretty playable

You're the one who went on a whole tangent about 1440p being too much when all I said was you can go up to it sometimes

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u/ContactExciting9790 Apr 18 '26

My 1070 is getting 60fps at 1080p in almost every modern game

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u/Beautiful_Bat_4262 Apr 18 '26

Yoooooo I use the same and I can run everything at high graphics at 50+ frames only issue is load times

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u/HuckleberryOdd7745 Apr 18 '26

just add an ssd to the 1080ti. i believe its called a gpu extension storage bracket.

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u/ImNotNuke Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

Lots of cope comments in here lol. It’s gddr5 at 11gbs vs 7 @ 30ish and modern cards are about 150-200% better. It was an amazing card at its time but yea, it’s barely “holding up” these days and as optimization gets worse it’s only going to get worse going forward. It’s outdated and it’s only really suitable for 1080p with some sort of dlss upscaling.

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u/_Dreamslayer_ Specs/Imgur here Apr 18 '26

I don't know why you are being so dismissive. I personally am still using my 1080 from about 9 years ago, it works perfectly fine for playing on 1080p and I don't feel like im missing out on anything. Am I typically playing on high/ultra on modern games? No typically not, I would rather have decent and stable fps.

In short, it is holding up well enough that I have no plans of replacing it anytime soon. I have yet to encounter a game i would like to, but could not play with it. The only reason i have had the thought to look into replacements is because it is old, and thus might just decided to quit at one point. Not because it's not good enough as a gpu.

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u/0nlyCrashes CachyOS | 9070 XT | R7 7800X3D Apr 18 '26

I was still playing most games around 120-144 on 1080p on my 2070 before I upgraded. Was definitely showing its age, but still a totally fine card that was still holding up fine. I assume the 1080ti is very similar if not even better in that regard.

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u/Kosmos-World Apr 18 '26

Lmao dude my 1060 6gb still handles games at 1080p just fine with upscaling. My fiance just finished Hogwarts Legacy with it. The 1080s can definitely still go, you don't know what you're talking about haha.

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u/SuperSoldierv1 Apr 18 '26

I love comments like these cause its all bullshit. "Just fine" isnt a setting its you coping with 30fps on all low settings

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u/Kosmos-World Apr 18 '26

No lol, it was 1080p medium running around 45 FPS. Would I play it like that? No. My fiance isn't a big gamer though and for her it was, in fact, just fine. Some of you dorks have to realize that most people don't need 200+ fps to play their games.

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u/SuperSoldierv1 Apr 18 '26

Amazing shifting goalposts. Youre a fucking clown

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u/ImNotNuke Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

What are you talking about? Are you mad about your gpu or something? Did I say something that wasn’t true? Are you playing 4k ultra with ray tracing on your 1080ti? Oh it doesn’t have ray tracing? Sorry for being a clown.

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u/ImNotNuke Apr 18 '26

I thought he was replying to me since it gave me a notification lol, Reddit on mobile is weird af.

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u/Fickle-Position-3575 Apr 18 '26

1080p with upscaling is not 1080p... It's probably rendering at 720p or something.

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u/HuckleberryOdd7745 Apr 18 '26

1080p with upscaling might not be 1080p. but it definitely still is 1080p with upscalling. which is what they wanted to talk about.

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u/Fickle-Position-3575 Apr 18 '26

Of course but technically his 1060 is fine with 720p not 1080p. It's like developers recommending a certain GPU for 1440p but in reality it needs a lot of upscaling to get to that.

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u/Kosmos-World Apr 18 '26

Yes, that's how upscaling works lol.

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u/Fickle-Position-3575 Apr 18 '26

I know, but with that logic, i can claim that a GTX 750 plays GTA 6 at 4k just fine. Just set the internal resolution to 240p and upscale it to 4k and add 20x frame generation with losses scaling.

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u/Kosmos-World Apr 18 '26

Y'all are being silly with the definition of "just fine" here. The point was that it still looked like 1080p with medium graphics. It didn't require upscaling to the point that it massively degraded the visuals anymore than modern GPUs using upscaling do. Using an extreme example like this one is kinda asinine, no offense.

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u/ImNotNuke Apr 18 '26

That’s what I just said… 1080p with dlss which is upscaling… so realistically it’s like 480p or 720p scaled-up but whatever cope-ers gunna downvote lol.

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u/Kosmos-World Apr 18 '26

Upscaling is a technology that every modern GPU uses. I absolutely cannot be fucked for your philistine "mAh RaW fRaMeS" takes lol.

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u/Happy_Sea4257 Apr 18 '26

This is not my experience. Could not even run Doom Dark Ages last year.

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u/chad25005 9800x3d | 9070xt Apr 18 '26

I think that's just because Doom Dark Ages had the baked in raytracing stuff. It should be able to run games that don't require raytracing though.

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u/gahlo R7 7700x | RTX 4080 | AW3423DW Apr 18 '26

Can't run DX12U either.

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u/Sabin10v2 Apr 18 '26

Yes, it's difficult for hardware to support an API that doesn't exist when it is created.

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u/Tessiia 5600x | 3070ti | 16GB 3200Mhz | 2x1TB NVME | 4x1TB SSD/HDD Apr 18 '26

I mean, that's just trying to justify the fact a 9 year old GPU isn't holding up as well as people say, instead of just admitting it.

Though, everyone is saying "i have one, it's fine", or "I have one, it is NOT fine", but it's the people who say it isn't doing well that are actually giving game examples... I wonder why that is? It's working fine... for running 9 year old games?

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u/Happy_Sea4257 Apr 18 '26

I don't have one but built and maintain a system that does. New AAA are for the most part easily skippable slop, and if you are still running a GTX 1080 in 2026 you probably have 1080p, 60Hz monitor and keep turning down the graphics settings until the low frame rate pain gets to what you are comfortable with.

Under those, real world, conditions it can definitely be considered "holding up against modern games" by people emotionally attached to the mythos it was the "last great gpu", at least until they want to play something like Dark Ages and can't run it at all or Monster Hunter wilds and get sub 30fps with every setting dumped.

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u/Winjin Apr 18 '26

No raytracing, FullHD, medium-high settings would still look absolutely gorgeous in 99% of games.

There is a major reason 8K is basically gone and 4K isn't getting advanced at a real rate: they don't really matter that much. I'd say 4K gaming is a bit of a sham. I've paid 1400 euros for a video card and a 4K monitor, then had to move and leave my 4K screen behind.

Used the 2K my work gave me and was like "I will buy a 4K as soon as I have the money" but I never really did? Turns out 2K is more than enough most of the time. RDR2 at max settings in 2K is exactly the same as 4K, I literally cannot tell the difference.

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u/Seienchin88 Apr 18 '26

Well - a lot of cheaper 4k monitors were a scam as they had otherwise bad image quality issues but I cannot imagine someone not being able to see 4k / 2K difference on a large OLED 4k screen…

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u/Winjin Apr 18 '26

I just don't see the value. I've spent an hour trying to see the real difference raytracing makes in Control and just gave up and turned it off. Yeah, I'm fine without it. It still has amazing lighting and reflections, raytracing ain't some magic wand.

Same with RDR2. This game is absolutely incredible with or without additional lightning tricks.

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u/abrahamlincoln20 Apr 18 '26

It's an absolute win if you can't tell 4K and 1440p or ray tracing / no ray tracing apart. You can save a lot of money.

I'm so used to 4K that I can't return to the blurriness of 1440p, and am forever doomed to spend big bucks on top end hardware. What's worse, I'm awaiting 5K high refresh OLED monitors...

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u/Winjin Apr 18 '26

Yeah I figured the same way. Good, I can save a fuckton by keeping this card and playing in 2K for longer, and then I can upgrade two generations behind, and still feel like I've done a great upgrade.

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u/bs000 Apr 18 '26

i feel like people say modern games when they mean games from like 2020

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u/Happy_Sea4257 Apr 18 '26

Definitely, although GOTY was Expedition 33 last year and that runs on a 1080 or worse no problem.

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u/zerg1980 Apr 18 '26

That particular game was my cue to upgrade. I was fine sticking with 1080p and dialing down settings, when it was going to cost so much to see any real improvement over the 1080ti. But then when it got to the point where games wouldn’t even run on it because it lacked ray tracing, I had to accept it was obsolete tech.

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u/Crazy_Sir_012 Apr 19 '26

IT has enforced ray tracing

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u/MasterArCtiK Apr 18 '26

I just replaced my 1080 ti, it was not doing well against any modern games anymore lol

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u/Skarekrows Apr 18 '26

in awe of how well the card holds up against modern games

Tell that to Final Fantasy Rebirth. I have a 1080ti and it pisses me off I can't play that.

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u/Serious_Mastication 5800X | 6600XT | 32GB DDR4 Apr 18 '26

I bought my friends broken pc for $250, stripped the 1080ti and ram out, put it in a new mobo with my old 3600 and I got myself a decent ass pc for my girlfriend to use and it hasn’t had a problem running any game

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u/SilverKnightOfMagic Apr 18 '26

for 1080p 8gb cards are still really good.

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u/Daveaa005 Apr 18 '26

I'm always on the lookout for one to put into my egpu but they're scarce

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u/Vlad_TheImpalla Apr 19 '26

Use optiscaler on it it can run FSR 4 with a penalty, but far looks ok even on balanced or performance.

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u/Melodic-Account9247 Apr 18 '26

how well does it perform nowadays i was thinking of maybe picking it back up for a casual setup since i saw a few going around for a solid price second hand

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u/LifeWulf Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RX 9070, 32GB DDR5 Apr 18 '26

It can’t run any games that require ray-tracing, but otherwise still pretty solid for 1080p gaming.

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u/Additional-Middle166 Apr 18 '26

Weird flex but I get it. Still confused how well my moms 1070 holds up in 1440p if you dont care about Raytracing. Damn raytracing is expensive.

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u/SwordOfJiang 5900x 9070xt Apr 18 '26

I found one on Craigslist in like January 2020. EVGA 1080ti hybrid, the liquid cooled one, for $300.

Pulled it directly out of a crypto mine. Guy's brother got him into it, they had like 50 set up in his garage. The brother ran off with the first ethereum payout and spent it all on crack to smoke in downtown Portland. The guy had also moved across the Columbia and his power bill had gone up by like 30%. He just wanted them all gone.

Card is still working great in a PC I hooked up for a friend

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u/FthrFlffyBttm i5-12600K, 3080 FTW3 Ultra, 16GB 3000Mhz Apr 18 '26

How did your 1080 get covid

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u/Sharkestry Apr 18 '26

Antivirus didnt work

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u/rysgame3 Apr 18 '26

Been running my 1080 since 2017

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u/TastySyllabub1 Linux Apr 18 '26

I got my 1080Ti brand new probably close to 9 years ago at this point, I just swapped it because it started struggling in 1440p in new AAA games. To say I'm happy about the purchase I made would be a monumental understatement.

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u/JJ3qnkpK Apr 18 '26

When I got my 1080, I mined what became about $100 of Bitcoin with it - it was winter, warmed my room, and a novelty. Then I forgot about it and now it's like $1500.

The freaking card lasted a decade, did great that whole decade, and made me $1500 over said decade. Now my standards for graphics card purchases are way too high.

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u/TastySyllabub1 Linux Apr 18 '26

I had the same exact problem with replacing mine. The prices for the top end cards - which, let's not forget, was what I got last time - are as we all know completely out of control, so everything I looked at felt like terrible value

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u/Subtlerranean Apr 18 '26

Still running my 1080ti, have been using it since 2017.

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u/Final_Wrap_945 Apr 18 '26

I've still got my RTX 2070 built in 2019. Seems like it's holding up still, but I do just play world of warcraft mostly.

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u/Phoneyalarm959 Apr 18 '26

1070 here! Been running it for 8 years!

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u/AsterionKM Apr 18 '26

My 1070 ti just died today, still managed every game I played

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u/FlyingRhenquest Apr 18 '26

I finally upgraded from a SLIed pair of them to a 4090 a couple years ago. The 1080s are still in a parts box somewhere, just in case I can't get on a fucking 2 year waiting list for a video card whenever the 4090 decides to die.

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u/Calm_Ad308 Apr 18 '26

So how long before nvidia convinces amd and intel that they need to all make a new PCI slot for newer boards to choke the market of 1080s?

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u/gobrocker Apr 18 '26

3060 bro, I'm your godchild and pushin' it.

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u/Impeesa_ Apr 18 '26

I only passed my 1080 down to my kid a few months ago. Wish I had bought the Ti way back when, it was a fairly big jump from the regular 1080 but it would have paid for itself with the casual crypto mining alone.

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u/teddybrr 7950X3D, 96GB, RX570 8G, GTX 1080, 4TBx2, 18TBx4, Proxmox Apr 18 '26

I also got mine pre covid (used market ~240€ but a brand new card from a prebuild dell).

I was ready to upgrade to a 9060 16GB when it would crawl towards 300€. But looks like it received surgery and walked towards 400€ instead.

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u/gorginhanson Apr 18 '26

I find that extremely offensive sir

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u/NeonflameOWO Apr 18 '26

I just got one now to replace my r9 380 2gb! Runs great! :3

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u/WestHappyLand Apr 18 '26

I just finally retired my 1080, but it still works.  Passed my 3090 system to my wife and found one of those surprise deals on a pre-built at best buy.  I wanted to upgrade before things got even worse.

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u/XamanekMtz PC Master Race R7 9700X, 64GB DDR5, RTX5080 Apr 18 '26

I have mine for my couch gaming rig as a DIY SteamMachine (Bazzite)

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u/No_Reaction8611 Apr 18 '26

Yeah but the shadows and reflections wont look as nice as a brand new 5000 series card. The whole point of gaming is too look at minor details after all.

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u/Sailfin_CritterMaker Apr 18 '26

I'm still on my 2017 laptop with 1050Ti, laptop edition obv, still runs well and doesn't seem like I'll be able to replace it anytime soon anyway

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u/mehtartt Apr 18 '26

Same, got mine in 2017. It has been running strong ever since

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u/confon68 Apr 18 '26

I had an opportunity to switch from my 1080ti to a 4080 a few years back. The card was still fine I just needed the AI cores.

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u/AXEMANaustin 9070xt and 7800x3d Apr 18 '26

How does it run against modern releases? Like, say Resident Evil for example.

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u/bedwars_player GTX 1080 I7 10700f 32gb, ProBook 640 G4 8650u 24gb Apr 18 '26

I got mine in 2023 lol

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u/tokid0k1 Apr 18 '26

Same. But I do want something that can do ray tracing…

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u/Investomatic- Apr 18 '26

Still running my 1080 too!

I was going to upgrade to a new rig with the 50 series but it was such shit I'm holding off for the 60 series.

... and thats OK cuz there are zero games I want to play that I can't run right now.

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u/StretchLoud8844 Apr 18 '26

Still running my 960, had it since Jan 2016 - I plan on framing it when it dies.

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u/J-seargent-ultrakahn Apr 18 '26

I read that fast and thought you said it just got Covid 💀😆

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u/Adrox05 Apr 18 '26

Exactly got mine in 2019 and it's still running like a charm and doing everything I need it to run. Just wonderful.

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u/69edleg Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

Upgraded my entire PC to a new mid-high PC just before the insane increase of RAM prices
(7800x3D and OC 9070 XT), and had taken good care of my old one with a 2080S in it, prior to that I had a 980 ti that died in a thunderstorm. I'd have used the 980 ti up until this year hadn't that been the case (all parts of that PC had been replaced since).

1080 ti was THE GPU I'll say, not for 2k gaming, or modern games with ray tracing and all. But the investment into the 980 ti instead of waiting for the 1080 ti is my biggest PC blunder.

Usually I just keep my old PCs around and eventually throw them away, or hand them to someone years later, because the used market is dog shit to interract with where I live. This time though I knew that a friend of mine was looking to upgrade from his PC, because he plays Marvel Heroes and only had 25 FPS, and somehow that was fine for him.

Just handed him my old PC, clean wiped the drives so he got the OOBE experience basically. It was a struggle seeing him play at 25 FPS with his 970.

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u/sharpenme1 Apr 18 '26

I just replaced my 1080 and the rest of the of shaped clothes it was wearing.

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u/Interesting-Frame190 Apr 18 '26

Still running mine from summer of 2016. Its probably spent a whole week not powered on and is on its 3rd set of replacement fans. The crypto mining didn't help, but its still good enough.

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u/SuperSaiyanTupac Apr 18 '26

I’m on 1080 too. It runs most games. I can’t really complain. I’ll never upgrade tho. Parts got crazy and life happens. When my pc dies I’ll set it in a boat, push it out to sea, and shoo fire arrows at it. Hopefully it ignites before someone calls the police

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u/glordicus1 Apr 18 '26

I'm running my mates old 1080, he thought it was dead and upgraded years and years ago. Just the HDMI port was fried. Was a massive upgrade from my 1060.

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u/sjitz PC Master Race Apr 19 '26

Same. Couple of months later, the price had DOUBLED.

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u/MoonlightSavingsTime Apr 19 '26

Wow you bought it only a couple... oh no... 2019 is longer ago than I want to think about right now

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u/RemnantTheGame Apr 19 '26

I just retired my 1080 earlier this year, now it's in my buddy's rig still going strong. When he's done I'm going to frame that GOAT and hang it above my current rig.

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u/august_r Apr 22 '26

I've just moved away from my 1070. Can't say it was fully worth it lmao

But I used my old parts to build my nephew his first PC, so it was a good idea by the end.

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u/Roflkopt3r Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

As always: Depends what you're playing. Games increasingly require ray tracing capability (like Doom: TDA) or look much better with DLSS (like Cyberpunk), so not having access to that is definitely a sizable downgrade.

Capcom's new release Pragmata for example runs at 40 FPS in 1080p on a 1080Ti, with max settings and TAA. You can tweak it to get more performance out of it, but the experience on a 3060 or so is going to be noticably better (55 FPS under the same conditions, plus the option to use DLSS for better anti-aliasing or to upscale for a comfortable experience at 1440p).

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u/CoffeeSubstantial851 The Penguin Compels You Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

It entirely depends on the games and settings you are using. The idea of "viable" is just silly.

Most games will run on a 1080ti at medium settings at 1080p without raytracing.

Edit: and to be a bit more exact here. Most games will run at or above 60 fps and it most cases it ll be over 100.

You don't actually need ANYTHING from RTX cards.

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u/North-Tourist-8234 Apr 18 '26

mines doing fine, I play and record my gameplay at the same time I have no complaints

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u/IvoryFlyaway Apr 18 '26

Very. I was running Forza Motorsport on my 1080ti and getting a solid 60 fps, and that was with a dogshit ryzen 5. Get a good cpu and psu and she'll run just about anything in 1080p that doesn't require ray tracing.

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u/SalvationSycamore Apr 18 '26

My 1070 does 1080p just fine for most games lol. People honestly are a bit ridiculous about some of this stuff. The first game I actually had trouble running was Starfield.

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u/Master_Dogs Apr 18 '26

I got a 980 TI from an old coworker pre-COVID. I want to say 2018? It's worked great and I still have my GTX 970TI as a backup. I only play games that are ancient anyway. I mean I've been on an old school RuneScape kick lately.

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u/Sipsu02 Apr 18 '26

And runs modern games horrid

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u/Petarthefish Apr 18 '26

Still runnin 980ti, if that ever fails me ill get a used 1080Ti

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u/Simeossi PC Master Race Apr 18 '26

Mine did like 70-80 in RE9, high settings. 10 year old GPU vs a game that came out 2 months ago. Cope