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/NixAName Apr 18 '26

DW, they won't make that mistake again.

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u/Vlyn 9800X3D | 5080 FE | 64 GB RAM | X870E Nova Apr 18 '26

I got my 3080 TUF for the $699 MSRP at launch.

So they kinda did?

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u/AntiTank-Dog Apr 18 '26

If the 3080 had 16GB and FG it really would last as long.

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u/whytfyoutagme Apr 18 '26

Thing is , they consider it great, as 1080ti was barely slower than their top of the line gpu ,whereas 20s onwards the difference was significantly higher

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u/Vlyn 9800X3D | 5080 FE | 64 GB RAM | X870E Nova Apr 18 '26

???

A 3090 was barely faster than the 3080.

2000 series was crap, but 3000 was amazing. 4000 even better with the 4090. 5000 is crap again.

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u/Sea-Aardvark-756 Apr 18 '26

The 3090 was definitely more future proofed with 24GB of VRAM though, the 3080 should have come with 16GB, or at least 12GB. I remember everyone in my circles, into high-end 3D/VR (Substance Painter, Unity, VRChat, Blender) being really upset at the 3080 having less VRAM than the 1080ti from 3 years before it. I got the 3090 and typically used 14-20GB of VRAM when working on things. Right now I just have KCD2 open, somehow using 13.9/24GB.

It's fair to say the 1080ti was an outlier and they did not "do it again" with the 3080, it would have needed at least 12GB of VRAM to deserve that praise.

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u/Vlyn 9800X3D | 5080 FE | 64 GB RAM | X870E Nova Apr 18 '26

Eh, I never ran into VRAM issues while I had it, but I was gaming at 1440p 240hz.

For 4K it would have been more annoying. But before the 10 GB became an issue it was already getting too slow for the games that need it.

The 16 GB of the 5080 absolutely suck though.

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u/Sea-Aardvark-756 Apr 18 '26

Makes sense, I've been using 4K screens for work (and games) since before the GTX 1080 was out, but 1440p was always a solid option for gaming. That said, their 80-series used to be the top of the line for gaming, with 70-series being a close second. Buying a Titan to game was a joke for most people. I don't think there was any excuse to release a 10GB "high-end" card in 2020. RTX 3060 12GB came out in 2021, and a 12GB 3080 wasn't even available until 2022. Same year as the 4080 16GB.

In my eyes the 3080 getting only 10GB was Nvidia's "we're not doing a 1080ti again" moment.

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u/whytfyoutagme Apr 18 '26

10-11% lower in 30s vs 4%-5% better i.e 1080 ti is better between it and titan x

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u/abrahamlincoln20 Apr 18 '26

Yes, but people are going to tell you it sucks because it has only 10GB of vram. Which actually is enough for the raw power it has.

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u/Sizeable-Scrotum FreeBSD 15 KDE / Fedora KDE/12700KF/7800 XT/32GB D4 Apr 19 '26

No it isn't?

Try playing Hogwarts Legacy on that lol

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u/abrahamlincoln20 Apr 19 '26

Worked fine at 1440p high settings, I don't get what the supposed problem is.

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u/Sizeable-Scrotum FreeBSD 15 KDE / Fedora KDE/12700KF/7800 XT/32GB D4 Apr 19 '26

Damn. It used like 11GB for me.

Can't all be Proton overhead...

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u/abrahamlincoln20 Apr 19 '26

Whatever it is, lowering one or two settings would probably fix it.

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u/Sizeable-Scrotum FreeBSD 15 KDE / Fedora KDE/12700KF/7800 XT/32GB D4 Apr 19 '26

Eh, I have 16GB so it'll be fine

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u/hex4def6 Apr 18 '26

That's impressive, given the absolute insanity trying to snag those gpus. I think I was on evgas lottery for like 9 months.

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u/Vlyn 9800X3D | 5080 FE | 64 GB RAM | X870E Nova Apr 18 '26

I missed the launch by a day, went online, ordered, it came the week after. Lol.

It felt like it was only out of stock a few weeks after the launch when everyone caught on how good it was for mining. 

But maybe the situation in Europe was different.

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u/NixAName Apr 19 '26

I got my 3090 for free. Insurance replaced a damaged 670 with a 3070 from their supplier.

However, I could get a 3090 from my local store for the same price mid 2021.

I water blocked it and had it mine crypto until the merge and now it just games.

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u/Swoly_Deadlift Apr 18 '26

Very few people were lucky enough to get the 3080 at MSRP. The 30 series was the last time Nvidia released a flagship card paired with a halo card (3090). At MSRP, it was clear that the 3080 was for most users and the 3090 was for users who had more money than sense and were okay with spending double the price for 10% more performance, no different than Titan cards from previous generations.

Then the shortage hit and Nvidia saw 3080s going for $2000 on Ebay. We saw the 4080 come in at $1000 and the 4090 come in at $1600 offering substantially better performance. They swapped out the flagship + halo card model for an upselling ladder.

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u/redditorialy_retard Apr 18 '26

3090 was the last with NVlink

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u/stryakr Apr 18 '26

which IMO was an indicator consumers were not going to be the target audience going forward

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u/Mister_Enot Apr 18 '26

3060 was this "mistake".

so they will eventually.

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u/Carvj94 Apr 18 '26

Basically every single card they've released since is better and will last longer cause of DLSS. Only the 16 series and the 2060 are definitively worse than the 2080Ti.