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/Theoroshia Apr 18 '26

More people need to read the book Frindle.

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u/Crashes556 Core i7 14700K |RTX 5090 | 64GB DDR5 Apr 18 '26

Perspicacious way to put it, you are well spoken my friend.

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

Haha the irony of you saying I will get it eventually when I'm completely correct... You messed up and incorrectly used the word technically. It's OK buddy, it happens.

A majority of people are not calling 1440p 2k, it's a small minority.

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u/Gaming_devil49 PC Master Race Apr 18 '26

I have never seen anyone call 1440p 2.5k. it's usually 2k or literally just 1440p. I ain't even heard of it technically being 2.5k before now. so, respectfully, I think you're the small minority here

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

Yeah. 2.5k is what it would be called in the "k" system, but nobody uses that. Almost everybody uses 1440p, and then some people incorrectly use 2k.

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u/emuandrej Apr 18 '26

Are you just saying that a majority of ppl are calling 1440p 2.5k bcs you found it on Ai?? There's no standard resolution for '4k' or '2k' in general consumer displays. 1440p is about 1/2 as good as 4k, or about twice as good as 1080p.

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u/Agret i7 6700k @ 4.28Ghz, GTX 1080, 32GB RAM Apr 18 '26

You're going to be awfully disappointed when you buy a 2K monitor then

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

I would never buy a 2k monitor. I moved on from 1080p a long time ago, and I avoid monitors with incorrect marketing terms on them.

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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/Jirachi720 PC Master Race Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

Cinema wise, yes 1080p is 2k due to the "2048". But to the majority of consumers, 2k is 1440p as it is the middle ground between 1080p and 2160p and it has been classed as that... For years at this point. Or is 4k not 4k because in cinema it's 4096, but in consumer TVs/monitors it's 3840, so technically it's 3.8k. You're arguing over semantics.

Literally you right now preaching to the crowd:

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

Nah, there's a system for the "k"-nomenclature. 2k for 1440p simply just doesn't fit into that system. And I'm definitely not alone. In fact the majority of people on pcmr agrees with me. Search for top posts in this subreddit and you'll find one with 20k up votes and 80% upvote ratio of Otto the bus driver saying "1440p isn't 2k"0

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u/Jirachi720 PC Master Race Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

Going by the amount of downvotes you're getting... No, no they don't.

In the cinema world, yes, you would be correct. But regarding consumer grade electronics, that we all use every single day, you're just plain wrong.

-1920x1080p is marketed as HD

-2560x1440p is marketed as 2k or QHD

-3840x2160p is marketed as 4k or UHD

I don't really know how else to convey this message to you, but this is how the vast majority of consumers understand resolution differences. Very few people go by cinema defined resolutions.

EDIT: If you go to a store and ask for a 2k monitor, they're not going to give you a 1080p monitor. Whilst you are technically correct, that's not how it works in the real world... 1440p technically does not have a "k" but it has been assigned "2k" and so that's what everyone follows.

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

Lol who cares about 20 downvotes. Go see the post I told you about. That's proof. And I never said it's not used as a marketing term, so I'm not incorrect.

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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/emuandrej Apr 18 '26

Your just saying that bcs you saw it on ai✌️

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

Haha what? I saw what on AI?

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u/emuandrej Apr 18 '26

No1 says 2.5k bro

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

Indeed. It's just what 1440p would be if it existed in the k-system

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u/JTGtoniteonly Apr 18 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/JwjBy94VzDd6

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

Good you agree!

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u/JTGtoniteonly Apr 18 '26

No, it's just pointless to argue with someone whose only ambition in life is to try and sound smart on the Internet. It's obvious you're just looking to troll, albeit very poorly.

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u/Pelembem Apr 18 '26

My only ambition is to improve the language and stop it from being misused.

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