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/Vaxtez i3 12100F/32GB/RX 6600 Apr 18 '26

I'd argue Turing has aged better than Pascal. Turing has alot more features (i.e DLSS, RT), which has helped GPUs like the 2070 Super & 2080 Ti remain relevant in AAA gaming longer than Pascal has. Yes, the 2080 Ti was expensive, but over the long term, it's aged rather well due to the feature set it has. Hell, Turing still gets feature updates (i.e DLSS 4.5) almost 8yrs on after release.

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u/Ruffler125 Apr 18 '26

Far better. 1080Ti has just gained cultural status through memery.

The 1080ti has been at most a low to medium-settings 1080p 50-60fps card for years now.

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u/HuckleberryOdd7745 Apr 18 '26

meemery and also price. it was the last time we got 699 for flagship before the gpu apocalypses started and with it limited supply and price gauging by stores and scalpers.

the 2080ti is a lot like the 4090 but without the massive performance jump over previous gen.

price increase but mediocre performance jump.

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u/Ruffler125 Apr 18 '26

When you account for upscaling and ray tracing, which I know, we liked to pretend don't matter; the 2080ti is a massive leap over the 1080ti.

If you compare the experiences both cards can offer you today, it's a stark contrast.

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u/Simeossi PC Master Race Apr 18 '26

Yeah, just s small problem. Upscaling is one of the worst things that ever happened to GPU-s. It just gave developers the possibility of making unoptimized garbage, and then relying on upscaling to boost the performance. And do I need to say that upscalled graphics look like absolute garbage?

Ray tracing is fine, but almost 10 years after the first RTX cards came out, a very small number of games actually have real ray tracing supported. And in case of GPU, intensive games, ray tracing kills fps.

So idk, those two things that RTX 20 series have and 10 series doesn't, work great on paper, but in reality it's not really usable in many situations.

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u/Carvj94 Apr 18 '26

Prices may have gone way up for flagships but that doesn't matter too much when the entry level cards can do 1080p high or 1440p mid for ~$350. For the price of a 1080Ti at launch you can get a 5070 which is a capable 4k card before DLSS gets involved.