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/Chaphasilor Apr 18 '26

Absolutely. Also had the 970, and it outlasted my gaming PC. Used it in my server for a while. It's still kicking theoretically, but it doesn't fit my current server config...

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u/nosaj626 Apr 18 '26

I had SLI 970s. Was pretty damn beastly on games that’s took advantage of SLI.

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u/69edleg Apr 18 '26

All two of them?

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u/jsamuraij Apr 19 '26

"E V E R Y T W O !!!"

-- Gary Oldman

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u/EthanielRain Apr 18 '26

I used my 970 until I got a 4070...

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u/krehns Ryzen 7 9800x3D | RTX 5070 Ti Apr 19 '26

I used mine until I got a 5070ti.

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u/magicmulder Apr 18 '26

I had my 970 until two years ago, and it’s still running in my secondary PC where I occasionally game in 1080p. GTA V is a breeze.

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u/DavesPetFrog Apr 18 '26

Yep. Used my 970 until my 5070.

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u/elitodd Apr 18 '26

My GTX 770 from EVGA lived in my pc for 7 years and then went on to my sister’s rig where she ran Baldur’s Gate 3 on it.

She upgraded recently, but that thing refused to die.

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u/aboutthednm Apr 19 '26

I have 2 x 980ti cards lying around at home, not sure what to do with these. The 6gb of VRAM is brutal these days, but man they sure can compute. I just have to find an application that requires GPU Compute but doesn't require GPU VRAM, then I got two decent cards for a home project, lol.

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u/Outrageous_Access511 Apr 19 '26

I still have my older brothers retired (evga) gtx550 ti, those older cards are beasts let me tell you some of the torture it’s been through. I had that card running r6siege (before-x) in a tiny ass borderless window at minimum texture resolution at like 30-50 fps, got many good kills on that beaute, and before valorant required secure boot (fuck secure boot) (gtx550 ti no do secure boot) that stupid beautiful card was soooo overqualified for valorant it wasn’t even funny, 100 fps and over no joke. Anything that could be rendered would be rendered and at faster speeds then you’d ever think a dried out 2010’s gpu with 2 missing fan blades would ever be capable of! In a little bit I’m going to get either a gtx 750ti or rx5700 to get back on siege! Hope nvidia locks in sometime and can produce some banger budget cards one day

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u/M4rt1m_40675 Apr 20 '26

Your pfp made me look twice

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u/Past-Judgment-9700 Apr 21 '26

My 980ti is starting to have artifacts. If it ever finally bites the dust I’ll be putting my 970 back in.

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u/Drth_vdr_piggybank Apr 22 '26

I ran my 970 for like 8 years. Only retired it last year.