Is It The 1080 TI The Best GPU Ever?

[Beginner Macro Device]

Nah, it wasn't the best for its time. As many people stated above, 1060 series GPUs were much better price per performance wise, also being much more appropriate because 1440p and especially 2160p were not a thing 7 to 8 years ago. About 9 percent gamers worldwide at resolutions higher than 1080p IIRC.

CPUs of 2016 also weren't fast enough to make use of everything 1080 Ti got. Benchmarks from back then show the difference between 1080 and 1080 Ti being much less than theoretical, even at high resolutions.

By now, it's a heavily mined out obsolete 200+ W brick which can do well in older games but still not worth it. I'd prefer paying a tad more and getting at least a semi-recent GPU like RX 6600 or RTX 3060.

 

[Turmeric]

i put in maybe,1080ti might be the best and the video has great points.
but a 1080ti did not last long, it started to be utter shit in 2023.
the features of the rtx lineup ages much better, and i really had need for them if the prices were not as bad, a rtx 2060 was twice as fast in rendering in blender when optiX came out.
a gpu is a tool for me, not a gaming only hardware.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

i put in maybe,1080ti might be the best and the video has great points.
but a 1080ti did not last long, it started to be utter shit in 2023.
the features of the rtx lineup ages much better, and i really had need for them if the prices were not as bad, a rtx 2060 was twice as fast in rendering in blender when optiX came out.
a gpu is a tool for me, not a gaming only hardware.

If Anything Longevity is probably THE BEST adut of the 1080 TI.....I mean we can argue about tech innovation and how big impact this card have compared to some others but hey 1080TI is still pretty damn good which means is going to be arguably "OK-ish" performer at least for few more years......

 

[#22]

It's worth to answer yourself a question, what gave better six years from it's launch, 1080 Ti or 2080 Ti? I have no doubts that Turing. Thanks to just fitting times when pretty graphics are about RT and help of DLSS. If it did better, premium price it came with got to some subjective point justified. That's how "legendary" 1080 Ti gets beaten by one of the most garbage flagships in history, so what a legend...

People just can't stand the rise of GPU prices and from exactly here comes the legend of 1080 Ti.

 

[overclockedamd]

I would put it up there with the 8800 and 980 imho as the runners for GOAT. I gave the nod to the 1080ti as it lasted me FOREVER with playable frames.

 

[phanbuey]

8800GTX was around for like 3-4 years on the charts basically all the way up to the 200 series.

 

[mechtech]

When the HD 7xxx series came out I got an HD6850 for $130CAD and came with a free copy of dues ex or something. Sold game for $30 and sold my HD4850 for $40 and used it until the RX480 came out. It’s still working in old pc now no longer used as of 2 months ago. So pretty good for $60 and 5-6years of use.

 

[ARF]

Err, yikes, what? Noooo!

What is your opinion is the 1080TI the best GPU ever if not what card do you believe is better then 1080 TI....please share your opinion with us bellow.....

I didn't think that Gamers Nexus would fall this low to claim such a nonsense.
I would claim the greatest GPU ever the Radeon HD 4890 which was an enthusiast level graphics card retailing for as low as 195$.
Fantastic.


Regarding any nvidia card. They lag in image quality, everyone knows that the image quality is fake, missing textures, lower textures resolution, cheating with colours, etc.

 

[Beginner Macro Device]

Regarding any nvidia card. They lag in image quality, everyone knows that the image quality is fake, missing textures, lower textures resolution, cheating with colours, etc.

Noted. Probably that's why I've seen no image quality difference when I swapped from 1080 Ti to 6700 XT. All I noticed is more FPS.

 

[ARF]

Noted. Probably that's why I've seen no image quality difference when I swapped from 1080 Ti to 6700 XT.

But I do see, which nullifies your observation.

 

[Beginner Macro Device]

But I do see, which nullifies your observation.

I'd love to know your source of... inspiration to put it mildly.

 

[ARF]

I'd love to know your source of... inspiration to put it mildly.

I can share any YouTube video comparison, but you would play the devil's advocate and claim that the nvidia part of the screen includes compression artifacts. Nothing new.

 

[phanbuey]

Err, yikes, what? Noooo!



I didn't think that Gamers Nexus would fall this low to claim such a nonsense.
I would claim the greatest GPU ever the Radeon HD 4890 which was an enthusiast level graphics card retailing for as low as 195$.
Fantastic.


Regarding any nvidia card. They lag in image quality, everyone knows that the image quality is fake, missing textures, lower textures resolution, cheating with colours, etc.

That's from 7800GTX when they were competing with the 1900xtx. They would lower the texture quality to gain fps.

That hasn't been a thing for like 20 years.

 

[Deleted member 239770]

Not really, 7900 XT is because it's the best card I have owned.

Cannot change the past and material things are replaceable.

Save things like that for loved ones and experiences, you will thank me later.

 

[lilhasselhoffer]

I'm a big fan of the evergreen series myself.

That shouldn't be hard to justify...so here we go:
1) DX11...so it was the first real AMD contender in that category
2) Multi-monitor support as a real and supported feature....which is standard today in everything
3) Double FP on the 5830...but single on the 5770. I don't love this....but at the time the 5770 was an amazing value that lasted much longer than it should have.
4) The same 128 bit bus width on memory that is today a standard...despite a 2009 release date. Yeah, 128 bit for the 5770.


All of this came in a bunch of attractive packages, relatively low power, 159 USD price for the 5770....and with DX12 taking forever to get off the ground it was a surprisingly long life card for me personally. I can see the 1080ti as being a good card...especially considering the 2080....but if you could snag a 3080 or 3070 at the MSRP at some point it was basically outdone as another incremental product. Lord knows AMD wasn't competing at the time...so maybe that's why the lense is a bit difficult to justify. In a vacuum the 1080 ti was without a doubt a great modern card...for the era of single digit percentage gains amongst generations. Incremental improvement is great...but even I have to admit the HD 5000 series is only my GOAT because I was playing on consoles in the era of Voodoo and 3DFX...so I have no frame of reference for why that era is great...

 

[phanbuey]

Not really, 7900 XT is because it's the best card I have owned.

Cannot change the past and material things are replaceable.

Save things like that for loved ones and experiences, you will thank me later.

Yeah but material items that you like can create anchor points to help you remember loved ones and experiences.

I use hardware / cars to think back to eras of time - like when i had X chip i remember y was going on etc.

It's fun to think back about the relative positioning of hardware and how much things have progressed. You will remember the 7900XT not just the card but what your life was when you had it.

 

[mxthunder]

Err, yikes, what? Noooo!



I didn't think that Gamers Nexus would fall this low to claim such a nonsense.
I would claim the greatest GPU ever the Radeon HD 4890 which was an enthusiast level graphics card retailing for as low as 195$.
Fantastic.


Regarding any nvidia card. They lag in image quality, everyone knows that the image quality is fake, missing textures, lower textures resolution, cheating with colours, etc.

I'm a big fan of the evergreen series myself.

That shouldn't be hard to justify...so here we go:
1) DX11...so it was the first real AMD contender in that category
2) Multi-monitor support as a real and supported feature....which is standard today in everything
3) Double FP on the 5830...but single on the 5770. I don't love this....but at the time the 5770 was an amazing value that lasted much longer than it should have.
4) The same 128 bit bus width on memory that is today a standard...despite a 2009 release date. Yeah, 128 bit for the 5770.


All of this came in a bunch of attractive packages, relatively low power, 159 USD price for the 5770....and with DX12 taking forever to get off the ground it was a surprisingly long life card for me personally. I can see the 1080ti as being a good card...especially considering the 2080....but if you could snag a 3080 or 3070 at the MSRP at some point it was basically outdone as another incremental product. Lord knows AMD wasn't competing at the time...so maybe that's why the lense is a bit difficult to justify. In a vacuum the 1080 ti was without a doubt a great modern card...for the era of single digit percentage gains amongst generations. Incremental improvement is great...but even I have to admit the HD 5000 series is only my GOAT because I was playing on consoles in the era of Voodoo and 3DFX...so I have no frame of reference for why that era is great...

If we are including non nvidia GPUs then....

Those were both great cards/series. As a matter of fact, both represent the only time since PCIe has been a thing that I have ran AMD/ATI cards.

The 4890s were a steal. I was just getting back into PC gaming and had bought a GTX260 in April of 2009 and then the 4890 came out and was on par with 285. Sold my 260 for a 4890 and then ended up buying a second one just for laughs because they were so cheap and ran them in crossfire until the 5870 came out. That was also a great card, and I only went back to GTX480 because I wanted Physx to play mirrors edge (silly).

 

[Deleted member 239770]

Yeah but material items that you like can create anchor points to help you remember loved ones and experiences.

I use hardware / cars to think back to eras of time - like when i had X chip i remember y was going on etc.

It's fun to think back about the relative positioning of hardware and how much things have progressed. You will remember the 7900XT not just the card but what your life was when you had it.

Fair point.

 

[Vayra86]

But I do see, which nullifies your observation.

Seeing things isn't generally considered a positive trait, you know.

 

[ThrashZone]

OMG people posting opinion without any backing evidence LOL.

In that case I call the 4090 the greatest GPU

Hi,
Same as you did lol

 

[Outback Bronze]

a 4890 and then ended up buying a second one just for laughs because they were so cheap and ran them in crossfire until the 5870 came out

Ran the same setup but didn't go the 5870 route as the 4890's were purchased close to 5870 release, but did end up buying 6950's (same as 5870 just with 2GB) and flashed them to 6970's : )

The 5870 was a really good card and didn't think It got really beat until the HD 7970/ GTX 680 releases.

 

[Deleted member 239770]

I was GTX 480 gang, a OC'd Fermi would get way more out of an OC than VLIW and wrecked face at the cost of a hotter GPU. I am speaking about the architectures IPC, 850mhz 480 was basically par with a stock 580. When I bought one it was between a £300 5870 or £195 GTX 480 as it was the end of 2010 and SCAN.co.uk had sales. No-brainer. Slapped on a Gelid Icy Vision, cool and silent.

I laugh at it now with how much a 4090 can draw and RDNA3.

 

[Zyll Goliat]

This is my lineage and I probably miss some that I can't remember so it goes something like this: Diamond Viper 4Mb,RIVA TNT 2,Voodo Banshee 16mb,ATI 9250,GeForce 6600GT,GeForce 7600GT,Crossfired 7600GT,ATI 2900XT,Nvidia 8800GT,ATI 5850,AMD 6850,AMD 6970,AMD 7850,GTX 6600TI, R9 380,RX 470,RX 480,R9 Fury,GTX 1070TI,RX 5700,RX 6700XT........
I also have few Matrox Cards that I really like but they are mostly just for watching videos and 2D 'tho it's possible to play some really old games in dx9/dx10 on those cards....

 

[mxthunder]

Ran the same setup but didn't go the 5870 route as the 4890's were purchased close to 5870 release, but did end up buying 6950's (same as 5870 just with 2GB) and flashed them to 6970's : )

The 5870 was a really good card and didn't think It got really beat until the HD 7970/ GTX 680 releases.

Yeah - 5870 was a total side grade from 4890 raw performance wise, but it did give DX11, and less heat/power consumption/noise.

This is my lineage and I probably miss some that I can't remember so it goes something like this: Diamond Viper 4Mb,RIVA TNT 2,Voodo Banshee 16mb,ATI 9250,GeForce 6600GT,GeForce 7600GT,Crossfired 7600GT,ATI 2900XT,Nvidia 8800GT,ATI 5850,AMD 6850,AMD 6970,AMD 7850,GTX 6600TI, R9 380,RX 470,RX 480,R9 Fury,GTX 1070TI,RX 5700,RX 6700XT........
I also have few Matrox Cards that I really like but they are mostly just for watching videos and 2D 'tho it's possible to play some really old games in dx9/dx10 on those cards....

That is a full lineup for sure.
I had 2 "dark eras" where I got out of PCs for a while but still managed to retroacively fill the gaps.

Voodoo3 3000 > Kyro II 4500 > Geforce FX5700LE (2003-2008) > Radeon X850XT (2003> 9800GT > GTX260 c216 > 4890 > 4980 CF > 5870 > GTX480 > GTX580 > GTX580SLi > GTX780Ti > GTX780Ti SLi (2015 -2020)> GTX1080Ti > Titan Xp > RTX3080Ti > RTX4090

 

[nguyen]

Hi,
Same as you did lol

Steam Survey is infinitely more trustworthy than whatever your opinions are LOL