NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB

[erocker]

RIGS? Test systems are same.

W1zzard must hate Titan X. Death to Titan X!!!

Really though, drivers.

 

[Ferrum Master]

RIGS? Test systems are same.

No they are not, they change all the time. Look in test setup revisions.

 

[cadaveca]

I wounder.... why in this reviews results of other graphics cars are so very different?
73.4 vs 53.4 ... How come ??

NVidia driver BS so they could claim 1080 is more than it really is? It's brilliant marketing that NVidia has employed many times over now. We all know that after some time drivers pull back performance of previous generation as the driver focuses on newer generation?

I personally have noticed retracted performance on my 980; Dirt Rally used to give me average 45 FPS with my used settings @ 2560X1600, but now, it's 32-34 FPS. That's a considerable drop.

Dirt Rally has new "Daily" races every single day, with certain tracks repeated over and over again, but using different cars. So I play it every day, noticed the difference right away since I have STEAM overlay display FPS in all titles.

 

[SandroX]

No they are not, they change all the time. Look in test setup revisions.

I did, becuse and write that they are same.

 

[SandroX]

Really though, drivers.

Heh, that sad, unpossible to compare them.

 

[erocker]

No they are not, they change all the time. Look in test setup revisions.

In the two examples he provided they're the same. Different drivers. 361.43's were bloody awful for some people, I'm not surprised.

 

[Ferrum Master]

In the two examples he provided they're the same. Different drivers. 361.43's were bloody awful for some people, I'm not surprised.

You sure mate?

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_980_Ti_XtremeGaming/5.html

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan_X/7.html

 

[z1tu]

NVidia driver BS so they could claim 1080 is more than it really is? It's brilliant marketing that NVidia has employed many times over now. We all know that after some time drivers pull back performance of previous generation as the driver focuses on newer generation?

But how come tho, AMD cards that were performing worse than nvidia cards still perform worse after countless driver updates for older gen nvidia cards?

 

[erocker]

Heh, that sad, unpossible to compare them.

No it isn't. If you have the card in question, you can easily find previous drivers on Nvidia's website.

 

[newtekie1]

In the two examples he provided they're the same. Different drivers. 361.43's were bloody awful for some people, I'm not surprised.

Test system Rev. 41 vs Rev. 42. You are right, the hardware stayed the same, but the drivers changed. But I'm also under the impression that the games are updated and possibly settings adjusted between revisions as well.

 

[cadaveca]

But how come tho, AMD cards that were performing worse than nvidia cards still perform worse after countless driver updates for older gen nvidia cards?

Dunno. I just know I see less performance with 980 myself than I did before. Whether this is a marketing tactic, or because they did something to make drivers more stable, I do not know. I also know that W1zz is very reliable in the numbers he posts, and impartial to any brand in reviews.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I wounder.... why in this reviews results of other graphics cars are so very different?!

For example Titan X

In review of Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti XtremeGaming 6GB

73.4 vs 53.4 ... How come ??

Pretty sure W1zz changed his entire PC out since then. That's why he retests a lot of old cards each time he does new ones. That way you CAN compare them. You can't compare old test vs. new card test. Hence, why W1zzard goes the extra mile and RE-tests.

Edit, nm...looks like his change was before then.

@Aquinus I don't think there's anything weird with W1zzard now saying 8GB is fine. He's now included games like Arkham Knight (now that it runs pretty well), which will use more than 4GB RAM. I don't recall that being used prior. There may be others.

 

[erocker]

You sure mate?

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_980_Ti_XtremeGaming/5.html

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan_X/7.html

Yeah, that isn't the review he linked.

 

[z1tu]

Dunno. I just know I see less performance with 980 myself than I did before. Whether this is a marketing tactic, or because they did something to make drivers more stable, I do not know.

I can also see that in previous reviews, can't say my 780 has been too affected tho. Other than the fact I can't OC my board anymore because of the heat, it's still going strong on 1080p.

 

[cadaveca]

I can also see that in previous reviews, can't say my 780 has been too affected tho. Other than the fact I can't OC my board anymore because of the heat, it's still going strong on 1080p.

I would have to put my 780 back in my rig and test, as I have not used my 780 in some time as it is now in my son's rig, but I do know that I saw the same drop in performance when new gen came out with 780 Ti. When that happened, I got rid of 780 Ti and moved up to 980 SLi. Soon I'll upgrade to 1080 SLi, unless AMD has something to compete with 1080.

 

[W1zzard]

I wounder.... why in this reviews results of other graphics cars are so very different?!
73.4 vs 53.4 ... How come ??

I think the new bench is running different settings for Witcher. Note VGA Test System Rev. 41, vs. 42.

I think a EVGA engineer confirmed that 1080 only supports 2-way SLI?

NVIDIA said several times that 3 and 4-way SLI is possible. They also said that EVGA engineer was misinformed.

 

[the54thvoid]

Umm. Is the past dozen posts all conspiracy crap. Every card is updated from the previous review. Fury X is up from 40's to 60's.
All cards performing better, even 780ti. Maybe W1zz changed a game setting by mistake because if every card from both brands is significantly better, it's a generic change, not proprietary.

 

[Moofachuka]

I think the new bench is running different settings for Witcher. Note VGA Test System Rev. 41, vs. 42.


NVIDIA said several times that 3 and 4-way SLI is possible. They also said that EVGA engineer was misinformed.

I read somewhere the 1080 supports 3-4 way SLI only through normal bridge. the HB bridge is only for 2 way SLI.

 

[[502]]

This card blows nearly all competitions our of the water, just like Nvidia promised. No need for them to release any Ti version AFAIK. AMD should release an equal card or Nvidia will milk this card till dry, and that's not good for us end consumers.

 

[phoenixwings]

It would be awesome if you guys could post a ROM dump for the GTX 1080 8GB, or upload it to the GPU database. I am really curious how the GPU Boost 3.0 looks like.

Thank you.

 

[deemon]

Well, I can finally say; there is a card that can keep most games above 100FPS for 1080p gaming and no doubt for a long while yet, thanks to it's 8GB VRAM. Although the card is more expensive than what I would have liked, I will probably buy the card. I plan to stick with 1080p for a long time, that is, until we see 100FPS+ results for 1440p and 4k gaming. I can't stand anything below 100FPS, my brain doesn't lag.

and now with the superior SMP you can play the games on 3 * 1080p monitors even better than before ... and they still require 25% less GPU power than 4k

 

[lukart]

Crazy how nvidia manipulates the masses. Announces the card at 599USD but you won't find any at this price.
Then you see temperatures in the presentation, 65c .. and real life 80+

They never change.

 

[z1tu]

Crazy how nvidia manipulates the masses. Announces the card at 599USD but you won't find any at this price.
Then you see temperatures in the presentation, 65c .. and real life 80+

They never change.

The reference card will be 599, aftermarket ones will obviously be higher priced as has always been with nvidia and amd.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Crazy how nvidia manipulates the masses. Announces the card at 599USD but you won't find any at this price.
Then you see temperatures in the presentation, 65c .. and real life 80+

They never change.

The reference card will be 599, aftermarket ones will obviously be higher priced as has always been with nvidia and amd.

The founders edition is the 699 varient, which is basically the reference version, but they wanted to call it something else. Cards from the AIBs that use their own coolers and all that will be around the 599 MSRP.

 

[z1tu]

The founders edition is the 699 varient, which is basically the reference version, but they wanted to call it something else. Cards from the AIBs that use their own coolers and all that will be around the 599 MSRP.

From what I understood, there will be a reference nvidia card and the founders edition with the "special cooler". Or maybe I got that wrong...