NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB

[Slizzo]

Can't wait for board partner designs that add a 6pin power connector as well so we're not power draw limited on OC

 

[Suka]

Great review TPU @Wizzard. This is one card I would like to have. Great job Nvidia. That price though

 

[Octopuss]

This might be interesting when custom PCB variants (with real coolers) start to appear.

 

[Steevo]

Looks to be a great improvement in process and architecture, its quite awesome to see it trade blows and beat the 295X2 with its power draw and features, plus enough brute force to play anything thrown at it.


I almost wish Nvidia could or would have cut out some of the gimmic features likes Ansel and VR and released a pure performance GPU to see what kind of animal they could have created.

 

[SmokingCrop]

NVIDIA did not mention G-Sync at all, so I think it's safe to assume that there were no changes

http://www.eteknix.com/nvidia-reaffirms-plans-support-g-sync/
Nothing new, just reaffirmation that they are not going with free-sync

 

[W1zzard]

I almost wish Nvidia could or would have cut out some of the gimmic features likes Ansel and VR and released a pure performance GPU to see what kind of animal they could have created.

Ansel is a pure software feature that will work on older cards, too.

VR improvements like simultaneous multi-projection could end up providing extra performance due to driver optimizations. I doubt NVIDIA is putting in hardware units just to make VR faster, which they know is a small subset of their customers

 

[iO]

Great GPU but the PCB, cooler and especially the pricing is just obscene..

 

[redeye]

Forget one GTX 1080, sli 1080's might just be future proof.

BTW with gtx1080 being 700... Expect a 1080ti, to be 1000 and titan ZEUS edition (LOL) to be 1400 us...

 

[wrathchild_67]

The most surprising thing from this review is how capable the 295x2 still is. I remember that card selling for $500-550 at one point years ago. I remember the Geforce 690 having some amazing staying power for years after its release as well.

 

[Steevo]

Ansel is a pure software feature that will work on older cards, too.

VR improvements like simultaneous multi-projection could end up providing extra performance due to driver optimizations. I doubt NVIDIA is putting in hardware units just to make VR faster, which they know is a small subset of their customers

Good to know, and the review deserves another read to catch what I *may* have missed trying to get to the numbers.
Its good to be back on track with process changes that allow for these kinds of gains.

 

[HD64G]

they clearly used a frame rate limiter to cap the fps at 61. the card was probably @ 60% usage.

If that's so, we are talking about a fraud...

And for anyone who didn't do the comparison to the most recently tested oced 980Ti by W1z:

4K: 1080 wins by 13-14% in average
14440P: 1080 wins by 16-17% in average.

So, imho, not a big jump in performance, only in efficiency. 1080Ti will be the real jump in performance. And 1080 isn't worthy of its price of FE me thinks.

 

[btarunr]

So clock for clock it's not much faster than the 980ti?

Yeah, good luck running a 980 Ti at these clocks.

 

[LightningJR]

Wonder why the temp was 67 at the event.

Fantastic performance, but the cooler and price tag really don't impress. I really hope we get 599$ custom AIB cards with the capability to keep those 2100 MHz Boost OC clocks Nvidia showcased. Which leads to the question, how did that Nvidia OC demo show such low temps if it was supposedly a reference cooler used? Does the cooler operate at such low RPM by default and the OC was done with 100% fan?

In reality I expect AIBs to price their custom cards for 700€+ here.

they clearly used a frame rate limiter to cap the fps at 61. the card was probably @ 60% usage.

If that's so, we are talking about a fraud...

Honestly I thought the same, either frame limiter or vsync since the fps was hovering at 60-61... But I just saw HWC's review and it looks like the fan can push very high RPM. He had his fan at 55% and the card overclocked to ~2100Mhz @ 99% usage getting 58C.. so... yeah..

Actually a confirmation would be great @W1zzard, are these temps attainable at the overclock with a higher fan speed? How high can the fan speed go? I trust you more.

 

[W1zzard]

The most surprising thing from this review is how capable the 295x2 still is.

Count the number of games that don't show CF scaling.

Then assume Pro Duo is 2x the performance of Fury X when it scales, and 1x when it doesn't scale.

Use relative perf at 4K numbers and you'll have an estimate how Pro Duo does against 1080.

Share your math I got a Doom Steam key to give away for best math

 

[LightningJR]

I got a Doom Steam key to give away for best math

You're lucky I don't like Doom, or I would math the shit outta that.

 

[wrathchild_67]

Count the number of games that don't show CF scaling.

Then assume Pro Duo is 2x the performance of Fury X when it scales, and 1x when it doesn't scale.

Use relative perf at 4K numbers and you'll have an estimate how Pro Duo does against 1080.

Share your math I got a Doom Steam key to give away for best math

I wasn't advising anyone to go out and buy a 295x2. But if you did buy one when they were $500 a few years ago, you basically made one of the best choices for years to come.

 

[W1zzard]

I wasn't advising anyone to go out and buy a 295x2. But if you did buy one when they were $500 a few years ago, you basically made one of the best choices for years to come.

You are right of course. 295X2 was a great deal at that pricing, and still is if it scales.

Actually a confirmation would be great @W1zzard, are these temps attainable at the overclock with a higher fan speed? How high can the fan speed go?

Fan speed 100% in Furmark at stock = 63°C, so ya I think that claim is realistic

 

[Ferrum Master]

Fury Duo should be only ~15% faster if CFX works.

But... yeah a nice card. A win for nvidia.

 

[Chaitanya]

Overpriced shit in India, showing @ Rs. 80,000 (1180 $) ..

Hopefully Polaris will be available under 350 $..

Thats shitty taxation for you, official pricing is lower but not by much. Apart from nvidia greed for jacking up the price this generation and then idiotic pricing for refrence card. I dont think either 1080/1070 will be selling as much as 970/980/Ti before.

 

[arnold_al_qadr]

@W1zzard, do you get two cards for sli review?

 

[W1zzard]

@W1zzard, do you get two cards for sli review?

No, I'll try to get a 2nd one though from another reviewer, but not sure

 

[qurotro]

my Titan X is still going on and on.....

 

[sith'ari]

W1zzard said:
This means that with one quick swoop NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1080 has obsoleted everything in the high-end market.

Exactly that!! I'm simply stunned by 1080GTX's performance numbers!!

 

[rootuser123]

@W1zzard Can you upload the GTX 1080 BIOS? I want to analyse it in Maxwell BIOS Tweaker. Thanks.

 

[medi01]

my Titan X is still going on and on.....

But... Do you play VR? I mean, Steam VR?

Spoiler

PS
In other news "VRFuckYouWorks" incoming.