2017's Best GPU in 2022: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Revisit

Today we're taking a fresh look at the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, because every time we do one of these GPU revisits, nosotros get dozens of requests to bank check out the 1080 Ti, and so here y'all go. Thankfully, I really savour looking at these previous generation GPUs, running them through a few dozen games to encounter how they're holding upwardly.

Every bit a quick refresher, Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1080 Ti was released back in early 2022 for $700 (come across our original review), which at the time was considered an enormous amount of coin for a gaming graphics card. Oh, how times take changed.

Despite the toll tag though, the 1080 Ti withal offered gamers impressive value, packing unrivaled functioning and a fat 11GB VRAM buffer.

If nosotros take a look at our most contempo benchmark data used beyond our GPU reviews, including the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, RTX 3080 Ti and Radeon 6600 XT, we see that the GTX 1080 Ti remains a capable gaming graphics card at 1440p, delivering 93 fps on average across the 12 games used for day one reviews.

That's half dozen% faster than the Radeon 5700 XT, but 18% slower than the 6700 XT. Then, when compared to current generation of so-chosen $700 parts, which would include the RTX 3080 and 6800 XT, the 1080 Ti is over 60% slower, only that's to exist expected four years later.

That information was recorded using our Ryzen ix 5950X exam system with 32GB of DDR4-3200 CL14 dual-rank, dual-channel retention. For this revisit we'll be using the aforementioned exam arrangement, but covering 31 games at 1080p, 1440p and 4K.

This is a follow upward from the Radeon RX 5600 XT, 5700 XT and RTX 2060 Super testing that we recently posted.

We'll be using those GPUs for comparison and while information technology would have been nice to include a few more than relevant parts such every bit the RTX 2070 Super and RTX 3080, for sake of time efficiency (it takes at least a few days to add a single GPU to this 31 game benchmark), we're posting these now with more to exist added over the coming weeks.

Benchmarks

Allow's now have a expect at how these four GPUs compare in a dozen games earlier nosotros check out the average gaming performance across all 31 tested titles, forth with a few head to caput comparisons.

Nosotros'll showtime with Biomutant which tends to favor GeForce GPUs. The game uses Unreal Engine four and it appears as though picayune optimization has been made for Radeons, every bit a result the 2060 Super and 5700 XT are comparable here and that means at 1440p the GTX 1080 Ti was a massive 28% faster, offering an entirely dissimilar tier of operation.

Whereas the 2060 Super and 5700 XT at times dipped below 60 fps, the 1080 Ti was proficient for well over 60 fps throughout our testing, then a keen result for the old GeForce flagship.

In Red Dead Redemption 2, the 5700 XT performed a lot ameliorate, matching the GTX 1080 Ti at all resolutions. Using the slightly dialed downwards 'high' settings the 1080 Ti struggled to deliver 60 fps at 1440p, and therefore is ameliorate suited to 1080p using these quality settings.

The GTX 1080 Ti was able to flex its muscle in Hitman 2, pumping out 98 fps at 1440p, making it 23% faster than the 5700 XT, and 27% faster than the 2060 Super. Similar margins were also seen at 1080p and 4K.

Resident Evil Village is a 2022 release and here the 5700 XT does get the meliorate of the GTX 1080 Ti, delivering vii-eight% greater performance at 1080p and 1440p. That said, the 1080 Ti was still very impressive, rendering over 80 fps at all times when testing at 1440p.

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Society is another Unreal Engine 4 title, though the Radeon GPUs do slightly better when compared to what nosotros saw with Biomutant. Even so the GTX 1080 Ti was 6% faster than the 5700 XT and a massive 21% faster at 1440p.

Days Gone besides favors the GTX 1080 Ti and this is still another Unreal Engine 4 title. Although the 5700 XT and GTX 1080 Ti were comparable at 1080p, the GeForce GPU runs away with it at 1440p, pulling alee by a 15% margin with over 70 fps at all times in our testing.

Next upwards we have Cyberpunk 2077, and delight note we've updated our criterion laissez passer for this title, moving from a densely NPC populated surface area. Here these GPUs really struggled at 1440p and certainly weren't able to deliver a 60 fps experience, for that you'll need to driblet downwards to 1080p, and please note we're not using the maxed out graphics either. Interestingly, the GTX 1080 Ti was slower than both the 2060 Super and 5700 XT, losing to the Radeon GPU past a thirteen% margin.

Moving on to Flight Simulator 2022, we've updated all our results for this title after a new patch improved operation beyond the board. The game's all the same not silky smooth on older hardware using the ultra quality preset, but we did see a big thirty%+ improvement for all GPUs.

This allowed the 5600 XT to evangelize playable performance at 1080p and at present the 5700 XT is very smooth with 51 fps. That said, the GTX 1080 Ti was faster averaging 56 fps at 1080p, which is plenty for this simulator.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is one of the older titles we're testing with, merely it's nonetheless very enervating and looks quite practiced. The GTX 1080 Ti spat out ninety fps at 1440p, while the 5700 XT was good for lxxx fps, making the GeForce GPU thirteen% faster.

F1 2022 is the newest game in this benchmark, and although information technology supports ray tracing and enables it by default on GPUs that support it, we've gone and disabled it on the RTX 2060 Super as it's the only RT enabled GPU here and rather than identify it at a disadvantage nosotros've simply disabled it for an apples to apples comparing.

The 5700 XT was 25% faster than the RTX 2060 Super at 1440p, and despite that huge margin, the GTX 1080 Ti was 6% faster than the 5700 XT. So a potent result for the Pascal GPU.

Unsurprisingly the GTX 1080 Ti powers through Rainbow Six Siege, delivering 193 fps on average at 1440p to match the 5700 XT, information technology's even capable of pushing upwards effectually 100 fps at 4K.

Finally, let's take a look at Assassin's Creed Valhalla which uses the AnvilNext 2.0 game engine and is well optimized for Radeon GPUs. The 5700 XT had no outcome brushing aside the 1080 Ti, at to the lowest degree when looking at the 1080p and 1440p results where information technology was xiv% and xi% faster respectively.

31 Game Average Performance

Here'south a look at the average performance seen beyond the 31 games tested. The GTX 1080 Ti remains six% faster than the 5700 XT at 1440p, which is the same margin seen in our smaller 12-game sample used for day-one reviews.

That means the GTX 1080 Ti is ~xx% faster than the 2060 Super and with 100 fps on average, it's withal a very competent 1440p gamer for the well-nigh function.

For those of yous interested in how the 5700 XT and GTX 1080 Ti compare head-to-caput in the games tested, well here'southward a expect at just that.

The GeForce GPU is pushed ahead past massive wins in half a dozen of the games tested, those games include Valorant, PUBG, Biomutant, Hitman 2, Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order and Resident Evil three.

Of those games, 4 use Unreal Engine 4 which isn't a surprise, and while information technology'southward possible for Radeon GPUs to perform quite well in UE games -- take Borderlands 3 for example -- it seems the developer really has to exit of their manner to optimize for AMD hardware when using this popular engine, which continues to be a problem for Team Ruby.

If we look at the games where the 5700 XT does well and manages to beat the GTX 1080 Ti, you won't find any Unreal Engine iv titles. Forza Horizon 4 uses the Forzatech engine, Assassin'southward Creed Valhalla uses the AnvilNext 2.0, Resident Evil Village the RE Engine, Cyberpunk 2077 REDengine 4, Doom Eternal id Tech seven, and Dota 2 the Source two engine.

What We Learned

In belatedly 2022, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is hanging in really well. The GPU has aged well partly cheers to its large 11GB frame buffer, and will continue to be able to take advantage of HD texture packs for some futurity.

Talks about Nvidia abandoning older architectures and not optimizing newer games, at least for now that certainly hasn't been the example with Pascal, as the level of optimization for modernistic titles looks peachy.

The only issue with the GTX 1080 Ti today is the same effect faced by all GPUs: price and availability. The average selling toll we've seen for the 1080 Ti over the past few months is around $600, which is only $100 less than the MSRP 4 years ago.

Basically yous're looking at GeForce RTX 2070 money with the 2070 Super typically selling for around $50 more, though it's well worth that pocket-size premium given you option up some really cool features such as DLSS.

That being the case, the GTX 1080 Ti makes no sense in 2022 to purchase used. It'southward certainly miles meliorate for gamers than the 5700 XT which is selling for ~$800, probably considering that GPU is better for mining, and then if yous happen to have ane, you lot volition want to sell it and upgrade to a faster gaming card like the 6700 XT.

The GTX 1080 Ti has been an interesting GPU to track over the years, specially on the second hand marketplace. Fifty-fifty during times when the market was flooded with discounted 5700 XT'south and readily available 2070 Super's, the GTX 1080 Ti held its value well, never dipping below ~$400 at places like eBay.

For at present we can only dream of $350 GTX 1080 Ti's, but if and when the market returns to more than normal conditions, yous tin can wait the flagship Pascal GPU to tumble in price on the second mitt market.

For now the 6600 XT looks similar your best shot at achieving GTX 1080 Ti-like functioning, though pricing and availability still looks messy depending on where you lot live. In the US, you can pick i up on eBay for a footling over $600. While in Commonwealth of australia nosotros've been able to purchase an RX 6600 XT graphics card for around $700 AUD, while GTX 1080 Ti typically sells for well over $800 AUD.

So as much equally we disliked the 6600 XT in our day-one review, it'southward turning out to exist the better available pick for those seeking this level of gaming performance.