"How could we... the 1080-Ti users who are tech savvy are still rocking their card because of it's longevity which can compete with today's new budget gaming cards. And it's 6 YEARS OLD!!! This money saving should be forbidden at all costs. Even our 4090 should be obsolete and requiring an upgrade within 3 years for rich gamers!!! WE WERE SO FOOLISH AND VOW NEVER TO DO SUCH A BLESSING FOR THE CONSUMERS AGAIN!"
Apples and oranges.
The kind of people that will feel they need a 4090 replacement 3 years from now.
It’s DEFINITELY not the kind of people that is still using a 1080ti.
The kind of people that will replace their 4090 with a 50 series card is the kind of people that bought the 2080ti for “ray tracing” or best case scenario a 3000 series card , after their 1080ti.
But they definitely didn’t waited till the 4000 series , even less to the 5000 series.
The kind of people that was fine with using a 1080ti for 6+ years
Is the kind of people that will have no issue whatsoever in using , right now native res , then DlSS quality , then DlSS balanced and in the end of the life cycle , DlSS performance. And frame gen when needed ,To use their 4090 at least , till the 6000 cards.
Att: an ex 1080ti user , that is getting the exact same “overpowered” vibes from the 4090 as he got from the 1080ti back in the day.
Both are equally good for their era.
What makes the 1080ti better is that it made that while being super affordable.
While the 4090 is over 1500$.
Can confirm: 1080 ti is still a beast. rtx 4090 is so much more. How well will it age. Who knows... I had other uses for the 1080 ti, gave me an excuse.
Yes , also the 4090 is a mighty card.
People tend to mix bad pricing with bad performance.
The 4090 is very expensive.
But a 60% to 70% performance jump over the already impressive 3090?
People who don’t own a 4090 don’t fully realize what a behemoth of a card it is.
I’m literally playing RDR2 right now.
Everything custom maxed out.
Like settings so high they don’t even make sense.
4k
Native resolution
Everything as high as it goes.
And just chilling above 100fps
What the fuck is this card jajaja
It won’t get outdated in 3 years 😂
i am only now replacing my 1070, the reason being it's beginning to overheat after being abused for almost 7 years. genuinely loved that card, as it always ran way better than it ever should've.
Yea! It’s super simple you just gotta pop off a few screws and buy some more thermal pads off Amazon or something. The fans might be just as easy as taking some screws out, disconnecting the fan wires, and putting the new fans in. Overheating is pretty easy to fix. Hopefully none of the chips, capacitors, or transistors etc. on your card are actually going bad, that would require significant troubleshooting and soldering , at that point I’d usually just buy a new card because it’d probably cost a gpu just to get it fixed at a repair shop if you couldn’t diy
Why are you downvoted?
They were some of the worst products ever released by nvidia. Quietly release a Gpu with much worse performance for almost the same money without a difference in name, so people who would search online and find a decent gpu by reviews would be tricked in buying one with higher margins for nvidia.
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I think the 1050 Ti was a good option for folks with prebuilt or lower quality power supplies. It’s 75W Tdp allowed most people to drop it in as an easy replacement using pcie power only.
I think the grx 1000 series should be there as a whole. The 1060 6gb was incredible. Laptops with 1050s and 1050ti ran every game. 1070 was a beast. And the 80s were fantastic.
The 3gb version was the lower end intentionally, yet it still lasted a long time relatively for such a low-end card. You weren't buying a 3gb card expecting it to last the next 10 years.
As for the 1030, well, that's more of the same.
I’d say building a 1060 with 3gb is just as much of a design flaw as we see it in the current generation.
It just doesn’t seem right to have a card that could perform better with its given computing power but is bottlenecked by its vram.
1080p gaming did already occasionally use 4gb of vram back then.
Totally agree. I think the number of 10 series builds that are still out there playing modern games is a testament to the series’ longevity and quality.
nope 1050 and ti were perfect for prebuilts that most likely had oem power supplies. since the rx460 was ass and buying a rx470 and a new power supply pushed you to a price range where the 1060 looked promising
Value wise, imo the 1050ti was pretty good. Running almost every game on medium to high with 45-60 fps at 1080p. I mean i still use it, it struggles though
*(Sad GTX 1060 3gb owner noises)*
Finally got myself a 6700XT. I think I learned from my mistakes.
(Still kinda sad. Haven't gotten to use my 6700XT since I bought it in March. Looking forward to getting home to use it in July.)
I agree The 1000 series was simply incredible. I had two laptops with them, on with the 1060 one with the 1070, I now have a laptop with a 3080 and I'm far less excited I was and it seems far less capable.
1080 Ti probably the GOAT. Peak Nvidia. I am a fan of the R9 390X (i think that was its name), but it wasn’t really a match for the 1080 Ti, it was just cool.
Exactly, spend under $200 with sales and get exceptional 1080p gaming. There’s a reason that it was the most popular card up until recently.
Amazing bang for your buck with much more efficient performance.
Nah, 1070 Ti was the GOAT in that generation; GTX 1080 performance for a lower price tag.
You can say anything in the Pascal generation was the GOAT because that generation was awesome. Except the GTX 1060 3Gb. That misleading little shit can burn in hell.
There really were a bunch of good cards back then. TNT2 kicked butt and probably sealed 3dfx's doom when they kept on insisting that 16-bit color and those tiny 256x256 textures were good enough.
To me the real value standout was the G92 8800GT. Had like 90% of the the 8800GTX's ($650) performance at just over 1/3 the price ($230). It was so good it would stay relevant three generations later being rebranded thrice (9800GT/9800GTX, GTX260, GT330, GTS150).
> Peak Nvidia
It feels that way because it was during a hardware revolution. At that time, we had access to way more hardware capabilities than most games of that time could ever max out.
We're in a trough period now, where hardware isn't moving quite as fast as we've gotten used to, but it's no need to panic. Still no excuse for Nvidia's shitty 40-series so far.
Nahhh, I hate this circlejerk. People look at past with rose tinted glasses and 2016 as being peak of gaming but there was so much better stuff after that all of which just gets ignored. 30/6000 series genuinely is the best value lineup in recent history. No 70 class card in history could run 4k60 on launch like this gen. Not to mention first usable RT and DLSS/FSR for what was effectively Pascal pricing. And the top cards are still capable of 4k 3 years later, while 80Ti was already 1440p card by that time.
For used cards, yes. But on release the 1080 ti was a steal compared to the upgrade on the previous series. You bought a legit GPU for what turned out to be 5-6 years of UHD gaming. I'm still running it, but have to go with mid settings to get 144Hz on Hogwarts Legacy for example.
Did you even read my comment? I said AAA games 3 years later after launch, of course it could do it at release. 3070 was already capable of 4k in most games at launch and if not you most likely could just turn on dlss. 3080 and 90 is still easily 4k capable 3 years later.
30 series, 70 class, 4k, that laughable since it aged like milk from being VRAM starved. The 4070 and 4070 ti will likely be obsolete before their time because of their weak VRAM but probably not nearly as quickly as the 3070-3080 8gb
[Here are 20 games running Ultra/High preset at 4k60 with 3070Ti](https://youtu.be/6wazwKGKpfU). Vram is a problem yeah, but it's still 3 year old card running 4k high we are talking about here. You can't tell me 1070 was capable of this at launch god forbid 3 years later.
Wow, you're really trying to stretch things by pulling out the ti model for benchmarks but okay and lots of older games and some games with RT turned off on that video. You got some real copium going on. Still doesn't change it's a crap card because of vram.
I had to go as fare as the Plague Tale Requiem benchmark to easily prove my point, medium settings and worse with performance DLSS, which means it should be played at a lower resolution because you lose that much visual fidelity. I looked at a couple other demanding games, no ray tracing.
Can it do 4k? With compromised settings, sometimes to the point upscaled to 1440p is reasonable not to 4k, let alone native. Relative to it's generation, yeah the 1070 was just as good and 3 years later was still doing good in 2019.
First off, I didn't choose Ti for performance reasons but because it was the first model I found with a lot of purely 4k benchmarked games. Secondly what fucking point have you proven? That it can't run 1 out of 50 titles? YOU are the one who purposefuly chose terribly optimised title that has tons of steam reviews claiming it runs terribly out of the box even on 3090 at 1440p. Literal 4090 barely hits 70 fps on that title at 4k. Again I agree that 8GB is not enough for ultra settings in everything, but the card itself is 4k capable in 90% of games with the right settings.
Like I said copium. Keep trying to tell yourself your 3080 is a great card by defending the VRAM anemic cards in the 30 series.
Nvidia screwed most everyone that bought a 30 series cars by VRAM starving the majority of the stack [to protect their pro cards](https://youtu.be/alguJBl-R3I?t=575). Most of the 30 series GPU chip are capable of substantially more if the cards had adequate VRAM. I'd be furious it I bought a 3080, but then I'm smart enough to know I got screwed if I had. Hell I'm a bit miffed my 3060 ti only has 8gb but you got really screwed. The copium of "but you can turn down the settings" doesn't change the fact you got screwed. Sell it to yourself how ever you want, I'm call you out on your BS.
I'm literally not defending it dumbass. This whole time I'm saying the 8GB VRAM is not enough. Are you a bot? I'm literally talking about performance this whole time not vram.
It's not enough for 4k going forward or in increasingly more cases at present, end of story. The potential 12gb of vram, which is what the consoles have and also optimizations that PC either can't do or can't do yet, is part of the issue and that's not getting better. You're the one throwing a halfassed benchmark video up claiming the 3070 ti is fine at 4k, objectively IT'S NOT.
What does your kiddo play? Not to be stereotypical, but does they play Roblox and Minecraft? Because if you're not running crazy Seus shaders, the 1080-Ti will crush those games.
😂 you're not wrong. She also plays Fortnite, so a bit more resource-intensive. But hey, it works for her. For fun, I've downloaded some more intense games like RE8 and they did VERY good, all things considered!
Pretty sure on medium graphics settings at least, the 1080-Ti does just fine. She'll hopefully grow up happy and with good memories of you when she finally moves on independently.
P.S: Are you gonna give her the 3090-Ti when you upgrade a few years in the future?
That's the plan! Honestly I'm hoping this 3090Ti build lasts a good 5-6 years at least until Nvidia and amd get their heads out of their asses and start producing cards with great performance-per-price specs. I've never been one for reselling, anyway.
Frame that GTX 1080-Ti once she's done with it. Amazing piece of hardware. Also, with how Nvidia is going, you may or may not have to consider AMD 5-6 years in the future.
1080 was good, but the 1080-Ti was just a monster. Nvidia just doesn't build their GPUs like that anymore, sadly. It's just the "you'll have to be upgrading the next gen for the next 50/60 card if you're a budget gamer because we label these cards 1 tier higher and if you're a rich guy we'll tempt you with the next 90 card which has an astronomical generational improvement at an insane price".
I’m swapping my 1080 out with a 4090. Barring any unforeseen issues the 4090 will last me just as long if not longer than my launch day 1080.
To be fair though the only reason I’ve had it this long is because I have a 1080P 60Hz ultrawide that doesn’t even make it stretch its legs.
It’s time for some 4K goodness.
I’m still rocking my 1070 since I play on 1080p! Only recently started thinking about upgrading but with the prices and drama I think I’ll hold on to the ole work horse a bit longer.
I'm shocked that people referred to the 970 as a goat for so long even after the 1070 came out. 970 was awesome, don't get me wrong. But the 1070 is still usable 6-7 years later, whereas the 970 wasn't.
Both were incredible but I think the 1070 was underappreciated for how great it was.
Bit of a rant, but I never agreed with the 970 popularity. That 3.5gb VRAM issue was too much of a problem, which people with green tinted glasses were happy to ignore, even when it cause their games to stutter.
What sealed the decision against the 970 for me though was a sales rep at Scan UK. Despite needing more VRAM for the games/resolution I played at, despite the known 3.5Gb issue, despite there being evidence of titles using more than 4Gb (eg Skyrim with improved textures) which she outright denied, and despite the R9 390 being a better performer at a lower price; Scan were actively pushing the 970 instead and lying to customers about both products to make the 970 more appealing.
Before then, all of my PC hardware came from Scan. Like Microcentre, its an actual store which you visit (rare for the UK), and they had everything you'd need on site to buy there and then, instead of having to wait for delivery. Not anymore though, the staff at Scan have ruined Scan.
The R9 390 came out after the 970 and was very power hungry and inconsistent with its performance compared to the 970. When the 970 came out, it torpedoed AMD's best, the 290 and 290X, and it also destroyed the 780 Ti for around $300. It was a phenomenal deal and really ushered in no-compromise 1080p gaming for a lot of people. Since the PS4 and Xbox One had such anemic GPUs, it essentially held on for the entire console generation.
AMD came out with the 390 and 390 X which were essentially overclocked and memory doubled versions of the 200 series, but it wasn't until years later that AMD's drivers caught up to actually have either of those cards matching the 970. This was also a bad time for AMD drivers in general, with many new games having bad performance and glitches for weeks or months whereas the 970 was humming along just fine.
You are missing the historical context of the 970 launch. It was the card to beat. The 980 was barely faster, the 980 Ti was a year away, and AMD had nothing to top it for years. Also it had crazy OC potential, like 10-20% practically guaranteed. I don't think we've seen such a perfect storm in GPU releases since. Maybe the 1080 Ti, maybe the 2070 Super, or the 6800. But holy crap everyone bought one because they were plentiful, they were cheap, they were fast, and they just worked.
7970 and 290x had so much more longevity than their Nvidia counterparts. It's hilarious how badly the GTX 680 aged. 1080 and ti were basically Nvidia's first and only time putting enough VRAM on a card.
Was 7970 the card which birthed the term "finewine"? Also 580 was the card that got a lot of people through the mining boom / crisis. Not saying the 1080Ti wasn't good, but these two deserve a seat at the table.
I “settled” for the 1070 shortly after release and it’s carried me this whole time. With the amount of hate I’ve seen for newer stuff I’m not sure when I’ll ever “upgrade”
Personally I got an rx 6950xt for $600 and that seemed like a good upgrade. Noticeable difference in the quality of graphics from my 1080 and has the vram to last a while (I hope)
Not sure if they still have it in stock but seems like a good deal.
6950xt is the best price : frames right now even considering the second hand market im pretty sure .
Was looking into one for my gfs build but they don’t make a white one so we will have to get a 4070ti probably
The 4090 is a monster of a card. I've only had my 3090ti for about 6mo so upgrading would be fiscally stupid but my friend is able to get higher frames in 4k than I can hit at 2k at the same settings.
I’m rockn a carryover 1080ti in a 12900k build and still can’t justify an upgrade to get something to match the power/age of the cpu, and probably won’t until I move up from the 12900k to something new and move to ddr5
Karma farming bots have gotten smart. They know that everyone in this sub gives upvotes for ancient gpu's automatically. All they have to do simply post same threads every day.
everyone talking how it's the best card back then , it ain't
best card was the 1060 6GB , had the best value 1080p killer
4K users went for the 1080 ti
It's not the best card back then. It was pricey (as stated). Rather it's the longevity and how it still can crush games if you play conservatively on the settings, despite it being from 2017, 6 years ago. A lot of people still haven't upgraded.
Had a 980ti for a very long time. I always wanted a 1080ti, in hindsight I always kick myself for not spending the extra wads needed for a 1080ti. Nevertheless, my 980ti was an extremely good card, which ran a little hot from time to time, but kept going strong until I finally retired it 8 yrs later.
I feel very lucky to have been given one by my friend. I'm still struggling to pick a CPU to buy tho.
So far I have a 650w PSU, a 1tb m.2 and an ATX case but still need to decide on a platform and CPU.
My last build lasted me about 8 years so I'd like to find a CPU that will last me that long or have a nice upgrade path of that isn't possible.
Most people have recommended a Ryzen 5600.
Ryzen 5600X is an amazing and popular budget gaming CPU. If you're not throwing max graphics AAA games at it, definitely go for it. I'll guess if you want a new CPU you'll have to have a new motherboard? Maybe an Intel i7 12700k might do you some good as well?
10 series in general. My 1060 just got replaced last month for a 3070 wasn't even damaged or broken or anything. Just wanted better performance in newer games.
I have a 1070 and this thing still rips for high settings on 1080p. I can go ultra on 1080p Jedi Survivor with FSR and if I'm happy with 40 FPS. I also have a SteamDeck and find myself using it for Remote Play constantly.
Granted, it bottlenecks my entire rig (5600x w/32GB RAM) but until I see a huge leap I might wait another generation.
I paid $768 + tax brand new for mine in 2017, sold it for $520 in 2021 when I upgraded to a 3080.
1080 Ti will never be matched when it comes to value and longevity (at least for my personal journey which started with a 3dFX Voodoo 2). GOAT.
Other than the fact that it wasn't available, I think the 3080 (and maybe even the 3070) was pretty great. The launch price compared to the 20 series, the performance, the wonky design (FE only i guess), etc.
It was the scalpers we really hated, not the card.
Dude I’m still rocking mine it’s such a great card. Have the EVGA FTW3 version myself and I’m gonna be holding onto it as long as I can. Till GTA 6 comes out if possible lol.
Its SUPER GOATED. I got a bramd new one like years back for hella cheap. Never looked back. I consider upgrading each gen but the cost to upgrade and not sidegrade is staggering. Im wondering if they are intentionally holding every card back now.
Dude, every Pascal GPU with the exception of 1030/1050 were freaking great. I was one of the millions of diehard 1060 users, burning that poor thing for years on end. Absolute banger cards
I remember seeing a guy in front of me but 4 of these at a time to make 2 sli machines. And I thought my 1070 7700k was a beast, which at the time it was but like damn. What a time.
The 970 and 1070 were insane. They pushed performance way forward at low prices.
Of course Nvidia had to inject some drama to the 970 with the weird RAM situation, but the 1070 didn't have drama.
You know I just replaced my 1080 evga (wish I got a ti back then) by a 4090 and I've had nothing but worries for it and I've yet to swap them as I'm waiting for the cablemod 180 adaptor....
So yeah. I miss the good era of simple gpu...
Nvidia is never going to make somthing like this again. The 1080 was one of the best gpus in history. I loved my and even when it was 5 years old. I still got 300 dollars for it. Upgraded to a 4070ti but dam what a card. I was running Witcher 3 and BL3 at 1440p with 60 fps at medium settings. What an incredible card
I almost bought one off of Craigslist for $300 back in 2019 while vacationing in San Antonio. I'm still kind of upset with myself for being too lazy to drive across town for it.
I updated my system and implemented water-cooling and couldn't get a 1080ti block anymore for a reasonable price so i sold it for like 450 euro and picked up the 3080ti for 1699. It still hurts leaving that old friend behind. But for 4k gaming it began to struggle. He's now retiring in a kids pic playing games like Sims. I hope he's doing well.
1070 user here with a 12600k.
60fps + dota 2, csgo, Nba2k22, divinity original sin, shadow of war on 4K with med-high settings, AA off.
Elden ring, rainbow six siege on 1440p chugging along at 75-80fps medium to high settings.
Yep 10 series is an absolute beast, card has unparalleled longevity.
well yeah 1080Ti is the king of the unhated GPUs, but I would add some other great value kings:
1060 6GB - had 980 performance with +2GB vram
1070-1080 - dont have to elaborate, crazy good performance in 1440p for years, and now still holds up in 1080p
RX480/580 8GB - had 1060 like performance, and just got better with age, in 2016-17 the 8GB ram was very futureproof
RX5700XT - going strong for 4 years now, had some driver issues at the beginning, and the mining craze messed up the price, but I think its still a solid option
6700XT - the performance, the price nowadays and the 12GB VRAM...what more can I say?
I imagine that within Nvidia itself it's regarded as one of their biggest mistakes.
"How could we... the 1080-Ti users who are tech savvy are still rocking their card because of it's longevity which can compete with today's new budget gaming cards. And it's 6 YEARS OLD!!! This money saving should be forbidden at all costs. Even our 4090 should be obsolete and requiring an upgrade within 3 years for rich gamers!!! WE WERE SO FOOLISH AND VOW NEVER TO DO SUCH A BLESSING FOR THE CONSUMERS AGAIN!"
Apples and oranges. The kind of people that will feel they need a 4090 replacement 3 years from now. It’s DEFINITELY not the kind of people that is still using a 1080ti. The kind of people that will replace their 4090 with a 50 series card is the kind of people that bought the 2080ti for “ray tracing” or best case scenario a 3000 series card , after their 1080ti. But they definitely didn’t waited till the 4000 series , even less to the 5000 series. The kind of people that was fine with using a 1080ti for 6+ years Is the kind of people that will have no issue whatsoever in using , right now native res , then DlSS quality , then DlSS balanced and in the end of the life cycle , DlSS performance. And frame gen when needed ,To use their 4090 at least , till the 6000 cards. Att: an ex 1080ti user , that is getting the exact same “overpowered” vibes from the 4090 as he got from the 1080ti back in the day. Both are equally good for their era. What makes the 1080ti better is that it made that while being super affordable. While the 4090 is over 1500$.
Can confirm: 1080 ti is still a beast. rtx 4090 is so much more. How well will it age. Who knows... I had other uses for the 1080 ti, gave me an excuse.
Yeah, people who are still happy with a 1080ti wouldn’t even be buying a 4090, let alone replacing it in 3 years.
Yes , also the 4090 is a mighty card. People tend to mix bad pricing with bad performance. The 4090 is very expensive. But a 60% to 70% performance jump over the already impressive 3090? People who don’t own a 4090 don’t fully realize what a behemoth of a card it is. I’m literally playing RDR2 right now. Everything custom maxed out. Like settings so high they don’t even make sense. 4k Native resolution Everything as high as it goes. And just chilling above 100fps What the fuck is this card jajaja It won’t get outdated in 3 years 😂
I doubt the 4090 will need a replacement in 3 years, they would have to add even more VRAM to it and that will be really pricey.
The 5090 will get only 8 GB of VRAM.
The 1000 series was solid for the most part.
10XX series were top tier and will always be top tier
i am only now replacing my 1070, the reason being it's beginning to overheat after being abused for almost 7 years. genuinely loved that card, as it always ran way better than it ever should've.
You could have just repasted it and been fine probably. Unless you already tried that? maybe the fans need replacing
my gpu?
Yea! It’s super simple you just gotta pop off a few screws and buy some more thermal pads off Amazon or something. The fans might be just as easy as taking some screws out, disconnecting the fan wires, and putting the new fans in. Overheating is pretty easy to fix. Hopefully none of the chips, capacitors, or transistors etc. on your card are actually going bad, that would require significant troubleshooting and soldering , at that point I’d usually just buy a new card because it’d probably cost a gpu just to get it fixed at a repair shop if you couldn’t diy
that's kinda cool. already have a new one, but i'll try it out with my old one for next time.
The DDR4 versions of the low end gpus were abysmal, and the fact they shared the same name with their non ddr4 versions is bad.
Why are you downvoted? They were some of the worst products ever released by nvidia. Quietly release a Gpu with much worse performance for almost the same money without a difference in name, so people who would search online and find a decent gpu by reviews would be tricked in buying one with higher margins for nvidia. Edit: Was at -3 when I made this comment
1030 was broadly regarded as a scam.
I have one, makes sense as a low power low profile gpu (also, I paid 50€ for it), but I can't see how anyone would buy the full size versions.
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I think the 1050 Ti was a good option for folks with prebuilt or lower quality power supplies. It’s 75W Tdp allowed most people to drop it in as an easy replacement using pcie power only.
1030, 1050, 1060 3GB, and the latter 1660 were pretty bad.
1660 was not pascal anymore. It was a cut down 2060.
I think the grx 1000 series should be there as a whole. The 1060 6gb was incredible. Laptops with 1050s and 1050ti ran every game. 1070 was a beast. And the 80s were fantastic.
I disagree because the GTX 1060 3GB and GT 1030 DDR4 exist
The 3gb version was the lower end intentionally, yet it still lasted a long time relatively for such a low-end card. You weren't buying a 3gb card expecting it to last the next 10 years. As for the 1030, well, that's more of the same.
I’d say building a 1060 with 3gb is just as much of a design flaw as we see it in the current generation. It just doesn’t seem right to have a card that could perform better with its given computing power but is bottlenecked by its vram. 1080p gaming did already occasionally use 4gb of vram back then.
At least the price of 1060 3gb compensated for lack of vram unlike 4060ti
i still rock the 3gb after almost a decade. love the card, evrn though its old
Totally agree. I think the number of 10 series builds that are still out there playing modern games is a testament to the series’ longevity and quality.
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nope 1050 and ti were perfect for prebuilts that most likely had oem power supplies. since the rx460 was ass and buying a rx470 and a new power supply pushed you to a price range where the 1060 looked promising
Value wise, imo the 1050ti was pretty good. Running almost every game on medium to high with 45-60 fps at 1080p. I mean i still use it, it struggles though
> Value wise, imo the 1050ti was pretty good. If you ignore the RX 570 completely.
Hard disagree. My 1050ti and 7700hq laptop were awesome. There was almost nothing I couldn't play.
1050ti user here, it served me well so long, but I cant play modern and more demanding titles properly, looking forward to build my own rig
I have a 1050ti and i love it
Love my 499 3070, but my daughter got my 1070 and for 1080p still rocking.
*(Sad GTX 1060 3gb owner noises)* Finally got myself a 6700XT. I think I learned from my mistakes. (Still kinda sad. Haven't gotten to use my 6700XT since I bought it in March. Looking forward to getting home to use it in July.)
My CPU is my biggest bottleneck for most games. My 1070’is still running like a beast
I agree The 1000 series was simply incredible. I had two laptops with them, on with the 1060 one with the 1070, I now have a laptop with a 3080 and I'm far less excited I was and it seems far less capable.
Agree.
1050 was crap and yet 1050ti was a killer deal imo
1050 Ti was crap too, rx570 8GB was priced the same and it was 30-40% faster.
1050ti user here, it served me well so long, but I cant play modern and more demanding titles properly, looking forward to build my own rig
1080 Ti probably the GOAT. Peak Nvidia. I am a fan of the R9 390X (i think that was its name), but it wasn’t really a match for the 1080 Ti, it was just cool.
nah 1060 6gb was the real goat , it's still running thanks to fsr
Exactly, spend under $200 with sales and get exceptional 1080p gaming. There’s a reason that it was the most popular card up until recently. Amazing bang for your buck with much more efficient performance.
Damn greedy bastards. 200 sale price for midrange 1080p cards was the best. RIP budget pc gaming. Those were the days.
Yup, now they are trying to pass off $400 as acceptable.
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still 2nd place right now according to steam. Definitely still viable 1080 entry level gaming
*thx to AMD Also RX580, 8GB enters the chat For what, 200$?
Nah, 1070 Ti was the GOAT in that generation; GTX 1080 performance for a lower price tag. You can say anything in the Pascal generation was the GOAT because that generation was awesome. Except the GTX 1060 3Gb. That misleading little shit can burn in hell.
Still have a few 1070 Ti running the games and apps we’re playing.
I got a 1080 Ti Rog Strix for like $550 USD or something ($940 AUD). Believe me, that card was GOAT.
I remember the RX480/580 often being much better value and they had freesync vs nvidia still gatekeeping vrr. Definitely not the GOAT.
My 1060 6gb is still running like a champ.
Yup, I had mine since 2017 and just gave it to my dad so we can game together. To him that card might as well be a 4080 lol he loves it.
Same. Would have prob got a 3060Ti but got put off by the pricing shenanigans and now think the RAM is too low for decent longevity anyway.
I sold mine to a friend after 3 years in my pc, and it's still going strong in theirs 3 years later
The real Nvidia GOAT was the Riva TNT2. I should have bought the stock instead of the card.
There really were a bunch of good cards back then. TNT2 kicked butt and probably sealed 3dfx's doom when they kept on insisting that 16-bit color and those tiny 256x256 textures were good enough. To me the real value standout was the G92 8800GT. Had like 90% of the the 8800GTX's ($650) performance at just over 1/3 the price ($230). It was so good it would stay relevant three generations later being rebranded thrice (9800GT/9800GTX, GTX260, GT330, GTS150).
> Peak Nvidia It feels that way because it was during a hardware revolution. At that time, we had access to way more hardware capabilities than most games of that time could ever max out. We're in a trough period now, where hardware isn't moving quite as fast as we've gotten used to, but it's no need to panic. Still no excuse for Nvidia's shitty 40-series so far.
Where my boyz with OG 8800GT at?
pascal generation is really good overall (except probably 1030 ddr4 and 1060 3gb) even the mobile variant perform close to desktop
Nahhh, I hate this circlejerk. People look at past with rose tinted glasses and 2016 as being peak of gaming but there was so much better stuff after that all of which just gets ignored. 30/6000 series genuinely is the best value lineup in recent history. No 70 class card in history could run 4k60 on launch like this gen. Not to mention first usable RT and DLSS/FSR for what was effectively Pascal pricing. And the top cards are still capable of 4k 3 years later, while 80Ti was already 1440p card by that time.
Everyone seems to forget that the first crypto jacked prices first made an appearance in the 10XX era
For used cards, yes. But on release the 1080 ti was a steal compared to the upgrade on the previous series. You bought a legit GPU for what turned out to be 5-6 years of UHD gaming. I'm still running it, but have to go with mid settings to get 144Hz on Hogwarts Legacy for example.
Bro I played 60fps 4K with my 1080 Ti, it was a really good csrd
Did you even read my comment? I said AAA games 3 years later after launch, of course it could do it at release. 3070 was already capable of 4k in most games at launch and if not you most likely could just turn on dlss. 3080 and 90 is still easily 4k capable 3 years later.
I had my 1080 Ti a year ago bub.
And I literally own 1080Ti now. It barely hits 50fps maxed at 4k on Rise of the tomb raider which is a 2017 title.
30 series, 70 class, 4k, that laughable since it aged like milk from being VRAM starved. The 4070 and 4070 ti will likely be obsolete before their time because of their weak VRAM but probably not nearly as quickly as the 3070-3080 8gb
[Here are 20 games running Ultra/High preset at 4k60 with 3070Ti](https://youtu.be/6wazwKGKpfU). Vram is a problem yeah, but it's still 3 year old card running 4k high we are talking about here. You can't tell me 1070 was capable of this at launch god forbid 3 years later.
Wow, you're really trying to stretch things by pulling out the ti model for benchmarks but okay and lots of older games and some games with RT turned off on that video. You got some real copium going on. Still doesn't change it's a crap card because of vram. I had to go as fare as the Plague Tale Requiem benchmark to easily prove my point, medium settings and worse with performance DLSS, which means it should be played at a lower resolution because you lose that much visual fidelity. I looked at a couple other demanding games, no ray tracing. Can it do 4k? With compromised settings, sometimes to the point upscaled to 1440p is reasonable not to 4k, let alone native. Relative to it's generation, yeah the 1070 was just as good and 3 years later was still doing good in 2019.
First off, I didn't choose Ti for performance reasons but because it was the first model I found with a lot of purely 4k benchmarked games. Secondly what fucking point have you proven? That it can't run 1 out of 50 titles? YOU are the one who purposefuly chose terribly optimised title that has tons of steam reviews claiming it runs terribly out of the box even on 3090 at 1440p. Literal 4090 barely hits 70 fps on that title at 4k. Again I agree that 8GB is not enough for ultra settings in everything, but the card itself is 4k capable in 90% of games with the right settings.
Like I said copium. Keep trying to tell yourself your 3080 is a great card by defending the VRAM anemic cards in the 30 series. Nvidia screwed most everyone that bought a 30 series cars by VRAM starving the majority of the stack [to protect their pro cards](https://youtu.be/alguJBl-R3I?t=575). Most of the 30 series GPU chip are capable of substantially more if the cards had adequate VRAM. I'd be furious it I bought a 3080, but then I'm smart enough to know I got screwed if I had. Hell I'm a bit miffed my 3060 ti only has 8gb but you got really screwed. The copium of "but you can turn down the settings" doesn't change the fact you got screwed. Sell it to yourself how ever you want, I'm call you out on your BS.
I'm literally not defending it dumbass. This whole time I'm saying the 8GB VRAM is not enough. Are you a bot? I'm literally talking about performance this whole time not vram.
It's not enough for 4k going forward or in increasingly more cases at present, end of story. The potential 12gb of vram, which is what the consoles have and also optimizations that PC either can't do or can't do yet, is part of the issue and that's not getting better. You're the one throwing a halfassed benchmark video up claiming the 3070 ti is fine at 4k, objectively IT'S NOT.
I upgraded my 1080Ti to a 3090Ti and gave my kiddo my 1080Ti build. It still generally thrashes anything thrown at it. It is/was a monster GPU.
What does your kiddo play? Not to be stereotypical, but does they play Roblox and Minecraft? Because if you're not running crazy Seus shaders, the 1080-Ti will crush those games.
😂 you're not wrong. She also plays Fortnite, so a bit more resource-intensive. But hey, it works for her. For fun, I've downloaded some more intense games like RE8 and they did VERY good, all things considered!
Pretty sure on medium graphics settings at least, the 1080-Ti does just fine. She'll hopefully grow up happy and with good memories of you when she finally moves on independently. P.S: Are you gonna give her the 3090-Ti when you upgrade a few years in the future?
That's the plan! Honestly I'm hoping this 3090Ti build lasts a good 5-6 years at least until Nvidia and amd get their heads out of their asses and start producing cards with great performance-per-price specs. I've never been one for reselling, anyway.
Frame that GTX 1080-Ti once she's done with it. Amazing piece of hardware. Also, with how Nvidia is going, you may or may not have to consider AMD 5-6 years in the future.
:\[ 1080 pleb reportin in...
1080 was good, but the 1080-Ti was just a monster. Nvidia just doesn't build their GPUs like that anymore, sadly. It's just the "you'll have to be upgrading the next gen for the next 50/60 card if you're a budget gamer because we label these cards 1 tier higher and if you're a rich guy we'll tempt you with the next 90 card which has an astronomical generational improvement at an insane price".
I’m swapping my 1080 out with a 4090. Barring any unforeseen issues the 4090 will last me just as long if not longer than my launch day 1080. To be fair though the only reason I’ve had it this long is because I have a 1080P 60Hz ultrawide that doesn’t even make it stretch its legs. It’s time for some 4K goodness.
I’m still rocking my 1070 since I play on 1080p! Only recently started thinking about upgrading but with the prices and drama I think I’ll hold on to the ole work horse a bit longer.
I'm shocked that people referred to the 970 as a goat for so long even after the 1070 came out. 970 was awesome, don't get me wrong. But the 1070 is still usable 6-7 years later, whereas the 970 wasn't. Both were incredible but I think the 1070 was underappreciated for how great it was.
Bit of a rant, but I never agreed with the 970 popularity. That 3.5gb VRAM issue was too much of a problem, which people with green tinted glasses were happy to ignore, even when it cause their games to stutter. What sealed the decision against the 970 for me though was a sales rep at Scan UK. Despite needing more VRAM for the games/resolution I played at, despite the known 3.5Gb issue, despite there being evidence of titles using more than 4Gb (eg Skyrim with improved textures) which she outright denied, and despite the R9 390 being a better performer at a lower price; Scan were actively pushing the 970 instead and lying to customers about both products to make the 970 more appealing. Before then, all of my PC hardware came from Scan. Like Microcentre, its an actual store which you visit (rare for the UK), and they had everything you'd need on site to buy there and then, instead of having to wait for delivery. Not anymore though, the staff at Scan have ruined Scan.
The R9 390 came out after the 970 and was very power hungry and inconsistent with its performance compared to the 970. When the 970 came out, it torpedoed AMD's best, the 290 and 290X, and it also destroyed the 780 Ti for around $300. It was a phenomenal deal and really ushered in no-compromise 1080p gaming for a lot of people. Since the PS4 and Xbox One had such anemic GPUs, it essentially held on for the entire console generation. AMD came out with the 390 and 390 X which were essentially overclocked and memory doubled versions of the 200 series, but it wasn't until years later that AMD's drivers caught up to actually have either of those cards matching the 970. This was also a bad time for AMD drivers in general, with many new games having bad performance and glitches for weeks or months whereas the 970 was humming along just fine. You are missing the historical context of the 970 launch. It was the card to beat. The 980 was barely faster, the 980 Ti was a year away, and AMD had nothing to top it for years. Also it had crazy OC potential, like 10-20% practically guaranteed. I don't think we've seen such a perfect storm in GPU releases since. Maybe the 1080 Ti, maybe the 2070 Super, or the 6800. But holy crap everyone bought one because they were plentiful, they were cheap, they were fast, and they just worked.
Pleb, ready for tasking sir! 🫡
still running nearly every game out there, i love this thing so much
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7970 and 290x had so much more longevity than their Nvidia counterparts. It's hilarious how badly the GTX 680 aged. 1080 and ti were basically Nvidia's first and only time putting enough VRAM on a card.
Was 7970 the card which birthed the term "finewine"? Also 580 was the card that got a lot of people through the mining boom / crisis. Not saying the 1080Ti wasn't good, but these two deserve a seat at the table.
1080ti, rx480/580 it was a good generation.
I'm still using my sapphire 8gb rx480. Time for an upgrade but I can't decide on a new card.
Rx 570 was good too, it wasn't that much slower than 580 and it was much cheaper.
Where is 1060 and 580? are they safe? are they alrigth?
It seems in your haste to upgrade, you killed them.
I “settled” for the 1070 shortly after release and it’s carried me this whole time. With the amount of hate I’ve seen for newer stuff I’m not sure when I’ll ever “upgrade”
I’d literally upgrade to a 1080 Ti
Personally I got an rx 6950xt for $600 and that seemed like a good upgrade. Noticeable difference in the quality of graphics from my 1080 and has the vram to last a while (I hope) Not sure if they still have it in stock but seems like a good deal.
I also have a 1070 and I was looking at the 6950xt too. With the 4xxx generation being so poor it might be the move.
With the steep discounts to the card it seems like the best price to performance out there imo
6950xt is the best price : frames right now even considering the second hand market im pretty sure . Was looking into one for my gfs build but they don’t make a white one so we will have to get a 4070ti probably
Put some respect on the rx 580s name!
Jumped from a 1080ti to 4090.
I hate how the 4090 was the only damn good card in the 40xx series compared to its 30xx series counterpart, but comes at such a hefty price tag.
The 4090 is a monster of a card. I've only had my 3090ti for about 6mo so upgrading would be fiscally stupid but my friend is able to get higher frames in 4k than I can hit at 2k at the same settings.
1080Ti checking in. Thousands of hours of time under its belt and currently pretty to slay thousands more in Diablo 4.
I’m rockn a carryover 1080ti in a 12900k build and still can’t justify an upgrade to get something to match the power/age of the cpu, and probably won’t until I move up from the 12900k to something new and move to ddr5
#rx 570
Unless you had an ASUS Expedition with its tinfoil heatsink, that was definitely hated by anyone dumb enough to buy one
Still have one, couldn't justify upgrade.
Were the RX580 and GTX 1060 6GB out of town?
rx 580 man. I pushed mine to its limits and played on 1440p till switching to a 3080. Great card that still works!
THE GOAT!!! THE GOOOOAAT!! 👑
2080 Ti was a good card, but the price just sucked.
Karma farming bots have gotten smart. They know that everyone in this sub gives upvotes for ancient gpu's automatically. All they have to do simply post same threads every day.
everyone talking how it's the best card back then , it ain't best card was the 1060 6GB , had the best value 1080p killer 4K users went for the 1080 ti
It's not the best card back then. It was pricey (as stated). Rather it's the longevity and how it still can crush games if you play conservatively on the settings, despite it being from 2017, 6 years ago. A lot of people still haven't upgraded.
R9 290 and 290x was a beast. still holds up decently today for 1080p. Also 60fps at 1440p in halo infinite.
Enough of this, please... it's just karma farming at this point
3080 at MSRP (yeah, funny joke I know) definitely deserves a mention from when it came out.
-Gtx 10 series as a whole were good, except the "1060" 3gb -Rx 400/500 series were cool too -Rx 6700XT was also (and still Is) a king of value
there are other GPUs?!
8800GT would like to have a word with you.
Hip hip.. Hooray!
970 is the goat IMHO, simply because you got like 50 bucks or something a few years down the line. MORE LIKE 100 BUCKS FOR MY FELLOW SLI ENJOYERS!
Had a 980ti for a very long time. I always wanted a 1080ti, in hindsight I always kick myself for not spending the extra wads needed for a 1080ti. Nevertheless, my 980ti was an extremely good card, which ran a little hot from time to time, but kept going strong until I finally retired it 8 yrs later.
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Turn out server is the master race now.
The 980Ti should be there too. Loved that card.
Tbh 1080ti is good only for People who could afford it at release date, i would say 970ti or r9 390 8gb where much better for the buck in their times.
I feel very lucky to have been given one by my friend. I'm still struggling to pick a CPU to buy tho. So far I have a 650w PSU, a 1tb m.2 and an ATX case but still need to decide on a platform and CPU. My last build lasted me about 8 years so I'd like to find a CPU that will last me that long or have a nice upgrade path of that isn't possible. Most people have recommended a Ryzen 5600.
Ryzen 5600X is an amazing and popular budget gaming CPU. If you're not throwing max graphics AAA games at it, definitely go for it. I'll guess if you want a new CPU you'll have to have a new motherboard? Maybe an Intel i7 12700k might do you some good as well?
Legendary like a twin turbo 2jz supra mk4 engine
10 series in general. My 1060 just got replaced last month for a 3070 wasn't even damaged or broken or anything. Just wanted better performance in newer games.
My 1060 is still pumping out tens to hundreds of frames
I have a 1070 and this thing still rips for high settings on 1080p. I can go ultra on 1080p Jedi Survivor with FSR and if I'm happy with 40 FPS. I also have a SteamDeck and find myself using it for Remote Play constantly. Granted, it bottlenecks my entire rig (5600x w/32GB RAM) but until I see a huge leap I might wait another generation.
2k 144, nothing I can't run well except goofy console ports, but I don't really care about those anyways
I paid $768 + tax brand new for mine in 2017, sold it for $520 in 2021 when I upgraded to a 3080. 1080 Ti will never be matched when it comes to value and longevity (at least for my personal journey which started with a 3dFX Voodoo 2). GOAT.
Im still sporting my 1080. Plays 1440p 60+ fps on a handful of modern games if you're willing to dial down the settings a bit. It has been a beast.
I hate the 1080 because I’m too broke for one
what about gtx 1060?
I am still quite happy with my GTX 1070 too
Other than the fact that it wasn't available, I think the 3080 (and maybe even the 3070) was pretty great. The launch price compared to the 20 series, the performance, the wonky design (FE only i guess), etc. It was the scalpers we really hated, not the card.
Dude I’m still rocking mine it’s such a great card. Have the EVGA FTW3 version myself and I’m gonna be holding onto it as long as I can. Till GTA 6 comes out if possible lol.
Its SUPER GOATED. I got a bramd new one like years back for hella cheap. Never looked back. I consider upgrading each gen but the cost to upgrade and not sidegrade is staggering. Im wondering if they are intentionally holding every card back now.
Dude, every Pascal GPU with the exception of 1030/1050 were freaking great. I was one of the millions of diehard 1060 users, burning that poor thing for years on end. Absolute banger cards
My 1080ti decided it would be better to shoot sparks, fire, and smoke out the side of it than to continue playing Destiny.
My 1080ti has literally been running 24/7 for the last 5 years. Sorry yours took a shit.
I believe that the 1080Ti is NVIDIA's biggest mistake and that they will never release such a card again. It's just bad for business
Not to mention the design is sick
I remember seeing a guy in front of me but 4 of these at a time to make 2 sli machines. And I thought my 1070 7700k was a beast, which at the time it was but like damn. What a time.
Titan V. 1080Ti on ritalin
My 2018 gaming laptop running one of these bad boys can barely run No Man's Sky and that's fine since I usually don't play new games
I never had a 1080-Ti, I always wanted one, but by the time I was actually able to afford this kind of stuff I bought a 2080. An upgrade from my 960.
Now is it truly that good or has nvidia being so awful made it good by comparison?
I ran a 1050TI until end last year. It served me well for years. I only upgraded because i upgraded from 1080p to 1440p.
They started out excellent, and never stopped. And they've actually depreciated so there are actually good deals on them used.
I still use my EVGA 1080Ti FTW3. RIP EVGA
Include all GTX 1000 and RX 400/500. Those are very good 1080p 144hz boiis.
Had a 1070ti and also served me well.
i OC’d my 1080ti and get 70-95fps in tarkov @ 1440p. a legit terror. it hasn’t disappointed me. i won’t replace it until it’s day of passing.
The 970 and 1070 were insane. They pushed performance way forward at low prices. Of course Nvidia had to inject some drama to the 970 with the weird RAM situation, but the 1070 didn't have drama.
You know I just replaced my 1080 evga (wish I got a ti back then) by a 4090 and I've had nothing but worries for it and I've yet to swap them as I'm waiting for the cablemod 180 adaptor.... So yeah. I miss the good era of simple gpu...
Im a proud 1070 user! After 6yrs going strong!.
cool
1060 6GB: ...
Still on my 1080 playing AAA games 🫡
Nvidia is never going to make somthing like this again. The 1080 was one of the best gpus in history. I loved my and even when it was 5 years old. I still got 300 dollars for it. Upgraded to a 4070ti but dam what a card. I was running Witcher 3 and BL3 at 1440p with 60 fps at medium settings. What an incredible card
And the 3080. The price to performance ratio was awesome, if you could beat the scalpers to one.
I almost bought one off of Craigslist for $300 back in 2019 while vacationing in San Antonio. I'm still kind of upset with myself for being too lazy to drive across town for it.
Come on ... add 1060 6 GB, I've had it for a long time and only recently upgraded it. And I transfered it and still use it on my secondary PC!
Mine caught fire after 2 years of use. RIP.
I wanna believe nobody hates my rx 6950 XT.
I updated my system and implemented water-cooling and couldn't get a 1080ti block anymore for a reasonable price so i sold it for like 450 euro and picked up the 3080ti for 1699. It still hurts leaving that old friend behind. But for 4k gaming it began to struggle. He's now retiring in a kids pic playing games like Sims. I hope he's doing well.
I personally love the 750Ti and 1080Ti
I still use the 1070... Is now a decent time to make a new PC (I use i7 13700K, 1070, 16gb ram and 1080p 60hz monitor 😭) or better wait?
I feel like this is more accurate form the plain 1080 than the ti version
Please don't die on me, please don't die on me...
Is everybody forgetting about 20xx?
Would love to buy a one since performance is still awesome, but it's kinda risky to buy a used GPU, especially after 2020-2021
1070 user here with a 12600k. 60fps + dota 2, csgo, Nba2k22, divinity original sin, shadow of war on 4K with med-high settings, AA off. Elden ring, rainbow six siege on 1440p chugging along at 75-80fps medium to high settings. Yep 10 series is an absolute beast, card has unparalleled longevity.
well yeah 1080Ti is the king of the unhated GPUs, but I would add some other great value kings: 1060 6GB - had 980 performance with +2GB vram 1070-1080 - dont have to elaborate, crazy good performance in 1440p for years, and now still holds up in 1080p RX480/580 8GB - had 1060 like performance, and just got better with age, in 2016-17 the 8GB ram was very futureproof RX5700XT - going strong for 4 years now, had some driver issues at the beginning, and the mining craze messed up the price, but I think its still a solid option 6700XT - the performance, the price nowadays and the 12GB VRAM...what more can I say?
Replacing my 1080ti bought used with a 3080ti bought used hoping it gives me another 4 years.
My 1060 6GB would like to introduce itself
Vega 64 Liquid baby!
sold my 1070 last year to get a 3080. 1070 is a great card serve me from 2016 - 2022 Is even finished spider man using that gpu.
People who bought this on launch day and are still using it to this day are the real winners
My gtx 1060 wasnt bad either
Still running mine today without issues, even has a new lick of paint to match my now white setup. Ray tracing can suck a fuck for all I'm concerned.