GeForce GTX 980 Ti is the recommended GPU

[Devil Dog]

Is this a good thing or bad thing?

[King Andronikos]

It's a 5 year old card. We're about to move into next gen consoles. 5 year old cards won't cut it much longer.

[TheBear]

Even so a GTX980 Ti is not horrible by any means.
Its a little bit weaker than an GTX 1070 and under certain circumstances roughly the same.

Nothing to sneer at imho.

Used to have a GTX 980, still have it but finally replaced it after 4 years of solid service with an RTX (asus rog strix OC edition) 2060, and admittedly its a huge upgrade when you compare it to each other.

But its not surprising, chips are smaller, produce less heat, require less energy but performs way better.

You'll see the same thing with RDNA2 or the RTX 3080 etc etc.

[Devil Dog]

I have a notebook with dual 980's and a desktop with a 1060, both systems have yet to struggle with most modern games at high (not always ultra) settings.

I was really asking because if a 980 is their recommended card, the game is likely very optimized, which should be great news for everyone.

[andurilmat]

Originally posted by King Andronikos:

It's a 5 year old card. We're about to move into next gen consoles. 5 year old cards won't cut it much longer.

i cant believe it's already been 5 Years - time has flew by

[Vitowns]

Consoles are trash, move along next gen citizens

[TheBear]

Originally posted by vitowns:

Consoles are trash, move along next gen citizens

I disagree, i mean kind of. :P

I'm now at a point where i either buy a very expensive new gaming pc for a minimum of lets say roughly ~2000 eu.

Or i buy a ps5/XsX for about 1/4th of that and have (if it was a pc!) a decent piece of hardware.
Certainly the ps5 has some tech in it not even available for pc for a while... and once available its always very expensive the first x months or even years.

[OpenMind23]

I used to have a GTX 980TI and it is a very good card, but I upgraded when I got my first 2K monitor a few years ago. It's a good card for 1080p though. But it is an older card now for sure.

I've been using a GTX 1080TI for 2 years now and waiting for a RTX 3080TI or RTX 3090 as some upcoming games like Cyberpunk 2077, my card will struggle when using high settings.

Since I don't have a console anymore, I have been dedicated to my PC and have been saving for my new card for some time. The upcoming PS5 and it's exclusive games look nice though and may decide to pick one up as it would be nice to relax on a couch or bed in front of my 4K TV and not worry about components lol 😁

[TheBear]

Originally posted by OpenMind23:

I used to have a GTX 980TI and it is a very good card, but I upgraded when I got my first 2K monitor a few years ago. It's a good card for 1080p though. But it is an older card now for sure.

I've been using a GTX 1080TI for 2 years now and waiting for a RTX 3080TI or RTX 3090 as some upcoming games like Cyberpunk 2077, my card will struggle when using high settings.

Since I don't have a console anymore, I have been dedicated to my PC and have been saving for my new card for some time. The upcoming PS5 and it's exclusive games look nice though and may decide to pick one up as it would be nice to relax on a couch or bed in front of my 4K TV and not worry about components lol 😁

I would be really surprised if your 1080Ti would struggle with anything, certainly on 1080p.
4k might be a different matter.

If it struggles, the problem is most likely your CPU.
You cant just put in a higher end GPU and think it will do all the work, the CPU can easily become the bottleneck.
This you will almost always notice in terms of frames per second.

[Devil Dog]

Originally posted by TheBear:

If it struggles, the problem is most likely your CPU.
You cant just put in a higher end GPU and think it will do all the work, the CPU can easily become the bottleneck.
This you will almost always notice in terms of frames per second.

Yup, that and RAM. First thing they taught us at DIY computer build school , make sure every thing on the mobo has the same bus speed.

[Blowfeld]

Originally posted by TheBear:

Originally posted by vitowns:

Consoles are trash, move along next gen citizens

I disagree, i mean kind of. :P

I'm now at a point where i either buy a very expensive new gaming pc for a minimum of lets say roughly ~2000 eu.

Or i buy a ps5/XsX for about 1/4th of that and have (if it was a pc!) a decent piece of hardware.
Certainly the ps5 has some tech in it not even available for pc for a while... and once available its always very expensive the first x months or even years.

Please tell me which tech the PS5 runs that a PC does not, yet :)

I am listening very carefully with a smile on my face.

[Devil Dog]

Originally posted by Waaagherquark:

Please tell me which tech the PS5 runs that a PC does not, yet :)

I am listening very carefully with a smile on my face.

The controller?

And how did this thread get into consoles anyways?

[OpenMind23]

@TheBear & @Devil Dog - Don't worry about my CPU, I am using an i9 9900K. I am also using 1440p resolution. I also have a dual monitor setup. If you want to know my whole system, it's on my profile page.

It's not that my GPU struggles, I suppose that's a bad word. I suppose not adequate for my personal requirements would be a better choice of words. I like to run games at very high settings and also at a very high frame rate. I am just greedy lol 😁

[Nick Chronic]

my strix 980 and 9900K still run red dead 2 and gta v very well on ultra settings , so this game will be no problem for 980/TI cards . i`m waiting on the 3080 to be released so i can finish upgrading my new build

[Anonymous]

Recommended rarely points the top spec, so it's a good thing cause it ensures most people can run it on a decent setting.

[TheBear]

Originally posted by Waaagherquark:

Originally posted by TheBear:

I disagree, i mean kind of. :P

I'm now at a point where i either buy a very expensive new gaming pc for a minimum of lets say roughly ~2000 eu.

Or i buy a ps5/XsX for about 1/4th of that and have (if it was a pc!) a decent piece of hardware.
Certainly the ps5 has some tech in it not even available for pc for a while... and once available its always very expensive the first x months or even years.

Please tell me which tech the PS5 runs that a PC does not, yet :)

I am listening very carefully with a smile on my face.

Not sure why you’d be sitting there with a creepy smile on your face.

But how about the SSD and the architecture / pipelines to handle all that data?
Not available yet for pc.

Closest you can come to is a gen4 ssd at almost 5gb/s and thats like half the price of the ps5.
And its Not compatible with the ps5 even due to the 2 lane vs 6 lanes thing on the ps5.

So you need a future yet to come out ssd that can go up to 7.5gb/s to compensate for lack of extra lanes pc ssd’s usually are designed with.

To be honest I would almost call it a design flaw from sony, who the heck is going to add his or her own very expensive ssd to expand the storage?