Comprehensive GTX 1080 Benchmark Results

[Scipo0419]

Oh my god this took so long T_T
at ~6 minutes per benchmark, this took ~4 hours (also, seeing that Naan w/ cheese so many times has made me very hungry)

So, I wanted to get a full round of results from every possible "basic" setting change for my rig. For each test I would set the preset graphic setting and only change the Upscaling quality (or turn it off) to match that round of testing. For example, Ultra Setting defaults to Quality Upscaling, so I would lower that to Performance for the Performance Upscaling tests. No other settings were adjusted. Hopefully this is actually readable instead of a giant mess. All that said, here are my results for 21:9 and 16:9 aspect ratios.

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Note: I didn't bother with Ultra Performance Upscaling because it looks so bad that it's not worth the FPS gains. I can do the Ultra Performance testing if someone is actually interested in my results.
Static Variables:
CPU: i9-9900k @ 3.60GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
GPU Drivers: GeForce Game Ready Driver Version 566.36 - Released: Thu Dec 5, 2024
RAM: 32GB
Screen Mode: Borderless Windowed
Resolution: 2560x1080
Upscaling Mode (when applicable): AMD FSR
Frame Generation: Disable (It technically works on 10-series cards like mine, but not very well so I left it off)

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21:9 Aspect Ratio

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Upscaling?: No

Results:

• Ultra: Average FPS: 15.63 | Score: 5645 | Ultra Baseline
  
• High: Average FPS: 17.54 | Score: 6176 | High Baseline
  
• Medium: Average FPS: 18.56 | Score: 6438 | Medium Baseline
  
• Low: Average FPS: 21.18 | Score: 7260 | Low Baseline
  
• Lowest: Average FPS: 20.73 | Score: 7128 | Lowest Baseline

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Upscaling?: Yes, Quality

Results:

• Ultra: Average FPS: 17.86 | Score: 6287 | ~14.25% FPS improvement over Ultra Baseline
  
• High: Average FPS: 20.10 | Score: 6920 | ~14.60% FPS improvement over High Baseline
  
• Medium: Average FPS: 21.64 | Score: 7452 | ~16.59% FPS improvement over Medium Baseline
  
• Low: Average FPS: 24.09 | Score: 8239 | ~13.74% FPS improvement over Low Baseline
  
• Lowest: Average FPS: 23.55 | Score 8090 | ~13.60% FPS improvement over Lowest Baseline

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Upscaling?: Yes, Balanced

Results:

• Ultra: Average FPS: 18.69 | Score: 6511 | ~4.65% FPS improvement over Ultra - Quality
  
• High: Average FPS: 21.46 | Score: 7340 | ~6.77% FPS improvement over High - Quality
  
• Medium: Average FPS: 23.12 | Score: 7928 | ~6.84% FPS improvement over Medium - Quality
  
• Low: Average FPS: 25.89 | Score: 8879 | ~7.47% FPS improvement over Low - Quality
  
• Lowest: Average FPS: 25.57 | Score: 8748 | ~8.58 FPS improvement over Lowest - Quality

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Upscaling?: Yes, Performance

Results:

• Ultra: Average FPS: 20.18 | Score: 6795 | ~7.97% FPS improvement over Ultra - Balanced
  
• High: Average FPS: 22.71 | Score: 7761 | ~5.82% FPS improvement over High - Balanced
  
• Medium: Average FPS: 24.55 | Score: 8412 | ~6.19% FPS improvement over Medium - Balanced
  
• Low: Average FPS: 27.13 | Score: 9283 | ~4.79% FPS improvement over Low - Balanced
  
• Lowest: Average FPS: 27.17 | Score: 9354 | ~6.26% FPS improvement over Lowest - Balanced

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16:9 Aspect Ratio

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Upscaling?: No

Results:

• Ultra: Average FPS: 18.22 | Score: 6181 | Ultra Baseline
  
• High: Average FPS: 19.83 | Score: 6806 | High Baseline
  
• Medium: Average FPS: 21.31 | Score: 7321 | Medium Baseline
  
• Low: Average FPS: 24.11 | Score: 8261 | Low Baseline
  
• Lowest: Average FPS: 23.84 | Score: 8172 | Lowest Baseline

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Upscaling?: Yes, Quality

Results:

• Ultra: Average FPS: 19.71 | Score: 6579 | ~8.18% FPS improvement over Ultra Baseline
  
• High: Average FPS: 22.14 | Score: 7590 | ~11.65% FPS improvement over High Baseline
  
• Medium: Average FPS: 23.76 | Score: 8129 | ~11.50% FPS improvement over Medium Baseline
  
• Low: Average FPS: 26.74 | Score: 9123 | ~10.91% FPS improvement over Low Baseline
  
• Lowest: Average FPS: 26.60 | Score: 9097 | ~11.58% FPS improvement over Lowest Baseline

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Upscaling?: Yes, Balanced

Results:

• Ultra: Average FPS: 20.38 | Score: 6824 | ~3.40% FPS improvement over Ultra - Quality
  
• High: Average FPS: 23.22 | Score: 7962 | ~4.88% FPS improvement over High - Quality
  
• Medium: Average FPS: 24.84 | Score: 8491 | ~4.55% FPS improvement over Medium - Quality
  
• Low: Average FPS: 27.45 | Score: 9419 | ~2.66% FPS improvement over Low - Quality
  
• Lowest: Average FPS: 27.83 | Score: 9548 | ~4.62% FPS improvement over Lowest - Quality

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Upscaling?: Yes, Performance

Results:

• Ultra: Average FPS: 21.88 | Score: 7284 | ~7.36% FPS improvement over Ultra - Balanced
  
• High: Average FPS: 24.52 | Score: 8378 | ~5.60% FPS improvement over High - Balanced
  
• Medium: Average FPS: 26.40 | Score: 9032 | ~6.28% FPS improvement over Medium - Balanced
  
• Low: Average FPS: 29.03 | Score: 9920 | ~5.76% FPS improvement over Low - Balanced
  
• Lowest: Average FPS: 28.81 | Score: 9842 | ~3.52% FPS improvement over Low - Balanced

[Nyxtus]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Scipo0419:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Nyxtus:

Brother let the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 1080 take a rest have some empathy.

I don't have $480+ to drop on a replacement card when I'm paying off a mortgage, car loans, medical debt, and providing for my wife and our dogs. Might as well keep putting an old, but still decent, card to work.

Naw, I get it. Especially with the GPU market being what it is. It's not even an advisable period to upgrade. I'm just impressed with the 1080 still being a workhorse all this time later. Sorry to hear about the debt, being a successful adult at times can be weary.

[Scipo0419]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Nyxtus:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Scipo0419:

I don't have $480+ to drop on a replacement card when I'm paying off a mortgage, car loans, medical debt, and providing for my wife and our dogs. Might as well keep putting an old, but still decent, card to work.

Naw, I get it. Especially with the GPU market being what it is. It's not even an advisable period to upgrade. I'm just impressed with the 1080 still being a workhorse all this time later. Sorry to hear about the debt, being a successful adult at times can be weary.

It really is a Workhorse haha. The debt is solely because my company insurance is entirely out of pocket until you meet the deductible which is absurd. But we're managing.

[Scipo0419]

Okay here we go.

w/ old drivers for 21:9
Medium-Performance: 24.55 Average FPS
Low-Balanced: 25.89 Average FPS

w/ new drivers for 21:9
Medium-Performance: 25.12 Average FPS
Low-Balanced: 26.00 Average FPS

% Increase:
Medium-Performance: 2.32%
Low-Balanced: 0.42%

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w/ old drivers for 16:9
Medium-Performance: 26.40 Average FPS
Low-Balanced: 27.45 Average FPS

w/ new drivers for 16:9
Medium-Performance: 27.47
Low-Balanced: 27.94

% Increase:
Medium-Performance: 4.05%
Low-Balanced: 1.79%

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Conclusion: it's better, but only barely. My guess is the drivers focused mainly on improving DLSS for Wilds, and if you can't use DLSS (like me) then you're not going to see significant improvement. I'll just have to hope that an optimization patch comes out post-launch like it did for World and be happy with getting as close to 30 Fps as possible. I'll probably end up doing Low-Performance at 16:9 and adjusting some other settings to try and eke out a bit more FPS. Thanks for reading and happy hunting tomorrow!

[Verde]

I've beaten Elden Ring playing on 35 FPS @ 900p on my old system with a GTX 960/i5 3570k

Where there's a will, there's a way.

[Scipo0419]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Verde:

I've beaten Elden Ring playing on 35 FPS @ 900p on my old system with a GTX 960/i5 3570k

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Absolutely! I had 15-18 FPS in the OBT and had a blast. Getting 20-27 will be nice.

[Tourette's Guy]

It's a shame that nowadays all developers relies too much on upscaling technologies and frame generation, so they don't put much effort into optimization.

As of today, it's mandatory to use DLSS/FSR and frame generation in order to have good performance in A LOT of games, unless you have a 4080-4090.

[bin_FUBAR]

When you have a crap pc your game will run crap :P ?

[Scipo0419]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย bin_FUBAR:

When you have a crap pc your game will run crap :P ?

Well, yeah, no ♥♥♥♥. I'm trying to use this as a baseline for other people with a 1080 or equivalent (considering the 1080 outperforms 3060 with Ray Tracing turned off) so they can figure out what fps they're looking for, pick a preset and FSR mode and then tweak their settings from there.

With a tweaked Low-Performance my average fps was 29.15, mostly from the cutscenes being much better as performance in the grasslands still wasn't great. But it's better

[Scipo0419]

Good news, the actual game is running at 30 fps steady in game at Low, FSR Balanced, no frame gen, and only tweaking Ambient Light Quality from Medium to Low.

[RotGoblin]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Scipo0419:

Good news, the actual game is running at 30 fps steady in game at Low, FSR Balanced, no frame gen, and only tweaking Ambient Light Quality from Medium to Low.

Yeah Scarlet Forest does lower FPS slightly, but only slightly, but 1% lows don't seem too bad.

Games running pretty good I'd say.