Is the GTX 1080 Ti still a viable card for modern gaming?

[Dusk ✨]

I know it can't do realtime ray tracing but it's at least still ok for running new releases? Opinions on its performance in 2023?

[Gin]

Still good,

I myself still use a 1080, until it dies

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

Sure, 1080 Ti is equal to this generation's RTX 3060, which is an ideal mid-range card for 1080p gaming.

[Illusion of Progress]

Something is viable if you find it acceptable for your uses. Nothing more or less to it than that.

That said, I feel like Pascal's days are really slipping, and only the GTX 1080/Ti are really hanging on. Everything else is below entry level, and then even those two are pretty much at entry level.

But arbitrary terms and others' opinions don't matter as much as your own. I'm looking to replace my GTX 1060, but I've been using it until now. Because it's worked for me until now.

[Lupinus Rictus]

Using a zotac 970 and it rocks, 1080 ti is about 2.5 to 3 times faster I believe

[Lord Flashheart]

Originally posted by Dusk ✨:

I know it can't do realtime ray tracing but it's at least still ok for running new releases? Opinions on its performance in 2023?

I upgraded from the gtx 1080 ti a while back.
It had no hardware raytracing, but was not very fussed.
11 GB VRAm is a decent amount.
No DLSS upscaling.
FSR & XeSS can work.
I had high hopes for XeSS when I tried it but was nothing great, which is why I upgraded.

So it still good for older games, where the 11GB VRAM is not fully used.
If planning to play recent games, could be a struggle to get decent performance.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes still very viable. Despite not having RT or DLSS, they can still do FSR.
And the 11GB VRAM is very helpful as well.

[Dusk ✨]

Thanks guys!

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

The Titan X chip will be viable for another 3-4 years I believe... If the GTX 1080 still handles "modern" games, the 1080ti (Titan X custom) is fine also.

[Masychefx2]

a beast of a card

[hypercybermegatron]

Originally posted by Dusk ✨:

I know it can't do realtime ray tracing but it's at least still ok for running new releases? Opinions on its performance in 2023?

It's good enough for me. There's a well publicised poll, I think it was by Linus Tech, that showed people turn off ray tracing when their card is capable of it, likely for performance reasons.

There's no incentive for me personally to go beyond 1080ti, I'd have to be compelled by extraordinary PC games that demand an upgrade, something I haven't seen for a while.

[antoniobennett72]

Sure, at 1080p and some 1440p it is quite viable though sliding towards the entry level but with more VRAM.
It has this generation of higher end use use in it, maybe more because of the 11GB and FSR to work with.

It is pretty close to a 3060 without DLSS and ray tracing.

[JC]

I'm using a 1060 6GB and it works fine. I run at 1080p and never have an issue with anything i play getting 80-100 FPS, I also can run it on my 4k TV but that used upscale from 1080 but it works just fine.

I'll probably use this card for another 2+ years easy,.

It really all depends on if you want to play at 4k, and brand new games with ray tracing at Max graphics, If you don't care and don't mind scaling back a little, your card will be good for many years to come.

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

Originally posted by JC:

I'm using a 1060 6GB and it works fine. I run at 1080p and never have an issue with anything i play getting 80-100 FPS, I also can run it on my 4k TV but that used upscale from 1080 but it works just fine.

Play some actual demanding games like RDR2, your GTX 1060 won't even give you 30 fps on High settings at 1080p.

[Lupinus Rictus]

Originally posted by 🦜Cloud Boy🦜:

Originally posted by JC:

I'm using a 1060 6GB and it works fine. I run at 1080p and never have an issue with anything i play getting 80-100 FPS, I also can run it on my 4k TV but that used upscale from 1080 but it works just fine.

Play some actual demanding games like RDR2, your GTX 1060 won't even give you 30 fps on High settings at 1080p.

Taken from game-debate.com: " Booting up Red Dead Redemption 2 with the 9 year old GeForce GTX 970 4GB looks like it will return a reliable 61 FPS. And those results are assuming a 1920x1080 screen resolution at High setting level "

gtx 1060 6gb is equivalent to gtx 970 with more memory so stop talking rubbish

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by SAINROK:

Originally posted by 🦜Cloud Boy🦜:

Play some actual demanding games like RDR2, your GTX 1060 won't even give you 30 fps on High settings at 1080p.

Taken from game-debate.com: " Booting up Red Dead Redemption 2 with the 9 year old GeForce GTX 970 4GB looks like it will return a reliable 61 FPS. And those results are assuming a 1920x1080 screen resolution at High setting level "

gtx 1060 6gb is equivalent to gtx 970 with more memory so stop talking rubbish

Yea 61 FPS with the game looking like crap and will run out of VRAM in about 2-4 hours of gameplay. The game will eventually crash on a 4GB GPU of any kind. And 61 FPS is basically out in the middle of no-where. Inside Gang Camp or trying to do stuff in Saint Dennis; yea you're looking at around 25-30 FPS with a 970 or 980. Yes at 1080p

1060 6GB is basically the VERY BARE MINIMUM for RDR2 to not look like a old PS3 game at 1080p

If you want both good visuals and FPS, a 1080 or 1080 Ti is strongly needed for game like RDR2.