First GTX 1080 Review is HERE!

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, VagabondWraith said:

So, 10 days.

Really just 10 days?

[Daiyus]

1 minute ago, stconquest said:

The numbers seem really good.  10%-35% improvement over their previous TOTL cards (980Ti/TitanX) is impressive.  Just because it is the norm to see an improvement from gen to gen, does not mean it is easy to do.

 

C'mon you guys, don't let a sense of entitlement get you.  The 1080 is impressive by any standard, relative to all Maxwell offerings.

 

Great work Nvidia!

I don't think anyone has said it isn't impressive. I'm slightly disappointed but I'm still impressed; I just have a very high desire for my next upgrade. It's put a great big smile on my face to know that the GTX 1080 has fallen just short of that miraculous 2060p60 Ultra hurdle. I'll happily say that the GTX 1080 doesn't do what I want my next card to do so I won't be buying one, but it's set the bar so damn close I think that another 12 months or less will crack it. That's phenomenal!

[VagabondWraith]

Just now, Starelementpoke said:

Really just 10 days?

May 27.

[Starelementpoke]

Just now, VagabondWraith said:

May 27.

Huh. Well, let´s see what happens.

[LAwLz]

2 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

@don_svetlio is probably looking at numbers after the drivers matured and new games came out a few months later, where the 680 increased that lead substantially to around 40-45%. I expect the same to happen with 1080 vs 980 Ti because of DX12 and the heavier use of compute effects in game.

In that case we should expect the 1080 to become even better in the future, on top of already being really good.

 

I won't get it though. Too expensive. I will probably get the 380X replacement from AMD. For the next months it seems like Nvidia will dominate the high end, while AMD will be the mid-range.

[IGJoe2192]

26 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Same crap cooler, I don't know why anyone likes those ugly ass blowers.

I like the blower style cooler because it exhausts the hot air out of the back of the case or in my case the top (Silverstone FT02) My current vapor-x card blows heat right on my CPU radiator intake fan thus increasing the temps of my cpu, also I think I may run 1080's in SLI and the blower style cooler would make even more sense for me at that point. 

[M4st4M1nd]

I'm so glad I sold both my GTX 980's just in time last week. Definitely waiting on a watercooled GTX 1080 and buying that to replace them

[Ashaira]

So much for 2.1 GHz at 67 degrees C

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, IGJoe2192 said:

I like the blower style cooler because it exhausts the hot air out of the back of the case or in my case the top (Silverstone FT02) My current vapor-x card blows heat right on my CPU radiator intake fan thus increasing the temps of my cpu, also I think I may run 1080's in SLI and the blower style cooler would make even more sense for me at that point. 

As long as you can tolerate the jet engine fans

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

I think we'll all be waiting for this puppy to land: 

 

5 copper heatpipes + that big ass cooler will definitely steer the 1080 far away from throttling. 2Ghz seems like the new 1500mhz. I'll see how difficult it is to hit 2.3Ghz  

[IGJoe2192]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

As long as you can tolerate the jet engine fans

I had an HD5970 =D

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, IGJoe2192 said:

I had an HD5970 =D

That ran quieter IIRC

[IGJoe2192]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

That ran quieter IIRC

Dual GPU card with a blower style cooler. It wasn't bad but still very noticeable in well optimized games. 

[Humbug]

12 minutes ago, LAwLz said:

I won't get it though. Too expensive. I will probably get the 380X replacement from AMD. For the next months it seems like Nvidia will dominate the high end, while AMD will be the mid-range.

Yep, leaving aside the price I think the raw performance of the GTX 1080 is great.
People need to remember that on the longterm this is a 980 replacement, not a 980ti replacement. And it absolutely destroys the 980. Good generational gains...

 

Pricing is a different discussion altogether, obviously Nvidia will milk it until AMD launches Vega.

[Thony]

2 hours ago, Tenelia said:

 

2 hours ago, Tenelia said:

Was hoping to move from a 970 to the 1080... But it doesn't even give that much of a performance/watt improvement.

Then don't upgrade each gen and wait for next gen.

 

The performance increase is far more significant than I expected. So if your expectations are way higher then u have to wait.

[Unhelpful]

6 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

That ran quieter IIRC

What card are you referring to as a jet-engine? The 1080?

[don_svetlio]

Just now, JoeyDM said:

What card are you referring to as a jet-engine? The 1080?

In order to keep the 1080 cool you need to crank the fan quite loud

[Unhelpful]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

 

Not really. You have to crank it up to the max if you want it at 2.1 and 65c, according to ars. But it hangs out at 81c while staying at around the same noise level as the previous reference cards. And we both know that 81c is safe.

[NumLock21]

Decent improvements over its predecessor, but I'll wait until what AMD has to offer before taking the plunge. The only expensive gpu I've bought was the HD2900XT cost me $500. Lasted only for 3 years until it pushed up digital daises.

As for Founder's Edition, so basically their reference cooler, that sounds soooo boring. Why can't they have a Jen Hsun Edition?

What's you get with the Jen Hsun edition

The gpu is cover in a leather cover shroud, just like Jen Hsun when he wears his leather jacket during keynotes.

The fan hub has a sticker of his head

Back plate says "Jen Hsun" and has lighting decals surrounding his name. And they all will be RGB so you can change to million of different colors. It can tune to the beat of your music or other options with your phone app or with the Jen Hsun RGB program on your computer.

Now isn't Forbes that site who always does those top 10 billionaires, magazine or something? I guess their running out of materials to cover?

This like going to a car dealer to buy a car and you notice they sell home appliances too. Buy a car and you can now also buy a fridge.

lol

 

 

 

 

[DarkBlade2117]

3 hours ago, Thony said:

When they say "double the performance" they mean "double the performance PER WATT". And 1080 has lower wattage requirements than Titan x. So they are right saying that. It's just marketing really. They need to use big numbers to excite even a dummy person.

That's what we like to call marketing scandals at their finest. Nvidia knows that 70% of their fan base would read "double the performance" and start singing folk tunes around a camp fire while jerking off.

[No Nrg]

Sure is a lot of "meh" in this thread.

 

It's a clear bump over a 980, which is it's older brother. I'm seeing average ~50% performance increases over a 980 in 1440P depending on the game, not too shabby in my opinion. Does it make me want to dump my 980? Maybe, but not totally decided as of yet. I don't really NEED the extra horsepower in 1440p per say, but it would be nice.

 

I'd be more inclined to wait for the 1080ti that if following the previous 900 series release schedule would release about 9 months from now, Feb-Mar 2017 (pure speculation).

 

Given these numbers the 1080 comes close to being a 4k single card solution, the 1080ti could potentially hit the nail on the head (once again pure speculation).

[Ashaira]

1 minute ago, No Nrg said:

Sure is a lot of "meh" in this thread.

It's what happens when you switch nodes on an old architecture that was meant for power savings more than performance increase.
The most interesting things they showed was the multi monitor fix (may be the deal clincher for me if AMD doesnt have something similar) and the lower resolution around the edge thing which by itself is not much for me but imagine that in a VR headset with eye tracking.

[thexzenon]

Not sure why people are upset at these results. It's a great card for anything up to 1440p, although I guess most after market cooler models will start at $700 like the reference card, which kinda blows (ha ha). Personally, I'll be waiting for Vega and the 1080Ti, which I hope will be close to maxing out most games at 60 fps @ UHD (except for fucking Crysis 3). 

 

We're entering a fun time with 14/16 nm. 

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, crisro996 said:

Not sure why people are upset at these results. It's a great card for anything up to 1440p, although I guess most after market cooler models will start at $700 like the reference card, which kinda blows (ha ha). Personally, I'll be waiting for Vega and the 1080Ti, which I hope will be close to maxing out most games at 60 fps @ UHD (except for fucking Crysis 3). 

 

We're entering a fun time with 14/16 nm. 

Cause we were promised 2GHz at 69*C whereas we got 1.7GHz at 82*C

[Ashaira]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Cause we were promised 2GHz at 69*C whereas we got 1.7GHz at 82*C

well for watercoolers it's a moot point but for others yeah........