What would a GTX 1080 be like at 1080p?

[ShiroArikawa]

A friend has the option of: Sell GTX 970, get 400$ and have enough for a GTX 1080, but only have a 1080p 60hz monitor.. Or buy a decent 144hz monitor for 270$, have 330$ and buy a used 980ti, or what? What should he do? (But I'd also like to know the fps at 1080p, it might be cool)

[Festive]

144hz 980Ti obviously.

[SLAYR]

A 1070 or 980ti will do 1080p 144fps.

 

With a 1080 you might be over 200fps in games.

[ShiroArikawa]

1 minute ago, Festive said:

144hz 980Ti obviously.

What's the fps at 1080p, on games like Rainbow Six Siege, or GTA 5, as I've noticed you have a GTX 1080.

[Herman Mcpootis]

980ti and 144hz monitor. the gtx 1080 is batshit overkill for 1080p 60hz(144hz not as much) and the 980ti and 144hz will give you a much better experience.

[Wolly9102]

what festive said. if you have an 60 hz monitor your FPS is ''locked'' to 60 fps

[Festive]

9 minutes ago, ShiroArikawa said:

What's the fps at 1080p, on games like Rainbow Six Siege, or GTA 5, as I've noticed you have a GTX 1080.

I'll get back to you when I get home. This card play Wither 3 at absolute ultra, antialiasing maxed + HBAO+ +hair works set to all characters with max anti aliasing at 90fps. Lowest I've seen it dip in the 2-3 hours I've played has been 70 FPS.

 

 

and that game is more demanding than all of the ones you listed 

[smokefest]

13 minutes ago, ShiroArikawa said:

A friend has the option of: Sell GTX 970, get 400$ and have enough for a GTX 1080, but only have a 1080p 60hz monitor.. Or buy a decent 144hz monitor for 270$, have 330$ and buy a used 980ti, or what? What should he do? (But I'd also like to know the fps at 1080p, it might be cool)

A gtx 1080 on 1080p screen is like a 1200 HP Nissan Skylyne GTR on a 1/8 miles drag race...

IT ask and neeeed a bigger CHALLENGE !!!! lol

[rwaalph]

9 minutes ago, Arjan W said:

what festive said. if you have an 60 hz monitor your FPS is ''locked'' to 60 fps

Wut wut wut??? Those 2 things are not linked , they are both independent functions

[Beeeyeee]

Get a 1070 it performs nearly as well as a 1080 at 1080p.  you get 100+ frames at 1080p. Go check out some bechmarks. Monitors are important. 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

1 minute ago, rwaalph said:

Wut wut wut??? Those 2 things are not linked , they are both independent functions

"Not linked" and "independent" hardly apply to refresh rates and FPS.

[ShiroArikawa]

If only my dad wasn't a dead beat, he barely gives me anything for Christmas, my mom gives me like 300$ every birthday /Christmas, my grandparents give me around 100-150, my dad gives pretty much nothing.. (Keeping in mind he makes wayyyy more than my mom/grandparents. So if he comes through I may be able to achieve a 144hz monitor.) [This is her friend]

 

[rwaalph]

1 minute ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

"Not linked" and "independent" hardly apply to refresh rates and FPS.

Sorry lol im just trying to get my point hahaha? That comment made me go nutz

[Letharas]

A gtx 1080 is to good for 1080p get a 1440p monitor or a 1080p 144hz (dont go bigger as a 25 inch 1080 bcs u will get lack of detail bcs of the pixel distance)

[Syntaxvgm]

I have a 1080 hooked up to a 144Hz monitor....it's fucking awesome. That said, if you go with a lower card especially, get a gsync screen. It takes away all of the worry about bouncing between like 100-144 or 120-144. I know a gsync screen is more expensive, but it's worth it I'd say for above 60 fps. 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

Just now, rwaalph said:

Sorry lol im just trying to get my point hahaha? That comment made me go nutz

It was a fairly good comment, though. The refresh rate of a monitor limits the number of images it can show in a second. FPS is the number of "frames" (or images) the system can generate in a second. Hence, if FPS<refresh rate, you see FPS, but if FPS>=Refresh rate, you see refresh rate.

Now, some people argue that FPS>refresh is better due to the exact N frames (60 in this case) that are shown, since at a given instant the monitor will show a "more recent" frame (whatever they mean by it, because 1 second is 1 second), and so it can be beneficial. Of course, nowhere as beneficial as it is harmful to have a lot of tearing, and if you correct tearing with vsync you are back to FPS=refresh rate.

 

So, to a first order approximation he was spot on: 60Hz=60FPS as onlg as the system stays at or above 60FPS.

[Letharas]

If you already got the 1080 i would go for an 144p 75hz or 100hz monitor, for extreme comp gaming more hz is better you can see difference in yt videos

 

 

[ShiroArikawa]

1 minute ago, Syntaxvgm said:

I have a 1080 hooked up to a 144Hz monitor....it's fucking awesome. That said, if you go with a lower card especially, get a gsync screen. It takes away all of the worry about bouncing between like 100-144 or 120-144. I know a gsync screen is more expensive, but it's worth it I'd say for above 60 fps. 

So would a GTX 1080 be good? They'd have to sit with a 60hz monitor for 4 months, only 4 though.... Or it's 144hz, 970/980ti for 4 months, or more.

[ShiroArikawa]

3 minutes ago, Letharas said:

If you already got the 1080 i would go for an 144p 75hz or 100hz monitor, for extreme comp gaming more hz is better you can see difference in yt videos

Don't have it yet it's just what should they get?

[Syntaxvgm]

3 minutes ago, ShiroArikawa said:

So would a GTX 1080 be good? They'd have to sit with a 60hz monitor for 4 months, only 4 though.... Or it's 144hz, 970/980ti for 4 months, or more.

oh hell yah it's good. But are you saying you'd also get a 144Hz monitor a few months down the road then? As a 1080 is a bit overkill at the moment unless you are driving above 1080 60. 1080 144Hz is more than twice as hard to drive as 1080 60Hz, so you'd use that power for something. 

[belfouf]

owner of 144hz screen + 980ti here, it's all good

[rwaalph]

11 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

It was a fairly good comment, though. The refresh rate of a monitor limits the number of images it can show in a second. FPS is the number of "frames" (or images) the system can generate in a second. Hence, if FPS<refresh rate, you see FPS, but if FPS>=Refresh rate, you see refresh rate.

Now, some people argue that FPS>refresh is better due to the exact N frames (60 in this case) that are shown, since at a given instant the monitor will show a "more recent" frame (whatever they mean by it, because 1 second is 1 second), and so it can be beneficial. Of course, nowhere as beneficial as it is harmful to have a lot of tearing, and if you correct tearing with vsync you are back to FPS=refresh rate.

 

So, to a first order approximation he was spot on: 60Hz=60FPS as onlg as the system stays at or above 60FPS

Well yeah i agree if you have 60 hz 60 or more fps wont make any difference visually but the way he said it is kind of misleading, to me he's saying like if you have a 60hz monitor it wont increase or go beyond 60 fps

[ShiroArikawa]

2 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

oh hell yah it's good. But are you saying you'd also get a 144Hz monitor a few months down the road then? As a 1080 is a bit overkill at the moment unless you are driving above 1080 60. 1080 144Hz is more than twice as hard to drive as 1080 60Hz, so you'd use that power for something. 

Yes, I'm saying they'd get a 144hz monitor 4 months down the road, but until then a 1080@60 would be a thing ...

[NTDaws]

It would be superior, that's it. You'd so ace 60 fps unless your CPU was bottlenecked.

[ShiroArikawa]

Well, it's no A8-7600 it's a 6600k