Upgrade Advice

[pdubs]

Hello,

 

I currently have a 1080p ultrawide and am strongly considering upgrading to a 1440p ultrawide or 4k display. If I did that, would I need to upgrade from my gtx980 to maintain good framerates/settings for AAA titles?

Assuming yes, I'm guessing that a 1080ti would be fine though I am curious about whether a titan xp or second 1080ti would have any noticeable benefit over a single 1080ti (2 titans is certainly more than I'm willing to spend right now). There is a reasonable chance that I would want to add a second (or third I guess) monitor sometime in the future so I would like to take that into consideration in addition to just having a single monitor.

Any input would be appreciated.

 

Thank you

[Zando_]

A 1080 Ti is more powerful than a Titan XP, but a bit less powerful than the new Titan Xp. A single 1080 Ti should stomp any games in 1440p and keep resource hungry ones happy in 4K. If you wan to run dual 1440p monitors, a single one should be good. If you want to run 2 4K monitors, you'll want 2x 1080 Ti in SLI. If you want to game on 3 4K monitors, forget about it. Even quad Titan X's can't game well at that resolution. 

[Masada02]

What do you consider "good framerates/settings for AAA titles"?

 

From experience, if you plan on maxing out settings in demanding titles, an Xp or 1080TI will barely manage 60fps at 3440x1440. For example, if I turn on all the goodies in Wildlands and run at native res on my Xp I will get between 40 and 60 fps. If I want to lock 60 I have to turn a few settings down. GTAV is a similar experience. Battlefield 1 however will run at 100+ fps with everything turned on.

 

So ya, define expectations, then we can talk.

[BluJay614]

2 minutes ago, Masada02 said:

What do you consider "good framerates/settings for AAA titles"?

 

From experience, if you plan on maxing out settings in demanding titles, an Xp or 1080TI will barely manage 60fps at 3440x1440. For example, if I turn on all the goodies in Wildlands and run at native res on my Xp I will get between 40 and 60 fps. If I want to lock 60 I have to turn a few settings down. GTAV is a similar experience. Battlefield 1 however will run at 100+ fps with everything turned on.

 

So ya, define expectations, then we can talk.

Wildlands is also a very taxing game on both the CPU and GPU

[Masada02]

Just now, BluJay614 said:

Wildlands is also a very taxing game on both the CPU and GPU

More so on the GPU, but it is a game that people play. And if they want to play it well then they need the hardware to back it up.

 

Pretty sure my CPU handles it fine  

[MilfShake]

1080Ti will play most game 60 fps at 4k, except wildlands and GTA.

 

Just read the benchmarks yourself

[pdubs]

2 hours ago, Masada02 said:

What do you consider "good framerates/settings for AAA titles"?

 

From experience, if you plan on maxing out settings in demanding titles, an Xp or 1080TI will barely manage 60fps at 3440x1440. For example, if I turn on all the goodies in Wildlands and run at native res on my Xp I will get between 40 and 60 fps. If I want to lock 60 I have to turn a few settings down. GTAV is a similar experience. Battlefield 1 however will run at 100+ fps with everything turned on.

 

So ya, define expectations, then we can talk.

60+ fps and all/most settings maxed except for anti-aliasing. I don't really care if I have to lower that in favor of more fps when needed. I'm never sure about how turning off AA will affect the frame rate because I cannot always tell if a benchmark used it or not.

[Masada02]

If you switched to a 1440p ultrawide I'd say stick with a single 1080TI. You will have to turn settings down in certain games to maintain 60 fps, but most games should be fine. Though what you should really do if you plan on sticking with Nvidia is get your monitor first, making sure you get a G-Sync one, and then see if you are OK with the performance of the 980. With G-Sync it may be perfectly acceptable to you. If not, grab a single 1080TI and then a second one in a year or two when you can no longer run games at the level you want.

 

Secondary point, it's not worth buying the Xp. It will perform worse than pretty much any aftermarket TI unless you put a waterblock on it. Then you have 5-10% more performance for double the price of a TI. I think it's neat, but I don't recommend people buying one.

[MysticLTT]

7 hours ago, Masada02 said:

What do you consider "good framerates/settings for AAA titles"?

 

From experience, if you plan on maxing out settings in demanding titles, an Xp or 1080TI will barely manage 60fps at 3440x1440. For example, if I turn on all the goodies in Wildlands and run at native res on my Xp I will get between 40 and 60 fps. If I want to lock 60 I have to turn a few settings down. GTAV is a similar experience. Battlefield 1 however will run at 100+ fps with everything turned on.

 

So ya, define expectations, then we can talk.

I'm planning to buy 1080 Ti for GTA V @ 3440x1440. Did you use x4 MSAA+TXAA? What settings for grass? Softest shadows or PCSS? Did you touch advanced settings?

[Masada02]

16 minutes ago, MysticLTT said:

I'm planning to buy 1080 Ti for GTA V @ 3440x1440. Did you use x4 MSAA+TXAA? What settings for grass? Softest shadows or PCSS? Did you touch advanced settings?

Attached pics of settings below.

 

This gives me roughly 70fps in the countryside and 80-90fps in the city. Ultra grass will drop the fps by 20-30 in the countryside.

 

[Masada02]

I should mention, my Xp has a waterblock and runs at around 2050mhz in games and my 5960X is at 4.6ghz.

[MysticLTT]

16 minutes ago, Masada02 said:

I should mention, my Xp has a waterblock and runs at around 2050mhz in games and my 5960X is at 4.6ghz.

Ouch, with all those settings, there's just no room for Anti-Aliasing. Could you try x4 MSAA+TXAA and see what kind of FPS drop there is? 

I might not buy a card after this.

[Masada02]

6 minutes ago, MysticLTT said:

Ouch, with all those settings, there's just no room for Anti-Aliasing. Could you try x4 MSAA+TXAA and see what kind of FPS drop there is? 

I might not just buy a card after this.

Driving around I'm seeing 60-70fps in the city with spikes up to 80fps and right around 50fps in the countryside with lows in the low 40's. Didn't change any other settings, just x4 MSAA and TXAA. No reflection MSAA.

[MysticLTT]

5 minutes ago, Masada02 said:

Driving around I'm seeing 60-70fps in the city with spikes up to 80fps and right around 50fps in the countryside with lows in the low 40's. Didn't change any other settings, just x4 MSAA and TXAA. No reflection MSAA.

Ok with advanced off and grass on high, it should be playable but damn for a 1k card already being on the edge.