More than 3 years on...and the 1080ti is still beasting it...

[tamzzy]

What a champ lol...or rather...what a sad reflection of the GPU market :/

 

[Ayahuasca]

Sadly, I can only see it getting worse as businesses up their pricing to try and get back some of the lost profits over the Coronavirus period.

There may have been a brief spike in purchases to grab tech to work from home or to fill the void of lockdown but the following depression will see much fewer people purchasing gaming hardware.

 

[pugheaven]

Just shows how ahead of the game it truly was when it came out... mental performance really same with Titans.

 

[Disco Boy]

I don't think this that unique is it? The 8800GTX performed well for a similarly long time.

 

[BigBANGtheory]

Sadly, I can only see it getting worse as businesses up their pricing to try and get back some of the lost profits over the Coronavirus period.

There may have been a brief spike in purchases to grab tech to work from home or to fill the void of lockdown but the following depression will see much fewer people purchasing gaming hardware.

Short term perhaps to test the market but if people don’t buy then that pricing strategy won’t last. The problem I fear though is people being forced into low tier products with higher margins and only market competition will save us from that

 

[azazl187]

I don't think this that unique is it? The 8800GTX performed well for a similarly long time.

That card was also a beast. I have a 1080ti myself and at 4k it still beasts 99% of games

 

[DONOHUE07]

Great card, but it does go to show how bad the GPU market really is, hopefully AMD can pull a Ryzen out of the hat in the GPU sector.

 

[Jacky60]

Just shows how ahead of the game it truly was when it came out... mental performance really same with Titans.

It wasn't ahead of the game it was part of a consistent pattern of GPU improvement that had continued for two decades. Then Nvidia decided they needed more profit and with a lack of any meaningful competition they bumped the 80ti price up to where Titans had been before. Enough idiots lapped it up to keep 2080ti prices grossly inflated ever since. I say this as someone who went 980ti SLI, Titan Xp SLI then 1080ti SLI so I've been guilty of drinking Nvidia Koolaid but never again. The more $ you give Nvidia the more they keep taking the p$$.

 

[Mark1989]

I feel same way about my 1070, it's still going strong and eats up everything I throw at it

 

[KNiVES]

I agree wholeheartedly. I got mine from OCUK for basically nothing, in hindsight. One of the best PC purchases I've made, alongside the 2500K.

 

[Sam__]

Need a bit more competition in the market to push development!

 

[montymint]

I agree wholeheartedly. I got mine from OCUK for basically nothing, in hindsight. One of the best PC purchases I've made, alongside the 2500K.

The 2500k was a monster chip for the cost. Lasted me for many years

 

[Radox-0]

Agree, card is still very solid. Got three of them in main rig and forth in the HTPC in living room for playing games and still do very well. Hope to upgrade to 3xxx (or see what AMD offers) but this has been the first generation in a while that I have not upgraded.

I don't think this that unique is it? The 8800GTX performed well for a similarly long time.

Not unique, but hardly common given the example you gave with the 8800GTX being similar as a card that came out nearly a decade and half ago. I imagine the price wonk of the new 2xxx series being uplifted through the range is partly what shines the 1080Ti in a nice spotlight.

 

[ljt]

It wasn't ahead of the game it was part of a consistent pattern of GPU improvement that had continued for two decades. Then Nvidia decided they needed more profit and with a lack of any meaningful competition they bumped the 80ti price up to where Titans had been before. Enough idiots lapped it up to keep 2080ti prices grossly inflated ever since.

Totally agree. On the plus side, it now means less money spent by me as I will wait until there is the normal improvement in performance before upgrading. They shot themselves in the foot in my case as I refuse to pay more for less improvement.

 

[FlyingFish]

My 1080Ti hybrid is happily ploughing through games at 1440p, best gpu I've owned..

Interesting video from a few months ago by about how the 1080Ti came to market.

 

[melmac]

Why does the number of years matter? It's still last gens top tier GPU. It's not like there has been 3 or 4 generations of GPUs released since.

It's a great GPU, but people are making it out to be much better than it actually is.

 

[docsonic]

Don't forget the cost of these cards... It's been what.. two years since gibbo did his super duper eol deals on 1080ti's for £500 & something squid

Ryzen may have rocked the CPU cradle.. as for GPUs it's us that's been played... Ooof yeah it's late

 

[Joxeon]

Don't forget the cost of these cards... It's been what.. two years since gibbo did his super duper eol deals on 1080ti's for £500 & something squid

And two years on we're still getting the same performance for £500 quid thanks to the 2070 super!.

 

[tamzzy]

I bought my 1080ti 2.5 years ago for £570...balked at the price, but turned out to be a neat little investment

 

[Kaapstad]

Nearly 4 years on...and the Pascal Titan is still beasting it...

Fixed that for you.