A 1080TI still plays every release at medium or higher settings. /shrug
Unless you’re worried about 4k or VR, I wouldn’t upgrade anyway.
I actually prefer the crisp edges without as much post-processing effects sometimes. Source engine games look great to me, just minimal crisp and clean geometry. I find a lot of modern graphics distracting, but it depends on the game. I do love really pushing graphics for a game like Skyrim.
Modern game engines don’t use the amazing SSAA (super sampling anti aliasing). Most have post processing anti aliasing like FXAA or TXAA which always makes edges look fuzzy. Source engine is one of those that still supports super sampling
Yeah that’s exactly it, MSAA isn’t too bad but FXAA makes edges look pretty blurry. Temporal anti aliasing is also really blurry looking sometimes but gives the impression that the edges could be crisp.
I do 4k and VR on my 1080Ti with no issues, on the highest settings, too. That said, I don’t do a lot of AAA gaming, so take that as you will.
Have a 1060 for vr.actually works fine
My 980ti is still a toss up between amazing or mediocre performance. The big issue is that I bought it for £600 which is a lot of money to me, and new GPUs are 3 times that, or more.
1080ti is still a beast
If my 1080 gives up in the near future, I’ll probably just give up AAA gaming. BG3 is literally the only game in the last 5 years I have loved which would require more than a potato to run.
Honestly I have a gtx1080 and I can run BG3 at close to ultra settings for around 30-60fps. I think my actual issue is my CPU I have an i7 3770 which came out in like 2012. And I have like ddr 3 ram from 10 years ago as well.
Same here but with an i7 6700K. If I happen to find a decent deal on something like a 12th gen i5 or i7 and chuck in an extra 16gb ram then I think I’d be all set for another couple of years. Although I still don’t desperately need an upgrade, everything works well enough except for maybe that one nightclub map in Ready or Not with more npcs than my cpu can keep up with.
My SO upgraded to a Ryzen 5600 and 6600 GPU from a 1050TI and some integrated old CPU and saw massive improvements for BG3. I don’t know the integrated CPU but I think that made the difference for this game. Loading in went from crashes or naked people to no issue at all.
1070 gang
1070 is comfy AF, been on one for so long now and I haven’t seen any reasons to switch yet
I finally bit the bullet and upgraded to a 3060ti. I’ll move the 1070 into a different PC.
1060 gang
1080 here, got to use for like 220, before the graphics card nightmare. I may be looking to try to get a 2080 or 2070. I wonder if I can do that on 550 at 600 watts
It’s still a decent card, probably can still do well at 1080p max settings in most games. Very similar to a 3060 in terms of performance, which is the card I have.
I’m playing D4 at 4K on medium settings. No complaints. This is on a 3yo laptop with 1080ti in an external enclosure hooked up via Thunderbolt.
My 970 seems as old as the wheel if you read this kind of threads.
I really need to upgrade my rig…
Me and my 1060 ain’t going anywhere
I had a 1060 3G version and it just couldn’t hack it anymore. Picked up a 20 series this year and it was such an improvement.
1060 6g still flying
Yeah. I’m about 90% sure that if I had gotten the 1060 6G and I hadn’t gotten a really good deal on a 2080, I’d probably still be using the 1060.
For now though, I don’t suspect I’ll be replacing the 2080 anytime soon… So when the 50 series comes out, this meme will be me with my 2080.
Anyway, this moved you for the better card! Congrats :)
I just upgraded from my 1060 6g. Got a 7800xt.
Same here. Works great and does all I need it to. It would be nice to have a new GPU but I’m driving this one until the wheels fall off.
I’m actually considering upgrading to a 1070 (i have a 1050ti)
I have a friend that’s always “waiting for the next one” who finally got a 3080 and meanwhile I play games with him on my trusty 1050
Just get 1080, trust me
used 1070 are half the price of used 1080/ti and more than good enough for me
I was considering upgrading to 1070ti but would probably go with the 2070super so I can use dlss (I also have a 1050ti)
Check your regions rx6600(xt) pricing, both cards are much faster than a 1070.
Source in the relative performance section: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gtx-1070.c2840
oh actually, I’m so used to amd cards being ridiculously expensive (both used and new) in ukraine that i didn’t even consider them. Prices are way more fair here in poland
Even the base 1080 is still a very capable card. I recently gave mine to a friend when I upgraded to a 3060. And looking at the market, the Pascal generation will remain the goat for the foreseeable future.
This is how I’ve always felt, running on old second hand unstable rigs. But it’s better than nothing.
Haha, bold to assume new rigs are stable, speaking from a ryzen 7 7800x3d and 7900xtx. Thing can barely fucking boot everytime I power it on.
Really? Wow. I’ve assumed new rigs to be more stable. Guess I was wrong then.
I am still holding on to my 1060 6gb, and honestly, if not for AI stuff, I wouldn’t even consider upgrading.
I remember when the 1080ti was top of the line. Good times.
Im going to switch my 1060 only becuz of wayland
Literally the same thing I did, switched from 1060 6gb to rx 6600 just for wayland.
It’s not worth it tbh
Did the same thing. 1080ti to 6700xt. No regrets whatsoever, loving the Wayland experience.
Is it not possible to run Wayland?
Wayland doesn’t play well with proprietary Nvidia drivers.
Manjaro stuck with X11, and people complain about it on the forums alot. I run Nvidia, and X11 while dead works just fine for me.
50% chance it will be ok. It worked perfectly on arch linux with hyprland, but the same set up on NixOS is having some troubles
It does run, but not as fine as it would on AMD or Intel
I just went from a 3770k with a vega 64 to a 7800x3d with 7900xtx. Pretty big jump!
I still have a i7 3770 from 2012 and a GTX 1080. What does it feel like now to upgrade?
Running Cyberpunk with Ray tracing on high settings was pretty neat. I could only get medium at best before. The 3770 is still pretty solid for a medium teir hpu even after a decade. But will bottleneck pretty much most cards over the 1080.
I think that’s my experience as well playing modern games as well. Seems CPU is a bottle neck. Hogwarts Legacy gets 25-40 frames no matter if I put the graphics on high or medium, BG3 is similar. I think the CPU is holding it back
