[Various] NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Review Thread

[Arachnotronic]

TechPowerUp

NVIDIA's new Pascal GP104 processor, which powers the GeForce GTX 1080, is a true marvel in silicon engineering. The new card is faster than any single GPU card we've seen to date, but also includes tons of new technologies and efficiency improvements.
When looking at performance of this new powerhouse, we see twice(!) the performance than GTX 970 averaged over our test suite at 4K resolution. Compared to NVIDIA's GTX 980 Ti the performance uplift is about 30%, and GTX 1080 is not even the highest end card NVIDIA will release on Pascal. Against AMD's R9 Fury X, the GTX 1080 is over 30% faster too. GTX 970 SLI, which is an excellent value proposition is also conclusively beat, and at lower pricing. This means that with one quick swoop NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1080 has obsoleted everything in the high-end market.

4K Results

2560x1440

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080/

[H]ardOCP

We think many of us are somewhat surprised at how well moving to 16nm FinFET has been for NVIDIA. NVIDIA's shift in architecture focusing on clock speed and this better processing technology seems to have paid off big time right now. Not only are we seeing the GTX 1080 provide large performance advantages compared to the previous generation top of the line fastest GPUs, but there is also the potential for incredible clock speed improvements. NVIDIA themselves showed us that 2.1GHz is possible on the Founders Edition. We dare to think what custom retail video cards will be able to do.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 is a marvel of engineering and gaming performance. It performs amazingly, it's power efficient, there's potential for higher clocks, and it is feature rich. The GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition is the fastest video card on the planet when it comes to today's games. And the GTX 1080 is not just a little faster than yesterday's flagship GPUs, it is a lot faster.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2016...x_1080_founders_edition_review/1#.VzsohZErIuU

Guru3D

the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 is a great graphics card that will have no problem rendering away hard in the toughest PC games with grand image quality settings. For display output options you are covered for years to come as well. Price wise of course I said enough. And hey, I do have to remark this remains to be in the high-end domain. It's a product that will "love you long time" PC gaming wise, as all hardware variables tick the right boxes. Priced steep for sure, but definitely recommended and we cannot wait to see all the board partner cards. Well, that and the GeForce GTX 1070 of course

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/nvidia_geforce_gtx_1080_review,30.html

FCAT testing: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/fcat-geforce-gtx-1080-framepacing-review,1.html

Hexus.net

Want the best consumer graphics card in the world? The GeForce GTX 1080, in no uncertain terms, is it.

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/92846-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-founders-edition-16nm-pascal/

Tom's Hardware

Even if we judge the GTX 1080 at that less favorable $700 price point, it’s still undeniably compelling compared to a GeForce GTX 980 Ti or two GeForce GTX 980s. And although we haven’t seen any partner boards yet, it’s probable that third-party coolers will give enthusiasts access to even more headroom, just as we’ve seen in generations past. While a Radeon R9 Fury X comes somewhat close in games like Ashes of the Singularity and Hitman, there are more examples where Fiji, similar to GM200, just can’t manage playable frame rates at 4K with details cranked up.

If that’s the bar we set for next-gen gaming—playable frame rates at 4K or in VR with quality settings cranked up—then Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1080 is the first card to cross it

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-pascal,4572-12.html

Hardware Canucks

Speaking of price, for all the GTX 1080’s impressive performance benefits I’m forced to evaluate this thing as a $699 graphics card because until we see otherwise, that’s exactly what it is. The Founders Edition may very well be the only SKU available in sufficient quantities come launch day on May 27th so early adopters will have to happily chow down on that $100 “blower tax” for the chance to own one. NVIDIA knows their customers will do exactly that and they’ve priced the reference card (no, I won’t stop calling it that!) accordingly.

The GTX 1080 is clearly a superior product that completely overturns the graphics card market as we know it. While $699 will be a bitter pill to swallow for some and it may point towards a gradual uptick in the price we all pay for GPUs, there’s no denying that the GTX 1080 Founders Edition still offers phenomenal bag for your buck. Meanwhile, the $599 versions could end up being absolutely spectacular. Regardless of what you think about NVIDIA’s pricing structure you have to appreciate what they’ve accomplished: with one single finely crafted, high performance graphics core they’ve made us all lust after an inanimate but oh-so-sexy object.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...ews/72619-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-review.html

 

[caswow]

i cant believe the tech press isnt up in arms about the outrageous price. truly outrageous

 

[Det0x]

We already have a thread with benchmarks..

Pascal 1080 Benchmarks @ http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2473189

 

[linkgoron]

i cant believe the tech press isnt up in arms about the outrageous price. truly outrageous

Only real mention of any real price/perf analysis is @ TechPowerUP
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1080/28.html

If you are looking for the best bang per buck, you will love this page. We looked each card's current USD price up on Newegg and used it and all relative performance numbers to calculate the performance-per-dollar index.

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Price-wise the GeForce GTX 1080 Founder's Edition (the card we reviewed today) clocks in at $699, which is a $100 increase over NVIDIA's MSRP of $599. That's a huge price premium, and not worth it in my opinion for a cooler that doesn't perform that great, NVIDIA confirmed that Founder's Edition cards won't come with higher-OC-potential GPUs. I suspect that this approach is NVIDIA's way to milk early adopters - in the first weeks there will be only the Founders Edition available, until board partners come out with their custom designs, which will be well after Computex

Also, computerbase are a worthy mention as they actually use an after-market 980ti:
http://www.computerbase.de/2016-05/geforce-gtx-1080-test/7/

 

[Arachnotronic]

We already have a thread with benchmarks..

Pascal 1080 Benchmarks @ http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2473189

This isn't just about benchmarks, but a thread to collect/summarize the reviews across the web. I will update with more reviews as I come across them for easy reference.

 

[Markfw]

re-opening this one.

 

[Arachnotronic]

re-opening this one.

Thank you, sir.

 

[Genx87]

i cant believe the tech press isnt up in arms about the outrageous price. truly outrageous

Foundations edition is bleh. Otherwise the regular 1080 is 50 bucks less than the 980TI launched a year ago.

 

[thesmokingman]

Thanks Mark.


4K performance of the 1080 looks real nice. Now that price on the other hand...

 

[Sweepr]

Great card. The improvement over GM204 in particular is astonishing, bodes very well for big Pascal.

35% faster than stock Geforce GTX 980 Ti according to TechPowerUp and HardwareCanucks, that's above my expectations (20-25% at best).

 

[Arachnotronic]

Thanks Mark.


4K performance of the 1080 looks real nice. Now that price on the other hand...

I really hope that some good aftermarket ones come out at $599. And, on the same token, I hope we get some much-better-than-Founders aftermarket cards at $699-$749. I think this chip has much more overclocking potential but is held back by the reference board.

 

[LTC8K6]

So can we guess what a 1080ti will be like now?

 

[VulgarDisplay]

The only thing I can see from these reviews is that this card is in no mans land and it's expensive.

It's not fast enough for an enjoyable 4k experience yet it's still $700. So you still need to spend $1400 for 4k, you're limited to only 2 cards, and SLi/Xfire are both a thing of the past pretty much.

It's truly a mid range card with a price that's beyond high end. To each their own. I'll be waiting for the real high end cards early next year.

 

[AnandThenMan]

35% faster than stock Geforce GTX 980 Ti according to TechPowerUp and Hardware Canucks, that's above my expectations (20-25% at best).

Incredibly underwhelming.

 

[swilli89]

Great card. The improvement over GM204 in particular is astonishing, bodes very well for big Pascal.

I mean.. pretty much what you would expect at its die size on 16nm with improved clocks thanks to finfet. Take a 980ti, shrink to 350mm and then clock it up 30% and that's what we have here.

 

[Arachnotronic]

So can we guess what a 1080ti will be like now?

If we use 980 -> 980 Ti as an example, I would expect something on the order of ~3584 SPs and HBM2 memory.

 

[Sweepr]

I'm particularly impressed by the performance in titles that favoured GCN over Maxwell in the past, some of the biggest performance gains are here:

 

[Kallogan]

GTX 1080 bundle pack : 3dmark professionnal and mining software

Not a single good game out there ? no worry you can still do benchmarks and mining ethereum with your premium gpu

Also if your are among the 1% of weirdos who care about 4K, get some.

 

[flopper]

I mean.. pretty much what you would expect at its die size on 16nm with improved clocks thanks to finfet. Take a 980ti, shrink to 350mm and then clock it up 30% and that's what we have here.

Vega is coming soon.
enjoy while this last
checked prices here, 800euro.......

 

[Sweepr]

I mean.. pretty much what you would expect at its die size on 16nm with improved clocks thanks to finfet. Take a 980ti, shrink to 350mm and then clock it up 30% and that's what we have here.

Not really, they clearly improved the architecture:

More than twice GM204 in some titles.

 

[thesmokingman]

Vega is coming soon.
enjoy while this last
checked prices here, 800euro.......

Relax dude, this is about the 1080, not what comes next.

 

[Arachnotronic]

I'm particularly impressed by the performance in titles that favoured GCN over Maxwell in the past, some of the biggest performance gains are here:

Why does Quantum Break run like total crap on high end hardware like the 1080, Fury X, and 980 Ti?

 

[Jaydip]

Excellent card but the price could have been better.

 

[Arachnotronic]

I mean.. pretty much what you would expect at its die size on 16nm with improved clocks thanks to finfet. Take a 980ti, shrink to 350mm and then clock it up 30% and that's what we have here.

The improved clocks aren't just due to FinFET. There is a lot of work that goes into making an architecture scale to significantly higher clock speeds, far more than I think some appreciate. I don't think a straight port of GM204 to 16FF+ would have given these kinds of clocks at this power consumption.

 

[parvadomus]

100/63 = 59% better performance/watt than Maxwell, I expected a bit more, that aside performance is very good.