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Nvidia's GTX 1080 Ti: A decade-old GPU's performance and power limitations revealed

A decade after its release, Nvidia's GTX 1080 Ti graphics card still offers respectable performance in 1080p gaming, particularly in older titles and games that benefit from its 11GB of VRAM. However, modern technologies like DLSS and ray tracing, along with significantly improved power efficiency, highlight its age when compared to current-generation GPUs. While it can still edge out some lower-end modern cards, it is generally outperformed by mid-range options from the last five years and consumes considerably more power. AI

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Nvidia's GTX 1080 Ti: A decade-old GPU's performance and power limitations revealed

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Hassam Nasir ·

    Ten years later, the iconic GTX 1080 Ti still holds up in 1080p gaming, but not without showing its age — Redux testing highlights the wonders of 11GB VRAM & the woes of time

    PC Games Hardware has retested the GTX 1080 Ti, along with its GP102 brethren, in a range of new games across multiple resolutions. The results reveal the obvious: the 1080 Ti is still a capable GPU at 1080p, mostly thanks to its 11GB VRAM buffer, but it's highly inefficient by t…