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yes the time has come when I can finally reveal just how fast the heavily anticipated GeForce GTX 1080 actually is I know exactly what you guys want benchmarks and lots of them so rather than taking you on another boring tour around the founders edition card which you've no doubt been drooling over for the last week or so on YouTube already let's get right into it for those wanting to know more about the core and memory configuration please check out this video from a few days ago it pretty much covers everything you need to know about the hardware I've got a variety of other 1080 themed videos coming up including an overclocking guide and more so there'll be plenty of coverage and information don't you worry now we know the gtx 1080 cost 700 us for the founders edition card and $600 for the upcoming partner cards for my aussie viewers the founders card will cost around $1000 with board partner cards hopefully coming in under $900 with the pricing locked in the only other real consideration for game is this performance so let's find out how the gtx 1080 gets on kicking off the proceedings we have an absolute classic battlefield 4 here we see the 1080 getting a mighty 99 FPS this made for just 16% more than the Titan X which may surprise a few people although I'm expecting this to be one of the titles where these two cards are closest the 1080 was 29% faster than the 980ti 68% faster than the 980 and 50% faster than the fury X not too bad at all despite what many have been hoping it wasn't able to top a pair of 980ti in sli at 4k the margins between the cards were very similar when the 1080 was good for a 50 FPS average all the percentage differences were very close to the 1440p results and this is the theme you can expect to see play out through the rest of our benchmarks gamers have been longing for a GPU that could handle the very demanding witcher 3 and a 1440 PE it proved to be no problem for the gtx 1080 which rendered an average of 74 frames per second and a minimum of just under 60 FPS 4k witcher action has been pretty much an impossibility at maximum quality and unfortunately the 1080 doesn't really change that having said that it did come very close to the performance of the 980 TI in sli and was 22% faster than the titan ax at 1440p the GTX 1080 was a bit of a monster in black ops 3 and was good for 111 FPS this was 23% faster than the fury axe which does a great job in this game and a healthy 42% faster than the 980ti at 4k the 1080 was just shy of the glorious 60fps average we're all chasing this made a 70 % faster than a 980 and 23% faster than the titan axe in Far Cry primal the 1080 managed to healthy 72 FPS average and was the only single card config to get over 60 FPS at 4k things were a little choppy and gamers who want to play at this resolution might need a 1080 sli setup in order to get over 60 FPS at Ultra quality it was a whopping 74% faster than the similarly priced 980 and 29 percent faster the name DS Fury acts in star wars battlefront at 1440p the new 1080 was between 18 and 24 percent faster than its main three rivals relative to the GTX 980 it was a considerable 56 percent faster and this is one of the lower margins when compared to that card at 4k the margins were similar the 1080 was 17 percent faster than the tight next year and 23 percent faster than both the fury X than the 980ti which both managed an average of 39 frames though the ti had a much higher minimum at the vault exit fallout 4 was good for over 100 frames per second healthy 25% faster than the Titan X the minimum was also impressive with frame rate staying over 90 at 4k we were quite close to the elusive 60fps mark with the 55 FPS average and a 45 FPS minimum the 1080 was 25% faster than the tight next and 34 percent faster than the fury X first we'll take a look at Tomb Raider in DirectX 11 here the 1080 was good for a solid 102 FPS which was 57% faster than the fury ax and 21% faster than the Titan X at 4k the other cards managed to close the gap a little the 1080 was good for 53 frames than average and a minimum of 34 FPS which made for a slightly choppy experience though it was the only card with a minimum above 30 in the case of Tomb Raider switching to DirectX 12 actually slows down performance so I can't imagine there are many or any gamers that actually do anyway the 1080 was good for 100 FPS here 25 frames more than the 980ti SLI configuration and 72% faster than the fear X at 4k the 1080 was still well out in front with an average of 51 fps and a minimum of at least ten frames higher than any other card or cards our star of the show monster def 1 2015 pumping out 140 frames per second at 1440p this is 25 percent more than the Titan X 31 percent more than the 980ti and 47 percent more than the fury X at 4k the gap was closed a little bit although the 1080 was the only card able to stay above 60fps throughout the entire test 1080 was good for 119 FPS on average in GTA 5 which was 24% more than the Titan X I guess my prediction of 20 to 25% more performance seems to be coming true relative to the fury X it was good for 34 percent more performance also at 4k the 1080 was just shy being able to produce a 60 FPS average with everything cranked up and with a little tweaking 4k gamers will be very happy the Titan X was a little closer at this higher resolution coming within 16% of the 1080 while the fury X was within 31 percent in our ashes of the singularity graphs we're looking at the DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 performance together at 14-14 DirectX 12 the fury managed to come within 7 percent of the GTX 1080 while the other cards maintain similar margins seen in other games at 4k this gap was close further to the point where there was no gap at all at 1080 managed the same 46 FPS as the fury X but again maintained its margins over its Nvidia brethren the 1080 was comfortably over the 60fps mark in Just Cause 3 and 1440p with all the settings cranked up and a healthy 27% faster than the time next at 4k it couldn't quite close in on 60fps though again it was 27% faster than the tight next there's probably the only configuration that could be considered playable in this game at 4k especially since SLI and crossfire don't really work the 1080 handle Rainbow six siege like no one's business producing an impressive 131 frames this is another title where SLI really struggles and it's not really properly supported 4k siege saw terrorists laters 65 FPS with the 52 FPS minimum while the other comparable cards followed the same pattern and rough percentages we've seen throughout our benchmark results for the average frame rates something interesting worth noting here the minimum frame rates of the AMD Fuji GPUs the fury X Furion nano it's all dip down to very low frame rates so it has to be said I only saw the Meharry for brief moments I think this difference can mostly be attributed to the smaller four gigabytes of HP M memory because the game was tested using the Ultra HD texture pack on Steam in Tom Clancy's other tests of title the 1080 was just shy of keeping frames above 60 FPS at all times of 1440p at 4k things were tight with the fury ax Titan X 980ti all of which fell within the 14 percent margin although none of these cards could really produce what could be considered very playable performance with the 1080 s 33 FPS minimum the highest of the bunch including the 980ti it's an SLI and already bitter good in Crysis 3 is still demanding and pushed the 1080 - it's not overclocked limits to stay above a 60fps minimum here the 1080 crashed at opposition with nearly 60% more performance than the fury X and 46 percent more than the 980ti 4k real the 1080 in a bit - 34 fps although it was still a long way ahead of its rivals in terms of percentage with the best fight put up by the Titan X with its me at 24 FPS obviously all of these cards rendered the game pretty unplayable and 4k games will still have to tweak some settings apparently Arkham Knight works these days and 1080 owners will be able to play a best at 1440p the card was good for 108 frames per second leave me all of its competition in its wake at 4k the 1080 was close to a healthy 60fps average although its minimum dropped down to match that of the Titan X only just edging out the 980ti well a little further ahead of the fury X all of these cards were a lot closer together in this title while it looks pretty good Mad Max is not a demanding title and at 1440p it sees all of our top contenders with 99 frames or more with the 1080 leading the pack by a healthy margin at 4k it was only the 1080 that managed over 60fps on average and it was really the only card that could offer smooth playable performance at 4k without splurging for two cards anno 2205 so the 1080 overpower the Titan X by considerable 30% at 1440p and the fury X by 62% at 4k the 1080 s minimum rivaled the averages of the other cards at 35 frames and was good for nearly 50 FPS on average this was another title where SLI was not only useless but a slight hindrance dirt rally he showed slightly closer margins and some of our other games tested with the Titan X coming with 17% and the fury X within 25% of the 10 80s performance at 4k the 1080 is able to keep this game above 60fps producing a 62 frame minimum in 70 FPS average while it's still led the pack aside from the sli config the margins were again a little closer than our average middle f's 1440p results were in line with the others that we've seen so far with the GT X 1080 making 103 frames per second good for 20 to 25% more than the Titan X 980ti in the fury X at 4k the results are very similar to dirt rally the 1080 was 19% faster than the fury X and 21% faster than the Titan next well the 980 was left behind on 37 frames per second our newest game of the bunch doom saw some interesting results using its opengl game engine at 1440p the margins with fairly standard they were a little closer than our average at 4k the type next pulled within 8 percent the 980ti within 10 percent and the fury X within 15 percent these are the closest margins we've seen for the other Nvidia cards and one of the closer ones 2 for the fury X finally we've got everyone's favorite ARMA 3 here the 1080 made for some healthy figures of 1440p pulling 75 frames per second on average with a minimum of 67 at 4k the 1080 maintains its margins though it's reduced to an average of 42 fps making the game pretty unplayable to be honest 4k game is left to do what they're very used to doing lower the quality settings if they want smooth performance in video I've been touting the 1080 as being a huge step forward in terms of efficiency boasting twice the performance what for what but exactly how many watts does it use I have ridged out the power consumption for all of these cards in The Witcher 3 Crysis 3 Battlefront GTA 5 and Far Cry primal and the results speak for themselves the 1080 consumed is 266 watts on average which is 20% less than the type next to provide an average 21% better performance this is undoubtedly a huge step forward and gamers and their parents who pay the power bills worldwide will be pleased to hear it the 1080 founders edition operating temperatures were very reasonable considering the frequencies at which it was running in Doom for instance the 1080 was running at 1835 megahertz but managed to say three degrees cooler than its 980ti counterpart which was running at 82 degrees in every game tested the 1080 rounded and eighty degrees which is impressive given the card was barely audible and of course the resulting framerate performance well there's really no other way to put it that was a crapload of data so let's get into it a GeForce GTX 1080 rendered on average 52 frames per second at 4k and this minute was 21% faster than the Titan X 28% faster than the 980ti and wait for it 63 percent faster than the vanilla GTX 980 the 1080 also had no trouble dispatching the fury X where it was 30% faster at 4k interestingly while the margins were much the same a 1440p between the Nvidia cards the 1080 was even faster when compared to the fury X here delivering 36% more performance on average making a quick cost per frame analysis across the 21 games tested we see that even as $700 the founders Edition is exceptional value when compared to the current AMD and NVIDIA high-end products the board partner cards which should start at $600 you're going to do some real damage at a cost of just eleven dollars 55 an hour test making it 25% better value than the fury X to put up a fight in terms of cost per frame and you would have to discount the fury X to 470 dollars so be interesting to see if they make that sort of move I think if they don't the fury X might simply get left behind as you can see here although quite a bit slower than the new 1080 the fear X is still a very capable graphics card so if AMD is able to remain competitive in terms of pricing then that'll be great news for gamers the same is true for the gtx 980ti granted it's now exited production is therefore a little less relevant you may however be able to grab a bargain as suppliers run out for current 980ti owners I really don't recommend buying a second card for SLI the performance is simply too inconsistent if you'll be mostly playing a game that supports SLI well and this isn't much of an issue but if you like to dabble in various titles and I suggest giving SLI amiss if you're a GTX 980 owner then you've no doubt been eyeing off the 1080 as a potential upgrade and a similar cost upon release at least for the board partner models anyway the 1080 is the perfect upgrade for 980 owners those coming from a 980 can enjoy a massive 60% leap in performance at both 1440p and 4k and as you can see on this line graph that Nets you a serious amount of extra frames like the Maxwell base GPUs the GTX 1080 has plenty of overclocking Headroom and I had no trouble squeezing another 20% or so performance out of the founders edition card the core was stable little little over 2 gigahertz and the gddr5 X memory had no issue reaching almost 12 gigabits per second for detailed analysis of the overclocking performance be sure to check out my GTX 1080i overclocking video here making the 10 eighties framerate performance all the more impressive is the power consumption having tested a number of games we found on average the 1080 system consumed just 266 was just a few percent more than the GTX 980 and a little over 20% less than the gtx 980ti amazing stuff here and I have to admit the 1080 is well exceeded my efficiency expectations so let's address the ultimate question should you race out and buy the GeForce GTX 1080 in a word known as nice as the founders edition card looks unless you absolutely require graphics card that vents hot air externally I strongly suggest waiting for invidious board partners to release their versions of the card chances are they'll run cooler provide even greater overclocking Headroom and we'll of course cost considerably less although I don't believe AMD sparks will change anything here it might also be wise to wait for them to learn later next month before investing any money in a new GPU really who's that patient like I mentioned earlier check out my GT x 1080 overclocking video here subscribe for more Pascal and pilars content and if you have any questions simply ask in the comments I'm your host Matt as always and I'll see you guys next time you