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Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1080Ti
top end, 700$ Graphics card
What is this?
Who should watch this video?
And should you buy this card?
I'm gonna talk about all those things in this video...
Now, there are 3 different primary monitor resolutions
available on the market today.
1080p
1440p
And 4K.
There are also some people who run multiple monitors,
we will talk about all this.
We'll talk about what kind of games,
how this compares to the
lower end Graphics cards currently available in the market
and whether or not you should consider
AMD's upcoming Vega Graphics card.
Now this video is a review of the 1080Ti in general.
Not necessarily this specific card
I've previously done a video
"Which 1080Ti Should You Buy"
Link to that video, in the video description below.
In there I talk about the different coolers,
the different manufacturers, and the pros and cons.
This video is meant to address the question
"Should You Buy A 1080Ti at all?"
Here's the reality.
The performance difference between the slowest and the fastest 1080Ti in the market
is no more than about 5 percent, and
the slower cards can generally be manually overclocked
to match the higher cards.
You don't buy them based on performance.
Watch that video if you wanna know about all the differences.
In this video, instead
we're gonna be talking about
the differences between the 1080 Ti
and other cards in the market,
and what the benefits of spending $700, or thereabouts,
on a Graphics Card are.
Now first up let me be very clear,
if you simply wanna play current modern games
at 1080p resolution, with an average of 60 frames a second
at High detail, You don't need to buy this card.
This is Overkill for that objective.
A GTX 1060, or 1070, depending upon how much future proofing you want in your card will do that just fine.
This is premium card for a premium gaming experience.
Now what does that mean?
Quite simply, 4K gaming, first and foremost.
Now we'll talk about the other resolutions in a minute, but
if wanna play games, at 4K resolution, at high detail or better in 2017?
You've come to the right place. This card is what you will need.
I have tested games on the card beneath this, the GTX 1080,
And it really struggles at 4K.
This is notably faster than the 1080.
Even though it's only a "1080Ti", it is a solid 35%-40% faster than a 1080 and it really shows in the performance.
So, if 4K gaming is on your list, this is what you need.
Now, putting aside 4K gaming let's talk about 1440p for a minute.
There are actually two different 1440p resoluions we're talking about.
Ultra-wide, and Standard.
Standard, is your standard 16:9 television shaped screen which has 3.6Million pixels on it.
This is a good card for that, maybe a little bit overkill, but a very good card for that.
At 3.6Million pixels, its not quite double 1080p resolution.
If you wanna play the latest and greatest games:
"Ghost Recon: Wildlands" comes to mind, its very demanding,
and, you wanna play them at 1440p, and you wanna play them at, maybe High or Very-High detail,
with a really good frame-rate? You might need this card.
The other 1440p resolution we're talking about is "Ultra-wide".
Its the Ultra, 21:9, Ultra-Wide screen monitors.
Those have 5 Million pixels.
Its 1.4 Million more, than the Standard 1440p, and that is a far enough gap,
that its worth separating the two into two different categories.
So whenever you heard somebody say,
"Yes this is good for 1440p", or "No, its not"...
its important to know which "1440p" we're talking about.
Now currently there are no "Ultra-wide 4Ks", at some point I'm sure we'll get them, but for now, we don't have any.
So, 5 Million pixels, 1440p Ultra-Wide, yes. I would recommend this card, if you have the budget.
Now, the card below this, a 1080, will do that as well,
but, for the extra $200 or so you'll pay for this card,
you'll be able to run your games not much higher in detail and will last you another year or so,
without having to either replace it or start turning details down.
Please Note: That 1440p "standard" is closer to 1080p, than it is to 4K.
But, 1440p "Ultra-Wide", is actually closer to 4K, than it is to 1080p.
So, for Ultra-WIde 1440p, I do recommend this.
For Standard 1440p,
a 1080 is enough if you're on a budget and youre looking to save some money.
As a general rule,
the more money you spend on a Graphics Card,
the, longer into the future you can wait, before you upgrade it again.
However,
when you are in the "rare-ified" air of $700 Graphics cards, and lets be honest,
this is not a volume seller.
These cards are sold to premium buyers who want the best.
3 years from now?
Its an entry level card!
Case in point:
2 generations ago, the GTX 780 Ti, was a $700 Graphics card, 3 and a half years ago, when it came out.
Today?
A 3 GB GTX 1060 for $175?
Beats it!
Yeah!
So, in 3 years, don't be surprised when a $200 Graphics card beats this.
You're buying a limited period of time to have "The Best".
This card is for people who plan to upgrade often.
If you're looking to buy a card to keep for 5 years? Well frankly, the graphics card business doesn't work like that
Because if you had bought the Mid-level Graphics card 3 years ago, that can play hardly anything today
and a $100 graphics cards often beat it.
So, the progress that we're seeing in Graphics cards is still very very rapid.
This? For example, is a solid 70% - 80% faster than the card it replaced from just two years ago,
which was the 980Ti.
It is dramatically faster than the 980Ti.
For those of you who (are) curious, I am gonna have an upcoming video series,
I have already run the tests, I simply haven't uploaded them yet.
780Ti
versus 980Ti
versus 1080Ti.
I've tested several games on them, and
even I, was a bit shocked at the results.
I really expected the older cards to hold their own a little bit better than they did.
But the truth of the matter is, there is a MASSIVE performance difference
between the various generations.
So I've talked about 4K, and I've talked about 1440p.
What about 1080p?
Is there any reason to consider spending $700(!?) on a graphics card
for standard 1080p gaming? YES!
However, most people shouldn't.
They are the exception, not the rule.
Most people should buy a 1060 or a 1070 for 1080p gaming.
However, if you're the kind of person who says,
"I HAVE to have ultra-max detail on every single game and,
I want ultra-max detail on every single game released for the next year." (?)
Okay, Yeah! You actually will need a 1080Ti, Beileve it or not.
Ghost Recon: Wildlands, believe it or not,
does require a 1080Ti for Ultra detail gaming with everything turned up at 1080p.
Now, that's a LOT of money to spend for a couple of detail sliders, because, let me be clear,
A GTX 1060 will play Ghost Recon: Wildlands at 60 frames a second at 1080p, at High detail.
You are spending...
triple the cost on the card, for
two notches of detail improvement.
"Ultra" detail in many games is, crushing.
Bring the detail down one or two notches and you'll find that the performance improves dramatically.
So, a 1060 or a 1070 is what i recommend for 1080p gaming,
unless, you have an "Ultra-wide" screen which is 2.7 instead of 2.0Million pixels.
But I still wouldn't buy a 1080Ti.
The real deal is a 1070, or maybe a 1080 if you can find one in the $450 price range.
For, the 1080p resolution, those are gonna be a better value for the money.
There is one other exception at 1080p resolution to consider,
High refresh rate gaming.
Do you have one of the new 144Hz, or even the new 240Hz panel from Acer?
You might need this card, because
if you want to go for, upto or past 200 frames per second?
You basically need all the performance you can buy.
But you're spending a fortune to get it.
Most games play very well on Mid-level graphics cards, at Mid-level resolutions,
at Mid-level detail, without any issues, without spending anything close to this amount of money.
But if you want the best?
There it is.
Normally this is the part of the video,
where a bunch of benchmark charts come up and I start reading off a bunch of numbers to you,
but we're not going to do that today.
If you wanna see benchmarks right now?
The video linked below, "Which 1080Ti Should You Buy?"
I tested multiple games, and put multiple benchmark charts, you can check that out.
There are time stamps in the video description in that video if you want to skip around.
In this video, instead,
what I'm gonna tell you is about the upcoming videos I'll be doing with the 1080Ti.
I have 2 series.
One of which I've already told you about.
780Ti vs 980Ti vs 1080Ti
That one is going to examine how much has performance changed over the past three generations
The other series that i'm starting tomorrow is going to be,
1070 vs 1080 vs 1080Ti
I will test in different resolutions and different detail settings over a variety of current games
on a GTX 1070, 1080 and 1080Ti.
And I will put those together in videos so that you can see,
how much performance for the money do you get as you spend more.
Currently, right now, in May of 2017, when I'm filming this,
you can buy a 1070 in the $350 price range,
a 1080 in the $450 - $500 price range
and then these run, about $700.
Is it worth the money?
Do you get enough performance to justify it?
And how playable at what detail settings are current games...
That's what that video series is going to be.
Each video featuring a different game because,
I'm actually gonna show real footage,
captured on each of the cards, at the different quality settings
so that you can decide for yourself, what you really wanna spend your money on.
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