1080

By now, mostly everyone has been aware that NVIDIA’s next generation graphic processor, the GeForce GTX 1080, has been hailed as the most powerful single GPU in the market. There are even reports of the 1080 outperforming two GTX 980’s in SLI and the mighty Titan X. But if you’re like me, and don’t own a high-end gaming PC, you might be wondering how the GTX 1080 would perform on your average gaming set-up. Will the mere addition of the powerful 1080 increase the overall performance of your rig? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqcvhJylu7U For this exercise, we shall be working with the ASUS ROG Strix GTX 1080, which the company claims performs better than the Founder’s edition. She was sporting a GTX 750ti before I installed the GTX 1080. Benchmarking software: 3Dmark Fraps TechPowerUp GPU-Z Since we are inclined to determine the peak performance we are to expect from the GTX 1080, we will set all the games to their maximum video settings at 1080p. For comparison, I could only run all these games on the lowest settings prior to installing the GTX 1080 to get an acceptable frame rate to be able to play. Read more in our articles including "ASUS ROG Strix 1080 Graphics Card Review" and "NVIDIA introduces GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 graphics cards".