Alleged GTX 1080 Benchmarks Surface

[WYP]

Benchmarks for what is rumored to be Nvidia's upcoming GTX 1080 GPU have surfaced, showing us the GPUs performance in the popular 3DMARK benchmarking utility.

Read more on the GTX 1080's alleged 3DMARK results.

 

[Dicehunter]

Looks a little funky.

The extreme benchmark is only 1000 graphics points away from a decently clocked 980 Ti while the performance benchmark is 6000 graphics points away from a decently clocked 980 Ti.

Depending on the % gain from a decently clocked 980 Ti I may or may not get 1 having seen the performance numbers of certain games at 1400P.

 

[Legacy-ZA]

Well, if this is the case, consider me disappointed.

 

[Tolemac]

I'm waiting for the team red with Polaris atm myself. I would definitely buy a Sapphire AMD card. I can't see myself parting with my Vapor X though peeps are still getting £250 on the bay for them. I can really understand why though

 

[Kushiro]

Keep it as a collectable

The Sapphires are indeed quite lovely cards to own.

 

[Tolemac]

Keep it as a collectable

The Sapphires are indeed quite lovely cards to own.

They are at that

 

[beetlejuice]

First of all, i doubt this gpu tested has real drivers. Second of all this gpu was tested at 720p.

Things will be different with real and proper drivers and extremely different when these drivers are tested at 1080p, 1200p, 1440p and 2160p, with the performance gap being larger from 980ti at higher resolutions. At least thats what i expect to see happening.
I wouldnt like to see this gpu at 256bit though, it would be a shame, if it comes out at 512bit then it will be a real amd killer on performance per dollar too.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

The general consensus is the 980ti was quite a bit more powerful than expected. As far as I remember, the performance gap between the 980ti and 980 was greater than the gap between the 780ti and the 780, yet the 980 was not that much more powerful than the 780ti—at least at launch with early drivers and older games. As everyone knows, the 980's area of prowess was its efficiency. A 980 at 1150/7000 was only marginally more powerful than a 780ti, and in older games the 780ti was more powerful. It wasn't until we started seeing 980's at 1400/7200Mhz and beyond that the gap widened. Drivers helped as well, as did the games being developed around the Maxwell architecture.

So, in my opinion, it stands to reason that the 1080 will initially only slightly surpass a good 980ti. We'll see the improvements in the way of drivers, greater efficiencies (1080 SLI with a 750W PSU for $900, anyone?), and an updated architecture that developers can utilise to a greater degree.

Realistically, if the 1080 was considerably more powerful than the 980ti, that means it'll be as powerful as 980 SLI, which doesn't correspond with past generations. The 980 wasn't as powerful as SLI 780's. You had to overclock a 980ti to reach that kind of level. Similarly, the 780ti wasn't as powerful as 680 SLI. While the die shrink should theoretically net higher performance, again the 980ti was far more powerful than expected. It slayed.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Well, if this is the case, consider me disappointed.

Hype train will always disappoint. Especially since everyone thinks Pascal is like the new coming for GPUs.

So it seems the 980ti is the new standard in performance. The AMD 480 is expected to hit the same performance but at $300 price point and much less power consumption. Wonder what the 1080 will cost.

 

[steverebo]

They need to price it competitively so I cant see it costing more than the £550 mark

 

[NeverBackDown]

They need to price it competitively so I cant see it costing more than the £550 mark

If they charge that much for basically the same performance and AMD come out with there rumored 480 getting the exact one's Pascal is for half that amount... they would basically **** themselves.

 

[steverebo]

Wouldn't be the first time nvidia have ****** themselves and I'm sure the £980 cost about £550 on launch