If thereвЂ™s any consolation prize, itвЂ™s that the card still got an incredibly high 175 average FPS, which is higher than most high-refresh rate monitors. In the Tomb Raider benchmark at 1080p, the Ti outperforms the GTX 1080 by three percent, which is underwhelming. While thatвЂ™s a definitive win for the Ti, it represents a more modest gain. In the Unigine Valley synthetic graphics benchmark, the Ti outperforms the GTX 1080 by 11 percent. But, *spoiler warning* youвЂ™ll notice the Ti pull ahead more at higher, more graphically demanding resolutions. While this represents the largest lead that the Ti has over the GTX 1080 at 1080p, it falls short of NvidiaвЂ™s 35 percent improvement claim. Starting things off, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti performs 30 percent better than the GTX 1080 in this synthetic DirectX 11 test. I used FRAPS to record average frames-per-second data whenever a built-in benchmark was not available. These segments arenвЂ™t meant to compare the GTX 1080 Ti against other cards, but to give you a real-world snapshot of how the GPU handles an assortment of newer games.

IвЂ™ve also added a chart for newer titles or games that donвЂ™t have built-in benchmarks at the tail end of each section below. I also ran each benchmark at their respective max settings to really put the cards through their paces.

These tests encompass three resolutions (1080p, 1440p, and 4K). To provide the widest data set possible, IвЂ™m going to test the card against all the aforementioned graphics cards using the same suite of synthetic, VR, and game benchmarks. ItвЂ™s equipped with an Intel Core i7-5930K Haswell-E CPU clocked at 3.9GHz, coupled with 16GB of DDR4 RAM clocked at 2133MHz running in quad-channel mode. To ensure benchmarking consistency, IвЂ™m using the same system that I used to review the GTX 1080, 1070, 1060, and RX 480. The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is like a souped-up version of the GTX 1080. Coupled with this larger frame buffer, the GTX 1080 Ti has a beefier 352-bit memory interface, which allows peak memory bandwidth to top out at 484GB/s. The company also incorporated equalization and optimization techniques to boost the video memory frequency from the GTX 1080вЂ™s 10Gbps solution to 11Gbps for the Ti.

Here's a photo of the GTX 1080 Ti's exposed GPU and PCB.ДЄrguably the biggest bump Nvidia has added to the Ti is the extra 3GB of GDDR5X video RAM, which brings the total VRAM to 11GB. should only be used as a frame of reference against other cards within the same GPU family for any apples-to-apples comparisons. Specs like stream processors, CUDA cores, and core clocks, etc. Note: These are the cards IвЂ™ll be testing the GTX 1080 Ti against. The only area where it lags behind is in core and boost clock speeds. It has more CUDA cores, texture units, and video RAM. ItвЂ™s still based on a 16nm FinFET production process and is based around NvidiaвЂ™s power-efficient Pascal micro-architecture, but has more of almost everything. Nvidia recommends a 600-watt PSU to power the card.

As a result, the Ti features a six-pin and eight-pin power connector. The GTX 1080 Ti has a much higher 250-watt TDP than the GTX 1080вЂ™s 180-watt equivalent.

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