Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB in review

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Tom Clancy's The Division (DX12)

While we use the same "Ultra" detail setting for The Division testing, DX12 support has been added to the game since our Titan X test in August 2016, so these are completely new metrics.

Compared to the measurements we published in the test of the Nvidia Titan X (Pascal) 12GB, the Titan X has gained almost 10 percent by combining the upgrade to the Core i7-7700K, the switch to DirectX 12 and updated drivers. AMD's Radeon R9 Fury X has gained a little more than 10 percent.

The GTX 1080 Ti is the same as the Titan X in terms of average frame rate, but has lower minimum values. Only the GTX 980 Ti produces frame-time spikes large enough to be classified as suboptimal by our Unevenness index.

The performance growth of the Titan X (Pascal) is down to seven percent compared to the test in August last year, while the Radeon cards are down to around three percent. But while the Titan X is still playable, it's not AMD's Fiji-based map.

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti positions just below the other GP102-based card, trumping the normal GTX 1080 by nearly 33 percent.

The Witcher 3 (DX11)

We did these tests as described with the latest drivers (because this is just the right one), but the performance hasn't changed much compared to last August. All tested graphics cards perform well and deliver playable frame rates at 2560 x 1440 pixels.

And for the point counters: The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is 28 percent faster than the regular GTX 1080 at this resolution.

… but at 3840 x 2160 pixels, the Ti version is almost 38 percent faster than the normal GTX 1080. Until now, you've had to budget for respectable single GPU performance at the highest detail settings and 4K display of The Witcher 3 1200 dollars. Now "only" 700 dollars are enough.

Slower cards generally get along with this resolution, but you should then take back the quality sliders one or two points. Or even better: Resets the resolution to WQHD (2560 x 1440 pixels) and maximizes the detail settings. Because The Witcher 3 is one of those games where you can really enjoy the attention to detail of the developers.

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