Nvidia are making damn sure they never do that again, they’ve been drip-feeding performance increases ever since.
My only regret was not waiting a bit longer to get the ti over the basic 1080. But with an undervolt the GPU drew only 150 watts max and still crushed.
Also the first month I forgot to plug the power cables in and apparently the EVGA models will just power limit to 75 watts.
I still have my 1080 powering in my Plex media server. That thing lasted me until the 4080 Super and was still going strong. While my friend struggled to play Cyberpunk on his Xbox, I was playing near release with next to no real game breaking issues. Also was still strong enough to play Half Life Alyx and other VR titles at decent performance. I and my friends couldn’t believe the levels of detail we could see in my VR headset with that GPU.
My 1080ti also retired to the server last year. I only upgraded to get more VRAM to play around with Ai stuff and the fact that support was getting dropped. It took 9 years for a worthwhile upgrade.
My 1080ti is now serving in the kids’ rig.
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