NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 & 2080 Ti 4K & Ultrawide Gaming Performance

Fortnite

Having tried to benchmark PUBG without success, I didn’t have much of an expectation for Fortnite – but lo and behold, it seems to scale just fine. At 1440p, GTX 1080 Ti and above delivers well above 100 FPS on average (and no less than 100 at minimum), while the same can continue to be said for both the 2080 cards at the ultrawide resolution of 3440×1440.

I didn’t expect Fortnite to be GPU-intensive, but at 4K, only the 1080 Ti and above managed to hit around 60 FPS at max detail. For fast-paced games like this, high-refresh monitors are going to deliver the most compelling experience, and for that, the same four top cards can easily deliver at least 100 FPS at 1440p and ultrawide.

Monster Hunter World

Based on what I’ve read around the web, Monster Hunter World is an unoptimized mess on PC, and while that might be the case, many have still pleaded for performance information. So, either because MHW is graphically demanding and / or unoptimized, these benchmark results will help you understand what you’re in for right now. We will of course hope that the game’s developer will add some much-needed performance polish in the near-future, and if so, retesting will be in the cards (hah!).

At 1440p, every GPU above (and including) the GTX 1070 will deliver smooth 60 FPS gameplay, with the new 2080 cards peaking at 100 FPS or higher. At 4K, the 2080 Ti delivers a similar result as seen from Mankind Divided, where it becomes the only card of the bunch to hit or exceed 60 FPS. As for the RTX 2080, it continues to edge out the GTX 1080 Ti more often than not.

Rise of the Tomb Raider

RotTR will be replaced by Shadow of the Tomb Raider in the near future, as it’s not only the newest in the franchise, it’s the most technologically impressive. In the month ahead, the game is expected to receive support for NVIDIA’s RTX, which you may have noticed is a big enough feature of the latest GeForces to warrant a mention in their name.

Yet again, for 1440p, most modern “high-end” GPUs are more than enough, with even the GTX 1070 hitting 70 FPS at max detail. The smallest GPU here hits 56 FPS at the ultrawide resolution, so all in all, those two resolutions don’t require the market’s beefiest GPUs. 4K does well to separate the cards further, leaving the top four a good distance ahead from the bottom five.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands

Unless your goal is using the absolute top-end settings in a game, and are running up to ultrawide resolution, any card above the GTX 1080 will offer an overall splendid experience in Wildlands. For 4K, the going gets tough for every single one of the the GPUs, but only the 2080 Ti breaks through that lucrative 60 FPS mark.