NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Performance At 4K

[PAGETITLE=Games: AC Valhalla, Borderlands 3, Destiny 2, Monster Hunter...][Top Ad] Every GeForce generation needs an X080 Ti model, and with Computex acting as a backdrop, NVIDIA revealed that now is the time to introduce the latest: RTX 3080 Ti. As with previous generation models, a la 2080 Ti and 1080 Ti, NVIDIA considers the RTX 3080 Ti to be its newest flagship; an ideal upgrade for those using previous-generation Ti cards of the same level. NVIDIA also announced its RTX 3070 Ti, due next week. Between the two of these new cards, the RTX 3080 Ti sees the bigger boost to capabilities over the non-Ti part. Its higher core count and memory bandwidth help bring the Ti's performance close to the biggest gun of them all, RTX 3090. With such close performance, the RTX 3090 becomes really geared towards creators who crave lots of graphics memory. While the RTX 3070 Ti isn't available until next week, NVIDIA was kind enough to give us all of the details now so that you can get a better glimpse of its current stack (last-gen stack included for comparison's sake): NVIDIA's GeForce Gaming GPU Lineup Cores Base MHz Peak FP32 Memory Bandwidth TDP SRP RTX 3090 10,496 1,400 35.6 TFLOPS 24GB 1 936 GB/s 350W $1,499 RTX 3080 Ti 10,240 1,370 34.1 TFLOPS 12GB 1 912 GB/s 350W $1,199 RTX 3080 8,704 1,440 29.7 TFLOPS 10GB 1 760 GB/s 320W $699 RTX 3070 Ti 6,144 1,580 21.7 TFLOPS 8GB 1 608 GB/s 290W $599 RTX 3070 5,888 1,500 20.4 TFLOPS 8GB 2 448 GB/s 220W $499 RTX 3060 Ti 4,864 1,410 16.2 TFLOPS 8GB 2 448 GB/s 200W $399 RTX 3060 3,584 1,320 12.7 TFLOPS 12GB 2 360 GB/s 170W $329 RTX 2080 Ti 4,352 1,350 13.4 TFLOPS 11GB 2 616 GB/s 250W $1,199 RTX 2080 S 3,072 1,650 11.1 TFLOPS 8GB 2 496 GB/s 250W $699 RTX 2070 S 2,560 1,605 9.1 TFLOPS 8GB 2 448 GB/s 215W $499 RTX 2060 S 2,176 1,470 7.2 TFLOPS 8GB 2 448 GB/s 175W $399 RTX 2060 1,920 1,365 6.4 TFLOPS 6GB 2 336 GB/s 160W $299 Notes 1 GDDR6X; 2 GDDR6 RTX 3000 = Ampere; RTX 2000 = Turing It's a good time to point out that the RTX 3080 Ti improves on the 3080's total memory by 2GB, giving us 12GB total. Considering the RTX 2080 Ti and 1080 Ti both included 11GB, we're relieved to find 12GB here, because a gain over similar level cards from four years ago seems right. And, a 1GB difference would look a bit strange when comparing the 3080 Ti to non-Ti. The RTX 3070 Ti bucks the frame buffer bump trend to stick to 8GB - but with the twist of it being much faster GDDR6X memory. What might stand out in the table above is the 3080 Ti's price. It's $500 more than the non-Ti model, and it can be battled two different ways on whether that adds up or not. On one hand, the 3080 Ti is still $300 less than the RTX 3090, but delivers almost the same performance; on the other, it's $200 more than the current top-end AMD competition. We'll evaluate after the results whether that premium is justified. As with all of its launches, NVIDIA used this one to remind us of some of its exclusive features, or features it believes it does a better job on than the competition. A notable mention is with NVIDIA Broadcast, a robust solution for cleaning up your mic, speakers, or even camera. We're talking virtual green screens and noise removal, just to start. I was slow jumping on the Broadcast bandwagon, but I finally installed the software a couple of months ago, as I found myself recording a lot of Apex Legends matches with friends, and all I could hear was background noise. I effectively found out what my teammates hear from my end, and in the pursuit of cleaner audio, I've been using the noise removal filter on my mic ever since. Like every other RTX card, the 3080 Ti includes cores to accelerate both ray tracing and deep-learning workloads. We learned quickly with the original RTX launch that even dedicated cores for RT acceleration isn't always enough to enable playable frame rates, which is where DLSS comes in. DLSS will take advantage of the hardware's deep-learning capabilities to upscale content to display it at a monitor's native resolution. Different DLSS levels allows you to favor performance or image quality. In a best-case scenario, DLSS can double a game's frame rate. To NVIDIA's chagrin, we're sure, AMD used Computex to announce its FidelityFX Super Resolution, touted as a DLSS competitor that will be more open. The kind of "open" we're talking about is that FSR will be able to run on NVIDIA GPUs, even on those older than NVIDIA's RTX series. With a launch date of June 22, we'll hopefully soon be able to see how both technologies ultimately compare. Since FidelityFX exists in the same game engines as NVIDIA's GameWorks, we're hopeful many games will offer both options. We'll be digging into DLSS and ray traced performance in the weeks ahead, but for this launch article, we're going to focus exclusively on 4K resolution. With the launch of the RTX 3070 Ti next week, we plan to add ultrawide resolution in time for that, as well as a separate article targeting rendering performance. For now, let's get into the meat of this article: Benchmarking PC & Testing Methodology. Techgage Gaming GPU Test PC Processor AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (3.4GHz Base, 4.9GHz Turbo, 16C/32T) Motherboard ASRock X570 TAICHI (EFI: P4.30 04/14/2021) Memory G.SKILL TridentZ Royal (F4-3600C16-8GTRG) 8GB x 2 Operates at DDR4-3600 16-16-16 (1.35V) AMD Graphics AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (16GB; Adrenalin 21.5.2) AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (16GB; Adrenalin 21.5.2) AMD Radeon RX 6800 (16GB; Adrenalin 21.5.2) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12GB; Adrenalin 21.5.2) NVIDIA Graphics NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 (24GB; GeForce 466.47) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (12GB; GeForce 466.54) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB; GeForce 466.47) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (8GB; GeForce 466.47) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (11GB; GeForce 466.47) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11GB; GeForce 466.47) Storage GeForce: WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB (SATA 6Gbps) Radeon: WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB (SATA 6Gbps) Power Supply Corsair RM850x (850W) Chassis Fractal Design Define C Mid-tower Cooling Corsair iCUE H115i RGB PLATINUM (240mm) Et cetera Resizable BAR is disabled Windows 10 Pro build 19043.1023 (21H1) All of our testing is completed using the latest versions of Windows (10, 21H1), the graphics drivers, and all of the games tested. Because some games update frequently, our goal is to clear through our chosen set of GPUs before any of the tested games manage to drop a new update. If an update does roll out, we quickly sanity check a previous result to make sure performance remains the same. Here are some other general guidelines we follow: Disruptive services are disabled; eg: Search, Cortana, User Account Control, Defender, etc. Overlays and / or other extras are not installed with the graphics driver. Vsync is disabled at the driver level (and in any tested game). OSes are never transplanted from one machine to another. We validate system configurations before kicking off any test run. Testing doesn’t begin until the PC is idle (keeps a steady minimum wattage). All tests are repeated until there is a high degree of confidence in the results. This article includes testing with nine standard (non-RT) games at 4K. We hoped to include ultrawide resolution here, but will instead save that for our RTX 3070 Ti launch article. For the sake of seeing how NVIDIA's X080 Ti flagship has improved its performance over the years, we're including the results for the Turing-based 2080 Ti and Pascal-based 1080 Ti. As mentioned earlier, we're also going to be diving into testing ray traced and DLSS-specific titles in the weeks ahead. We'll also be posting a creator look at both of these new NVIDIA GPUs next week - so there's a lot of gaming and creator goodness in the pipeline. Here's the full breakdown of our tested games: Assassin's Creed Valhalla - AMD Ryzen partner Borderlands 3 - AMD Radeon partner Death Stranding Destiny 2 Horizon Zero Dawn Monster Hunter World Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - AMD Radeon partner Total War: Three Kingdoms Watch Dogs Legion - NVIDIA GeForce partner Note: You can download all of the tested setting images at once here (ZIP, 9.6MB). Assassin's Creed Valhalla. We kick off our performance results with Assassin's Creed Valhalla, a game that gives the performance edge to the red team. Both the RX 6800 XT and 6900 XT outpace the RTX 3090 by a few frames, while the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3090 could pretty well be considered equals. Borderlands 3. With Borderlands 3, the top cards change up a bit over the previous test. AMD's RX 6900 XT takes the lead, with both the RTX 3080 Ti and 3090 placing ahead of the 6800 XT. The cards in the top half of the graph would ultimately deliver similar performance, with the bottom half of the graph seeing pretty immediate performance drops. Death Stranding. Both Radeon and GeForce deliver great performance in Death Stranding at 4K, with the top few cards toppling over each other's performance numbers. AMD's 6900 XT manages to get that extra frame or two to step ahead of the 3080 Ti. It's worth noting, however, that this game supports DLSS, and in our tests on the 3080 Ti, it gives about a 33% FPS improvement when using the Quality setting. Destiny 2. Destiny 2 runs great on the top-flight cards, as you'd expect, but as you can see across the entire collection here, the percentile lows exhibit a larger delta to the average than every other game we've tested here. The effect is even worse on AMD's GPUs than NVIDIA's, which is actually noticeable when doing back-to-back testing. Overall, Destiny 2 could really use some optimization to enable a smoother experience overall, but fortunately, it's not hard to hit a high average FPS at 4K. Horizon Zero Dawn. Horizon Zero Dawn gives us our first taste of how a card like the 3080 Ti can leap ahead of AMD's competition. Both that and the RTX 3090 keep are glued to the top of the chart, with the 3080 Ti delivering a seven FPS gain over the RX 6900 XT. The RTX 3090 proves quickest here, but doesn't pull that far ahead of the 3080 Ti...

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Gaming Performance At 4K

Rob Williams