The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 & GTX 1070 Founders Editions Review: Kicking Off the FinFET Generation
by Ryan Smith on July 20, 2016 8:45 AM ESTCrysis 3
Still one of our most punishing benchmarks 3 years later, Crysis 3 needs no introduction. Crytek’s DX11 masterpiece, Crysis 3’s Very High settings still punish even the best of video cards, never mind the rest. Along with its high performance requirements, Crysis 3 is a rather balanced game in terms of power consumption and vendor optimizations. As a result it can give us a good look at how our video cards stack up on average, and later on in this article how power consumption plays out.
This being the first cycle we’ve used the Very High settings, it’s humorous to see a $700 video card getting 35fps on a 3 year old game. Very High settings give Crysis 3 a level of visual quality many games still can’t match, but the tradeoff is that it obliterates most video cards. We’re probably still 3-4 years out from a video card that can run at 4K with 4x MSAA at 60fps, never mind accomplishing that without the MSAA.
The GTX 1080 does however at least get the distinction of being the one and only card to crack 30fps at 4K. Though 30fps is not suggested for Crysis, it can legitimately claim to be the only card that can even handle the game at 4K with a playable framerate at this time. Otherwise if we turn down the resolution, the GTX 1080 is now the only card to crack 60fps at 1440p. Very close to that mark though is the GTX 1070, which at 58.1fps is a small overclock away from 60fps.
Looking at the generational comparisons, GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 lead by a bit less than usual, at 62% and 51% respectively. The GTX 1080/1070 gap on the other hand is pretty typical, with the GTX 1080 leading by 27% at 4K, 23% at 1440p, and 21% at 1080p.
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Matt Doyle - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
Same page, "The latter is also a change from GTX 980, as NVIDIA has done from a digital + analog DVI port to a pure digital DVI port.""NVIDIA has gone"?
Matt Doyle - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
Rather, "Meet the GTX 1080" page, second to last paragraph.Matt Doyle - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
"Meet the GTX 1080..." page, "...demand first slow down to a point where board partners can make some informed decisions about what cards to produce."I believe you're missing the word "must" (or alternatively, "needs to") between "demand" and "first" in this sentence.
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
Thanks!supdawgwtfd - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
Didn't even finish reading the first page. The bias is overwhelming... So much emotional language...Good bye Anandtech. Had been a nice 14 years of reading but it's obvious now you have moved to so many other sites.
Shills who can't restrain their bias and review something without the love of a brand springing forth like a fountain.
Yes i created an account just for this soul reason...
The fucking 2 month wait is also not on.
But what to expect form children,
BMNify - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
Then just GTFO you idiot, on second thoughts crying your heart out may also help in this fanboy mental break down situation of yours.catavalon21 - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
You're joking, or a troll, or a clown. I complained about the time it took to get the full article, (to Ryan's credit, for the impatient ones of us just looking for numbers, he noted a while back that GPU bench was updated to include benchmarks for these cards), but this is exactly the kind of review that often has separated AT from numerous other sites. The description of the relatively crummy FP16 performance was solid and on point. From NV themselves teasing us with ads that half precision would rock our world, well, this review covers in great detail the reset of the story.Yeah, I know guys, I shouldn't dignify it with a response.
atlantico - Thursday, July 21, 2016 - link
Anandtech have always been nvidia shills. Sad they can't make a living without getting paid by nvidia, but they're not alone. Arstechnica is even worse and Tomshardware is way worse.brookheather - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
Typo page 12 - "not unlike AMD’s Pascal architecture" - think you mean Polaris?brookheather - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - link
And another one on the last page: it keep the GPU industry - should be kept.