Hitman

The final game in our 2016 benchmark suite is the 2016 edition of Hitman, the latest title in the stealth-action franchise. The game offers two rendering paths: DirectX 11 and DirectX 12, with the latter being the case of DirectX 12 being added after the fact. As with past Hitman games, the latest proves to have a good mix of scenery and high model counts to stress modern video cards.

Hitman - 3840x2160 - Ultra Quality (DX11)

Hitman - 2560x1440 - Ultra Quality (DX11)

Wrapping things up on the gaming side, we have Hitman. While several DX11 games have added DX12 over the last year, Hitman is perhaps the most interesting case both for driver optimization purposes, and just what the developers have been able to wring out. For the latest generation of cards, the game’s DX12 performance is more or less a wash; it’s not consistently better than DX11 in GPU-bound scenarios. However once we get CPU-bound, the threading and CPU overhead improvements of DX12 make themselves felt, improving performance on even the all-powerful GTX 1080 Ti at 1440p.

By the numbers then, under DX12 the GTX 1080 Ti picks up 24% over the GTX 1080, which is actually a smaller than average gain. Against the GTX 980 Ti however, NVIDIA’s latest card leads by 83%, making for a very strong generational improvement.

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  • webdoctors - Thursday, March 9, 2017 - link

    No, its because the dollar is worthless and real inflation is off the charts. Once we make the dollar great again, we'll see prices come down.
  • eddman - Thursday, March 9, 2017 - link

    The only reason that we had $500 cards is because of the fierce competition from ATI back then.

    Whenever ATI's cards couldn't compete, or could but were not launched yet, nvidia jacked the prices up. I don't know why people forget the $600 8800 GTX or $650 GTX 280. Take a look at the link I posted above.
  • mapesdhs - Saturday, March 11, 2017 - link

    What I miss is being able to buy a couple of well-priced mid-range cards that beat the high-end, with good scaling. I couldn't afford the 580 when it was new, but 2x 460 SLI was faster and served nicely for a good while. With support & optimisations moving away from SLI/CF though (lesser gains, more stuttering, costly connectors, unlock codes, etc.), a single good GPU is more attractive, but the cost way up the scale compared to 5 years ago.

    Have a look at the Anand review for the 280 though, it shows what I mean: 2x 8800GT SLI was faster than the 280, but $200 cheaper and with excellent scaling. I had 2x 8800GT 1GB before switching to the two 460s. Today, mid-range cards don't even support SLI (GTX 1060).

    Ian.
  • Meteor2 - Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - link

    What about two RX480s? Can they top a 1080?
  • aryonoco - Thursday, March 9, 2017 - link

    The 780 Ti was released in November 2013.

    The 1080 Ti is being released now, in March 2017.

    So 3.5 years later, Nvidia's flagship consumer card has improved 260% while using pretty much the same amount of power and generating pretty much the same level of noise.

    If this continues, I can see that in the next few years, all sort of software will find a way to utilise the GPU more, not just games and neural networks.

    Nvidia has a lot to be proud of. Their execution in the past few years has been Apple-esque.
  • Meteor2 - Friday, March 10, 2017 - link

    Reflected in their share price!
  • virtuastro - Thursday, March 9, 2017 - link

    @Ryan Smith

    Can you test Intel i7 7700K, Intel-E Processors, and Ryzen 7 1800x with a GTX 1080ti in benchmark? :)
  • Ryan Smith - Thursday, March 9, 2017 - link

    Unfortunately no. We don't have a central office; I'm in the US with the GPUs, and Ian is in the UK with the CPUs. He's working on game testing for Ryzen Part 2, but we likely won't be able to include the GTX 1080 Ti.
  • virtuastro - Thursday, March 9, 2017 - link

    Aw dang. Thanks for answer anyway. :D
  • Meteor2 - Friday, March 10, 2017 - link

    FedEx?

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