So what's it going to take to get some "next-gen" performance from this card?  New drivers?  Or just a game that is designed to take advantage of it?   I upgraded my 980ti to a 1080ti and while everything runs silky smooth at 1080p on ultra settings - including past troublemakers like Wildlands and Watchdog2 - I am not coming close to anything beyond 40fps in those same games at 4K.
 
Should I just give up the dream of single-card 4K gaming and let my Sony TV do the up-converting for me?   Honestly, things looks a bit better (more colorful) in 1080p.  I suspect most games don't have 4K textures so forcing the resolution is weakening the overall quality.  So far the only advantage to 4K seems to be disabling AA but that slight increase in FPS doesn't seem to offset the game rendering at 4x the resolution.
 
Anyone have a good game example where they saw dramatic improvements from their last-gen card?

True.  I guess my biggest concern is that games like Wildlands only use between 3-4GB of RAM so the other 7-8 is going to waste - at least in the benchmark results.  Things may change in real gameplay.   I also noticed sharp temp increases when turning v-sync off allowing FPS to jump from locked 60 to 77-85 fps.  With v-sync on temp hovers at 63c but when unlocked increases to 70+    Not that its an issue for me since I always use v-sync to lock in at 60.
 
It's also worth noting that 1440/60fps/ultra seems to be easily attainable with 1080ti.  Doesn't really benefit me but for those with 1440 monitors, will be a nice perk.

Yeah in most games I've seen a considerable jump obviously coming from a GTX 780 lol... but with newer titles like Wildlands I just want to believe that the game is not optimised enough. I mean it is demanding yes, a lot is going on with textures, draw distance, just all those trees moving with the wind...
 
but.. 1080 Ti should still destroy this game at 2K and I'm barely getting 60 fps on Ultra. You are right, wildlands only uses around 4.5GB of VRAM, so what the hell is going on with the rest of my vram?
 
Even worse, my GPU utilisation is 87 per cent after running the inbuilt benchmark!! That is abysmal. My CPU shouldn't be bottlenecking my card  at this res and preset (4690K) but it is being utilized at 65% avg with highs of 97%.
 
 
When I get home tonight from work, I'm going to sit down and figure out if it is anything from my end. Getting drops of 40 FPS at 1440p with an OC'd FTW3 is not very "For the Win" I feel a bit like a loser right now lol :D
 
This is unacceptable. That being said, it is a nice game so far and some of the graphics are pretty immersive.

To put a positive spin on my 1080ti upgrade - the VR performance boost is through the roof.  Both Oculus and Vive are noticeably better.  Battlezone is insane - much more crisp and smooth that on 980ti.  Other games like Eagle Flight, Raw Data, and Wilson's Heart also better.  Able to crank up all stats to max, even to the point of down-sampling to the HMD.  Going to dive into EVE Valkyrie tonight and may never return to reality...

Going from 980Ti to 1080Ti gaming on a 1080p 144hz monitor I've noticed a significant boost. Games like Witcher 3 are now playable at max settings w/ hairworks without noticeable slowdowns or issues. I do think drivers right now aren't the greatest though. Also, I don't believe Wildlands was very well optimized.

Game Chronicles
Thanks for reminding me.  I need to play Witcher 3.  Wildlands isn't nearly as optimized as Far Cry/Primal when it comes to outdoorsy games but Division runs like a dream in 4K at max settings.   And DOOM is so smooth and pretty it made my eyes water.   Need to try Quake Champions BETA.    Sniper Elite 4 is also fantastic on 1080ti whereas Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 still has issues.  It really is a coin toss as to what is optimized and what isn't.

Same goes for SLI scaling, which is why I'm on the fence about keeping the second TI I picked up..

Witcher 3 looks incredible - my favourite game. With everything ultra and hairworks on 2xmsaa I get around mid 85-90. You're in for a treat.

Game Chronicles
Thanks for reminding me.  I need to play Witcher 3.  Wildlands isn't nearly as optimized as Far Cry/Primal when it comes to outdoorsy games but Division runs like a dream in 4K at max settings.   And DOOM is so smooth and pretty it made my eyes water.   Need to try Quake Champions BETA.    Sniper Elite 4 is also fantastic on 1080ti whereas Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 still has issues.  It really is a coin toss as to what is optimized and what isn't.

Can you please list all of your system specs to include CPU, memory, PSU?

rjohnson11

Game Chronicles
Thanks for reminding me.  I need to play Witcher 3.  Wildlands isn't nearly as optimized as Far Cry/Primal when it comes to outdoorsy games but Division runs like a dream in 4K at max settings.   And DOOM is so smooth and pretty it made my eyes water.   Need to try Quake Champions BETA.    Sniper Elite 4 is also fantastic on 1080ti whereas Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 still has issues.  It really is a coin toss as to what is optimized and what isn't.

Can you please list all of your system specs to include CPU, memory, PSU?

i7 4.0 ghz, 16GB RAM, Thermaltake 850 psu, Samsung 500gb ssd C:, 2TB WDC D:,Windows 10 64bit

chrism101

Game Chronicles
So what's it going to take to get some "next-gen" performance from this card?  New drivers?  Or just a game that is designed to take advantage of it?   I upgraded my 980ti to a 1080ti and while everything runs silky smooth at 1080p on ultra settings - including past troublemakers like Wildlands and Watchdog2 - I am not coming close to anything beyond 40fps in those same games at 4K.
 
Should I just give up the dream of single-card 4K gaming and let my Sony TV do the up-converting for me?   Honestly, things looks a bit better (more colorful) in 1080p.  I suspect most games don't have 4K textures so forcing the resolution is weakening the overall quality.  So far the only advantage to 4K seems to be disabling AA but that slight increase in FPS doesn't seem to offset the game rendering at 4x the resolution.
 
Anyone have a good game example where they saw dramatic improvements from their last-gen card?

Never seen a benchmark higher than 54 on wildlands or upper 40s on watchdogs 2 from trustworthy places. Some games you just have to accept arent exactly the ones to crank 4K up on.
Personally I like eye candy when the game is new and i want the awe factor but by the time youve played a while you can usually spare some candy for higher FPS.

sounds like those 2 titles aren't optimized .

djoreyo
I'm going to have to disagree. As I have Wildlands and definitely have over 60FPS on ultra 4k.

Really, well do you want to give us your specs and maybe your driver/OS as well??
 
 

djoreyo
I'm just running the latest Nvidia drivers. My CPU is a 6700k OC'ed to 4.7ghz, Ram is G.Skill 32gb. Yes I have an SLI setup but one GPU is disable as Wildlands runs better with one card. SLI is broken in this game. Only thing turned off is AA.

Then you aren't running at ultra settings.

If you did, you see results similar to this:

 
Or

Not true. Just turned it on and still benched 68fps in the game.

I can send you a screen shot of it later but it's definitely 3840x2160. I'm headed out to lunch now.

rjohnson11

Game Chronicles

rjohnson11

Game Chronicles
Thanks for reminding me.  I need to play Witcher 3.  Wildlands isn't nearly as optimized as Far Cry/Primal when it comes to outdoorsy games but Division runs like a dream in 4K at max settings.   And DOOM is so smooth and pretty it made my eyes water.   Need to try Quake Champions BETA.    Sniper Elite 4 is also fantastic on 1080ti whereas Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 still has issues.  It really is a coin toss as to what is optimized and what isn't.

Can you please list all of your system specs to include CPU, memory, PSU?

i7 4.0 ghz, 16GB RAM, Thermaltake 850 psu, Samsung 500gb ssd C:, 2TB WDC D:,Windows 10 64bit

Which i7 model specifically?

Intel Core i7-6700K 8M Skylake Quad-Core 4.0 GHz