GTX 1080 UHD Let's Play: 4K60 Gameplay Testing!

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GTX 1080 UHD Let's Play: 4K60 Gameplay Testing!

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You've seen the benchmarks, now it's time to witness the 4K gameplay experience with GTX 1080! How close are we to a locked 4K/60fps on some of the most demanding games? Rich tests out Overwatch, Crysis 3, The Witcher 3, Doom 2016, Metal Gear Solid 5 and Grand Theft Auto 5.
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@rodrigovitorino3750 8 жыл бұрын

Hey DigitalFoundry, when making 4k tests try using a bigger font in the Afterburner overlay. Makes it better to read on smartphone screens

@ValentinoHarpa 8 жыл бұрын

I agree man, I can't see $hit here at my 4.5 inch smartphone

@Chotukc007 8 жыл бұрын

+Valentino Harpa lmao same screen size here too 😂

@RoBeTauM 8 жыл бұрын

I'm using a 40" TV and still difficult to see.

@samarthbansal9344 8 жыл бұрын

me with 42' still not visible :P, bt font on afterburnet cant be adjusted ...

@rodrigovitorino3750 8 жыл бұрын

Samarth Bansal it can be adjusted (actually in rivatunner), both size and font

@sumitupadhayay2270 8 жыл бұрын

here people r living the 4k dream and I'm still dreaming about gaming at 1080p 60fps

@WeeWeeJumbo 8 жыл бұрын

You and me both. It's not an easy road but I think we'll get there

@mediavideos3050 8 жыл бұрын

iam dreaming for 720 30 ... :/

@DethThrasher1 8 жыл бұрын

get a amd 480, 200 bucks and will max out any game at 1080p 60fps easily

@doritobandito1917 8 жыл бұрын

if theres a game on Playstation 4 that runs at 1080p 60fps my Laptop can barely run it at 1024x600 30fps

@floorgang420 8 жыл бұрын

That why AMD is here lol.

@josephparkin1810 8 жыл бұрын

Would love to be able to download this fully uncompressed video file without the unfortunate youtube compression

@santoyoutube7482 7 жыл бұрын

I wanna buy a tv to play at 2160p resolution, is it worth for ps4pro and pc (with gtx 1080)?

@josephparkin1810 7 жыл бұрын

Probably

@paradoxzee6834 8 жыл бұрын

Is it me or Richard sounds like he is recording in a submarine?

@Aggrofool 8 жыл бұрын

in PATHOS-II

@neillezemplas5594 8 жыл бұрын

Unsubmarine then

@sebastianvangen 8 жыл бұрын

I thought it was my neighbor who playing loud music in high base. xD

@ZAPPED916 8 жыл бұрын

U-boat

@Lcha-ju8de 8 жыл бұрын

WE ALL LIVE IN A TELLOW SUBMARINE

@bttfsof 8 жыл бұрын

guys, when you're using UHD resoolution, you don't need any antia-aliasing ;)

@RandomUser179 8 жыл бұрын

I don't get why they don't understand this or why they do not try turning off AA. Anti-aliasing is pointless at 4k. This channel is trying to sell Nvidia hardware, just look at how hard this guy pushes Gsync instead of properly configuring settings.

@LargeStyle 8 жыл бұрын

I run 27" 2560x1440 which is equivalent PPI of 40" 4K and I still use SGSSAA as FXAA and even (low) MSAA doesn't cut it for me. Something like 27" 4K won't need as much AA, but I'd be surprised if it didn't require any at all.

@zywypl 8 жыл бұрын

+sofian senac Not really - with every resolution increase there also comes increase in the screen size, so the overall PPI gain is very minimal - 24" 1080p has 92PPI, 27" 1440p has 109PPI, while 30" 4K has 146PPI, which still is faaar away from the magical 300 where you really don't need any AA. There are few 24" 4K screens on the market, which still have "only" 183PPI, but then again - 4K on such a small screen is irrational, and for me personally 4K on everything less than 60", once you see all the details on such a huge screen you will never want to go back to 30" (at the very best).

@grandassassin4135 8 жыл бұрын

theirs games out their that will require anti aliasing in order to remove jagged edges unless your playing at 8k.

@MancaveCentral1 8 жыл бұрын

You obviously don't game in 4K/60 at 70".

@BrainDesmo 8 жыл бұрын

We're almost there.... Maybe with AMD's Vega 10 and 1080Ti will finally achieve the dream.

@001NightHound 8 жыл бұрын

Yes agree with u tbh ! lets speculate one 1080ti might be 2 titan X or 2 980ti and maybe with 2 of these we can have 4k with >100 fps ?

@advatprashr13 8 жыл бұрын

+Techno Kitty 4K 60 at ultra would be better than 4K 100+ fps

@warweeny5127 8 жыл бұрын

and then a new game gets released and the dream is shattered. you never win when playing on PC, not saying you do when playing on consoles mind you

@justchilling5126 8 жыл бұрын

I'd rather stick with 1440p/144Hz for a few more years until we can achieve 4K/144Hz.

@001NightHound 8 жыл бұрын

Advat Prashr what i meant was 4k ultra at 100 fps

@_TrueDesire_ 8 жыл бұрын

pro tip, turn off AA/SMAA/etc when running 2.5K or higher, barely any visual difference but a huge performance dip.

@SoundWaveTrax 8 жыл бұрын

Richard, you should never use the v-sync option that games provide if the NVIDIA one (in the control panel) works with that game. GTA V is a good example of a terrible implementation of V-sync. I turn it off in game and use the NVIDIA one instead. It works flawlessly.

@Minmataro718 8 жыл бұрын

Man i remember a time when the vast majority of these big AAA games wouldnt see a release on PC. I know the console guys only see a bunch of multiplats but to me this shows how far PC has come when it comes to big publisher support.

@maxsettings2906 8 жыл бұрын

yep pc gaming is growing and getting better. still not perfect but we're getting more aaa titles then ever. pc gaming is making devs money he'll a lot of games on pc sold better then xbox. Console fan boys do not like this . So all you here is uncharted and how's batman arkham night.

@DaMedicDemonow 8 жыл бұрын

So now off to 8k gaming!

@CossackHD 8 жыл бұрын

That's 4 times as demanding as 4K. Better take next step with 5K which is 156% of 4K.

@zywypl 8 жыл бұрын

+Cossack-HD To be honest, next year's Titan P SLI (>30TFLOPS+16GB HBM2) should be able to run games in 8K 60FPS, but unfortunately there are no such screens yet, or even HDMI/DP cables, not to mention games also don't support such high res.

@DaMedicDemonow 8 жыл бұрын

+zywypl From what I'm aware of. All Source games support 8k res, same goes with Dice since BF4. That's all I know. Also about new Titan, are you certain those specs are true? Nvidia likes to put their before release specs high, rumours even higher

@VinkeHD 8 жыл бұрын

+zywypl tflops nor vram amount doesn't determine actual real world performance at all. 8k 60 fps at high settings isn't going happen in at least 5 years

@zywypl 8 жыл бұрын

***** Hard to tell TBH untill the cards get released and we get real benchmarks, but 1080 in SLI without any OC already runs maxed out games in 4K @80-90FPS(and I'm talking about most demanding titles like Crysis 3, Witcher 3, GTA5 etc.), so there's still A LOT of headroom left, you can as well tone down the settings from Ultra to High like DF did and play in 4K @120-144Hz, and that's a ~20TF setup, so IMO Titan P/1080TI in SLI (>30TF) should run games in 8K at 60FPS easily, if not on Ultra then at least on High.

@jamesinator100 7 жыл бұрын

Wait you are playing at 4K but using AA filtering and TXAA in Doom when that is not really needed at 4K. Could of achieved the 60fps lock if you disabled AA.

@CribbsTV 8 жыл бұрын

The problem with comparing performance based on overclocking between cards is that unless they're being binned specifically for OC prowess it's not really relevant considering the huge variation in OCing performance between batches

@bloxyman22 8 жыл бұрын

No video from digitalfoundry today?? That is surprising as they usually even never miss a day even on weekends.

@shtiken 8 жыл бұрын

I like the style of the video. It's a closer representation of what you'd actually experience with a similar setup.

@05DonnieB 8 жыл бұрын

As a developer the Nvidia GTX 1080 is a fantastic piece of hardware. However, if you are looking for a pure 4K60Ultra, then you might want to wait for the Vega 10/GTX 1080 ti.

@recordatron 8 жыл бұрын

This was precisely the video I needed to make my purchasing decision amongst all the noise surrounding the 1080 so thank you very much and keep up the stellar work!

@CornishKiwii 8 жыл бұрын

1440p 144hz G-Sync and GTX 1080 is beast...

@tatsumaru12345 8 жыл бұрын

That's so creepy Richard. Our windows 10 desktops are sooooo similar. Crysis 3 in the same spot. Same factory outdoor theme. I thought I was on my desktop until I saw battlefront xD

@soravulpis96 8 жыл бұрын

It seems that we need another generation of GPUs to really achieve 4K@60FPS ultra settings minus anti-aliasing (which isn't really that necessary at that resolution). It'll be good for gaming - HDR is gonna be a thing even on consoles, HBM's problems being worked out and is widely available for GPUs, more efficient cards.

@Diwwah 8 жыл бұрын

You might have mentioned that you can force triple buffering on GTA5 ( and any other game ) by running fullscreen windowed mode.

@mrh5092 8 жыл бұрын

You could make the OSD a little bigger in future, it's a little hard to read after KZfaq compression.

@williamarthurfenton1496 8 жыл бұрын

Use RivaTuner to cap the FPS. Force adaptive in the NVCP. YOu always get a FAR better experience over using in-game settings.

@parik2878 8 жыл бұрын

It's actually very easy to fix this vsync issue in GTA V. All you have to do is turn off the in game vsync and turn on vsync in the nvidia control panel. The issue is then gone

@gezforce 8 жыл бұрын

Any chance this channel will feature 4k monitor testing/reviews to compliment these new cards. Thanks Richard & DF crew.

@OneOkami 8 жыл бұрын

I ran Overwatch in 4K on high settings on a GTX 970 and it was smooth as butter (in fact the game auto defaulted to those settings) so I don't think Overwatch is a particularly demanding game and the fact the 1080 runs it in 4K fine may not mean very much.

@Simon74 8 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU for providing commentary for the whole video! :)

@FinalLuigi 8 жыл бұрын

I never thought I'd see the day where Wichard gets to play the Witcher.

@romandoo 8 жыл бұрын

That card is beast, you can't deny that.

@alfredpianoman2543 8 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love DF videos, and how informative they are. I have a deep appreciation for the work that this group does and the videos they create. That being said, I just wish there was someone there who didn't suck at video games so I watch some better gameplay

@CaptToilet 8 жыл бұрын

What this proves is that by the next generation of cards - 1180, 1170, 1180ti - we could get a full locked 60fps at max settings with no compromises. Certainly happening sooner than I thought.

@queenform 8 жыл бұрын

PC and consoles are now hyping the 4K here i am, still at 1080p 144Hz

@thibautnoah2599 8 жыл бұрын

consoles are nowhere near hyping the 4k you know :D

@tamodolo 8 жыл бұрын

It would be very, very nice to do this with more pieces of hardware. For instance I have a 970 and I'm thinking to upgrade to gtx 1070 as I'm already playing games at native 4k. Unfortunately 970 don't have near the power to play recent games at that resolution so I would LOVE to se an analisys this good for the 1070. 1080 is a viable option for me too but the price target for this card is way too high for it's final value if compared to 1070. I'm still thinking. Meanwhile, please do this same analisys for 1070!

@0M7D 8 жыл бұрын

I have a Dell P2715Q monitor and I want to build a new pc from ground up to play games on 4K. Maybe I will wait for GTX 1080ti to come, that way I can play games in 4K 60fps on ultra settings.

@Mantenner 8 жыл бұрын

super happy were seeing these amazing jumps in GPU technology, but what about CPU? I'm still yet to see a setup that can run Arma 3 with max render distance at 60fps including shadows.

@Lcha-ju8de 8 жыл бұрын

When running at 4K in crisis 3. Is a high level of Anti aliasing really necessary. I feel like you would've gotten plenty of detail with just fxaa on.

@Mantenner 8 жыл бұрын

So this is exciting, we are 1 generation away from having the true 4K experience. The next cards should be able to handle 4K, hell even the 1080ti or Titan Y. Hopefully 4K screens will go down in price too by then...

@CodyCombat 6 жыл бұрын

A lot of those games I run on high instead of very high. The quality difference is not noticeable to me while the performance gain very much is.

@KingSizeCod 8 жыл бұрын

All 4K G-Sync Monitors are stuck at 60hz so you're buggered if you want 1440p at 165HZ , its why I opted for a 1440p G-Sync Acer Predator last month and a Zotac Geforce GTX 1070 AMP Extreme last week. A 1080 would have been a was a waste of money for me.

@AndyPro05 8 жыл бұрын

The settings are not maxed out. On Ultra/Epic settings I think you need Titan P or 1080Ti. Overwatch and Doom I play 4k 60fps with maximum settings on Titan X overclocked to 1400/7500.

@gaddeath 8 жыл бұрын

Love your videos! If you're going to show MSI Afterburner or any other RivaTuner display, I recommend changing the font to "Raster 3D" as it makes the font much easier to read and larger too. Keep up the great work!

@WD_Batora 8 жыл бұрын

You should try dropping AA instead of texture quality. Because the insane resolution itself causes less aliasing artifacts.

@ThePimbax 8 жыл бұрын

The drops i think are related to particle quality, drop them to High or something, the same thing happens to me in my 680 at 1080p, whenever you crash or you see dust particles it drops a lot, but if you drop particle quality to high it stops and becomes smooth.

@ash0787 8 жыл бұрын

yeah 1080Ti with a 27" 4K 120hz Gsync OLED monitor would be perfection for traditional gaming

@genshinquest2024 8 жыл бұрын

I might have missed it, but will you be doing the same tests on an SLI set up with the HB bridge on the same MSI 1080 cards?

@AvatarRishi 8 жыл бұрын

The gameplay footage looks amazing at 1440p60. Can't imagine the beauty of 2160p60

@yashadizero 8 жыл бұрын

You guys deserve much more subs.

@MrMonkeyindrag 8 жыл бұрын

So the 1080 is anywhere between £580-£820 at the moment, wonder how much the Ti will be, guessing Titan X prices when that came out with the now additional Nvidia founders tax edition hiking the prices even further.

@morbid1. 8 жыл бұрын

I prefer 21:9 ratio, you could do tests on ultra wide 1440p

@harrykheepal2223 8 жыл бұрын

Really nice and awesome informative video but at present i can't afford gtx 1080 and 4k monitor. I'm looking for 1440p sweet spot with gtx 1070. So, can you please post similar video with msi gaming z gtx 1070 for 2k resolution.

@vitaobatera 8 жыл бұрын

DigitalFoundry, can you please do a deeper insvestigation on why games go as low as 30fps locked when aiming at 60fps ??

@AnalogFoundry 8 жыл бұрын

Because the game's stressing the GPU... And you might wanna lower some settings...? It doesn't need "deeper investigation" to know why that happens LOL.

@albertsitoe7340 8 жыл бұрын

its just how vsync works from what i think i remember is its 60 30 25 20 15 10 fps I think its done to keep the frames from being inconsistent so instead of jumping from 100 looking at the sky to 60 when you look at a dense forest it locks at 60 the same refresh rate as your screen so frames don't tear and there is no massive drop but I dont know why there is such a big gap between 60 and 30 D: someone smart come help me

@snchez2106 8 жыл бұрын

them Richard driving skills at GTA V :D

@bellotriggerfish 8 жыл бұрын

"Do a barrel roll" lol

@SiLverZRayLeigh 8 жыл бұрын

What kinda capture card are they using? It looks absolutely stunning.

@AndraeXP 8 жыл бұрын

Great video, keep up the great work!

@San-jose-Ruussh 8 жыл бұрын

were u able to tell a difference between 1440p and 4k on the other games? cause GTA wasent a big difference too me.....maybe i need a bigger screen? only got a 28"inch

@ddd45125 8 жыл бұрын

Good work man I have much respect for this channel cheers

@newRockHall 8 жыл бұрын

when are benchmarks for doom with vulkan on older cars coming?

@JRW411 8 жыл бұрын

In the Doom gameplay it's said that you don't get tearing in borderless fullscreen mode despite being over 60fps. Is this always the case, and if so how does it work?

@eliteexposure5594 8 жыл бұрын

thank you richard for all you do

@KingSizeCod 8 жыл бұрын

There's a lot of self convincing going on with Richard/4K and the 1080, a true 4K card would handle everything maxed out, even bumping down to high on the 1080 you will see sustained frame dips when shit kicks off in a heavy effects action section.

@0dn4mr4 8 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting the test of a dual RX 480 vs GTX 1080. I remeber that AMD saying "Two RX 480 will provide the same power as a GTX 1080" I wanna see if it is true. Btw, any plan of getting an i7-6950X?

@OscarStensballe 8 жыл бұрын

I notice a fix for this in GTA V is, tab out and tab back in. Don't know why, but it fixed it everytime it popped up for me.

@DethThrasher1 8 жыл бұрын

although its really tempting to get this card, i think i'll wait for the 1080 ti before i jump to 4k..i have a feeling this could struggle keeping 4k 60fps with future games

@DarkP1 8 жыл бұрын

People needs all this power to play Pokemon GO, Minecraft and Tibia

@EposVox 8 жыл бұрын

Had to download to watch it since KZfaq's DASH downloading, even w/ 300 megabit download speed, suck ass - but really good stuff.

@IsaandAli 7 жыл бұрын

This is an amazing video. You should do one with the gtx 1080 ti

@colinparks619 7 жыл бұрын

they have

@tehbitterman 8 жыл бұрын

you should set up a 2nd cam and blow up the gpu details, i cant see it

@DevinMoney 8 жыл бұрын

1:14 hey look a Bastion

@MrBillgonzo 6 жыл бұрын

Why didn't you turn of smaa on crisis? That's got to make a big impact at 4k

@Neonmirrorblack 8 жыл бұрын

Not sure why they bothered using a Blizzard game as an example of being able to run games at 4K. The game looks nice enough, but it's hardly pushing anything graphics wise.

@maxlastbreath 6 жыл бұрын

could u remake the video at some point i would love to see other titles, other gpus as well like 1070 ti etc.

@IsaandAli 6 жыл бұрын

A video like this for the upcoming RTX 2070 would be very interesting.

@happybuggy1582 8 жыл бұрын

3 years later we will laugh at this card as we enter 4K VR at 144Hz running AAA Vulcan Games with AMD hardware

@techbuildspcs 5 жыл бұрын

How's that going for you? Lol

@lazyboy1060 8 жыл бұрын

I bought crisis 3 for £2 just to test my new 1070 msi in 1440p...so good.

@JohnSTF72 8 жыл бұрын

As far as i understand and seen in various games, the difference between high and ultra settings is pretty much negligible. So it's not really a thing if you play 'only' on high instead of ultra, especially if you gain frame rates from this small compromise.

@brummiepcgamer568 6 жыл бұрын

november 2017 and wondering if this card is worth buying or getting the xbox one x

@AnalogFoundry 8 жыл бұрын

This is a pretty good vid. Liked it.

@MarcParisTV 8 жыл бұрын

Really nice. I guess @4k, you can remove AA completely..:)

@dandrefalcon3963 8 жыл бұрын

Are you gonna test the Asus ROG Strix OC Edition 1080?

@Selxis 8 жыл бұрын

What about Ark: Survival Evolved on Epic settings? That's the only game I've got where I got unplayable FPS with my GTX 980, running on at 1440p screen... got around 18 FPS lol.

@geege4043 8 жыл бұрын

Even though im planning on upgrading to the 1080, I aint buying a G-sync monitor. The price for a 4k G-sync monitor in my country is almost the same price as a brand new 1080. Even the cheapest 1080P G-sync monitor is the same price as an 1070. Nvidia please.

@pabloseveri5057 6 жыл бұрын

I have a question what happen if in a near future my gpu on 4k doesnt holds can i go for 1440p or 1080p. Since i have read it would look muck worst i dont know what to expect...

@R4K1B- 8 жыл бұрын

3:35 Well Said. Always go for the single fastest card

@Mitschi1989 8 жыл бұрын

when do you expect the 1080ti or the titan x2 to be released?

@NikolaBg35 8 жыл бұрын

Can you do a feature about screen size and view distance for 4k TV-s or is it to soon for that?

@roshahn27 8 жыл бұрын

i know this card is a 4k card but if i buy a 1080 card from msi and run it on a 1080P 60hz display will the card work incorrectly or just be fine and normal sry for bad english

@will891410 8 жыл бұрын

I'll wait for the GTX 1100.

@Beyonder1987 8 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile Xbone is stuck at 720p and PS4 at 900p. The irony.

@marslife409 8 жыл бұрын

That's not irony...

@advatprashr13 8 жыл бұрын

Except ea's 60fps games , all games run at 1080p on ps4 atleast

@Cogglesz 8 жыл бұрын

last time i checked battlefront and the two battlefield games on ps4 ran at 900p

@mackenzielauren6457 8 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile gtx 1080 600$ ps4 350$. So where is the irony stupid?

@mrnarason 8 жыл бұрын

You have no idea what "irony" is.

@mattdrifts 7 жыл бұрын

how sharp would 1440p look on a 4k monitor? would be nice to be able to drop to 1440 for faster paced games

@colinparks619 7 жыл бұрын

Matt drift will look great just softer

@evilwarez 8 жыл бұрын

4k60FPS in Overwatch. Yay! 8k120 FPS in CS:GO. 1080, recommended for Dota 2

@R4K1B- 8 жыл бұрын

Shadow quality is stupidly demanding. You will never notice the difference between low and ultra in game play unless you pause the game, zoom in and look for it.