10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This computer hardware provides top end graphics. The GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition will easily meet recommended system requirements of games released today. This is a strong benchmarker on modern games and can often return excellent frame rates at high and ultra 1080p. But the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition can also run 1440p pc system requirements.

GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

What FPS performance can the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition get on latest AAA 2023 games? In particular our game review looks at the FPS achieved running on Ultra graphics settings on the 1080p screen resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. In comparison to the game recommended requirements of the 1000 most demanding games played today this PC hardware can run 968.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We predict that Star Citizen will get 84 FPS with the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition, Back 4 Blood getting 84 FPS and Battlefield 2042 getting 45 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

Increasing resolution to 1440p is something a number of PC gamers are doing today. We tested the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition at 1440p and researched how Star Citizen might perform on it leading us to predict a good set of FPS results. These were, Low: 169 FPS, Medium: 133 FPS, High: 90 FPS and Ultra: 64 FPS. We then checked out Back 4 Blood which had a set of graphics results as followed, L: 169FPS, M: 133FPS, H: 90FPS, U: 64FPS. And another popular game was Battlefield 2042 that returned L: 91FPS, M: 71FPS, H: 48FPS, U: 34FPS at 1440p. After a look at the popular games running at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition, this is a very strong choice of graphics cards at higher resolution gaming. 4K gaming with this graphics card is certainly something that can be achieved across a number of the latest games and still achieve good graphics settings at those resolutions. Ultra 1440p is also a regular occurrence with this gpu.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition in your PC? This gpu has around 2+ years of running AAA recommended system requirements before any upgrades should be considered.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the GeForce GTX 1080 MSI Gaming X 8GB Edition.