10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This computer hardware provides top end graphics. The GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix Gaming 8GB 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 Asus ROG Strix Gaming 8GB can also run 1440p pc system requirements.

GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix Gaming 8GB is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

We take a look at game performance achieved on this graphics card when running 2023 popular games. This short GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix Gaming 8GB game hardware review looks at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 956 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Back 4 Blood getting 82 FPS with the GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix Gaming 8GB, Battlefield 2042 getting 44 FPS and Days Gone getting 73 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

We move on to 1440p, and tested Back 4 Blood which delivered good FPS results. Here are the graphic presets - Low: 165 FPS, Medium: 130 FPS, High: 88 FPS and Ultra: 63 FPS. Next we have Battlefield 2042 running on GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix Gaming 8GB which gets L: 88FPS, M: 69FPS, H: 46FPS, U: 33FPS. And for performance contrast the popular Days Gone gets L: 146FPS, M: 115FPS, H: 77FPS, U: 55FPS at 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix Gaming 8GB is a good choice for running modern games at Ultra in this larger screen resolution.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix Gaming 8GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 1080 Asus ROG Strix Gaming 8GB 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 Asus ROG Strix Gaming 8GB? 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 Asus ROG Strix Gaming 8GB.