If you’re looking for a card to drive 1440p or 4K gaming, the GTX 1080 will definitely accomplish that for you.īut let’s not ignore the elephant in the room: What about the RTX 2070? The GTX 1080 is perfect for 1440p gaming at high-to-max settings with 60+ FPS in all but the most ridiculously intensive games. With the right settings adjustments, especially to AA and advanced lighting features, this can easily become 60 FPS in just about every game provided the rest of your system can keep up. Playing at 4K and Ultra settings, the GTX 1080 tends to score anywhere from 40 to 60 FPS, which is well above what’s considered playable (for reference, consoles often settle at 30 FPS for many popular titles). We think it’s fair to say that’s not bad. Virtual Reality is also a pretty easy feat for this GPU to top, since the minimum requirement for that starts right around the GTX 1060 3GB…which this card beats by, oh, 88% performance. With the power the GTX 1080 boasts, it’s equipped to deal with 1440p gaming at high-to-max settings and 4K gaming at medium-to-high settings. The GTX 1080, in short terms, is a powerhouse. What really matters is the performance of the GPU chip that all of these cards share, in one way or another: the GTX 1080. Even with the biggest factory overclocks, you aren’t going to get massive real-world performance improvements, though you may enjoy benefits like more stable FPS or higher minimum FPS. For instance, overclocking a GTX 1060 won’t bring it into the power level of a GTX 1070… it’ll just make it a little bit better at being a GTX 1060. While factory overclocks are awesome and do improve your performance, they don’t do so by a whole lot.