Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition 11GB Review

Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure game played from either a first-person or third-person view. Players complete missions—linear scenarios with set objectives—to progress through the story. Outside of missions, players may freely roam the open world.

Composed of the San Andreas open countryside area and the fictional city of Los Santos, the world is much larger in area than earlier entries in the series. It may be fully explored after the game’s beginning without restriction, although story progress unlocks more gameplay content.

We use the Ultra quality settings (or the highest alternative – generally Very High or High – when Ultra is unavailable). MSAA is set to 2x for 1080p and 1440p and is disabled for 4K. The Advanced Graphics options are all set to their maximum levels.

At 1080p the game suggests 3469MB of VRAM usage. At 1440p that number increases to 3764MB. At 4K the video memory usage is quoted as 4171MB.

GTX 1080 Ti FE can push an average frame rate of more than 100 FPS at 1080P in GTA V. That number stays close to 100 FPS when the resolution is cranked to 1440P and image quality settings remain at their maximum levels with 2x MSAA. GTX 1080 Ti FE delivers a solid 4K60 experience with settings set to the highest levels (no AA) in GTA V.

With settings- and CPU-induced bottlenecks less visible at 4K, GTX 1080 Ti delivers a 32.5% improvement over the GTX 1080 FE's performance level. It's the difference between a close-to-60FPS gameplay experience and one that sits above 60FPS for much of the time. GTX 980 Ti users from yesteryear can expect to see a performance improvement of 75% (!) at 4K by upgrading to the GTX 1080 Ti. That performance increase is closer to 90% for R9 Fury X users, thanks to the game's slight preference for Nvidia hardware an affinity for VRAM.

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