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That GPU came out almost 7 years ago, it's only natural its lack of modern features starts being apparent. I still remember not being able to run new games once
by spookie 3y ago
That GPU came out almost 7 years ago, it's only natural its lack of modern features starts being apparent.
I still remember not being able to run new games once Shader Model 3 became standard, it's sad but what can you do?
- zirgs 3y agoThe problem is that there are no good upgrade paths for 1080ti. It's roughly as powerful as 3060ti. But there's no point to upgrade to a card with a similar performance and less VRAM. So the only upgrade path to feel a noticeable performance gain is to buy RTX 3090 or RTX 4090 and those are very expensive.
- SkeuomorphicBee 3y agoOne small caveat: the "came out" date is irrelevant, the relevant date is the date an alternative appeared. In this case the real info is the replacement came out ~5 years ago (or ~4 depending on the definition). And the situation is worse for AMD users, only 3 years since a compatible board came out.
- spookie 3y agoSure, but there was a new generation of consoles in the meantime. The example I gave of Shader Model 3.0 had to do with the same thing, new consoles appeared. The real culprit here was the chip shortage, cryptocurrency bubble bursting, rising inflation, and overall instability throughout the world (deteriorating China and US relations, for example). All in all, it's just how things have always worked out, with the exception of external factors that had unforseen consequences. I'm sure Remedy put on a ton of work, and is trying to raise the bar in graphical fidelity. Decisions like these had to be done early in the game dev stage, since all the game assets would've taken it into account. At the end of the day, gimping progress in real time CG for the sake of compatibility with a 7 year old card makes no sense.