1440p Ray Tracing and DLSS Performance
Next up, we’ll look at the impact of Ray Tracing and DLSS at 1440p to see if the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING can pull off a decent Ray Tracing experience at 1440p. For each game, we are using the game benchmark included with the game and reporting the average frames per second.
Far Cry 6
In Far Cry 6, the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING achieved 85 FPS which was above the EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 12GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING and 3FPS below the ASUS TUF RX 6800 XT. Overclocking the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING added zero, nada, zilch, nothing FPS.
Overall, much like the non-ray tracing results for Far Cry 6, it appears that there’s some other limit in play that is not GPU-centric resulting in a chart that is representative of a game of 52 card pickup.
Cyberpunk 2077
In Cyberpunk 2077, the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING achieved 42.3 FPS in our manual run-through. Overclocking the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING rounded up to 43.5 FPS which still did not impress us from the enjoyment of gameplay perspective. If you intended on playing Cyberpunk 2077 with Ray Tracing on, the 3080 Ti class card is not what you’d want.
Next, we enabled DLSS in “Quality” mode which pulled out a near doubling of performance across the board. Specifically, the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING boosted up to 69.5 FPS and punched the overclocked value up to 75.2 FPS. At this point, if you find the extra eye candy brought by Ray Tracing to be good then this is a good combination.
Watch Dogs: Legion
In Watch Dogs Legion, the EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 TI FTW3 ULTRA GAMING achieved 59 frames per second, which is 19 frames per second faster than the ASUS TUF RX 6800 XT, and 2 frames per second faster than the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING. Overclocking the EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 TI FTW3 ULTRA GAMING did the roar with 64 FPS.
Next, we tried out the DLSS set to “Quality” mode and as you can see in the chart, it boosted the overall performance of the NVIDIA cards by a significant margin, to the extent that it makes for a great gaming experience to have both Ray Tracing and DLSS: Quality enabled. DLSS made Ray Tracing very playable at this resolution.
Metro Exodus
In Metro Exodus, the EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 TI FTW3 ULTRA GAMING cranked out 67.5 frames per second, which is 18.8 frames per second faster than the ASUS TUF RX 6800 XT, and 3.5 FPS faster than the EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 12GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING. Overclocking the EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 TI FTW3 ULTRA GAMING notched an additional 4.4 frames per second to the tally.
Next, we tried out DLSS turned on and as you can see in the chart, it boosted the overall performance of the NVIDIA cards by about 10 frames per second, to the extent that it makes for a great gaming experience to have both Ray Tracing and DLSS: Quality enabled.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING achieved 108 FPS which bested the EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 12GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING’s 103 FPS, and the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING and ASUS TUF RX 6800 XT.
Overclocking the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING allowed it to keep its crown at the top of the chart at 115 FPS.
Dirt 5
In Dirt 5, the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING chalked up 124.9 FPS which was ahead of the ASUS TUF RX 6800 XT and EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING and EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 12GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING’s efforts. Overclocking the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti FTW3 ULTRA GAMING burned its rubbers up to 132.1 FPS.