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Can I run Elden Ring with a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti?

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti lands 67% above what Elden Ring asks at recommended and 17% below the 18 it would need for high.

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti shipped in 2017, 5 years before Elden Ring, and 11 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Elden Ring. It sits 33 of 47 on our index.

estimated index 15 · 11 GB · 2017
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs well

Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.

Headroom
38% clear on VRAM
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended cleared
  3. high blocked by GPU
  4. ultra blocked by GPU

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 15 against the 18 that Elden Ring asks for at the high tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Elden Ring: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.

The same card with three different processors

In Elden Ring the processor beside a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.

Processor Index Verdict Bottleneck
Ryzen 5 1600 30 Will not run processor
Ryzen 9 5900X 70 Runs well graphics card
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs well graphics card

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: Arc A770 16GB

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti sits at index 15 and the high tier starts at 18.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the high tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".

Where to look: Arc A770 16GB (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Elden Ring, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 6 9 18 30 15
CPU index 42 52 62 78 0
Video memory 4 GB 8 GB 8 GB 10 GB 11 GB
System memory 12 GB 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB 0 GB
Storage 60 GB 60 GB 60 GB 60 GB -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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Questions

Will a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti run Elden Ring?
The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti lands 67% above what Elden Ring asks at recommended and 17% below the 18 it would need for high. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 11 GB of video memory enough for Elden Ring?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 11 GB of video memory does in Elden Ring.

More on this card: what the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti runs across every game we track.