# NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

26 Hacker News commenters recommended NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Owners recommend it for strong performance that still handles most 1080p and 1440p games, and good used value. Critics say NVIDIA has dropped driver support.

## Why people recommend it

- Lasting value and long service life (4 comments): "continuing to be a wonderful card for a truly gobsmacking number of years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46655268)) "it kept kicking and doing a decent job for such a long time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48962378)) "Mine is still going strong, it can run Gemma 4 26b." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960495))
- Strong performance for its era (4 comments): "Cutting-edge, an insanely powerful consumer card for the time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49165071)) "the amount of horsepower in there was very impressive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50080549)) "It's pretty impressive for a 10 year old gpu!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960984))
- Still good for 1080p and 1440p gaming (3 comments): "still works for the vast majority of games in 1080p" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956697)) "both perform well at 1440p" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49934876)) "Even today, it is a very capable card, despite the power draw." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089843))
- Runs Linux and local AI models (4 comments): "Runs Debian Trixie + KDE, Spotify, VS Code, docker, Steam, etc just fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47169567)) "My 1080 also runs ~fine in Ubuntu (driver updates require a full reboot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45796880)) "Mine is still going strong, it can run Gemma 4 26b." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960495))

## What people warn about

- NVIDIA dropped driver support (2 comments): "Still have some 1080's in gaming machines going strong. But as even nVidea retired support I guess it is time to move on." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46299598)) "nvidia just dropped support for them, and some games will forever remain glitching" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48965939))
- Same architecture as the 980 (2 comments): "It's the same architecture of the 980 on a smaller node, that's it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966070)) "It's a smaller 980ti on a much smaller node." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960564))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090.md): 116 recommend
- [NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090.md): 102 recommend
- [NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-rtx-pro-6000.md): 77 recommend
- [Nvidia GPUs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-gpus.md): 67 recommend
- [AMD Radeon GPU](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-gpus.md): 48 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=NVIDIA+GeForce+GTX+1080+graphics+card&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080", https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).