10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4GB Edition is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

Game performance for the GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4GB Edition where we look at the bigger games played in 2023. Looking closely at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. We look at 1000 of the most demanding games available today and this GPU is better than the recommended graphics requirement of more than 235 games in the list.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4GB Edition is predicted to run Grand Theft Auto VI with weak performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 0 frames per second. Comparing this to FIFA 22 which is getting good results, where it averages 60 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is Resident Evil 8, which is running at 5 frames per second.

As the PC gaming masses explore larger screen resolutions we decided to run some game checks at 1440p across a few popular games. We predict the GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4GB Edition will run the upcoming game Grand Theft Auto VI to a weak performance level. Predictions across the graphics settings looked like this, Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. Another game tested was FIFA 22, L: 120FPS, M: 94FPS, H: 64FPS, U: 45FPS. And then we checked graphics card performance on Resident Evil 8, which returned L: 10FPS, M: 8FPS, H: 5FPS, U: 4FPS at 1440p. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4GB Edition is likely in need of some graphical option tweaks when trying to play modern games.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4GB Edition in your PC? 12-18 months of top end gaming is still left in this graphics card

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 680 EX OC 4GB Edition? Upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB which is 50% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 716 games from the most demanding games today. Alternatively upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300 which is 20% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 300 games from the most demanding games today.