10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature 2 Edition is a very low performing piece of gaming hardware and can probably only run indie system requirements.

GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature 2 Edition is capable of DirectX 11 gaming requirements.

Game performance for the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature 2 Edition where we look at the bigger games played in 2021. Looking closely at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. The GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature 2 Edition can run the recommended graphics system requirements for 253 games today, of the top 1000 most demanding.

A GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature 2 Edition card at 1080p is seeing a weak frame rate when running Resident Evil 8 on Ultra - 4 FPS. Lets look at the performance its getting on Far Cry 6 which is 0 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular FIFA 22 performs on this hardware, which gets a reasonable 59 FPS.

As the PC gaming masses explore larger screen resolutions we decided to run some game checks at 1440p across a few popular games. We discovered the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature 2 Edition ran Resident Evil 8 to a weak performance level. Results across the graphics settings looked like this, Low: 7 FPS, Medium: 6 FPS, High: 4 FPS and Ultra: 3 FPS. Another game tested was Far Cry 6, L: 0FPS, M: 0FPS, H: 0FPS, U: 0FPS. And then we checked graphics card performance on FIFA 22, which returned L: 118FPS, M: 93FPS, H: 62FPS, U: 45FPS at 1440p. 1440p gaming on the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature 2 Edition is not the best resolution for this GPU, but if you adjust some graphics settings, perhaps lowering to medium or low at 1440p then this graphics card might be ok.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature 2 Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature 2 Edition in your PC? This GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature 2 Edition card has 12 to 18 months of latest AAA game play left in it before upgrading should be considered

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature 2 Edition? A great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB, which has 48% better performance and can run 625 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300. This PC hardware upgrade performs 22% better and can run 311 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.