2 Aug 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition is only really challenged by the most demanding games released today, but normally it is more than capable of running games with a stable frame rate at 1080p. All games with system requirements of DirectX 11 or lower are met by this card.

Lets look at the GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition game performance guide for some of the biggest games played in 2020. In particular we will see how well this graphics card runs on Ultra settings on 1080p resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. Of the 1000 most demanding recommended specs found in game requirements today, this gpu is more powerful than the graphics requirement of 199 games in todays list.

A GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition card at 1080p is predicted to see a weak frame rate when running Grand Theft Auto VI on Ultra - 16 FPS. Lets look at the predicted performance it will get on Assassins Creed: Valhalla which is 15 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular Death Stranding performs on this hardware, which gets a playable 41 FPS.

Next up we increase screen res tests to accommodate the growing in popularity 1440p screen size. So we researched the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI to predict how the GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition would deal with it. Our research revealed a weak series of FPS results across these graphics presets - Low: 32 FPS, Medium: 25 FPS, High: 17 FPS and Ultra: 12 FPS. Next we looked at Assassins Creed: Valhalla which we predict will be weak with a 12 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at Death Stranding that got an Ultra 1440p FPS of 31. 1440p GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition PC gaming 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 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition in your PC? There is around 6-12 months of top end gaming left in this card, at which point its graphics card replacement time, assuming the GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition is part of your PC gaming machine.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition? A great upgrade graphics card would be a 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB, which has 49% better performance and can run 853 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today. Alternatively if you want an upgrade suggestion for the GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition then a good choice would be R-500 Series Radeon RX 580 8GB as this is better than 790 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 21% better performance as well.