10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition graphics card is considered budget with poor modern game performance when playing anything more demanding than indie game requirements.

All games with system requirements of DirectX 11 or lower are met by this card.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2023. Of the 1000 most demanding recommended specs found in game requirements today, this gpu is more powerful than the graphics requirement of 301 games in todays list.

Running at 1080p this card gets a playable frame rate from Days Gone with 41 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Resident Evil 8 which returns a weak 23 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular FIFA 22 which we saw getting a good 73 FPS.

Increasing resolution to 1440p is something a number of PC gamers are doing today. We tested the GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition at 1440p with Days Gone, which got a playable set of FPS results. These were, Low: 82 FPS, Medium: 64 FPS, High: 43 FPS and Ultra: 31 FPS. We then checked out Resident Evil 8 which had a set of graphics results as followed, L: 45FPS, M: 36FPS, H: 24FPS, U: 17FPS. And another popular game was FIFA 22 that returned L: 147FPS, M: 116FPS, H: 78FPS, U: 56FPS at 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition is a reasonable choice at this screen size. You can always tweak modern game graphics settings to help you get a better High graphics setting experience at 1440p.

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? Our current calculations suggest a graphics card upgrade will be required in around 12-18 months

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition? If you want an upgrade suggestion for the GeForce GTX 780 Gainward Phantom GLH Edition then a good choice would be RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB as this is better than 716 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 22% better performance as well. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 72% better and can run 956 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.