2 Aug 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 780 Inno3D iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS 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. Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 11 requirement.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the GeForce GTX 780 Inno3D iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS 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 2020. This card runs recommended graphics requirements of 279 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

The GeForce GTX 780 Inno3D iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS Edition graphics card is predicted to return a reasonable performance on Microsoft Flight Simulator at 1080p of 49 frames per second at Ultra graphics settings. Another popular title that is good to benchmark graphics cards against is Halo Infinite which we predict will get playable frame rates of 25 FPS. A third game we can look at on Ultra at 1080p is the popular Valorant, which was getting 468 FPS under tests.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce GTX 780 Inno3D iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS Edition by researching Microsoft Flight Simulator leading us to predict a playable performance. Its FPS predictions for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 99FPS, M: 78FPS, H: 52FPS, U: 37FPS. Another popular game we researched with this card was Halo Infinite and that was weak. This graphics card is predicted to deliver 19 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Valorant which gets strong results with a 357FPS on Ultra 1440p. Gaming at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 780 Inno3D iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS Edition is probably one of the better high resolution gaming options on the graphics card market. You can consider pushing most games up to 4K with this gpu and Ultra 1440p is going to be a regular occurrence for gaming today.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 780 Inno3D iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 780 Inno3D iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS Edition in your PC? This GeForce GTX 780 Inno3D iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS 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 780 Inno3D iChill HerculeZ X3 Ultra DHS Edition? If you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 43% better and can run 852 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games. Alternatively a good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX 590 8GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 24% better and can meet 804 of their recommended requirements.