10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB 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.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 12.

What FPS performance can the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition get on latest AAA 2022 games? In particular our game review looks at the FPS achieved running on Ultra graphics settings on the 1080p screen resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. This graphics hardware can run 745 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Battlefield 2042 getting 23 FPS with the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition, Dying Light 2 getting 33 FPS and FIFA 22 getting 92 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

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 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition ran Battlefield 2042 to a weak performance level. Results across the graphics settings looked like this, Low: 45 FPS, Medium: 36 FPS, High: 24 FPS and Ultra: 17 FPS. Another game tested was Dying Light 2, L: 66FPS, M: 52FPS, H: 35FPS, U: 25FPS. And then we checked graphics card performance on FIFA 22, which returned L: 184FPS, M: 145FPS, H: 98FPS, U: 70FPS at 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition is ok at playing most games but might need to have the graphics settings lowered to medium preset in some cases.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition in your PC? There is still 2 years of top end gaming left in this GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition.