2 Aug 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition graphics card as a serious price to performance entry point. This card will meet and play most demanding AAA games and do so with good graphics setting as standard, and confidently pushing past the recommended game system requirements needed to run today’s games. 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 2020 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 card runs recommended graphics requirements of 802 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

Running at 1080p this card is predicted to get a playable frame rate from Grand Theft Auto VI with 33 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Cyberpunk 2077 which is predicted to return a playable 38 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Microsoft Flight Simulator which we predict will get a good 60 FPS.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we researched Grand Theft Auto VI on the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition and predict it will get a playable set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra predictions at 1440p - L: 66FPS, M: 52FPS, H: 35FPS, U: 25FPS. Another popular game to investigate at 1440p with this card was Cyberpunk 2077 which we predicted will be playable in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 29 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Microsoft Flight Simulator where its predicted Ultra 1440p Frame rates were reasonable at 45 FPS. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition is not a bad choice for a larger screen size like this. Some games will struggle though, but with some careful graphic option adjustments in-game you can normally find a suitable visual experience with this GPU at 1440p.

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? 2-3 years of top end gaming before an upgrade

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition? A suitable upgrade choice for the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition is the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, which is 21% more powerful and can run 860 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB, which has 27% better performance and can run 946 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.