10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Getting one of these GeForce GTX 980 Gainward 4GB Edition graphics cards allows the gamer to run indie system requirements and some less demanding AAA titles. In today’s PC hardware terms these are considered middle range for gaming performance.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 12.

What FPS performance can the GeForce GTX 980 Gainward 4GB Edition get on latest AAA 2023 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. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 591 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the GeForce GTX 980 Gainward 4GB Edition shows us that Days Gone is getting a reasonable result of 50 FPS, and then we are seeing Grand Theft Auto VI predicted to return a playable 29 FPS while another game on our list is the Back 4 Blood which is getting 56 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

We move on to 1440p, and predict that Grand Theft Auto VI will deliver weak FPS results. Here are the graphic presets - Low: 58 FPS, Medium: 46 FPS, High: 31 FPS and Ultra: 22 FPS. Next we have Back 4 Blood running on GeForce GTX 980 Gainward 4GB Edition which gets L: 113FPS, M: 89FPS, H: 60FPS, U: 43FPS. And for performance contrast the popular Days Gone gets L: 100FPS, M: 79FPS, H: 53FPS, U: 38FPS at 1440p. Gaming at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 980 Gainward 4GB Edition is a reasonable performance fit for this resolution. Some of the more resource intensive games may well need a few graphical tweak to get the most out of the graphics card at this increased resolution.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Gainward 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Gainward 4GB Edition in your PC? Upgrade time for this GPU is currently placed at 2 years

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 Gainward 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 Gainward 4GB Edition.