10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 980 Galax SOC 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 Galax SOC 4GB Edition get on latest AAA 2021 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. Of the 1000 most demanding recommended specs found in game requirements today, this gpu is more powerful than the graphics requirement of 765 games in todays list.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the GeForce GTX 980 Galax SOC 4GB Edition is predicted to run Grand Theft Auto VI with playable performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 34 frames per second. Comparing this to Back 4 Blood which is predicted to get good results, where it averages 60 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is Days Gone, which is running at 53 frames per second.

Next up we increase screen res tests to accommodate the growing in popularity 1440p screen size. So we researched the upcoming Grand Theft Auto VI to predict how the GeForce GTX 980 Galax SOC 4GB Edition would deal with it. Our research revealed a playable series of FPS results across these graphics presets - Low: 67 FPS, Medium: 53 FPS, High: 36 FPS and Ultra: 26 FPS. Next we looked at Back 4 Blood which we predict will be reasonable with a 46 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at Days Gone that got an Ultra 1440p FPS of 40. In summary we feel the GeForce GTX 980 Galax SOC 4GB Edition running at 1440p is a reasonable choice for most modern games at 1440p, but you may encounter some need to adjust graphics settings down from Ultra to High in some cases to improve gaming stability.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Galax SOC 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Galax SOC 4GB Edition in your PC? This gpu has around 2+ years of running AAA recommended system requirements before any upgrades should be considered.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 Galax SOC 4GB Edition? If you want an upgrade suggestion for the GeForce GTX 980 Galax SOC 4GB Edition then a good choice would be 30 Series GeForce RTX 3050 Ti as this is better than 976 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 44% better performance as well. Alternatively a suitable upgrade choice for the GeForce GTX 980 Galax SOC 4GB Edition is the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB, which is 36% more powerful and can run 967 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.