2 Aug 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the GeForce GTX 980 Zotac AMP! Omega 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.

Lets look at the GeForce GTX 980 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition game performance guide for some of the biggest games played in 2020. In particular we will see how well this graphics card runs on Ultra settings on 1080p 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 801 games in todays list.

Running at 1080p this card is predicted to get a playable frame rate from Halo Infinite with 38 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Horizon: Zero Dawn which returns a reasonable 53 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Grounded which we saw getting a reasonable 53 FPS.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce GTX 980 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition by researching Halo Infinite leading us to predict a playable performance. Its FPS predictions for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 77FPS, M: 60FPS, H: 41FPS, U: 29FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was Horizon: Zero Dawn and that was playable. This graphics card delivered 40 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Grounded which gets playable results with a 40FPS on Ultra 1440p. Gaming at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 980 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition is a suitable graphics card for this larger screen res. In some cases we might expect some graphics option tweaks down from Ultra to High to help improve FPS stability when gaming at 1440p.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Zotac AMP! Omega 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 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition? Are you looking to upgrade a GeForce GTX 980 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition? Then we would suggest getting a 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, as it can run 859 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 21% increased graphics performance. Alternatively a good choice when looking to upgrade the GeForce GTX 980 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB which meets 945 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 27% better performance.