10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Classified ACX 2.0 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.

GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Classified ACX 2.0 4GB Edition is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Here is a performance review on how capable the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Classified ACX 2.0 4GB Edition is at running the more popular games of 2023. Specifically looking at this PC hardware’s ability to get suitable frames per second to play on Ultra game settings and what FPS it might get on 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen res. 739 games can be played by this graphics card of the 1000 most demanding games being played by PC gamers today.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Classified ACX 2.0 4GB Edition can run Back 4 Blood at 1080p and saw it return good frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 161 FPS, Medium: 127 FPS, High: 85 FPS and Ultra: 61 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Battlefield 2042 returns a playable 25 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Classified ACX 2.0 4GB Edition by playing Back 4 Blood which yielded a reasonable performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 123FPS, M: 97FPS, H: 65FPS, U: 47FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was Battlefield 2042 and that was weak. This graphics card delivered 19 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Dying Light 2 which gets playable results with a 27FPS on Ultra 1440p. 1440p gaming on the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Classified ACX 2.0 4GB Edition is certainly a viable option for these higher gaming resolutions. Remember that if you suffer some 1440p FPS drops the you can usually tweak modern game graphics settings until you get a near High graphics setting experience with this Graphics card.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Classified ACX 2.0 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Classified ACX 2.0 4GB Edition in your PC? There is still 2 years of top end gaming left in this GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Classified ACX 2.0 4GB Edition

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Classified ACX 2.0 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 EVGA Classified ACX 2.0 4GB Edition.