10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Hydro Copper 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 Hydro Copper 4GB Edition is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Here is a quick game performance synopsis for the AAA games played in 2022. In particular we focus on how well the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Hydro Copper 4GB Edition runs at Ultra graphics settings and what frames per second it is getting at 1080p, 1440p and 4K monitor resolutions. The GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Hydro Copper 4GB Edition can run the recommended graphics system requirements for 748 games today, of the top 1000 most demanding.

Running at 1080p this card gets a strong frame rate from FIFA 22 with 94 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Resident Evil 8 which returns a playable 40 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Dying Light 2 which we saw getting a playable 35 FPS.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Hydro Copper 4GB Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at FIFA 22 and saw it deliver good frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 189 FPS, Medium: 149 FPS, High: 100 FPS and Ultra: 72 FPS. We then checked the performance on Resident Evil 8 to see if that runs well. It was playable with a 31 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Gaming at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Hydro Copper 4GB Edition is a reliable performer at this larger resolution for modern games. The graphics card will be good to run 1440p on Ultra or High settings.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Hydro Copper 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 EVGA Hydro Copper 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 EVGA Hydro Copper 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 Hydro Copper 4GB Edition.