10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This computer hardware provides top end graphics. The GeForce GTX 980 Asus Strix OC 4GB Edition SLI will easily meet recommended system requirements of games released today. This is a strong benchmarker on modern games and can often return excellent frame rates at high and ultra 1080p. But the GeForce GTX 980 Asus Strix OC 4GB Edition SLI can also run 1440p pc system requirements.

GeForce GTX 980 Asus Strix OC 4GB Edition SLI is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the GeForce GTX 980 Asus Strix OC 4GB Edition SLI. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2023. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 968 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

Running at 1080p this card is predicted to get a reasonable frame rate from Grand Theft Auto VI with 53 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Forza Horizon 5 which returns a reasonable 57 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Battlefield 2042 which we saw getting a reasonable 45 FPS.

We move on to 1440p, and predict that Grand Theft Auto VI will deliver playable FPS results. Here are the graphic presets - Low: 107 FPS, Medium: 84 FPS, High: 57 FPS and Ultra: 40 FPS. Next we have Forza Horizon 5 running on GeForce GTX 980 Asus Strix OC 4GB Edition SLI which gets L: 115FPS, M: 90FPS, H: 61FPS, U: 43FPS. And for performance contrast the popular Battlefield 2042 gets L: 91FPS, M: 71FPS, H: 48FPS, U: 34FPS at 1440p. 1440p gaming on the GeForce GTX 980 Asus Strix OC 4GB Edition SLI is a solid choice of hardware for increased screen resolution gaming. We can see this graphics card is capable of delivering reliable frame rates at Ultra and certainly High graphics settings at 1440p.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Asus Strix OC 4GB Edition SLI graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Asus Strix OC 4GB Edition SLI in your PC? No graphics card upgrade required for 2 to 3 years of meeting top end game system requirements

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 Asus Strix OC 4GB Edition SLI? 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 Asus Strix OC 4GB Edition SLI.