10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 980 Gigabyte WindForce 3X 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.

DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

How well will the GeForce GTX 980 Gigabyte WindForce 3X 4GB Edition run 2023 games? We will take a look at the biggest releases and frames per second analysis on Ultra graphics settings. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 716 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Resident Evil 8 getting 37 FPS with the GeForce GTX 980 Gigabyte WindForce 3X 4GB Edition, Forza Horizon 5 getting 37 FPS and Grand Theft Auto VI predicted to get 32 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

As the PC gaming masses explore larger screen resolutions we decided to run some game checks at 1440p across a few popular games. We discovered the GeForce GTX 980 Gigabyte WindForce 3X 4GB Edition ran Resident Evil 8 to a playable performance level. Results across the graphics settings looked like this, Low: 75 FPS, Medium: 59 FPS, High: 40 FPS and Ultra: 28 FPS. Another game tested was Forza Horizon 5, L: 75FPS, M: 59FPS, H: 40FPS, U: 28FPS. And then we researched potential graphics card performance on Grand Theft Auto VI, wih estimates revealing L: 63FPS, M: 50FPS, H: 34FPS, U: 24FPS at 1440p. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the GeForce GTX 980 Gigabyte WindForce 3X 4GB Edition is ok at playing most games but might need to have the graphics settings lowered to medium preset in some cases.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Gigabyte WindForce 3X 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Gigabyte WindForce 3X 4GB Edition in your PC? No graphics card upgrade required for around 2 years

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 Gigabyte WindForce 3X 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 Gigabyte WindForce 3X 4GB Edition.