10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the GeForce GTX 980 Ti EVGA Classified ACX 2.0+ 6GB 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.

Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

Game performance for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti EVGA Classified ACX 2.0+ 6GB Edition where we look at the bigger games played in 2023. Looking closely at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. This graphics hardware can run 800 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Dying Light 2 getting 45 FPS with the GeForce GTX 980 Ti EVGA Classified ACX 2.0+ 6GB Edition, Grand Theft Auto VI predicted to get 45 FPS and Forza Horizon 5 getting 49 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

We move on to 1440p, and tested Dying Light 2 which delivered playable FPS results. Here are the graphic presets - Low: 91 FPS, Medium: 71 FPS, High: 48 FPS and Ultra: 34 FPS. Next we have Grand Theft Auto VI running on GeForce GTX 980 Ti EVGA Classified ACX 2.0+ 6GB Edition which is predicted to get L: 91FPS, M: 71FPS, H: 48FPS, U: 34FPS. And for performance contrast the popular Forza Horizon 5 gets L: 99FPS, M: 78FPS, H: 52FPS, U: 37FPS at 1440p. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti EVGA Classified ACX 2.0+ 6GB Edition we get the impression that it is not a bad choice for a larger screen size like this. Some games will struggle though, but with some careful graphic option adjustments in-game you can normally find a suitable visual experience with this GPU at 1440p.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Ti EVGA Classified ACX 2.0+ 6GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti EVGA Classified ACX 2.0+ 6GB Edition in your PC? This gpu has around 2+ years of running AAA recommended system requirements before any upgrades should be considered.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti EVGA Classified ACX 2.0+ 6GB 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 Ti EVGA Classified ACX 2.0+ 6GB Edition.