20 Feb 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti Zotac AMP! 6GB Edition will blast beyond the majority of games requirements at 1080p, so crank up your screen resolution to 1440p or 4K and let the beautiful AAA game visuals wash over you. This is how gaming is meant to be played but you are likely to have to pay top dollar for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Zotac AMP! 6GB Edition privilege. But if you can get this graphics solution, then its happy gaming. Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

How well will the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Zotac AMP! 6GB Edition run 2021 games? We will take a look at the biggest releases and frames per second analysis on Ultra graphics settings. This card runs recommended graphics requirements of 800 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

Running at 1080p this card gets a playable frame rate from World of Warcraft: Shadowlands with 42 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Assassins Creed: Valhalla which returns a playable 42 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Hitman 3 which we saw getting a reasonable 47 FPS.

Next up we increase screen res tests to accommodate the growing in popularity 1440p screen size. So we booted up World of Warcraft: Shadowlands to see how the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Zotac AMP! 6GB Edition dealt with it. It scored up a playable series of FPS results across these graphics presets - Low: 84 FPS, Medium: 66 FPS, High: 44 FPS and Ultra: 32 FPS. Next we looked at Assassins Creed: Valhalla which was playable with a 32 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at Hitman 3 that got an Ultra 1440p FPS of 36. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 980 Ti Zotac AMP! 6GB 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 Ti Zotac AMP! 6GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Zotac AMP! 6GB Edition in your PC? 2-3 years of top end gaming before an upgrade

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Zotac AMP! 6GB Edition? If you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the 20 Series GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 27% better and can run 980 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games. Alternatively we would suggest getting a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5700 8GB, as it can run 969 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 22% increased graphics performance.