28 Oct 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 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 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 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.

Game performance for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition where we look at the bigger games played in 2020. Looking closely at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 831 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We predict that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will get 74 FPS with the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition, FIFA 21 getting 182 FPS and Microsoft Flight Simulator getting 74 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 predict the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition will run the upcoming game Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War to a reasonable performance level. Predictions across the graphics settings looked like this, Low: 149 FPS, Medium: 117 FPS, High: 79 FPS and Ultra: 56 FPS. Another game tested was FIFA 21, L: 313FPS, M: 261FPS, H: 191FPS, U: 139FPS. And then we checked graphics card performance on Microsoft Flight Simulator, which returned L: 149FPS, M: 117FPS, H: 79FPS, U: 56FPS at 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition is a very strong choice of graphics cards at higher resolution gaming. 4K gaming with this graphics card is certainly something that can be achieved across a number of the latest games and still achieve good graphics settings at those resolutions. Ultra 1440p is also a regular occurrence with this gpu.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 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 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition? If you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the 20 Series GeForce RTX 2070. This PC hardware upgrade performs 21% better and can run 985 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games. Alternatively upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB which is 24% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 986 games from the most demanding games today.