10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 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.

GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 6GB Edition is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Game performance for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 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. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 800 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 6GB Edition is running Battlefield 2042 and delivering playable performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 36 frames per second. Comparing this to Forza Horizon 5 which is getting reasonable results, where it averages 49 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is Resident Evil 8, which is running at 49 frames per second.

We move on to 1440p, and tested Battlefield 2042 which delivered playable FPS results. Here are the graphic presets - Low: 72 FPS, Medium: 57 FPS, High: 38 FPS and Ultra: 27 FPS. Next we have Forza Horizon 5 running on GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 6GB Edition which gets L: 99FPS, M: 78FPS, H: 52FPS, U: 37FPS. And for performance contrast the popular Resident Evil 8 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 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 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 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 6GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 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 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 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 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 6GB Edition.