10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Armor 2X OC 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.

GeForce GTX 980 MSI Armor 2X OC 4GB Edition is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Game performance for the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Armor 2X OC 4GB 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 716 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Armor 2X OC 4GB Edition is predicted to run Star Citizen with reasonable performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 58 frames per second. Comparing this to Dying Light 2 which is getting playable results, where it averages 32 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is Days Gone, which is running at 52 frames per second.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Armor 2X OC 4GB Edition by researching Star Citizen leading us to predict a playable performance. Its FPS predictions for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 117FPS, M: 92FPS, H: 62FPS, U: 44FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was Dying Light 2 and that was weak. This graphics card delivered 24 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Days Gone which gets playable results with a 39FPS on Ultra 1440p. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Armor 2X OC 4GB Edition is a reasonable performance fit for this resolution. Some of the more resource intensive games may well need a few graphical tweak to get the most out of the graphics card at this increased resolution.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Armor 2X OC 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Armor 2X OC 4GB Edition in your PC? Upgrade time for this GPU is currently placed at 2 years

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 MSI Armor 2X OC 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 MSI Armor 2X OC 4GB Edition.