27 Jul 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti PNY XLR8 OC 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 PNY XLR8 OC 6GB Edition privilege. But if you can get this graphics solution, then its happy gaming. GeForce GTX 980 Ti PNY XLR8 OC 6GB Edition is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

Lets look at the GeForce GTX 980 Ti PNY XLR8 OC 6GB Edition game performance guide for some of the biggest games played in 2021. In particular we will see how well this graphics card runs on Ultra settings on 1080p resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. We look at 1000 of the most demanding games available today and this GPU is better than the recommended graphics requirement of more than 769 games in the list.

A GeForce GTX 980 Ti PNY XLR8 OC 6GB Edition card at 1080p is predicted to see a playable frame rate when running Far Cry 6 on Ultra - 38 FPS. Lets look at the predicted performance it will get on Forza Horizon 5 which is 70 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular New World is predicted to perform on this hardware, which gets a good 72 FPS.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce GTX 980 Ti PNY XLR8 OC 6GB Edition by researching Far Cry 6 leading us to predict a playable performance. Its FPS predictions for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 77FPS, M: 60FPS, H: 41FPS, U: 29FPS. Another popular game we researched with this card was Forza Horizon 5 and that was reasonable. This graphics card is predicted to deliver 53 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was New World which is predicted to get reasonable results with a 55FPS on Ultra 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 980 Ti PNY XLR8 OC 6GB Edition is a reliable performer at this larger resolution for modern games. The graphics card will be good to run 1440p on Ultra or High settings.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Ti PNY XLR8 OC 6GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti PNY XLR8 OC 6GB Edition in your PC? No graphics card upgrade required for 2 to 3 years of meeting top end game system requirements

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti PNY XLR8 OC 6GB Edition? Upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the 20 Series GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB which is 22% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 974 games from the most demanding games today. Alternatively a suitable upgrade choice for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti PNY XLR8 OC 6GB Edition is the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB, which is 27% more powerful and can run 979 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.