10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This computer hardware provides top end graphics. The GeForce RTX 2080 Gigabyte Windforce OC 8GB will easily meet recommended system requirements of games released today. This is a strong benchmarker on modern games and can often return excellent frame rates at high and ultra 1080p. But the GeForce RTX 2080 Gigabyte Windforce OC 8GB can also run 1440p pc system requirements.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 12.

Here is a quick game performance synopsis for the AAA games played in 2023. In particular we focus on how well the GeForce RTX 2080 Gigabyte Windforce OC 8GB runs at Ultra graphics settings and what frames per second it is getting at 1080p, 1440p and 4K monitor resolutions. This card runs recommended graphics requirements of 996 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

A GeForce RTX 2080 Gigabyte Windforce OC 8GB card at 1080p is seeing a strong frame rate when running Days Gone on Ultra - 87 FPS. Lets look at the performance its getting on FIFA 22 which is 151 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular Far Cry 6 performs on this hardware, which gets a good 61 FPS.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce RTX 2080 Gigabyte Windforce OC 8GB by playing Days Gone which yielded a good performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 175FPS, M: 138FPS, H: 93FPS, U: 66FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was FIFA 22 and that was strong. This graphics card delivered 115 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Far Cry 6 which gets reasonable results with a 46FPS on Ultra 1440p. Gaming at 1440p with the GeForce RTX 2080 Gigabyte Windforce OC 8GB is a very good hardware option at these screen sizes. Ultra is easily achieved across almost all games at 1440p and we would suggest an increase of screen size up to 4K for this graphics card.

How many years will the GeForce RTX 2080 Gigabyte Windforce OC 8GB graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce RTX 2080 Gigabyte Windforce OC 8GB 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 RTX 2080 Gigabyte Windforce OC 8GB? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the GeForce RTX 2080 Gigabyte Windforce OC 8GB.