14 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

This graphics card offers upper mid level gaming performance. The GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature+ Edition GPU could struggle if it was to try and run the most demanding games available today, but it meets a lot of game system requirements found in today’s games. GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature+ Edition is capable of DirectX 11 gaming requirements.

How well will the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature+ Edition run 2019 games? We will take a look at the biggest releases and frames per second analysis on Ultra graphics settings. The GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature+ Edition can run the recommended graphics system requirements for 339 games today, of the top 1000 most demanding.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature+ Edition shows us that Planet Zoo is getting a weak result of 4 FPS, and then we are seeing Diablo 4 predicted to return a weak 4 FPS while another game on our list is the Cyberpunk 2077 which is predicted to get 4 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

We move on to 1440p, and predict that Diablo 4 will deliver weak FPS results. Here are the graphic presets - Low: 7 FPS, Medium: 6 FPS, High: 4 FPS and Ultra: 3 FPS. Next we have Cyberpunk 2077 running on GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature+ Edition which is predicted to get L: 7FPS, M: 6FPS, H: 4FPS, U: 3FPS. And for performance contrast the popular Planet Zoo gets L: 7FPS, M: 6FPS, H: 4FPS, U: 3FPS at 1440p. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature+ Edition is not powerful enough to deal with the increased resolution.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature+ Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature+ Edition in your PC? Our current calculations suggest a graphics card upgrade will be required in around 12-18 months

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 680 EVGA SC Signature+ Edition? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 86% better and can meet 897 of their recommended requirements. Alternatively upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB which is 39% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 685 games from the most demanding games today.