22 Jan 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 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 Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition privilege. But if you can get this graphics solution, then its happy gaming. Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2021. This graphics hardware can run 820 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We predict that Resident Evil 8 will get 64 FPS with the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition, FIFA 21 getting 178 FPS and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War getting 72 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

Next up we increase screen res tests to accommodate the growing in popularity 1440p screen size. So we researched the upcoming Resident Evil 8 to predict how the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition would deal with it. Our research revealed a reasonable series of FPS results across these graphics presets - Low: 129 FPS, Medium: 102 FPS, High: 68 FPS and Ultra: 49 FPS. Next we looked at FIFA 21 which was strong with a 135 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War that got an Ultra 1440p FPS of 55. In summary we feel the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition running at 1440p is a very strong choice of graphics cards at higher resolution gaming. 4K gaming with this graphics card is certainly something that can be achieved across a number of the latest games and still achieve good graphics settings at those resolutions. Ultra 1440p is also a regular occurrence with this gpu.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition in your PC? 2-3 years of top end gaming before an upgrade

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition? A good choice when looking to upgrade the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition would be the 20 Series GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB which meets 981 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 22% better performance. Alternatively a suitable upgrade choice for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition is the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB, which is 27% more powerful and can run 983 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.