14 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

A true powerhouse, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition will run even the most demanding game system requirements released today. 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 2019. This graphics hardware can run 901 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Borderlands 3 getting 64 FPS with the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition, Cyberpunk 2077 predicted to get 49 FPS and Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order getting 49 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 booted up Borderlands 3 to see how the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition dealt with it. It scored up 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 Cyberpunk 2077 which we predict will be playable with a 37 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order that got an Ultra 1440p FPS of 37. In summary we feel the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Inno3D iChill X3 Ultra 6GB Edition running at 1440p is certainly a good graphics cards for this increased screen resolutions. It can confidentantly get High or Ultra graphics settings across almost all current games at 1440p.

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 992 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 992 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.