26 Nov 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 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 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 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.

Game performance for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition where we look at the bigger games played in 2020. Looking closely at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 826 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Watch Dogs Legion getting 66 FPS with the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition, Microsoft Flight Simulator getting 74 FPS and Grand Theft Auto VI predicted to get 47 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

As the PC gaming masses explore larger screen resolutions we decided to run some game checks at 1440p across a few popular games. We discovered the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition ran Watch Dogs Legion to a reasonable performance level. Results across the graphics settings looked like this, Low: 132 FPS, Medium: 104 FPS, High: 70 FPS and Ultra: 50 FPS. Another game tested was Microsoft Flight Simulator, L: 149FPS, M: 117FPS, H: 79FPS, U: 56FPS. And then we researched potential graphics card performance on Grand Theft Auto VI, wih estimates revealing L: 94FPS, M: 74FPS, H: 50FPS, U: 35FPS at 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition 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 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 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 Asus DirectCU III OC Strix Gaming 6GB Edition? If you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the 20 Series GeForce RTX 2070. This PC hardware upgrade performs 21% better and can run 984 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games. Alternatively upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB which is 24% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 985 games from the most demanding games today.