14 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

A true powerhouse, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Palit Super JetStream 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 Palit Super JetStream 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. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 900 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti Palit Super JetStream 6GB Edition graphics card is predicted to return a reasonable performance on Diablo 4 at 1080p of 49 frames per second at Ultra graphics settings. Another popular title that is good to benchmark graphics cards against is Need For Speed Heat which we saw got good frame rates of 64 FPS. A third game we can look at on Ultra at 1080p is the popular Borderlands 3, which was getting 64 FPS under tests.

As the PC gaming masses explore larger screen resolutions we decided to run some game checks at 1440p across a few popular games. We predict the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Palit Super JetStream 6GB Edition will run the upcoming game Diablo 4 to a playable performance level. Predictions across the graphics settings looked like this, Low: 99 FPS, Medium: 78 FPS, High: 52 FPS and Ultra: 37 FPS. Another game tested was Need For Speed Heat, L: 129FPS, M: 102FPS, H: 68FPS, U: 49FPS. And then we checked graphics card performance on Borderlands 3, which returned L: 129FPS, M: 102FPS, H: 68FPS, U: 49FPS at 1440p. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Palit Super JetStream 6GB Edition is certainly capable of running larger monitor gaming at Ultra or High graphics settings.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Palit Super JetStream 6GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Palit Super JetStream 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 Palit Super JetStream 6GB Edition? Upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the 20 Series GeForce RTX 2060 Super 8GB which is 22% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 992 games from the most demanding games today. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 27% better and can run 992 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.