14 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

A true powerhouse, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 6GB Edition will run even the most demanding game system requirements released today. Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

How well will the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 6GB Edition run 2019 games? We will take a look at the biggest releases and frames per second analysis on Ultra graphics settings. 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.

Running at 1080p this card gets a reasonable frame rate from Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order with 51 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at FIFA 20 which returns a strong 182 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Red Dead Redemption 2 which we saw getting a good 66 FPS.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order on the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 6GB Edition to see that it got a playable set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 102FPS, M: 80FPS, H: 54FPS, U: 39FPS. Another popular game to test at 1440p with this card was FIFA 20 which seemed strong in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 139 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Red Dead Redemption 2 where its Ultra 1440p Frame rates were reasonable at 50 FPS. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 6GB Edition we get the impression that it is a strong choice at these screen resolutions. With Ultra graphics settings being regularly reached at 1440p gaming its easy to consider bumping up the screen size to 4K for this graphics card.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 6GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 6GB Edition in your PC? This gpu has around 2+ years of running AAA recommended system requirements before any upgrades should be considered.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 6GB Edition? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the 20 Series GeForce RTX 2070. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 21% better and can meet 992 of their recommended requirements. Alternatively a suitable upgrade choice for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 6GB Edition is the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB, which is 24% more powerful and can run 992 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.