8 Jan 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 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 Galax HOF WaterCooled 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.

How well will the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 6GB Edition run 2021 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 823 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

Running at 1080p this card gets a strong frame rate from FIFA 21 with 182 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Watch Dogs Legion which returns a good 66 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Cyberpunk 2077 which we saw getting a good 66 FPS.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran FIFA 21 on the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 6GB Edition to see that it got a strong set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 313FPS, M: 261FPS, H: 191FPS, U: 139FPS. Another popular game to test at 1440p with this card was Watch Dogs Legion which seemed reasonable in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 50 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Cyberpunk 2077 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 982 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 983 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.