2 Aug 2020 - 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 2020 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 861 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

Running at 1080p this card gets a good frame rate from Horizon: Zero Dawn with 66 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Grand Theft Auto VI which is predicted to return a reasonable 47 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Cyberpunk 2077 which we predict will get a reasonable 51 FPS.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Horizon: Zero Dawn on the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Galax HOF WaterCooled 6GB Edition to see that it got a reasonable set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 132FPS, M: 104FPS, H: 70FPS, U: 50FPS. Another popular game to investigate at 1440p with this card was Grand Theft Auto VI which we predicted will be playable in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 35 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Cyberpunk 2077 where its predicted Ultra 1440p Frame rates were playable at 39 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 certainly capable of running larger monitor gaming at Ultra or High graphics settings.

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 986 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 987 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.