28 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

A true powerhouse, the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte XTREME 6GB Edition will run even the most demanding game system requirements released today. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 12.

Here is a performance review on how capable the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte XTREME 6GB Edition is at running the more popular games of 2019. Specifically looking at this PC hardware’s ability to get suitable frames per second to play on Ultra game settings and what FPS it might get on 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen res. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 899 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

A GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte XTREME 6GB Edition card at 1080p is seeing a good frame rate when running Borderlands 3 on Ultra - 66 FPS. Lets look at the performance its getting on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare which is 61 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular Microsoft Flight Simulator is predicted to perform on this hardware, which gets a reasonable 51 FPS.

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 Gigabyte XTREME 6GB Edition ran Borderlands 3 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 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, L: 123FPS, M: 97FPS, H: 65FPS, U: 47FPS. And then we researched potential graphics card performance on Microsoft Flight Simulator, wih estimates revealing L: 102FPS, M: 80FPS, H: 54FPS, U: 39FPS at 1440p. Gaming at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte XTREME 6GB Edition is a good choice for running modern games at Ultra in this larger screen resolution.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte XTREME 6GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte XTREME 6GB Edition in your PC? No graphics card upgrade required for 2 to 3 years of meeting top end game system requirements

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte XTREME 6GB Edition? A suitable upgrade choice for the GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gigabyte XTREME 6GB Edition is the 20 Series GeForce RTX 2070, which is 21% more powerful and can run 992 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements. 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 24% better and can run 992 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.