GTX 980 with Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz benchmarks at Ultra Quality quality settings

At 1440p, GTX 980 can hit 50-60 fps on pretty much everything at ultra, just without antialiasing, less ambient occlusion and turned down shadows. This combination between GTX 980 and Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz has less than 8% bottleneck in many games and is perfect match to avoid FPS loss. This combination between GTX 980 and Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz is a perfect match to avoid FPS loss. With current 4096 MB RAM, the GTX 980 can have very few memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Price $ 549
Year 2014
Maximum Recorded Temperature 81C
Max Fan Noise 48dB
Recommended Power Supply 515W
Benchmark CPU Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz ($284.99)
CPU Impact on FPS + 0 FPS
CPU Impact on FPS % 0%
Benchmark Quality Settings Ultra Quality Settings
Average 1080p Performance 78 FPS
Average 1440p Performance 56 FPS
Average 4K Performance 34 FPS
Memory 4 GB
Series GTX 980
Overall Combination Score 68/100 Good
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Resolution 1920x1080

Year Game Frames Per Second
2018 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
62 FPS
2018 Assassin's Creed Odyssey
35 FPS
2018 Final Fantasy XV
61 FPS
2018 Shadow of the Tomb Raider
52 FPS
2018 Forza Horizon 4
73 FPS
2018 Fallout 76
84 FPS
2018 Hitman 2
66 FPS
2018 Just Cause 4
53 FPS
2018 Monster Hunter: World
57 FPS
2018 Battlefield V
73 FPS
2017 Dawn of War III
79 FPS
2017 Ghost Recon Wildlands
60 FPS
2017 Assassin's Creed Origins
51 FPS
2017 Destiny 2
98 FPS
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
58 FPS
2017 Fortnite Battle Royale
74 FPS
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
73 FPS
2017 For Honor
98 FPS
2017 Project CARS 2
69 FPS
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
84 FPS
2016 Ashes of the Singularity
45 FPS
2016 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
47 FPS
2016 Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
52 FPS
2016 Doom
110 FPS
2016 F1 2016
79 FPS
2016 Hitman
64 FPS
2016 Rise of the Tomb Raider
83 FPS
2016 The Division
71 FPS
2016 Total War: Warhammer
74 FPS
2016 Battlefield 1
91 FPS
2016 Overwatch
114 FPS
2016 Dishonored 2
51 FPS
2015 DiRT Rally
104 FPS
2015 Grand Theft Auto V
66 FPS
2015 The Witcher 3
62 FPS
2015 Total War: Attila
54 FPS
2015 Rocket League
285 FPS
2015 Need For Speed
79 FPS
2015 Project CARS
76 FPS
2014 Civilization: Beyond Earth
125 FPS
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition
88 FPS
2014 Far Cry 4
82 FPS
2014 GRID Autosport
122 FPS
2014 Shadow of Mordor
94 FPS
2014 The Talos Principle
102 FPS
2014 Thief
83 FPS
2013 Bioshock Infinite
130 FPS
2013 Company of Heroes 2
68 FPS
2013 Crysis 3
71 FPS
2013 GRID 2
141 FPS
2013 Metro: Last Light
84 FPS
2013 Total War: Rome 2
89 FPS
2013 Battlefield 4
94 FPS
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
195 FPS
2009 League of Legends
366 FPS
2008 Crysis: Warhead
85 FPS

Resolution 2560x1440

Year Game Frames Per Second
2018 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
35 FPS
2018 Assassin's Creed Odyssey
28 FPS
2018 Final Fantasy XV
43 FPS
2018 Shadow of the Tomb Raider
34 FPS
2018 Forza Horizon 4
62 FPS
2018 Fallout 76
67 FPS
2018 Hitman 2
43 FPS
2018 Just Cause 4
39 FPS
2018 Monster Hunter: World
40 FPS
2018 Battlefield V
56 FPS
2017 Dawn of War III
52 FPS
2017 Ghost Recon Wildlands
44 FPS
2017 Assassin's Creed Origins
41 FPS
2017 Destiny 2
84 FPS
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
45 FPS
2017 Fortnite Battle Royale
48 FPS
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
53 FPS
2017 For Honor
57 FPS
2017 Project CARS 2
49 FPS
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
76 FPS
2016 Ashes of the Singularity
39 FPS
2016 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
33 FPS
2016 Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
43 FPS
2016 Doom
74 FPS
2016 F1 2016
68 FPS
2016 Hitman
47 FPS
2016 Rise of the Tomb Raider
56 FPS
2016 The Division
54 FPS
2016 Total War: Warhammer
52 FPS
2016 Battlefield 1
67 FPS
2016 Overwatch
78 FPS
2016 Dishonored 2
43 FPS
2015 DiRT Rally
71 FPS
2015 Grand Theft Auto V
44 FPS
2015 The Witcher 3
46 FPS
2015 Total War: Attila
36 FPS
2015 Rocket League
122 FPS
2015 Need For Speed
61 FPS
2015 Project CARS
58 FPS
2014 Civilization: Beyond Earth
94 FPS
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition
59 FPS
2014 Far Cry 4
59 FPS
2014 GRID Autosport
93 FPS
2014 Shadow of Mordor
65 FPS
2014 The Talos Principle
72 FPS
2014 Thief
56 FPS
2013 Bioshock Infinite
85 FPS
2013 Company of Heroes 2
44 FPS
2013 Crysis 3
44 FPS
2013 GRID 2
101 FPS
2013 Metro: Last Light
70 FPS
2013 Total War: Rome 2
58 FPS
2013 Battlefield 4
61 FPS
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
163 FPS
2009 League of Legends
204 FPS
2008 Crysis: Warhead
54 FPS

Resolution 3840x2160

Year Game Frames Per Second
2018 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
32 FPS
2018 Assassin's Creed Odyssey
20 FPS
2018 Final Fantasy XV
26 FPS
2018 Shadow of the Tomb Raider
18 FPS
2018 Forza Horizon 4
41 FPS
2018 Fallout 76
37 FPS
2018 Hitman 2
25 FPS
2018 Just Cause 4
20 FPS
2018 Monster Hunter: World
19 FPS
2018 Battlefield V
29 FPS
2017 Dawn of War III
27 FPS
2017 Ghost Recon Wildlands
25 FPS
2017 Assassin's Creed Origins
23 FPS
2017 Destiny 2
42 FPS
2017 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
25 FPS
2017 Fortnite Battle Royale
26 FPS
2017 Need For Speed: Payback
37 FPS
2017 For Honor
29 FPS
2017 Project CARS 2
41 FPS
2017 Forza Motorsport 7
64 FPS
2016 Ashes of the Singularity
31 FPS
2016 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
17 FPS
2016 Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
34 FPS
2016 Doom
39 FPS
2016 F1 2016
38 FPS
2016 Hitman
26 FPS
2016 Rise of the Tomb Raider
28 FPS
2016 The Division
27 FPS
2016 Total War: Warhammer
29 FPS
2016 Battlefield 1
36 FPS
2016 Overwatch
41 FPS
2016 Dishonored 2
34 FPS
2015 DiRT Rally
38 FPS
2015 Grand Theft Auto V
37 FPS
2015 The Witcher 3
26 FPS
2015 Total War: Attila
18 FPS
2015 Rocket League
57 FPS
2015 Need For Speed
41 FPS
2015 Project CARS
41 FPS
2014 Civilization: Beyond Earth
53 FPS
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition
30 FPS
2014 Far Cry 4
31 FPS
2014 GRID Autosport
54 FPS
2014 Shadow of Mordor
36 FPS
2014 The Talos Principle
40 FPS
2014 Thief
48 FPS
2013 Bioshock Infinite
43 FPS
2013 Crysis 3
21 FPS
2013 GRID 2
53 FPS
2013 Metro: Last Light
37 FPS
2013 Total War: Rome 2
27 FPS
2013 Battlefield 4
44 FPS
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
147 FPS
2009 League of Legends
81 FPS
2008 Crysis: Warhead
50 FPS

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2014 4GB $ 420
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GTX 980 Specifications

Board Design

Board NumberPG401
Length10.5 inches 267 mm
Outputs1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort
Power Connectors2x 6-pin
Slot WidthDual-slot
TDP165 W

Clock Speeds

Boost Clock1216 MHz
GPU Clock1127 MHz
Memory Clock1753 MHz 7012 MHz effective

Graphics Card

Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
GenerationGeForce 900
Launch Price549 USD
ProductionEnd-of-life
Release DateSep 19th, 2014

Graphics Features

CUDA5.2
DirectX12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL1.2
OpenGL4.6
Shader Model6.1
Vulkan1.1.82

Graphics Processor

ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0
Die Size398 mm²
GPU NameGM204
GPU VariantGM204-400-A1
Process Size28 nm
Transistors5,200 million

Memory

Bandwidth224.4 GB/s
Memory Bus256 bit
Memory Size4096 MB
Memory TypeGDDR5

Render Config

ROPs64
SMM Count16
Shading Units2048
TMUs128

Theoretical Performance

FP32 (float) performance4,981 GFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance155.6 GFLOPS (1:32)
Pixel Rate77.82 GPixel/s
Texture Rate155.6 GTexel/s

Critics Reviews

Verdict. If you've skipped to the last page to see our conclusion, I'm not going to waste your time: both the 0 GeForce GTX 970 and 0 GeForce GTX 980 represent tremendous, earth shattering ...
The GeForce GTX 980 is the top Maxwell card running with the brand new, super-efficient, GM 204 GPU, with the second-tier GeForce GTX 970 coming close behind it.
The knowledge that Nvidia has priced the GTX 980 at the same point as the more-expensive-to-produce GK 110-based cards also rankles a touch. Nvidia is going to be making serious margin on these chips.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 4GB (1,126MHz GPU, boosting to 1,216MHz, 7GHz memory) (Launch driver - GeForce 344.07) Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB (889MHz GPU, boosting to 980MHz, 7GHz memory ...
The GeForce GTX 980 also has 4GB of GDDR5 RAM running at an effective 7Gbps (the same speed as on the GeForce GTX 770 and GTX 780 Ti), while introducing a new compression engine that Nvidia says ...
To me, the GeForce GTX 980 is the best reference-design graphics card to launch in a while. NVIDIA has successfully addressed the most important challenge in today's GPU design, which is power consumption.
Nvidia’s GTX 1080 is the world’s most powerful consumer GPU. A couple of years ago, the same could be said of the GTX 980, so now it’s time to see what’s changed. Comparing a new card with ...
Nvidia’s more modestly priced graphics cards often roll out months after the more luxurious GeForce models. Look at the last generation: The GeForce GTX 960 debuted four months after the GTX 980 ...
Fewer than three months have passed since Nvidia took the wraps off of GeForce GTX Titan X, and the company is already launching another GM200-based graphics card called GeForce GTX 980 Ti.
Nvidia shows us what second-gen Maxwell architecture can do with its new GM204 chip and the GeForce GTX 970 and 980 graphics cards that wield it.
The GeForce GTX 980 was a high-end graphics card by NVIDIA, launched in September 2014. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the GM204 graphics processor, in its GM204-400-A1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12.0.
The Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 980 boasts an 8-phase GPU power design while the GTX 970 card has a slightly smaller 6-phase design. New Maxwell Features Nvidia says Maxwell brings 2x the performance ...
Today’s launch will see GM204 placed into two video cards, the GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970. We’ll dive into the specs of each in a bit, but from an NVIDIA product standpoint these two ...

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