The GTX 980 In 2023 - Small Price Tag, Surprising Performance!

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  • Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
  • The minimum for solid 1080p PC gaming seems to be changing all the time, but the 4GB Nvidia GTX 980 seems to be the latest graphics card that can still get away with playing even the latest games at native resolution.
    Launching at over $500 almost 9 years ago, the 980 is in-part limited by it's 4GB VRAM. Other than that, this GPU is still supported by the latest drivers and supports DX12.1, meaning it's able to start everything you can throw at it.
    0:00 Intro and Specs
    1:44 Red Dead Redemption 2
    2:52 Cyberpunk 2077
    4:28 Elden Ring
    5:25 Forza Horizon 5
    6:00 GTA V
    6:53 Hogwarts Legacy
    7:59 Spider-Man Remastered
    9:00 Mafia Definitive Edition
    9:42 Resident Evil 4
    10:32 Star Wars Jedi Survivor
    11:34 The Last of Us Part I and Final Thoughts
    Thanks for watching :)
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  • @Beef1188
    @Beef1188 Год назад +124

    I have this exact model... been using it for 9 years, bought it since it was new. Paid 600€ for it. My god what a card, it still doesn't let me down!
    And they told me back in day, that I couldn't possibly build me a pc that would last me more than 4 years, and here I am, in 2023, still playing some games even on 1440p.

    • @Andi-dp9hy
      @Andi-dp9hy Год назад +4

      Same here

    • @mistermudpie
      @mistermudpie Год назад +9

      Well, you certainly got your money's worth!

    • @yeetus59
      @yeetus59 Год назад +6

      Oh really? What games can a GTX 980 run at 1440p with only 4gb of VRAM? Please enlighten me. Definitely not any demanding games, or even slightly demanding. E-sports titles maybe. But the GTX 980 was never a 1440p card even when it was new. And it definitely is not now.

    • @yan3066
      @yan3066 Год назад +15

      ​@@yeetus59 I'm pretty sure the last forza horizon 5 can be played with decent settings at 1440p. Apex Legends off course. Any game that doesn't require much more than the Vram of that card. You would be surprise how some people can run big games with older hardwares. Ultra settings is so demanding compared to let's say a mix of medium-high settings, and you still have that eye-candy. I usually buy myself a new pc every 5 years or so, and even my older pcs can run games at decent settings and resolutions.
      Take care.

    • @Andi-dp9hy
      @Andi-dp9hy Год назад +1

      @yeetus Destiny 2 for example, I don't play new AAA games anymore that's true.

  • @TechOrigami
    @TechOrigami Год назад +263

    I still have a GTX 960 somewhere in a drawer. Sadly it's the 2 gig version of it, so basically useless in any game released post 2020.

    • @takehirolol5962
      @takehirolol5962 Год назад +20

      Indeed, the best use with a 960 is a Retro Windows XP PC.

    • @matias9929
      @matias9929 Год назад +10

      I had a evga 960 ssc 2gb (sell it 3 months ago) and still pretty decent for gtav and competitive games, i thought it could run newer games but 2gb struggled too much

    • @TechOrigami
      @TechOrigami Год назад +12

      @@takehirolol5962 I'm thinking about putting it in an old i7 3770k pc thet I have in storage, might be good for wii/switch emulation.
      Though XP is too old even for the GTX 960. Windows 7 or 8 would suit it much better!

    • @TechOrigami
      @TechOrigami Год назад

      @@WhyDoINeedOneOfThese nice, I have the white and black version of MSI, used it from 2015 up till early 2020

    • @ciciban22
      @ciciban22 Год назад +5

      I have a 650 1gig and I play almost everything until 2019.

  • @smryhanulislam4127
    @smryhanulislam4127 Год назад +14

    What I really love about your gpu & igpu videos is that you are not too dependent on upscaling methods, you show the true potential of the GPU and only turn on upscaling unless it is truly necessary.

    • @pandemicneetbux2110
      @pandemicneetbux2110 Год назад +4

      Yeah, I really miss when GPU makers were more honest and just said what the performance was going to be, no nonsense about these muh features, no lying about performance by talking about upscaling as if it mattered for most games (devs need to hard code it in like raytracing, it isn't a magic performance button, it comes at the cost of visuals and even then only is available on a few dozen games)

  • @xeepher757
    @xeepher757 Год назад +14

    I used to have a GTX 980 by Zotac which I got as a hand down from a friend. I then gave it to a friend of mine, who later on gave it another friend. And 4 owners later, after 8 and a half years of constant use, it's still alive and kicking. I will probably try to get it back a some point as a memento.
    I also remember what an eye opener that thing was for me back in late 2016, having used an GTX 770 2GB until then. DOOM 2016 went from "barely playble" at medium to "buttery smooth" at ultra.

  • @thepicard83
    @thepicard83 Год назад +104

    The GTX 980 can kick some serious butt. If devs put some more effort into optimizing the games released today, the 980 would still be performing way better than it does. Forza 5 is a perfect example. Jedi Survivor is an example of horrible optimization.

    • @michiganjack1337
      @michiganjack1337 Год назад +10

      Absolutely. I feel like all we do these days is throw massive amounts of power at unoptimized games just to get them to a playable level

    • @kreygasmed7314
      @kreygasmed7314 Год назад +3

      exactly, my 750 ti should be able to launch the game at least!

    • @evilleader1991
      @evilleader1991 Год назад

      980 = 1060

    • @wrongthinker843
      @wrongthinker843 Год назад

      The problem is also with NVIDIA dropping driver support for older cards.

    • @Galax2000
      @Galax2000 Год назад

      I saw that on my old 980 ti

  • @sihamhamda47
    @sihamhamda47 Год назад +239

    It's always refreshing to see the "revisiting old GPU" videos when the entire internet is flooded with the discussion about the release of new RTX today
    Definitely needs more content like this

    • @Youtube-Censorship-Police
      @Youtube-Censorship-Police Год назад +27

      this is exactly the reason why i love this channel so much, it has its own "rythm", doesn't really care about the newest trends yet always delivers with very interesting ideas & great execution.

    • @kishirisu1268
      @kishirisu1268 Год назад +8

      Rich amuricans live in own separated reality than the whole World struggling to just survive, feed family and sometimes to play games.

    • @RandomGaminginHD
      @RandomGaminginHD  Год назад +16

      @@RUclips-Censorship-Police I just go with whatever idea pops into my head haha.

    • @Youtube-Censorship-Police
      @Youtube-Censorship-Police Год назад +2

      @@RandomGaminginHD please stay like that, there are too many uncreative "the newest of the new" channels, yours has creativity and soul and that's a rare thing nowadays. also; great narration!🙂

    • @pandemicneetbux2110
      @pandemicneetbux2110 Год назад

      I will never get tired of recommending new people to older graphics cards, period. You only even need a brand new GPU for brand new games running at 4k anyway. I pretty much can't think of needing anything above a 1080ti for any brand new games, period. A 1080ti should run Cyberpunk all ultra 1080p, maybe not full 60 but still run it well. So for like 96% of games you are only even going to need a GTX 980 and like a, overclocked 2600k or a i7 3770 or something like that. Even at 1080p you can pretty much get by on less than $300 to game an enjoyable experience. It's solely for 4k kiddies being bougie with a $700 graphics card. I mean even 1440p the 5700XT fell to $200 now and that card can do most games at QHD, and the GTX 980 being at half that price on ebay makes it a fantastic consideration for all DirectX11 games at 1080p. It's really down to that or the RX 580/590 I think in terms of great value graphics cards.

  • @WooAssetto
    @WooAssetto Год назад +249

    I just "upgraded" from a gtx 1050 2gb to a gtx 970 for 50 bucks, and I gotta say the 970 can still keep up today

    • @alan138
      @alan138 Год назад +11

      Its a nice upgrade. I wanted to do the same but i could not power up a gtx 970 with only one 6+2 pci cable form my psu. So i end up going for the next one i can afford wich was the Rx 570 wich still worth the upgrade but not quite as much as the 970. The rx 570 compete with the 1650 while the 970 compete with the 1650s.

    • @SanHydronoid
      @SanHydronoid Год назад +16

      @@alan138 That's not quite true. Both the RX 570 and GTX 970 are quite similar in performance, between a 1050 Ti and 1060. 1650 Super competes with 1060, just with smaller Vram
      Edit: RX 570 is better than 970, I stand corrected

    • @Fox_Mulder350
      @Fox_Mulder350 Год назад +26

      I just upgraded for my 970 to 1080 ti. I need all that vram for Skyrim modding

    • @DarkLinkAD
      @DarkLinkAD Год назад +7

      @@SanHydronoid There are mulitple versions of a 1060 but an RX 570 allows for actual control in overclocking, this puts it above a beyond the fastest of 1060s

    • @r34ztune11
      @r34ztune11 Год назад +8

      @@alan138 ​ Not quite true. The RX 570 is much closer to the GTX 1650 Super and 1060 6GB and faster than both the 1650 and the 970. The GDDR6 1650 comes close to the slowest RX 570s but still mostly loses. And the 8GB RX 570 can be overclocked and BIOS-modded into being faster than both the 1650S and RX 580. That's what I did with mine and I'm really glad I got it for half the price of a 1650S back in 2020. Having 8GB of VRAM really helps a lot in games from the last 4 years.

  • @dionelr
    @dionelr Год назад +26

    I upgraded from a PNY GTX 980 (looks very founder’s edition like) a little over a year ago. I have the 980 in an older machine I keep around for legacy things. It’s nice to know it’s still capable for modern games.

    • @jonathanwright1507
      @jonathanwright1507 Год назад +1

      PNY? was that the one which had Mini HDMI & DP ports only on it?

    • @harryhazza626
      @harryhazza626 Год назад +1

      ​@@jonathanwright1507 yep it is. , I had the exact same (trying to buy it back , cos it's sexy) that's card has wicked , great overclocker too

    • @jonathanwright1507
      @jonathanwright1507 Год назад

      @@harryhazza626 I got that card last week from CEX (UK) & just gave it back as did not want to spend more than the £90 price tag on mini to full size DP & HDMI port adapters, but it was in 1st class condition from them.

    • @koreannom
      @koreannom Год назад +1

      Yeah!, honestly I feel the GTX 980 is the better pick compared to the GTX 980 ti for legacy stuff e.g. windows xp
      it's way more than powerful to run anything from that era and has a much lower TDP.

    • @pandemicneetbux2110
      @pandemicneetbux2110 Год назад

      Yeah I was just watching something on another channel where they tested a 980 on newer games and the thing actually ran cyberpunk. I was astounded. I mean it was still getting drops into 25 fps once in awhile that was almost certainly due to running out of VRAM, but overall it was still hitting the low 40s fps which is pretty playable, maybe screw with the settings more and you can play Cyberpunk smoothly-ish on a 980, and if you can get Cyberpunk to work, you can get anything to work. Well unless it has DirectX 12/2 API. I haven't tested Vulkan either.

  • @Bernard1127
    @Bernard1127 Год назад +2

    Amazing video, as always! Hearing you give the framerate numbers for each game sounds like the Sports statistics! 😅😅😂😂

  • @windows9556
    @windows9556 Год назад +3

    Daily driving a 980 Reference model and absolutely love the look, plays all the games I want too. Great video as always!

  • @joh8379
    @joh8379 Год назад

    I always enjoy these. Thank you brother 😃

  • @davidsantiago220
    @davidsantiago220 Год назад

    very nice kept up the good work [i've been following you since the start

  • @lordadamfirst
    @lordadamfirst Год назад +4

    Oh no... RandomGaming is covering my GPU... must be a sign that I'm finally due an upgrade.

  • @nykraftlemagnifique
    @nykraftlemagnifique Год назад

    Hi ! Impressive result for an older GPU like that ! It's amazing and surprising too ! Good video ! Keep up the good work !

  • @fuzzylumpkins6034
    @fuzzylumpkins6034 Год назад +7

    I just let go of a GTX 980 pc I built in 2014. For the time I got out of it and the headaches I put up with from the fx 8350 in the build I think it served me very well over the years. The build sported the gtx 980, fx 990 mobo, 16gb ddr3, fx 8350 BE and 1 tb hdd with a 1tb ssd. It even had the good old disc drive. Aside from thermal paste and regular cleaning it served us very well. The last games played on it were Elden Ring and Hogwarts as recently as last night. The new owner picked it up for a nifty £150 which, all considering, was a steal for a very well maintained pc that had all the boxes/manuals and even the stickers for all the components. I personally wont miss it as I think the 1080ti has dropped to a very reasonable price for budget gamers and it wont set anyone back a mint. Im sure that ASUS TUF sticker will do the new owner a good turn 🤣

    • @commondary9953
      @commondary9953 Год назад +1

      As a previous owner of an FX 8320 I feel your pain. I'll never forget running through Cherno in Dayz with less than 10 fps on that piece of garbage XD. Ditched it for an 8600k and haven't looked back since

  • @THU31
    @THU31 Год назад +2

    A Maxwell-like architectural improvement is desperately needed right now, with rumors of NVIDIA sticking with 4 nm for the 50 series because of very high 3 nm costs.
    It was incredible what they were able to achieve on the same node as Kepler. The 970 was one of my favorite cards (if you ignore the VRAM issue that popped up later on).

  • @oliknow
    @oliknow Год назад +8

    from 9 series I owned a wonderful 970 Phantom from Gainward. The fans were between the PCB and the finstack. the were removable with a thumbscrew for easy cleaning. I liked it a lot despite the 970 VRAM problems

    • @DJ_Dopamine
      @DJ_Dopamine Год назад

      I always really liked the look of that model/cooler. Tried to pick one up cheap on a number of occasions in the past (though I failed)!

    • @0rogontorogon
      @0rogontorogon Год назад

      I had a 580 Phantom back in the day, the cooler design was awesome, very industrial looking. This gpu cooler vertically mounted in a black Fractal North with a black cpu heatsink would look really cool.

  • @willflanders2475
    @willflanders2475 Год назад

    Impressed! I will consider getting this card for my next budget build.

  • @modermonkula
    @modermonkula Год назад +22

    I have this card works well, but modern games beat it down pretty hard

    • @thepicard83
      @thepicard83 Год назад +22

      If the games were properly optimized, the 980 would still kick ass. Devs are just throwing the games out there no matter the condition they might be in.

    • @DJ_Dopamine
      @DJ_Dopamine Год назад +2

      Modern games beat everything down pretty hard though...

    • @PrashantMishra-kh1xt
      @PrashantMishra-kh1xt Год назад +1

      ​@@DJ_Dopamine Truer words have never been said

  • @luckythewolf2856
    @luckythewolf2856 Год назад +2

    I’ve got a GTX 980 Matrix and it overclocks like a dream. So awesome to play modern games with it

  • @stufflike5844
    @stufflike5844 Год назад +10

    Would love to see the 980 TI in action , with it's additional VRAM and clocks it still is one great card

    • @tilapiadave3234
      @tilapiadave3234 Год назад +1

      It is a GREAT card ,,,, my son had that in his first gaming PC I built during the GPU horror pricing years.

    • @pandemicneetbux2110
      @pandemicneetbux2110 Год назад

      You know I think that, while far from ideal for a number of reasons, probably the biggest limiter to the 980 can be gotten around by simply SLI'ing it but then again I guess that kind of defeats the point when now you're running a 324w 2 card system that costs probably $200 at minimum and then it's really easy just to compare it to the 225w 5700XT 8gb at that point anyway than get an enthusiast grade 2-way SLI to getting 2x4gb of memory. Which I guess back in the day nVidia's bad VRAM could be compensated for more easily by...just wasting your money an additional GPU you hadnt needed lel. Idk I think 980ti SLI is a monster in terms of TDP but it could do better than one 1080ti iirc it's just that, well you'd needed a couple grand to spend on 2x80ti cards, you'd needed over 510w dedicated just to GPU solution, and you'd needed a case with airflow/fans to match.
      But, it does always strike me as really neat just from that nerdy enthusiast type of perpsective. I never could've ever afforded it back then, and so I kinda want my redcar computer, you know? Like take an old 980, and then get myself a 3770k board with overclocking potential to stick another 980 on it and see if it can perform at close to 1080 or better.

  • @MarcosCodas
    @MarcosCodas Год назад +16

    Every other channel: RTX 4060 has dropped yo!
    RGHD: Let's look at an eons-old flagship!
    This is why we love you.

    • @RandomGaminginHD
      @RandomGaminginHD  Год назад +6

      😂

    • @MarcosCodas
      @MarcosCodas Год назад +4

      @@RandomGaminginHD Honestly, if I wanted 4060 content today, I'm sorted. It's everywhere. But a look at a former flagship that's a good budget option? It's mostly just you, mate. So good on ya.

  • @OsascogamingBrSP
    @OsascogamingBrSP Год назад +22

    I love your content. It calms me down when I'm upset and brings good feelings to my afternoons! Thank you so much for keeping posting such high quality content!

    • @RandomGaminginHD
      @RandomGaminginHD  Год назад +15

      Thanks for watching :)

    • @MarcosCodas
      @MarcosCodas Год назад +7

      Same! Even when I had a mental health breakdown in 2020 and I didn't want to watch anything, I'd watch his videos.

    • @groenevinger3893
      @groenevinger3893 Год назад +3

      @@MarcosCodas I think Steve will be very glad to read this..?

  • @MattC86
    @MattC86 Год назад +2

    The overclocking on these things is pretty great. I swapped my sons 980 today for a Vega 64 and through the 980 in one of my backup builds and messed around. Stable OC of +155 core clock in Afterburner and +594 on the memory. Ram a bunch of benchmarks and netted me around 25% FPS performance while still keeping temps around 68-70 degrees. No crashes and buttery smooth!

  • @pingping035
    @pingping035 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the video.

  • @SovietToaster
    @SovietToaster Год назад +5

    Still rocking a 970 (until I get the cash for a 6700XT ) struggles in Tarkov without FSR.

    • @GraveUypo
      @GraveUypo Год назад

      it's going to be a pretty massive upgrade, that

  • @C0DM4YH3M
    @C0DM4YH3M Год назад

    Still have my Zotac GTX 980 AMP addition and stills run like a champ, no surprises here great video mate.

  • @neverletthemtameyou
    @neverletthemtameyou Год назад +12

    Man... These are surprising results. I've just tested a i7-3770 / GTX1060 3GB / 16GB RAM combo, and your setup totally outperforms that. I guess that new i3 is pulling its weight as well. It would be cool to see a GTX1060 GB vs 980 comparison. You may have added a new card to my search list for budged build parts. Thanks for a great video.

    • @kishirisu1268
      @kishirisu1268 Год назад +5

      Your cpu is x5 times weaker, what you expected? Try cheap E6 Xeons, they same old but still have power to run games.

    • @neverletthemtameyou
      @neverletthemtameyou Год назад +1

      @@kishirisu1268 Hi! In my testing I was not CPU bound, nor did the RAM seem to be a bottleneck. But these things are not linear I guess.

    • @My_Old_YT_Account
      @My_Old_YT_Account Год назад +3

      @@kishirisu1268 according to userbenchmark it's only 38% to 95% faster, not 500% like you claim
      Also xeons for that socket are E3 models not E6

    • @desktopstu4145
      @desktopstu4145 Год назад +1

      Go with 1060 3gb over the 980... longer term driver support, similar performance.

    • @user-fc9xi7gi2e
      @user-fc9xi7gi2e Год назад

      @@desktopstu4145 3gb?!

  • @dizzee2100
    @dizzee2100 Год назад +2

    9 years old and still kicking it

  • @IxyionSeph
    @IxyionSeph Год назад +3

    I had the asus strix 970 and this card was soooo reliable.
    Switched to a 2070 super and I'm still very happy about it.

  • @Beisepimp
    @Beisepimp Год назад +25

    I hope that Nvidia is still supporting these 900er series a little longer.
    The 970 is also still good for most e-sport games and the GTX 980Ti is still great for newer games. 🙂

    • @AliceC993
      @AliceC993 Год назад +1

      I think that (albeit poor) native DX12 support from the beginning is one thing that's helped its lifespan a bit, otherwise NV probably would have dropped support the same way AMD did for the Rx 200/300 series.

  • @AMITAWAGHADE
    @AMITAWAGHADE 6 месяцев назад

    This is amazing. I have started using my old PC which has GTX 980 as sort of a gaming console by hooking it up with TV in living room. It's actually really powerful for the games up till 2017 but even on medium for games after that period, it performs wonderfully. This way I can clear up my PC backlog. Thanks for the video.

  • @nikolaszisoudis8408
    @nikolaszisoudis8408 Год назад +8

    Recently god a GTX 1070 fe for 120€ love it!

    • @RandomGaminginHD
      @RandomGaminginHD  Год назад +2

      Excellent purchase

    • @Patrick77001
      @Patrick77001 Год назад

      I wish I have gotten the FE, it's gorgeous! But I bought mine on the peak of crypto mining so I ended up overpaying for a Zotac GTX 1070 Mini. Still great, though

    • @nikolaszisoudis8408
      @nikolaszisoudis8408 Год назад

      @@Patrick77001 It plays all my games. I am thinking of upgrading from an 9100f to a 12600kf. Will the 1070 bottleneck it?

    • @toufusoup
      @toufusoup Год назад +1

      I picked up an ASUS TURBO 1070 and DUAL OC for $80 and $85 respectively as well. Local market is full of folk letting them go for $100 or so!

    • @gislaw6109
      @gislaw6109 Год назад +1

      I also got a gtx 1070 msi for 125 usd, loving it right now cuz i'm able to render faster and edit smoothly in Lumion due to its 8gb Vram and a nice amount of CUDA cores and also play games smoothly at 1080p

  • @joshuaminke6629
    @joshuaminke6629 Год назад

    oh god the memories. my dad got me one of these when they were new, for my 21st birthday

  • @Babbages
    @Babbages Год назад +2

    I'm glad you started doing tests with fsr off because to tell the truth I would prefer not to use it unless it's a must because you can slightly feel input delay when on and the tv look it gives games I'm not the biggest fan of.

  • @A_Chocolate_Cookie
    @A_Chocolate_Cookie Год назад

    Good timing, I was just looking at 970 on eBay because I was looking into the 16 series and wondering how the price/performance was like compared to a used gpu

  • @arcticwolf1599
    @arcticwolf1599 Год назад

    got the windforce version in my lil bros pc and tbh it still holds its own verrrry well .
    cant complain

  • @coolpiano9459
    @coolpiano9459 Год назад

    My exact Gtx 98o model, still going strong with me at least

  • @squeakers27
    @squeakers27 Год назад

    Saw the thumbnail and going that's my graphics card! Damn really had it this long that's its old but it still does the job for me. Got it about 4 years ago in someone's build for £200, sold all the other cars so the card cost me net around £75 and put into ryzen 7 3700x build

  • @henryt112
    @henryt112 Год назад

    I think it would be pretty cool if you did some reviews of older laptop gpus. Like the 900m series or even 800/700 series.

  • @59.9fps
    @59.9fps Год назад

    Did you use NVIDIA Image Sharpening in these tests? From the NVIDIA Control Panel i.e.

  • @hansbehrends438
    @hansbehrends438 Год назад +4

    GTX 900 series, Maxwell gen. Supports DX 12_0 feature set if I'm not mistaken, so plays all of today's games as RGinHD said. Maxwell is on the tail end of supported chips though, and that's why they're so cheap. I have an MSI blower-style GTX 980 Ti 6GB card. It was pulled from a decommissioned Dell Precision workstation. It was a great card! It was, because unfortunately one of the memory chips has failed so it will post but show garbled picture. I think I'm just going to give it away

  • @luca_under_limit
    @luca_under_limit Год назад +1

    I've had this card for over 10 years and I only changed it last year when its fan broke. It was one of my longer running cards and it was simply so good!

    • @Zerbey
      @Zerbey 8 месяцев назад

      Might be able to fix the fan, mine suddenly started having all kinds of weird performance issues that I traced to overheating, I just dismantled it and reapplied the thermal paste and it kept going strong until I finally retired it last year. Still sitting on a shelf waiting for me to put it in a future PC, may end up giving it to one of my kids.

  • @MarcosCodas
    @MarcosCodas Год назад

    You're also getting better at Elden Ring!

  • @skie6282
    @skie6282 8 месяцев назад +1

    For me it was always my little 4th gen intel thermal throttling my laptop. You can run 1080 for generations but a old cpu can't handle the new computer advancements. Today i have a i7 12700h with rtx 3060. I have faith itll last another decade

  • @Idtelos
    @Idtelos 9 месяцев назад

    I picked up a used Asus 980 Matrix for $60. Got it as backup for my rig that doesn't have integrated graphics and as a display model for my bookshelf. Glad it still peforms quite well at 1080p.

  • @xmcblxck
    @xmcblxck Год назад +6

    The 980 is simply an iconic card that nothing can compete with 💪. (except better cards)

    • @leanderent2805
      @leanderent2805 5 месяцев назад +1

      Sorry I own one of these but that one was funny lmao

  • @Aruneh
    @Aruneh Год назад +2

    Still have a 980Ti 6GB with a 4790, still works great!

  • @RuruFIN
    @RuruFIN Год назад

    Had the same Strix model few years ago. Should get one just as a collectible :) mine was overclocked to 1500/2000 though.

  • @fabianmennel4478
    @fabianmennel4478 Год назад

    I had this exact one, good ol days

  • @Arsonloke
    @Arsonloke Год назад +1

    This didn't surprise me at all. I still use 970s in budget builds and they preform great paired with an old 4th gen xeon.

  • @samixalam_
    @samixalam_ Год назад

    Brought my 980 back in 2014 at 12 from saving up years of birthday money for a Minecraft pc (ofc). It's that exact ASUS Strix spec.
    ... I'm still using it, and it's still smashing it!
    I do need an upgrade soon though

  • @alvaroyaeggy3540
    @alvaroyaeggy3540 Год назад

    What about a fsr/xess video for the GTX 980?

  • @Nathyt
    @Nathyt Год назад +1

    I also love all the mafia games, all of them are underrated imo, even mafia 3 which had some repetitive gameplay but an amazing story just like the previous two

  • @smileyuiop
    @smileyuiop 3 месяца назад

    bought a reference version of this card right at the edge of the mining price bubble (i.e. too much money, but probably the best deal I could find at the time) to replace a dust-clogged GTX 560. It was quite the upgrade at the time to pair with my aging i5 2500K. nice to know it might sing well enough in a newer system as well!

  • @EvilTurkeySlices
    @EvilTurkeySlices 10 месяцев назад +1

    I have this exact card in my 58 machine. It performs well still, and it’s a good mag h for the x5675. Although in some games it actually holds back the x5675(cyberpunk mostly)

  • @thundermincz
    @thundermincz Год назад

    been rocking this bad boy since 2015, it has served me well and can keep a decent 60-120 fps on FHD

  • @canny8228
    @canny8228 Год назад

    I'm not sure which older architecture chips you were referring to, but I still run my EVGA 980 paired with an i7-4790 (non-k) and I don't have any problems in 1080p.

  • @nerm_nelly
    @nerm_nelly Месяц назад

    I use one of these (reference version) and it just works for me :)

  • @eddyboicollins
    @eddyboicollins Год назад

    You finally made a video about my card! This beast from gpu was first bought by my friend in late 2014, he was pretty sad because he first bought 970 from the store by sort of mistake and then the store owner suggested that he'd add a little money and he could return it and get 980 instead, and from there his story with beast gaming started, till today! and in the end of her career I bought it from him for like 60$ and here I am using it, playing everything, either by lowering settings or using FSR and I am getting really nice experience!
    I was able to play gta 5 and 4 on 4k and I'm glad this card offered me 4k experience in some games!
    Even in forza!
    Thanks for talking about my gpu ♥ I have the MSI model by the way

    • @eddyboicollins
      @eddyboicollins Год назад

      As for GTA 5, I discovered not few days ago that you have to enable FXAA through nvidia control panel specially for gta 5 and have it disabled from the main settings or else FXAA will cause you issues with your visuals in some programs like VIsual Studio Code. FXAA really does a decent job especially in 1080p. That made me get rid of msaa and gain more fps and save temps!

  • @beetheimmortal
    @beetheimmortal Год назад

    One of my friends is still rocking a 980ti and he's never really had any problems with it. He's also using a 4k display and downsamples where necessary/reduces the framerate for a native 4k experience.

  • @lukejennings3128
    @lukejennings3128 Год назад

    Can you do a test for this card with a ryzen cpu.

  • @Reknilador
    @Reknilador Год назад

    Having a 980 in 2014 must have been amazing, it was a time when having a high end rig actually made sense, and it sure lasted a long time, you could keep it running till 2020

  • @yiannis777-l9c
    @yiannis777-l9c Год назад

    Bought the 980 Ti a year ago when all this crisis with gpus was a thing (still kinda is), works like a charm plays everything at 1080p, what a gem.

  • @desktopstu4145
    @desktopstu4145 Год назад

    I have a 980 in one of my many rigs here, this one is in the kids pc (i7 4970K, 16gb DDR3, Gainward GTX 980, 1tb SSD) and it plays everything they want. I occasionally use this pc to run World of Tanks and it does this at the highest of settings (though it may be in SD not HD mode, i dont recall now). The monotor used is a 1440 27".

  • @vadergb
    @vadergb Год назад

    My kids machines have an 980 and 980 ti in them. Still loads of legs in terms of performance, still supported drivers and great value.

  • @ypoora1
    @ypoora1 Год назад +1

    The 980 is a really solid GPU and has really held on, trading blows with the 6 gig 1060 and RX 4/580. It's really starting to fall behind now sadly.
    I had a reference card for what feels like ages and it was a great buy. The 1080 i upgraded to was an enormous leap though.

  • @leroyjenkins0736
    @leroyjenkins0736 Год назад

    I love how i have a rx 6900xt but stil love watching these video's i also love collecting card like the gtx titan and other rare cards

  • @Matt08719801
    @Matt08719801 Год назад

    proud owner of that version of the gtx 980 and also own a matrix edition of the old maxwell beast , maxwell has aged well in the long run

  • @keithlowe5512
    @keithlowe5512 Год назад

    My preference would be see results with fsr included as it's available to all cards.

  • @fpvDRE
    @fpvDRE Год назад

    still a great card totally agree have a 970 in my back up rig still goes well 👍

  • @tyrkukulkan
    @tyrkukulkan Год назад +2

    Great longevity, but it was expensive. Can't remember if you've revisited the 970 which was an absolute midrange monster. Great price, thermals, size, etc. I went for an R9 390 as I wanted to try out an all AMD build. Bit of a mistake on bot the CPU and GPU as the 2015 AM2+ CPU I bought was basically just as effective as my old Phenom II X4 from 2009... Bad purchase decicions were made.

  • @20Ratchet
    @20Ratchet Год назад +2

    Still using that i7-4790k and gtx 980 combo since 2015.

    • @pankoza2
      @pankoza2 5 месяцев назад +2

      that combo will serve you a good few years still, considering it's faster than my dead i5-9300H GTX1650 laptop

  • @DANGERTIM112
    @DANGERTIM112 Год назад +1

    Last week i went from my 980ti to a 4070, what a diffrence it made while being lower powered than the 980ti.

  • @nekoonweed
    @nekoonweed Год назад +1

    Wow, I forgot that it ran quite low on power compared to the 80 class cards of today 😅

  • @toyotamarkIIjz
    @toyotamarkIIjz 10 месяцев назад

    i have a 6700xt and i wanted to see if the amd drivers have been causing me some freezing issues lately.. i picked a 980 windforce up for 50 dollars and hopefully its js the amd drivers messing w my pc and not the motherboard or gpu itself..

  • @robertt9342
    @robertt9342 Год назад

    You might pair an i5 if you are upgrading in stages, or saving up for a better card, especially if your old one had broken.

  • @soapa4279
    @soapa4279 Год назад +3

    Man shows you can really stretch the life out of GPUs if you are willing to just dial some settings down. Good stuff

    • @lynackhilou4865
      @lynackhilou4865 Год назад +1

      Yeah even with modern gpus i think it's better to dial down the ultra settings to more optimised ones , you get 95% the same quality and sometimes a big performance boost

    • @soapa4279
      @soapa4279 Год назад +1

      @@lynackhilou4865 yeah exactly. I think marketing and stuff with "Ultra" and even to some degree "High" settings has really brainwashed us into worrying too much about fps numbers etc.
      I think if we just focus on playing the games as long as it's in a playable framerate, GPUs can really last a long time.

  • @BrownyTheGamer15052003
    @BrownyTheGamer15052003 Год назад

    still happy gaming & simming with gtx 660

  • @ibrahimMorteza
    @ibrahimMorteza Год назад

    i still use 980 on my main rig really happy with the performance

  • @bullockserveruk12345
    @bullockserveruk12345 Год назад

    I’ve still got a Gtx 970 paired with a i7 4770 and 16gb ram. It runs everything I need it to.

  • @Meowmus
    @Meowmus Год назад

    Right then boys, am I buying a GTX980 4gb or an Rx 480 8gb they are both £65 on cex or is there anything thst performs better for under £70? I'm cheap and looking to pair with my i5 4670k lol

  • @mikekangaroo1124
    @mikekangaroo1124 Год назад

    My loungeroom htpc is powered by a 4790k and one of my old 980's (I ran sli back in the day) and yeah it's still remarkably solid

  • @vinicius18103
    @vinicius18103 Год назад

    Still rocking a GTX 980 from EVGA. Considering to upgrade to a RX 6750 XT but not sure if I need to.

  • @magnusnilssonpost
    @magnusnilssonpost Год назад

    Still in The rig, it does The thing every day! Amazing 10 years 😂

  • @walter1824
    @walter1824 Год назад

    I`ve been thinking of building a very cheap PC but the Cases are so overpriced costing more than the entire setup
    Recommendations ?

  • @yassirmoaz1849
    @yassirmoaz1849 Год назад

    Good my friend

  • @Zerbey
    @Zerbey 8 месяцев назад

    I got a used 980-Ti around 2018, and it served me well until last year. Still a good card if you can find one cheap.

  • @tictechto
    @tictechto Год назад

    What makes it even better is the fact the maxwell card can be overclocked like hell, my 980 ti gaming 6g can sustain about 1550 mhz with crappy asic quailty back in the day.

  • @sagef0ur
    @sagef0ur 8 месяцев назад

    I bought me a 980 in January 2015 to go with a new build and thought I was pretty hot shit as my previous card was a 570. My single goal was to run the Witcher 3 at high frame rates when it came out and the 980 acquitted itself beautifully.

  • @bambaisbanned
    @bambaisbanned Год назад +1

    You should review the RTX 4060 when it comes out, 8GB GDDR6, 300 euros and 115W consumption

  • @Decenium
    @Decenium Год назад

    why use medium textures on Cyberpunk when it only uses sub 3 gb of vram?

  • @robertkubrick3738
    @robertkubrick3738 Год назад +1

    How would this compare to a RX580 8GB, considering the price for a new 580, I think it would be my choice.

  • @BryanTheFury
    @BryanTheFury Год назад

    I have several card of that kind of different manifacturer and even if it have 4 GB it's still a pretty solid card to use.

  • @dcikaruga
    @dcikaruga Год назад +2

    165W card though, recent GPU's have easily halved that performance per watt, so you'll still save some pennys on electricity bill. 😁

    • @sihamhamda47
      @sihamhamda47 Год назад

      The closest thing you get in nowadays GPU is the RX 6400, it's only consume 35-50 Watts and cost 120-150 USD now (you can get it for less than 120 bucks if you are lucky)
      Also there's some options like GTX 1650 and 1660 Super if you want more performance for roughly the same budget

  • @thefinalroman
    @thefinalroman Год назад

    Where's the overclocks? mine all did 1500+mhz and +200-600 memory..

  • @Ha1rD1aper
    @Ha1rD1aper Год назад

    pretty sure 900 series cards were the last generation with an analog out port. which is good for CRT retro gaming, while still having the ability to play some current games.

  • @natsulucky5031
    @natsulucky5031 Год назад

    what happened at 3:20 ? u got hit by a ghost or something ?

  • @PedroIgor
    @PedroIgor Год назад

    Incredible graphics card. I didn't expect this result, really.

  • @duzera8242
    @duzera8242 6 месяцев назад

    I have a Geforce 660 ti 2gb, an i5 3570 (3rd gen) and an Asus P8H77 V LE motherboard.........I play Disney Dreamlight Valley with the graphics on low, with this 980 I can play with the graphics at the high or ultra?

    • @ComradePenguinski
      @ComradePenguinski 6 месяцев назад

      It would probably be good for High settings.