Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe

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The GTX 980 is an absolutely stunning graphics card that delivers on many of Nvidia's promises (namely the 2x + performance of the GTX 680) and does it at an absolutely amazing level of power. But that's not even the best part, Nvidia released this card t...

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Superb performance
Flexible display outputs
Overclocks well
Can get noisy under load
High street price
No memory overclock

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Although I didn't spend much time playing Batman: Arkham Origins, I remember the game rather well after testing it on no less than 30 graphics cards and 20 CPUs. Arkham Origins appeared to take full advantage of Unreal Engine 3, it ran smoothly on...

By TechSpot on June 26, 2015

If you wanted to show off today's best PC gaming graphics, which title would you choose? There are many games to consider, but 2013's Battlefield 4 stands out as a prime candidate, perhaps along with Dragon Age: Inquisition that is also powered by the...

By TechSpot on February 13, 2015

Nvidia's board partners are in a good position with the GTX 980. It's the fastest single GPU card available, so almost any variant is going to be worthy of envy and an awesome upgrade if you can afford it. Even so, Gigabyte's GTX 980 G1 Gaming is on the...

By Bit-tech.net on October 02, 2014

Gigabyte is amongst the select NVIDIA board partners that offer new Maxwell based high-end graphics cards from day one. The GTX 980 G1 Gaming ships with Gigabyte's latest Windforce cooler, which should be well capable of keeping the card cool at low...

By Ocaholic on September 19, 2014

Companies engaged in producing aftermarket GeForce GTX 980 cards need to balance performance against cost. Gigabyte charges a £70 premium for the G1 Gaming version of the GPU, outfitted with a WindForce 3X 600W cooler and an elevated core speed....

By HEXUS.net on September 29, 2014

Nvidia's GTX 980 is now official and with it comes the wonders of the Maxwell architecture for high-end desktop users. In this review we are taking a look at Gigabyte's custom cooled G1 Gaming GTX 980 graphics card, pictured above, but we encourage you...

By eTeknix on September 19, 2014

Today NVIDIA launch their latest GPUs, and in our GeForce GTX 980 Review we take a first look at that card, focusing on key features and performance, as well as a couple of lower priced GTX 970 variants.NVIDIA go with a tried and trusted look for the GTX...

By HardwareHeaven on September 19, 2014

Nvidia introduced its newest graphics architecture, code-named Maxwell, about seven months ago in the mid-range GeForce GTX 750 and 750 Ti. While those cards don't deliver the high performance of a flagship gaming rig, they introduce unheard of energy...

By Tom's Hardware on September 19, 2014

Nvidia debuted its GeForce 700 series back in February of 2013 with the 2688 CUDA core GeForce GTX Titan. A few months later they followed up with the GeForce GTX 770 and GTX 780, while the flagship GeForce GTX 780 Ti was released 9 months later boasting...

By Legion Hardware on September 18, 2014

The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 G1 Gaming is one that leverages on the strengths and power efficiency of the second generation Maxwell architecture. And this is seen from our tests that it is the fastest single GPU graphics card whose reputation has been...

By hardwarezone.com.sg on October 09, 2014

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Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCIe

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