GTX 980 - maxed out 1440p@144hz

[infestedchris]

GPU maxed out with everything off and on the lowest settings.
My average FPS is 70 in game.

No AA
low everything
1440p @ 144hz on 32" monitor
Normal GTX980 nothing over clocked.

[Sagnol]

whats ur cpu

[Raider Deci]

Ok. Your point?


The 980 is a good card, but its getting old and barely hanging on if you want decent settings and not low. Atleast if you have a decent processor. I could get around 60 fps with most things on high (no aa ofc) on a 1080p monitor, but it takes alot tweaking with settings and its that for most games on that card now.


I just replaced my old 980 with a 2070, a 980 is not keeping up anymore.

[Chispon]

A GPU being maxed out is normal, specially for an old card like the GTX 980 and 1440p.
The only instance your GPU would not be maxed out is when your CPU is a bottleneck or you are locking your FPS.

[poopie pants]

I have a 1060 superclocked with 6gb dedicated ram, 6 core amd processor 3.4ghz and mine bottlenecks on medium settings with a 1080p monitor. I think its just a very demanding game pal only fix is better pc specs. Using ssd will probably prevent game stuttering a lot more

[infestedchris]

Intel Core i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz cpu.
This is the only game that maxes out like this. I think it's the game not optimized. I play RDR2 just fine, on low settings. GTA5 on med settings just fine. I was just playing the Division 2 with no hiccups.

[_Synt3rax_]

Originally posted by infestedchris:

Intel Core i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz cpu.
This is the only game that maxes out like this. I think it's the game not optimized. I play RDR2 just fine, on low settings. GTA5 on med settings just fine. I was just playing the Division 2 with no hiccups.

seems like your problem is not ghz but cooling the cpu i get over 200 fps stable,Borderlands 3 is one of the best optimized games if ever played
On the other hand RDR2 if one game with some of the worst optimization ive ever seen at least on launch,my brother couldnt reach 60fps on mid on an gtx1080ti.......and seeing that you play rdr2 and gta not on higher settings and saying BL3 is bad optimized makes it even more clear that the cpu needs an upgrade

[infestedchris]

Originally posted by _Synt3rax_:

Originally posted by infestedchris:

Intel Core i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz cpu.
This is the only game that maxes out like this. I think it's the game not optimized. I play RDR2 just fine, on low settings. GTA5 on med settings just fine. I was just playing the Division 2 with no hiccups.

seems like your problem is not ghz but cooling the cpu i get over 200 fps stable,Borderlands 3 is one of the best optimized games if ever played
On the other hand RDR2 if one game with some of the worst optimization ive ever seen at least on launch,my brother couldnt reach 60fps on mid on an gtx1080ti.......and seeing that you play rdr2 and gta not on higher settings and saying BL3 is bad optimized makes it even more clear that the cpu needs an upgrade

I am not having problems with FPS. I am proving that playing RDR2 (yes i know how bad optimize it is) that my GPU is not maxing out. I get 45fps on my 1440p monitor and 60 on 1080. But it don't blow up my GPU to 100%.

And I can't escape it by lowering the visuals any more then it is.

CPU: AMD FX-8350 | Intel i5-3570 or better.
RAM: 6GB RAM.
HDD: 75 GB available space.
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB or better.
OS: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit with latest service pack.
Screen Resolution: 1920×1080.

thats the min specs just in case

[infestedchris]

Now when I put the game in 1080P or render the game down to 50% it does help sometimes. But now I get this up and down FPS issue. It is more choppy. I just can't win

[_Synt3rax_]

Originally posted by infestedchris:

Originally posted by _Synt3rax_:

seems like your problem is not ghz but cooling the cpu i get over 200 fps stable,Borderlands 3 is one of the best optimized games if ever played
On the other hand RDR2 if one game with some of the worst optimization ive ever seen at least on launch,my brother couldnt reach 60fps on mid on an gtx1080ti.......and seeing that you play rdr2 and gta not on higher settings and saying BL3 is bad optimized makes it even more clear that the cpu needs an upgrade

I am not having problems with FPS. I am proving that playing RDR2 (yes i know how bad optimize it is) that my GPU is not maxing out. I get 45fps on my 1440p monitor and 60 on 1080. But it don't blow up my GPU to 100%.

And I can't escape it by lowering the visuals any more then it is.

CPU: AMD FX-8350 | Intel i5-3570 or better.
RAM: 6GB RAM.
HDD: 75 GB available space.
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB or better.
OS: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit with latest service pack.
Screen Resolution: 1920×1080.

thats the min specs just in case

Thats the min specs to start the game,with such a pc you wouldnt even reach 30 fps.....

[jmoney]

A little under spec'd there, sorry bud. Upgrade time. That card came out in 2014...

[infestedchris]

What card do you recommend? 1660 TI? Or 2070 Super?

[LordOfTheBread]

If you can find a 1080 / 1080ti hell even a 1070/1070ti or a RX 580 8gb on the cheap it will be enough while waiting for the next GPU generation. I think the 20xx series of card are way too expensive in front of the increase of performance since Pascal.

I have a 1070 and run the game at 80 - 90fps in medium/high. That will do until they release cards that I want to spend my money on.

I think the 980 is not a bad card per say but the 4gb memory is what hurts it in newer games.

[infestedchris]

Thoughts on 2060 Super? newegg for 439? Also a 2TB SSD - the intel 660p series m.2 2280

[LordOfTheBread]

It is an increase of about 60% so yea it is worth it.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-2060S-Super-vs-Nvidia-GTX-980/4049vs2576

[Sagnol]

Bro ur pc its outdated for this game... 980 is a super old card and the 4790 which i owned before a year uses ddr3 which is super slow, aside from that low settings is normal for this game at 1440p