Is the GTX 980 still good for gaming in 2018??

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Elf_Knight

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Can it run games like Assassin's Creed: Origins, Battlefield 1, Middle-Earth: Shadow of War and the upcoming Far Cry 5? Also can it run Kingdom: Come Deliverance? I want to play games on High-Ultra settings at 1080p. Going to pair it with an i5 LGA 1150 CPU probably the i5 4590 or the i7 4770k if I can find one at a good price. I want to get a GTX 1060 but they are so expensive nowadays and I have seen some GTX 980's close to the 260 pound price mark which I might consider.
 
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980 is still enough for serious gamer.
I would say its a bit better than 1060, but that depends on what you do.
Even 680 still can play AAA around mid/low (similar to 1050 ti)
highest tier cards don't stop being good overnight.
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980 is still enough for serious gamer.
I would say its a bit better than 1060, but that depends on what you do.
Even 680 still can play AAA around mid/low (similar to 1050 ti)
highest tier cards don't stop being good overnight.
 
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Thanks guys! I will look at my budget but I found some cheap GTX 1060 3gb. Which is better the 3gb GTX 1060 or a 4gb GTX 980? Would it be worth it to do 980's in SLI or should I save up for a GTX 980Ti? A GTX 1070 is way too expensive at the moment.
 
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Always get a single better card instead of doing a multi gpu config due to the lack of support and inconsistancy with it.

A 980 performs a bit better than a 1060 6gb. The 3gb 1060 is about 10% slower than the 6gb version.
Just make sure to not spend more or almost the same on the 980 as the price of a 1060. Keep in mind that it is used and is older therefor no guarantee how long it will last.
 
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Don't SLI anything, mostly not worth it and very few games gain from it. 1060 3GB should be fine for quite some time, I would go for it as its lower power for same performance.

 
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