Maxwell 2.0 · 2015
The GTX 980 Ti sat at the top of NVIDIA's Maxwell desktop stack in 2015, with 2816 cores, 6GB of GDDR5 on a 384-bit bus and a 250W TDP that demanded a serious power supply and case airflow.
It was a true flagship at launch - capable 4K gaming in many titles of the period and a strong 1440p card for years afterward - and it remains one of the more fondly remembered high-end GPUs of the mid-2010s, even if its benchmark numbers have since been overtaken by far more efficient modern silicon.
Comfortable 1080p gaming and everyday creative tasks.
6 GB GDDR5 memory.
Push performance beyond base clock.
PCIe 3.0 x16
Mainstream desktop power draw with solid headroom for upgrades.
The NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti is a mid-range dedicated GPU with 6GB of GDDR5 memory, suited to mainstream gaming and everyday graphics tasks.