Palit GeForce GTX 980 NE5X980014G2-2042J

Prior to the release of the GeForce GTX 980 Ti, it was the GTX 980 (2048 stream processors) that was the flagship of the 900 line of NVIDIA video cards. Yes, now the GTX 980 is just a pre-flagship model, but it also costs much less than at the start of sales. And its performance is more than enough for "ultra" at FullHD and 2K resolution, and even has the potential for 4K.

Compared to the GTX 970, the GTX 980 already has a fair, unqualified 4 GB of VRAM and a quarter more stream processors. For reference, playing GTA V at FullHD and maximum graphics settings, including 250% texture resolution and 16x anti-aliasing, uses 3.5 GB of VRAM.

The Palit GeForce GTX 980 Super JetStream version turned out to be relatively short (only two fans instead of three), although it occupies two and a half slots in thickness. The cooling system casing has a conservative design, but at the same time painted in bright red. The fans are made transparent and have a soft white glow.

Interesting fact : Palit Microsystems is the world's largest manufacturer of graphics cards. The second or third place is shared between ASUS and Colorful (Chinese brand). The fourth and fifth places are occupied by Gigabyte and MSI, respectively.