
How Many FPS Does Guild Wars 3 Get with GTX 980? Performance at 1080p, 1440p & 4K

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GTX 980 Specifications
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Guild Wars 3 benchmark on GTX 980: FPS by resolution and quality
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Guild Wars 3 FPS with a GTX 980 and a Intel Core i5-13400
| Quality | 1080p (Full HD) | 1440p (2K) | 4K (Ultra HD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ultra | 22FPS min 20Poor | 14FPS min 13Unplayable | 6FPS min 5Unplayable |
| High | 28FPS min 25Poor | 18FPS min 16Poor | 8FPS min 7Unplayable |
| Medium | 37FPS min 33Acceptable | 24FPS min 21Poor | 10FPS min 9Unplayable |
| Low | 47FPS min 42Acceptable | 31FPS min 28Acceptable | 13FPS min 12Unplayable |
| Bottleneck (estimated) | GPU 66% | GPU 77% | GPU 91% |
The percentage estimates how much of the stronger component's capability goes unused because of the other one.
It makes no difference which processor you have: with the GTX 980 in Guild Wars 3 the graphics card is always the brake. Swapping CPU would not gain you a single frame — put the money into the card.
FSR performance: FPS with AI upscaling
Upscaling renders Guild Wars 3 at a lower internal resolution and reconstructs the image, so you trade a little sharpness for extra frames. These are the estimated figures for the GTX 980 with FSR enabled, starting from its native Ultra FPS.
| Resolution | Native | FSR Quality | FSR Performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p | 22 | 28 | 32 |
| 1440p | 14 | 19 | 23 |
| 4K | 6 | 9 | 11 |
About ray tracing: every figure on this page is with ray tracing off. The GTX 980 has no dedicated hardware for it, so it is an option best left disabled.
Estimated figures. The real gain varies by game and by the version of the technology.
Is the CPU or the graphics card holding you back?
These FPS assume a mid-range CPU that isn't a bottleneck — roughly a Intel Core i5-13400 — and 16 GB of RAM.
Here the graphics card is the brake: the GTX 980 is what caps the frame rate in Guild Wars 3. A faster processor would hardly change the result.
Is the GTX 980 Enough for Guild Wars 3?
The GTX 980 delivers 22 FPS at 1080p Ultra in Guild Wars 3. This GPU is not enough for Guild Wars 3 at this resolution. We recommend a more powerful GPU.
At 1440p it gets 14 FPS and at 4K 6 FPS at Ultra quality.
This GPU does not reach 60 FPS at 1080p Ultra
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