GTX 970 with i7-4770K benchmarks at Ultra Quality settings
At 1440p, GTX 970 can hit 50-60 fps on pretty much everything at ultra, just without antialiasing, less ambient occlusion and turned down shadows. It is clear that the GTX 970 is a significantly more capable high-end card that can play AAA titles at 1080p/1440p with 50-60 frames per second. With regards to max load temperature, the GTX 970 's cooling is excellent at keeping it cool and under control. This combination between GTX 970 and Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz has less than 8% bottleneck in many games and is perfect match to avoid FPS loss. This combination between GTX 970 and Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz is a perfect match to avoid FPS loss. With current 4096 MB RAM, the GTX 970 can have very few memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games.
The release year of the graphics card. The newer the better technology and performance optimization and
driver support.
Year
2016
2019
13
2015
2016
11
2014
2015
8
2013
2014
4
2007
2013
2
The price of the graphics card. The cheaper the better.
Price
0
250
35
250
400
30
400
550
25
550
650
15
650
9999
5
Power Supply Wattage required for overall system. The lower the better.
PSU
0
350
4
350
450
4
450
550
3
550
650
2
650
9999
1
Maximum recorded temperature under load. The lower the better for longer life of the graphics card.
Temp
0
70
2
70
75
2
75
80
1
80
85
1
85
999
1
Noise Levels under load. The lower the better.
Noise
0
45
2
45
48
2
48
50
2
50
55
1
55
999
1
Full HD performance at 1080p resolution. The higher the better.
FHD
60
9999
18
55
60
13
45
55
11
35
45
7
0
35
5
Quad HD performance at 1440p resolution. The higher the better.
QHD
60
9999
10
55
60
8
45
55
5
35
45
4
0
35
2
4K performance at 2160p resolution. The higher the better.
F4K
60
9999
5
55
60
4
45
55
3
35
45
2
0
35
1
Current CPU Impact on performance with respect to the highest performing CPU used for benchmark at the
time this graphics card was released.
CPU
-5
9999
5
-7
-5
4
-10
-7
3
-15
-10
2
-9999
-15
1
Graphics card memory (RAM) capacity. The higher the better for higher resolution textures and future
demanding games.
MEM
8
9999
5
4
8
4
2
4
3
1
2
2
0
1
1
FROM
TO
VERDICT
The overall score is determined based on the calculated weightings for the individual components.
OVERALL SCORE
80
99
Excellent
70
80
Very Good
60
70
Good
40
60
Acceptable
0
40
Weak
66/100
Good
The GTX 980 might be the high-end flagship of the latest Maxwell 2.0 set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most mid-range PC gamers. On the other hand, the GTX 970 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 329. NVIDIA ’s xx70 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Maxwell 2.0 graphics card inside the GTX 970, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The GTX 970 is much more cheaper than the GTX 770 as it costs $ 329. Compare this to the GTX 770, which came originally at a price of $ 399. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the R9 290X which costs $ 549. The GTX 970 has 4 GB RAM compared to the GTX 770 's 2 GB video memory.
In our synthetic benchmarks, the GTX 970 blows past the GTX 770 and, amazingly, even the GTX 780 as well. Unfortunately, gaming performance was not quite as impressive. Even if the GTX 970 consistently delivers frame rate increases over the GTX 770, the gain is not much to justify an upgrade.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Battlefield V, Fallout 76, World War Z, Apex Legends, Forza Horizon 4 at 60 fps to 63 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 62 fps.
The GTX 970 sits between the RX 570 and the RX 470, falling slower than RX 570 by 1.9% and faster than RX 470 by 2.7%. It falls short in relative performance against most of the graphics card here. Its results are actually indistinguishable from those of the RX 570. Compared to its higher sibling, the GTX 970 was much slower than the GTX 980 by more than 20%.
The GTX 970 sits between the GTX 1060 3GB and the R9 Nano, falling slower than GTX 1060 3GB by 5% and faster than R9 Nano by 0.6%. It has an average relative performance against every graphics card here. The GTX 970's performance in this game hovers around the 60fps mark. The GTX 970 averaged 63.4 fps in , topping the R9 290X by a good margin.
The GTX 970 sits between the GTX 1060 3GB and the GTX 780 Ti, falling slower than GTX 1060 3GB by 1.8% and faster than GTX 780 Ti by 15%. It falls short in relative performance against most of the graphics card here. Its results are actually indistinguishable from those of the GTX 1060 3GB.
The GTX 970 sits between the R9 390X and the R9 390, falling slower than R9 390X by 3.2% and faster than R9 390 by 1.1%. It has an average relative performance against every graphics card here. The GTX 970 averaged 47.5 fps in , topping the R9 290X by a good margin. Compared to its higher sibling, the GTX 970 was much slower than the GTX 980 by more than 20%.
The GTX 970 sits between the RX 470 and the GTX 780 Ti, falling slower than RX 470 by 2.6% and faster than GTX 780 Ti by 19.8%. It falls short in relative performance against most of the graphics card here. The GTX 970's performance in this game hovers around the 60fps mark. Its results are actually indistinguishable from those of the RX 470.
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 specs. The GTX 970 is pared back from the 980 in many ways - core count drops down from 2048 to 1664, while max boost clocks are diminished 1216MHz to 1178MHz.
In a worst case scenario, the GTX 970 will be 19% slower than the GTX 980, but we are willing to bet it'll be quicker than that. Nvidia's pricing scheme for these new Maxwell GPUs already seems off.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 are somewhat similar. The cards share the same 4GB frame buffer and GM204 GPU, but the GTX 970’s GPU is clocked a bit lower and features fewer active SMs ...
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Nvidia shows us what second-gen Maxwell architecture can do with its new GM204 chip and the GeForce GTX 970 and 980 graphics cards that wield it.
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Compared to the GTX 770 that the GTX 970 replaces, this is a welcome and much needed upgrade from what has been the 2GB VRAM standard that NVIDIA has held to for the last two and a half years.
No estoy de acuerdo con sus benchmarks, yo tengo una gtx 970 y con un i5-3330 un procesador bastante viejo, y que el ryzen lo supera en muchos aspectos, el the withcer 3 lo jugaba en ultra entre 55-60 fps, csgo a unos 250 fps, rocket lo tengo limitado pero fácil 200 fps llega, no estoy totalmente de acuerdo con sus benchmarks
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