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| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 970M 3GB | GeForce GTX 770M |
| Hitman 3 | 107% | 242% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 59% | 163% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 46% | 140% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 59% | 163% |
| FIFA 21 | 20% | 33% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 124% | 270% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 41% | 133% |
| Genshin Impact | 59% | 163% |
| Far Cry 6 | 130% | 280% |
| The Medium | 99% | 228% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M 3GB are significantly better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 770M.
The GTX 970M has a 113 MHz higher core clock speed and the same number of Texture Mapping Units as the GeForce GTX 770M. This results in the GTX 970M providing 9 GTexel/s better texturing performance. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 970M has a 113 MHz higher core clock speed and 24 more Render Output Units than the GeForce GTX 770M. This results in the GTX 970M providing 24.9 GPixel/s better pixeling performance. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 970M was released over a year more recently than the GeForce GTX 770M, and so the GTX 970M is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the GeForce GTX 770M.
The GeForce GTX 970M 3GB and the GeForce GTX 770M have the same amount of video memory, but are likely to provide slightly different experiences when displaying game textures at high resolutions.
The GTX 970M has 24.1 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GeForce GTX 770M, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 970M is slightly better than the GeForce GTX 770M.
The GeForce GTX 970M 3GB has 1280 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 770M has 960. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 970M is 1794 and the actual shader performance of the GeForce GTX 770M is 779. The GTX 970M having 1015 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 970M delivers a significantly smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GeForce GTX 770M.
The GeForce GTX 970M 3GB requires 81 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 770M requires 75 Watts. The GTX 970M requires 6 Watts more than the GeForce GTX 770M to run. The difference is not significant enough for the GTX 970M to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the GeForce GTX 770M.
| Core Speed | 924 MHz |  | vs | 811 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1038 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Architecture | Maxwell GM204 | Kepler GK106-N14E-GS-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | Fair |
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| Driver Support | Great |
| vs | Good | |
| Release Date | 07 Oct 2014 | | vs | 30 May 2013 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 10
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vs | 8.4
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| 1920x1080 | 8.4
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vs | 6.5
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| 2560x1440 | 6.1
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vs | 4.4
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| 3840x2160 | 4.5
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vs | 2.7
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| Memory | 3072 MB | | vs | | 3072 MB |
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| Memory Speed | 1253 MHz | | vs | 1002 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 192 Bit | | vs | | 192 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 120.3GB/sec | | vs | 96.2GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 2048 KB | |
vs | 384 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | yes | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
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0% |
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| Shader Processing Units | 1280 | | vs | 960 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 86% | | vs | 37% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 80 | | vs | | 80 |
| Texture Rate | 73.9 GTexel/s | | vs | 64.9 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 48 | | vs | 24 | |
| Pixel Rate | 44.4 GPixel/s | | vs | 19.5 GPixel/s | |
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| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 4096x2160 | | vs | | 4096x2160 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 81 Watts | vs | | 75 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | 12.0 | |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | | 4.5 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
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| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i7-4930MX 4-Core 3.0GHz | vs | | Intel Core i7-4700MQ 4-Core 2.4GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | | 8 GB |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | | vs | | 1920x1080 |
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce GTX 970M 3GB is a high-end Mobile Graphics Card based on the second revision of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture The Second variant of the Maxwell Architecture, despite being also manufactured with a 28nm technology, has an extremely large L2 Cache and features a Third Generation Delta Color Compression which allows NVIDIA to produce Graphics Cards with relatively small memory data transfer rates, without causing too much impact on the overall performance. Furthermore, the Shaders have been redesigned and are both more powerful and energy efficient. The Second Revision of Maxwell also adds the VXGI (Voxel Global Illumination) Technology which makes scenes significantly more lifelike and believable as light interacts more realistically in the game environment and the MFAA Technology which provides the same effect as MSAA but at a much lower performance cost. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed GM204 which has 10 SM activated and thus offers 1280 Shader Processing Units, 80 TMUs and 48 ROPs. The central unit runs at 924MHz and goes up to 993MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 3GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 192-bit memory interface. The memory clock operates at 1253MHz. The frame buffer size is adequate and any extra memory wouldn't add any extra performance. Features DirectX 12.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for SLI, GameStream, G-SYNC, GPU Boost 2.0, GeForce Experience, PhysX and other technologies. Temperature The Card is known to run cool. However, ultimately, it all depends on the notebook's cooling system. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 81W, it will only be equipped in large notebooks. Performance Benchmarks indicate its performance is over 10% faster than GeForce GTX 880M. Therefore, it should even surpass GeForce GTX 760 and be around as fast as desktop GeForce GTX 670. GeForce GTX 970M is therefore the second fastest mobile Graphics Card as of October 2014 and AMD's Radeon R9 M290X is beaten in over 20%. System Suggestions We recommend a very strong processor (Intel Core i7 Mobile Quad Core) and 8GB of RAM for a notebook with GeForce GTX 970M 6GB. | Overview GeForce GTX 770M is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the first revision of the Kepler Architecture. Architecture The Kepler Architecture was NVIDIA's big step to power efficiency. Each Stream Multiprocessor (SMX) now hosts 192 Shader Processing Units - against the 48 of older Fermi Architecture, and has been redesigned being now clocked at the same speed of the Central Unit. This means they are more energy efficient and will consequently lead to cooler operating temperatures. However, it also means they are weaker. It can be said that one Fermi SMX is as fast as 2 Kepler SMXs. Additionally, and not available in all GPUs, Kepler also introduced the Boost Clock Feature. The Boost Clock is an even higher Clock Speed activated when in gaming mode and becomes the effective speed of the GPU. GPU It equips a GPU Codenamed Kepler GK106-N14E-GS-A1 which has 5 Stream Multiprocessors activated and thus offers 960 Shader Processing Units, 80 TMUs and 24 ROPs. The Central Unit is clocked at 811MHz. Memory The GPU accesses a 3GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 192-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and no way benefits the GPU. The Memory Clock Operates at 1002MHz. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for SLI, Kepler Boost, Optimus, CUDA, OpenCL, DirectCompute, 3D Vision Surround, PhysX, Realtime Raytracing and other technologies Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 75W, it is suited for large laptops. Performance GeForce GTX 770M is essentially a fast GeForce GTX 675MX. Gaming benchmarks indicate its performance is slightly better than the older GeForce GTX 675MX. System Suggestions We recommend a Powerful Processor (Intel Core i7 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with GeForce GTX 770M. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||