18 Apr 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition graphics card as a serious price to performance entry point. This card will meet and play most demanding AAA games and do so with good graphics setting as standard, and confidently pushing past the recommended game system requirements needed to run today’s games. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 12.

What FPS performance can the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition get on latest AAA 2021 games? In particular our game review looks at the FPS achieved running on Ultra graphics settings on the 1080p screen resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. This graphics hardware can run 171 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

Running at 1080p this card gets a playable frame rate from Outriders with 29 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Far Cry 6 which is predicted to return a weak 13 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Battlefield 6 which we predict will get a playable 34 FPS.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition by playing Outriders which yielded a weak performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 57FPS, M: 45FPS, H: 30FPS, U: 22FPS. Another popular game we researched with this card was Far Cry 6 and that was weak. This graphics card is predicted to deliver 10 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Battlefield 6 which is predicted to get playable results with a 26FPS on Ultra 1440p. 1440p gaming on the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition is going to struggle to keep a solid FPS, but a modern game could have a few options tweaked to get it playable at this res but on low graphics settings.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition in your PC? We think this GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition has around 6-12 months until an upgrade should be considered.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition? If you want an upgrade suggestion for the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition then a good choice would be 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB as this is better than 789 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 37% better performance as well. Alternatively if you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 47% better and can run 906 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.