14 Oct 2020 - 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 2020 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 311 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

Running at 1080p this card is predicted to get a reasonable frame rate from Watch Dogs Legion with 45 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War which is predicted to return a playable 42 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Baldurs Gate 3 which we saw getting a reasonable 45 FPS.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition by researching Watch Dogs Legion leading us to predict a playable performance. Its FPS predictions for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 91FPS, M: 71FPS, H: 48FPS, U: 34FPS. Another popular game we researched with this card was Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and that was playable. This graphics card is predicted to deliver 32 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Baldurs Gate 3 which gets playable results with a 34FPS on Ultra 1440p. 1440p gaming on the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac 4GB Edition is a reasonable choice for most modern games at 1440p, but you may encounter some need to adjust graphics settings down from Ultra to High in some cases to improve gaming stability.

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? 12-18 months of top end gaming is still left in this graphics card

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 825 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 927 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games.