22 Jan 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 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. GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 4GB Edition is capable of DirectX 12 gaming requirements.

What FPS performance can the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 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. In comparison to the game recommended requirements of the 1000 most demanding games played today this PC hardware can run 354.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 4GB Edition is running Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and delivering reasonable performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 53 frames per second. Comparing this to Grand Theft Auto VI which is predicted to get playable results, where it averages 25 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is FIFA 21, which is running at 130 frames per second.

People are turning their increasingly more powerful graphics cards to the popular 1440p screen size so we tested the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 4GB Edition to see how it performs on 1440p. First off we have looked at Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War where it was playable. The frame rates it scored for the game presets were - Low: 106 FPS, Medium: 83 FPS, High: 56 FPS and Ultra: 40 FPS. We added Grand Theft Auto VI to our research and predict it will be weak with a 19 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And then tested FIFA 21 which got 99 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 4GB Edition we get the impression that it is a reliable performer at this larger resolution for modern games. The graphics card will be good to run 1440p on Ultra or High settings.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 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 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 4GB Edition? A good choice when looking to upgrade the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 4GB Edition would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB which meets 813 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 34% better performance. Alternatively a good choice when looking to upgrade the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 4GB Edition would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB which meets 917 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 44% better performance.