2 Aug 2020 - 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 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. In comparison to the game recommended requirements of the 1000 most demanding games played today this PC hardware can run 472.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte WindForce 3X OC 4GB Edition is running Horizon: Zero Dawn and delivering reasonable performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 46 frames per second. Comparing this to Marvel's Avengers which is predicted to get playable results, where it averages 30 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is Assassins Creed: Valhalla, which is predicted to run at 20 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 Horizon: Zero Dawn where it was playable. The frame rates it scored for the game presets were - Low: 93 FPS, Medium: 73 FPS, High: 49 FPS and Ultra: 35 FPS. We added Marvel's Avengers to our research and predict it will be weak with a 23 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And then researched Assassins Creed: Valhalla leading us to predict 16 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 not ideal and its more advisable to run modern games at 1080p resolution. But if you really want to play games at 1440p then you will likely have to make some graphical adjustments to improve game FPS stability.

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 852 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 945 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 44% better performance.