14 Oct 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition is only really challenged by the most demanding games released today, but normally it is more than capable of running games with a stable frame rate at 1080p. DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2020. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 253 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

A GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition card at 1080p is seeing a playable frame rate when running Baldurs Gate 3 on Ultra - 44 FPS. Lets look at the predicted performance it will get on Grand Theft Auto VI which is 21 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular Microsoft Flight Simulator performs on this hardware, which gets a reasonable 50 FPS.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition by playing Baldurs Gate 3 which yielded a playable performance. Its FPS results for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 88FPS, M: 69FPS, H: 46FPS, U: 33FPS. Another popular game we researched with this card was Grand Theft Auto VI and that was weak. This graphics card is predicted to deliver 16 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Microsoft Flight Simulator which gets playable results with a 38FPS on Ultra 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition is certainly a viable option for these higher gaming resolutions. Remember that if you suffer some 1440p FPS drops the you can usually tweak modern game graphics settings until you get a near High graphics setting experience with this Graphics card.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 970 Palit 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 Palit 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 Palit 4GB Edition? A great upgrade graphics card would be a 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB, which has 41% better performance and can run 825 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today. Alternatively a good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX 590 8GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 22% better and can meet 777 of their recommended requirements.