14 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 970 Asus Turbo OC 4GB Edition is a high performing piece of gaming hardware, still confidently featuring in PC gamer computers. Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 12 requirement.

Here is a performance review on how capable the GeForce GTX 970 Asus Turbo OC 4GB Edition is at running the more popular games of 2019. Specifically looking at this PC hardware’s ability to get suitable frames per second to play on Ultra game settings and what FPS it might get on 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen res. Of the 1000 most demanding recommended specs found in game requirements today, this gpu is more powerful than the graphics requirement of 646 games in todays list.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the GeForce GTX 970 Asus Turbo OC 4GB Edition can run Borderlands 3 at 1080p and saw it return reasonable frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 120 FPS, Medium: 95 FPS, High: 64 FPS and Ultra: 46 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Red Dead Redemption 2 returns a reasonable 46 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the GeForce GTX 970 Asus Turbo OC 4GB Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Borderlands 3 and saw it deliver playable frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 92 FPS, Medium: 72 FPS, High: 49 FPS and Ultra: 35 FPS. We then checked the performance on Red Dead Redemption 2 to see if that runs well. It was playable with a 35 FPS at Ultra 1440p. After a look at the popular games running at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 970 Asus Turbo OC 4GB Edition, this is a reasonable choice at this screen size. You can always tweak modern game graphics settings to help you get a better High graphics setting experience at 1440p.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 970 Asus Turbo OC 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 Asus Turbo OC 4GB Edition in your PC? Upgrade time for this GPU is currently placed at 2 years

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 970 Asus Turbo OC 4GB Edition? Are you looking to upgrade a GeForce GTX 970 Asus Turbo OC 4GB Edition? Then we would suggest getting a 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB, as it can run 897 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 36% increased graphics performance. Alternatively a good choice when looking to upgrade the GeForce GTX 970 Asus Turbo OC 4GB Edition would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB which meets 961 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 45% better performance.