14 Oct 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

While some games have more powerful requirements than this GPU, the GeForce GTX 970 Point of View 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. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 12.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the GeForce GTX 970 Point of View 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 252 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

Running at 1080p this card is predicted to get a playable frame rate from Watch Dogs Legion with 44 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Phasmophobia which returns a reasonable 50 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Grand Theft Auto VI which we predict will get a weak 21 FPS.

We move on to 1440p, and predict that Watch Dogs Legion will deliver playable FPS results. Here are the graphic presets - Low: 88 FPS, Medium: 69 FPS, High: 46 FPS and Ultra: 33 FPS. Next we have Phasmophobia running on GeForce GTX 970 Point of View 4GB Edition which gets L: 101FPS, M: 79FPS, H: 53FPS, U: 38FPS. And for performance contrast the popular Grand Theft Auto VI is predicted to get L: 41FPS, M: 33FPS, H: 22FPS, U: 16FPS at 1440p. Gaming at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 970 Point of View 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 Point of View 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 Point of View 4GB Edition in your PC? This GeForce GTX 970 Point of View 4GB Edition card has 12 to 18 months of latest AAA game play left in it before upgrading should be considered

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 970 Point of View 4GB Edition? If you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 41% better and can run 825 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games. Alternatively if you want an upgrade suggestion for the GeForce GTX 970 Point of View 4GB Edition then a good choice would be R-500 Series Radeon RX 590 8GB as this is better than 777 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 22% better performance as well.