GeForce GTX 970 4GB
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GeForce GTX 970 4GB Review
Overview
GeForce GTX 970 4GB is a high-end Graphics Card based on the second revision of the Maxwell architecture. Its relatively low release price and mind-blowing performance made it an extremely competitive product. Read below to know more.

Architecture
The Second variant of the Maxwell Architecture, despite being also manufactured with a 28nm technology, has an extremely large L2 Cache and features a Third Generation Delta Color Compression which allows NVIDIA to produce Graphics Cards with relatively small memory data transfer rates, without causing too much impact on the overall performance. Furthermore, the Shaders have been redesigned and are both more powerful and energy efficient.
The Second Revision of Maxwell also adds the VXGI (Voxel Global Illumination) Technology which makes scenes significantly more lifelike and believable as light interacts more realistically in the game environment and the MFAA Technology which provides the same effect as MSAA but at a much lower performance cost.

GPU
It equips a GPU codenamed GM204-200-A1 which has 13 SM activated and thus offers 1664 Shader Processing Units, 104 TMUs and 64 ROPs, on a 256-bit memory interface of fast GDDR5. The central unit runs at 1050MHz and goes up to 1178MHz, in Turbo Mode, while the memory clock operates at 1753MHz.

Features
DirectX 12.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for SLI, MFAA, VXGI, GameStream, G-SYNC, GPU Boost 2.0, GeForce Experience, PhysX and other technologies.

Cooling Solution
The Cooling Solution consists of a Single-Fan and is identical to the one seen on GeForce GTX 770. The Card is known to run cool and has a maximum operating temperature of 95ºC.

Power Consumption
With a rated board TDP of 145W, it requires at least a 500W PSU with two available 6-pin connectors.

Release Price
Pricing is lower than the one seen on its predecessors - $329.99 and makes it an extremely competitive product.

Performance
Gaming benchmarks prove that at 4K (3840x2160) GeForce GTX 970 4GB is over 25% faster than its predecessor and even beats GeForce GTX 780 in about 10%.

System Suggestions
We recommend a very strong processor (Intel Core i7 Quad Core/AMD FX Eight Core) and 12GB of RAM for a system with GeForce GTX 970 4GB.
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GeForce GTX 970 4GB Performance Specification
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Maxwell GM204-200-A1
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hyperx1337
01:18 Oct-18-2014
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Only 17% better than my OC'ed card. But this probably runs cooler and less TDP.

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ArmiinGM
17:23 Oct-15-2014
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my CPU is probably bottlenecking this one. anyone got an idea for a card that's futureproof but isn't bottlenecking the FX-6300 ?

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kibber440
18:19 Oct-15-2014
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If you overclock your FX-6300 the bottlececk will be unnoticable so no problem. (I have personal experience, sort of :p)

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ArmiinGM
18:21 Oct-15-2014
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Thanks for quick answer. I'm still undecided 'cause this card is pretty expensive in my country, but its still early for me to upgrade, im very pleased with this card.

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kibber440
19:57 Oct-15-2014
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I understand. good choice, the card is also very capable at your res :)

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ArmiinGM
20:19 Oct-15-2014
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Hey mate, did you overclock your CPU on stock cooler or aftermarket? And on what frequency Is it running ?
Bit off topic lol :D

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kibber440
22:07 Oct-15-2014
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Hey bro, yes I did it with the stock cooler, also I have a case fan blowing directly on the cpu to keep it nice and cool, I currently am running it on 4.3Ghz, but my peak was 4,7Ghz. although it ran pretty hot at that frequency :)

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ArmiinGM
22:16 Oct-15-2014
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Nice man. I have 4 case fans :D but a stock cooler on the cpu so im still a little scared to try and overclock it.
You did a great job with a stock cooler.

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kibber440
12:32 Oct-16-2014
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I get it, I was careful to :). But with that case fans and if you keep everything nice and dust clean, you also shouldn't have any problem with overclocking your CPU.. And thanks man :)

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consuminshadows
21:21 Oct-13-2014
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if i get this 970 4gb and a i7-5820k 3.30 ghz with 8 gigs of 2800 ram be good for the next two years or so :)?

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CrimsonWolf
22:12 Oct-13-2014
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Of course, perhaps even longer. At 1080p you should be able to max out everything for even longer. At higher resolutions you'd be doing pretty good right now, but I'm not sure for how long.

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synyster48
04:58 Oct-14-2014
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i already using it and with up to 2560x1440 resolution i got no problem to play crysis 3 or metro last light..really best price performance gpu currently..

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captivestraw
21:27 Oct-12-2014
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Seems like my overclocked 290 is a tiny bit better than this.

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Dr80103
14:19 Oct-15-2014
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R9 290 oc like yours eat 2x 970 watts :P so performance per watts is better :)

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paradoxtime
12:21 Oct-09-2014
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uuhhh, just a month ago I bought my new PC with gigabyte GPU gtx 760, and now this one came out… -_-, if I know this gonna happen better wait a month before buying the new PC :(

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tacese
12:46 Oct-09-2014
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like duude you just could have googled new hardware release dates the web was full of that

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paradoxtime
13:20 Oct-09-2014
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yup you're right, but even if I know new hardware release it isn't guaranteed it will also release in my country, and the price gonna be pricey compare to other especially EU/NA so the options it's kinda limited. :(

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synyster48
17:28 Oct-08-2014
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will my cpu bootleneck this?

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CrimsonWolf
21:23 Oct-08-2014
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Nope, I don't think so. It should be fine. :)

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synyster48
13:16 Oct-09-2014
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i already build new pc with this gpu then..tq sir

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Jakester9002
23:20 Oct-04-2014
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I want one now… but my wallet is dry -_-

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lute1234
00:02 Oct-05-2014
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:)

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tacese
08:51 Oct-05-2014
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i feel you :x i probably have to wait till xmas -.-


aint easy to decide a new kitchen or a new gpu haha

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farkyde
20:53 Oct-05-2014
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I guess this card is a bit too much for 1080p huh? Would I get some bottleneck with this one?

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Pip
20:54 Oct-05-2014

yes some and yes overkill for 1080p. A GTX 770 is sufficient for that.

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CrimsonWolf
20:57 Oct-05-2014
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Yeah, a GTX 770 will run anything you throw at it maxed at 1080p and usually at 40-60 fps except for games like Metro: Last Light or Crysis 3. With a GTX 770, you will have to turn down some of the crazy AA settings for these games, but everything else can be set to max and you'll have a lovely frame rate. A GTX 970 wouldn't have these problems.

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farkyde
21:37 Oct-05-2014
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I see, thank you both for the help :)

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captivestraw
01:22 Oct-04-2014
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This GPU is probably the best bang for the buck at the moment …

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Pip
09:40 Oct-04-2014

I am inclined to agree :D

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DoomFY23
09:36 Oct-02-2014
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Will this GPU bottleneck my CPU?

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lute1234
09:47 Oct-02-2014
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yes allot

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tacese
11:13 Oct-02-2014
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this is nothing for your rig you will need to buy a whole new one
u may keep drives and hdds and case but the rest is sure outdated - The PSU looks awesome to me

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