10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

A mid to low level graphics card, the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 12.

What FPS performance can the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition get on latest AAA 2023 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. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 437 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

First we looked at 1080p resolution for the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition performance to explore what sort of benchmarks it would achieve on the popular title Far Cry 6 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 61 FPS, Medium: 48 FPS, High: 32 FPS and Ultra: 23 FPS. We proceeded to look at Battlefield 2042 to see how that compared and saw that it returned a weak 12 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 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Far Cry 6 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 46 FPS, Medium: 36 FPS, High: 25 FPS and Ultra: 18 FPS. We then checked the performance on Battlefield 2042 to see if that runs well. It was weak with a 9 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Running games at 1440p with a GeForce GTX 970 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition is in need of some graphics adjustments to get some stability, which means its not an ideal gaming resolution for this GPU.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac AMP! Omega 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 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition? There are no graphics cards on the current market that would provide a big enough increase in performance to warrant upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 Zotac AMP! Omega 4GB Edition.