10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

A mid to low level graphics card, the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 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 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 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. This card runs recommended graphics requirements of 440 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

Now onto the frame rates achieved at 1080p. We are seeing Dying Light 2 getting 25 FPS with the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 4GB Edition, Star Citizen predicted to get 53 FPS and Days Gone getting 47 frames per second. All run on Ultra at 1920x1080 screen res.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Dying Light 2 on the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 4GB Edition to see that it got a weak set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 50FPS, M: 40FPS, H: 27FPS, U: 19FPS. Another popular game to investigate at 1440p with this card was Star Citizen which we predicted will be playable in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 40 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Days Gone where its Ultra 1440p Frame rates were playable at 35 FPS. After a look at the popular games running at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 4GB Edition, this is a suitable graphics card for this larger screen res. In some cases we might expect some graphics option tweaks down from Ultra to High to help improve FPS stability when gaming at 1440p.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 4GB Edition in your PC? Our current calculations suggest a graphics card upgrade will be required in around 12-18 months

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 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 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 4GB Edition.