20 Feb 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the GeForce GTX 970 Galax OC 4GB Edition graphics card as a serious price to performance entry point. This card will meet and play most demanding AAA games and do so with good graphics setting as standard, and confidently pushing past the recommended game system requirements needed to run today’s games. DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

How well will the GeForce GTX 970 Galax OC 4GB Edition run 2021 games? We will take a look at the biggest releases and frames per second analysis on Ultra graphics settings. The GeForce GTX 970 Galax OC 4GB Edition can run the recommended graphics system requirements for 324 games today, of the top 1000 most demanding.

Running at 1080p this card is predicted to get a weak frame rate from Far Cry 6 with 15 FPS on Ultra. Then we take a look at Valheim which returns a reasonable 46 FPS. Another title that we looked at is the popular Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War which we saw getting a reasonable 53 FPS.

With PC gamers looking for larger screen sizes like 1440p we tested the GeForce GTX 970 Galax OC 4GB Edition by researching Far Cry 6 leading us to predict a weak performance. Its FPS predictions for the graphics settings are as follows - L: 30FPS, M: 24FPS, H: 16FPS, U: 11FPS. Another popular game we tested with this card was Valheim and that was playable. This graphics card delivered 35 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Another popular title was Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War which gets playable results with a 40FPS on Ultra 1440p. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the GeForce GTX 970 Galax OC 4GB Edition we get the impression that it 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 Galax OC 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 Galax OC 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 Galax OC 4GB Edition? Are you looking to upgrade a GeForce GTX 970 Galax OC 4GB Edition? Then we would suggest getting a 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB, as it can run 800 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 34% increased graphics performance. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB, which has 44% better performance and can run 908 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.