18 Apr 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

The GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition SLI will blast beyond the majority of games requirements at 1080p, so crank up your screen resolution to 1440p or 4K and let the beautiful AAA game visuals wash over you. This is how gaming is meant to be played but you are likely to have to pay top dollar for the GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition SLI privilege. But if you can get this graphics solution, then its happy gaming. DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

Lets look at the GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition SLI game performance guide for some of the biggest games played in 2021. In particular we will see how well this graphics card runs on Ultra settings on 1080p 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 933 of the games’ recommended graphics requirements.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition SLI can run Age of Empires IV at 1080p and predict it will return good frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 189 FPS, Medium: 149 FPS, High: 100 FPS and Ultra: 72 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Battlefield 6 is predicted to return a good 66 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we researched Age of Empires IV on the GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition SLI and predict it will get a reasonable set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra predictions at 1440p - L: 144FPS, M: 113FPS, H: 76FPS, U: 55FPS. Another popular game to investigate at 1440p with this card was Battlefield 6 which we predicted will be reasonable in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 50 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Resident Evil 8 where its predicted Ultra 1440p Frame rates were playable at 42 FPS. Gaming at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition SLI is a good choice of hardware for increased screen resolution gaming. We can see this graphics card is capable of delivering reliable frame rates at Ultra and certainly High graphics settings at 1440p.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition SLI graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition SLI in your PC? This gpu has around 2+ years of running AAA recommended system requirements before any upgrades should be considered.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 970 MSI Gaming 4GB Edition SLI? If you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the 20 Series GeForce RTX 2080. This PC hardware upgrade performs 23% better and can run 995 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5950, which has 21% better performance and can run 995 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.