14 Oct 2020 - Graphics card reviewed

Gamers upgrading will be considering the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 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.

This PC hardware performance game review for the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 4GB Edition graphics card, when running 2020 more popular games, lets us see what type of FPS this card gets when playing at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions and ultra settings. 473 games can be played by this graphics card of the 1000 most demanding games being played by PC gamers today.

A GeForce GTX 970 EVGA FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 4GB Edition card at 1080p is predicted to see a reasonable frame rate when running Watch Dogs Legion on Ultra - 48 FPS. Lets look at the performance its getting on Microsoft Flight Simulator which is 54 FPS. To add a bit more variety lets see how the popular Baldurs Gate 3 performs on this hardware, which gets a reasonable 48 FPS.

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 EVGA FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 4GB Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Watch Dogs Legion and predict it will deliver playable frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 96 FPS, Medium: 75 FPS, High: 51 FPS and Ultra: 36 FPS. We then checked the performance on Microsoft Flight Simulator to see if that runs well. It was playable with a 41 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 4GB Edition we get the impression that it is not a bad choice for a larger screen size like this. Some games will struggle though, but with some careful graphic option adjustments in-game you can normally find a suitable visual experience with this GPU at 1440p.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 4GB Edition in your PC? This GeForce GTX 970 EVGA FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 4GB Edition card has 12 to 18 months of latest AAA game play left in it before upgrading should be considered

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 4GB Edition? Are you looking to upgrade a GeForce GTX 970 EVGA FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 4GB Edition? Then we would suggest getting a 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB, as it can run 825 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 31% increased graphics performance. Alternatively a good choice when looking to upgrade the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA FTW+ ACX 2.0+ 4GB Edition would be the R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB which meets 927 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 40% better performance.