10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

A mid to low level graphics card, the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements.

All games with system requirements of DirectX 12 or lower are met by this card.

Here we take a closer look at the various performances across 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions for the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition. In particular this is looking at the Ultra graphics settings to see what sort of FPS this graphics card can get across some of the more popular games played in 2021. Of the 1000 most demanding recommended specs found in game requirements today, this gpu is more powerful than the graphics requirement of 449 games in todays list.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition shows us that Grand Theft Auto VI is predicted to get a playable result of 26 FPS, and then we are seeing Star Citizen predicted to return a reasonable 51 FPS while another game on our list is the Back 4 Blood which is predicted to get 54 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

As the PC gaming masses explore larger screen resolutions we decided to run some game checks at 1440p across a few popular games. We predict the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition will run the upcoming game Star Citizen to a playable performance level. Predictions across the graphics settings looked like this, Low: 102 FPS, Medium: 80 FPS, High: 54 FPS and Ultra: 39 FPS. Another game researched was Back 4 Blood with predictions of L: 108FPS, M: 85FPS, H: 57FPS, U: 41FPS. And then we researched potential graphics card performance on Grand Theft Auto VI, wih estimates revealing L: 51FPS, M: 40FPS, H: 27FPS, U: 19FPS at 1440p. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA SSC 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 SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 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 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the 30 Series GeForce RTX 3050 Ti. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 61% better and can meet 976 of their recommended requirements. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a R-500 Series Radeon RX Vega 64 8GB, which has 53% better performance and can run 967 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.