10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

This computer hardware provides top end graphics. The GeForce GTX 970 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition SLI will easily meet recommended system requirements of games released today. This is a strong benchmarker on modern games and can often return excellent frame rates at high and ultra 1080p. But the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition SLI can also run 1440p pc system requirements.

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

What FPS performance can the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition SLI 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. When considering how well this graphics card can run the 1000 most demanding games available today it can best 963 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 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition SLI can run Battlefield 2042 at 1080p and saw it return playable frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 116 FPS, Medium: 92 FPS, High: 62 FPS and Ultra: 44 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Dying Light 2 returns a reasonable 52 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

Next up we increase screen res tests to accommodate the growing in popularity 1440p screen size. So we booted up Battlefield 2042 to see how the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition SLI dealt with it. It scored up a playable series of FPS results across these graphics presets - Low: 89 FPS, Medium: 70 FPS, High: 47 FPS and Ultra: 34 FPS. Next we looked at Dying Light 2 which was playable with a 39 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at Back 4 Blood that got an Ultra 1440p FPS of 63. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the GeForce GTX 970 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition SLI we get the impression that it is a solid 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 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition SLI 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 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 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition SLI? 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 EVGA SSC ACX+ 2.0 4GB Edition SLI.