10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

A mid to low level graphics card, the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte Twin Turbo OC 4GB Edition is found in budget machines nowadays, struggling to meet AAA system requirements.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 12.

Lets look at the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte Twin Turbo OC 4GB Edition game performance guide for some of the biggest games played in 2022. In particular we will see how well this graphics card runs on Ultra settings on 1080p resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. In terms of performance against the most demanding games today this graphics card can play 434 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte Twin Turbo OC 4GB Edition can run FIFA 22 at 1080p and saw it return strong frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 211 FPS, Medium: 166 FPS, High: 112 FPS and Ultra: 80 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Battlefield 2042 returns a weak 12 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

People are turning their increasingly more powerful graphics cards to the popular 1440p screen size so we tested the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte Twin Turbo OC 4GB Edition to see how it performs on 1440p. First off we have looked at FIFA 22 where it was good. The frame rates it scored for the game presets were - Low: 161 FPS, Medium: 127 FPS, High: 85 FPS and Ultra: 61 FPS. We added Battlefield 2042 to our tests and saw it was weak with a 9 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And then tested Back 4 Blood which got 40 FPS at Ultra 1440p. Gaming at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte Twin Turbo OC 4GB Edition is a perfectly suitable selection of hardware for theis larger screen size. If a game at 1440p struggles a bit or experiences a frame drop then you can tweak settings in game to help get it stable. This might mean lowering it to medium or low in some specific options.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte Twin Turbo OC 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte Twin Turbo OC 4GB Edition in your PC? Our current calculations suggest a graphics card upgrade will be required in around 12-18 months

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 970 Gigabyte Twin Turbo OC 4GB Edition? 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 Gigabyte Twin Turbo OC 4GB Edition.