GameGangsta experts have found out what average performance in modern games will be able toprovide the GTX 970.
The authors of the GameGangsta YouTube channel have found out how well the GTX 970 graphics card together with the i3-10105F processor "pulls" modern projects.All 25 games were played in 1080p.were Grand Theft Auto IV, RUST, Assassin's Creed Unity, Grand Theft Auto V, PUBG (Update 18.1), Apex Legends (Saviors Patch), Call of Duty Warzone (Season 4), Metro Exodus, Red Dead Redemption 2, Squad, DIRT 5, Horizon Zero Dawn, Mafia Definitive Edition, Cyberpunk 2077, Days Gone, Resident Evil Village, Deathloop, Forza Horizon 5, Battlefield 2042, Call of Duty Vanguard, God of War, Dying Light 2, Elden Ring, Shadow Warrior 3, Sniper Elite 5.
GTA IVOn average, the frame rate here was 80 fps, in very rare events - 20 fps.
INGta vWith the ultra-preset, the average performance was 81.5 fps, and in extremely rare events, the frame rate dropped to 40 fps.
INPUBG (Update 18.1)At high settings, we managed to get an average of 87 fps, and in very rare events - 13 fps.
Call of Duty Warzone (Season 4)The average FPS in this game was 46 fps, in extremely rare events - 13 fps.
Red dead redemption 2The average performance here was at the level of 57 fps.In very rare events, the frame rate dropped to 28 fps.
INCyberpunk 2077with FSR Ultra and the Medium preset, the average performance was 40 fps, in very rare events it was 30 fps.
Days gooneThe average frame rate was 44 fps in the game, and 20 fps in extremely rare events.
Forza horizon 5On average, the performance here was at the level of 76.5 fps.The frame rate in very rare events was 38 fps.
Call of Duty VanguardThe average performance here was 56.5 fps, in extremely rare events - 30 fps.
You can see the rest of the measurements in the video below.
Recall that the GeForce GTX 970 went on sale in 2014.At that time, it was considered one of the most powerful and economical graphics cards.However, in January 2015, some users noticed that NVIDIA had actually artificially cut the memory capacity of this graphics accelerator and packaged 4GB as 3GB 0.5GB.As a result, the graphics card was only capable of using 3.5 GB of memory in games.Some enthusiasts sued the company because of this and eventually received monetary compensation of $30.
Conclusion
The average frame rate of the GTX 970 in 25 modern games was 57 fps.At the same time, the best averages were in Apex Legends (87 fps), and the worst were in Resident Evil Village (31.5 fps).
PC configuration:
- CPUIntel Core i3 10105F 3.70 Ghz 4 Core 6MB 14nm;
- motherboardMSI B560M PRO-E Intel B560 DDR4 4800MHz (OC) M.2;
- RAMXPG Gammix D30 (2×8) 16GB 3200 MHz DDR4 CL16 Ram;
- graphics cardMSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G GDDR5 4GB 256Bit Nvidia DX12;
- SSDLeven JS600 2.5" 500MB-450MB 256 GB Sata 3 SSD;
- HDD2TB Seagate Barracuda + 2TB WD Blue 7200RPM;
- frameGAMECASE Crystal 180 Mm Rgb;
- power unitZALMAN 600W 80Plus;
- operating systemWindows 10 Pro.