The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Review: Featuring EVGA
by Ryan Smith on September 26, 2014 10:00 AM ESTBioshock Infinite
Bioshock Infinite is Irrational Games’ latest entry in the Bioshock franchise. Though it’s based on Unreal Engine 3 – making it our obligatory UE3 game – Irrational had added a number of effects that make the game rather GPU-intensive on its highest settings. As an added bonus it includes a built-in benchmark composed of several scenes, a rarity for UE3 engine games, so we can easily get a good representation of what Bioshock’s performance is like.
Bioshock Infinite immediately turns the tables on AMD, and outside of a near-tie at 4K the GTX 970 takes a significant lead here. At both 1440p and 1080p the GTX 970 clears the R9 290XU by 21%, and even against the GTX 780 it enjoys quite a lead.
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JarredWalton - Friday, September 26, 2014 - link
There are plenty of older (but still decent) PSUs that only have 6-pin PEG connectors, and 6-pin to 8-pin adapters are never a good idea IMO.cobalt42 - Friday, September 26, 2014 - link
I believe at least one released card does use a single 8-pin connector.jmke - Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - link
Asus strix 970 DC2OC uses a single 8-pin connectorHrel - Friday, September 26, 2014 - link
Remember you guys saying Nvidia is working from the low end up, no longer top down. Well, they should start releasing cards that way. I don't care about your overpriced space heaters, I care about the cards between $100 and $200. Release those first!cobalt42 - Friday, September 26, 2014 - link
They did -- the 750 and 750Ti are the first generation Maxwell cards, released earlier this year. They didn't break new ground in price/performance, but they did in price/watt.anandreader106 - Friday, September 26, 2014 - link
You mean performance/watt.Houdani - Friday, September 26, 2014 - link
I think it's finally time to upgrade my vintage 460 to one of these 970's. I don't plan on upgrading my ancient i7 930 (Nahelem, Bloomfield) just yet.I think I can eek more life out of my rig by bumping the GPU and keeping the rest of the innards the same for another year or two. I'm just surprised that I was able to get 4 good years out of that little 460 (mated with a 1080P monitor).
CaptainSassy - Friday, September 26, 2014 - link
Exactly the same rig and monitir but i will continue sitting on it :D 329$ is still pricy, i'll wait for true 200$ championwetwareinterface - Saturday, September 27, 2014 - link
there won't be a $200 champion. the bang for buck cards are in the $300 and above price tier right now and for the foreseeable future. it was the r9 290 and now it's the 970. the next one i predict will be the 290's replacement it will have the texture compression of the 285 and be their second down part.just4U - Sunday, September 28, 2014 - link
The $200 champion appears to really be the 280 atm for those sitting on older cards.. I'd like to say the 285 but it's higher up in the price bracket. The 960 should be interesting though when it comes out but I doubt it will be a $200 card.. Looking at the 970.. Im guessing it will sit at the $250 price point.