GTX 970 vs. 2022 | Tales from the Scalper Pandemic

Benchmarking the nVidia GeForce GTX 970 graphics card against 12 popular games in 2022 on an average gaming PC.
UPDATE: Cyberpunk's minimum recommended spec has changed to make this card the baseline for that game. I dived deeper into its performance here: • Cyberpunk 2077’s New M...
Formerly the most popular graphics card according to the Steam survey, the GTX 970 is still more popular than all but 3 of AMD's Radeon cards, despite being over 7 years old. With almost 4GB of VRAM and support for modern APIs, it still has the potential to play the latest games- but does it have enough horsepower?
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00:00 nVidia GTX 970 vs. 2022
00:50 Background: History of the GeForce GTX 970
01:35 Test System: Ryzen 5 5600G, 16GB DDR4-3600, GTX 970 4GB
01:45 Gaming Benchmarks | nVidia GTX 970 4GB
01:48 Benchmarks: God of War 1920x1080 Original
02:35 Benchmarks: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade 1920x1080 High / Low
03:40 Benchmarks: Guardians of the Galaxy 1920x1080 Low
05:13 Benchmarks: Forza Horizon 5 1920x1080 High, Medium
05:58 Benchmarks: Halo Infinite 1920x1080 Low
06:59 Benchmarks: Cyberpunk 2077 1920x1080 Medium, Low
07:49 Benchmarks: Rainbow Six Extraction 1920x1080 High
08:24 Benchmarks: Splitgate 1920x1080 Epic
09:01 Benchmarks: Call of Duty: Vanguard 1920x1080 FSR Quality, Medium, High
10:13 Benchmarks: Fortnite 1920x1080 High, Pro Settings
11:08 Benchmarks: Battlefield 2042 1920x1080 Low
11:53 Benchmarks: Call of Duty: Warzone 1280x720 Low
12:50 Time Spy Graphics Score | nVidia GTX 970 4GB
13:16 Conclusion: is the GTX 970 still worth it in 2022?
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