Characterised by class-leading performance and exceptional energy efficiency, the GTX 980 lays solid claim to being the most advanced, fastest GPU around. That's a significant lead, to be sure, but not huge given that the GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU Mini card is so much more affordable.

You'll often find him writing while walking on his treadmill desk, surrounded by heaps of consumer tech. Now, your monitor may well introduce a further coarsening of the image, but you should be able to see, in a relative sense, that the image on the left has noticeably jaggier edges, while the edges between the pelt and the stone wall in the image on the right are smoother. com and PC Magazine are among the federally registered trademarks of Ziff Davis and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission.Even under load GPU Tweak tells me the fans are running at 30% but you wouldn't think it because I just can't hear it. Inspired by light, it was designed to solve some of the most complex lighting and graphics challenges in visual computing.

As we saw throughout the game tests, ASUS’ Strix GTX 970 outpaces the GTX 780 Ti more often than not. So you'll likely want to use this feature sparingly unless you're most often playing titles that aren't particularly demanding.Just picked mine up yesterday, and it's a significantly bigger improvement over my old 770 (2GB) than I expected.

GPU Tweak streaming tool that lets you share on-screen action in real time – so others can watch live as games are played. Each delivers 2x the performance of previous-generation card, bringing new gaming experiences to virtual reality, and ultra resolution 4k displays. The Gigabyte GTX 970 Mini ITX Overclocked 4GB should deliver nearly the same performance as the Asus card, and it adds an extra DisplayPort connector.Bought mine some days ago, just got it 2 day, installed it, tried first with 100Mhz extra, as I saw Jay2Cent run it at 1500Mhz without any problems, mine took the 100 while staying at 53c, dropped 50Mhz on top, stayed at 53c, and ran test without any problems, but one thing is benchmark's, another games, will c how it do, so fare no OV or MEM OC. ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5, GeForce GTX 970, 4 GB, GDDR5, 256 bit, 4096 x 2160 pixels, PCI Express 3.

Works really well for high end games like GTA V, Tomb Raider personally never ever see an FPS drop at all. Just tried it with nothing more than 150Mhz extra core clock, saw it boost to 1577, and stayed at 53c. But with YouTube supporting 4K uploads, it's nice to know 4K recording at high frame rates is possible with the company's latest cards.Similar to what we saw with the GTX 980 last week, ASUS’ Strix GTX 970 idles a bit higher than some of the other cards, but it shines at load – the card is much faster than the R9 285, yet it runs cooler. The Gigabyte card was also selling for somewhat less than the competing Asus card when we wrote this. And under load the card emits a slight low-end whir that you won't likely hear a few feet from the case—especially over your CPU and case fan(s). The Asus GTX970 Strix OC is a mean looking card – the artwork is intentionally minimalistic, fitting in with the theme.