When you combine them together, that's effectively 31% more gpu power in the GTX 970 vs my GTX 770 and yet it only delivers 15% more fps performance in rfactor 2, falling short of matching GTX 780Ti (stock clock) scores in rfactor 2 and yet matching them in other games and benchmarks. Taking just the core clock and stream processor numbers into consideration, the GTX 970 is clocked 21% higher and has 8.3% more cores. It's pretty annoying and confusing at the same time since when i look at the spec difference between the two cards, i would have thought the GTX 970 would have sailed passed my GTX 770 in rfactor 2.

However when it comes to rfactor 2, i can't help but find the complete opposite is true. On the outside, looking at mainstream games, this seems like a completely worthwhile upgrade. A little depressing since when you look at all the reviews out there and you'll see the following sort of performance gains from a gtx 770 to gtx 970: I've tried to find something causing this result but can't seem to find anything at fault. Using John's NEW Benchmark comparison between AMD & Nvidia benchmark. However, the next test was with rfactor 2. Now if i ignore the 3D Mark Vantage and Ice Storm test, it's a pretty decent improvement over my GTX 770. Settings: 1920x1080, 8xAA, Quality: High, Tessellation: Normal I tested many times and seems to apply to others too.) Ice Storm - +7% increase over gtx 770 (this is not a mistake.

Sorry for the mess, i saved the scores for some whilst only noting the difference for others. Lastly, the GTX 970's core clock is 21% higher than my GTX 770 whilst in game/benchmarking.īENCHMARKS - taken at overclocked settings MSI GTX 970 (additionally overclocked) Specs:Ĭompared to the factory gtx 970, that's a 27% core clock increase and 5% memory overclock (in load). The core clock in load was 1501Mhz stable and memory 7388Mhz. I was however able to match their core overclock of +185Mhz (very stable, was actually able to go to +225Mhz before fail). I couldn't get the memory above an extra +230Mhz before i noticed the slightest of artifacting in MSI Kombustor (and decided to fall back on +194Mhz), whilst of the 2 reviews i found for the same card they managed a stable +500Mhz. If i had realised this fact sooner, i would have stopped waiting for gigabyte stock and gone straight for the MSI a week earlier.įirst thing first, overclocking! It's a pretty decent overclocker. It's 312mm in length, about 1cm too long. I bought this specific GTX 970 for 3 reasons.ġ) It was the second fastest and cheapest of the top tier GTX 970's on the marketĢ) I would have bought the Gigabyte GTX 970 which is a tiny bit better but it was sold out everywhere.ģ) I would have bought the Gigabyte GTX 970 if only it would fit in my friggin case.

I think they could have packaged it better tbh, just a little bubble rap around the box would have been nice.Īnd apologies for the dust assault on your visual cortex in this next one. The MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G card arrived in the post today and i've spent around 6 hours testing it and comparing it to my Palit GTX 770 Jetstream. Please read the start of this thread to see why and how my problem may also be affecting you and if so, how you can fix it: RFactor 2 performance loss issue with my GTX 970 has now been sold.

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