Gainward's GeForce GTX 970 SLI Graphic Cards with 4k Gaming

Last month Nvidia launched GeForce GTX 970 that got positioned as the ideal candidate for "multi GPU" 4K games rigs, offers 16% more performance than the Radeon R9 290 on high resolutions although costing 20% much less than AMD.

After this kind of strong launch, AMD got forced to lower prices on the GPUs. The Radeon R9 290 dropped from 399 bucks to 299 bucks "10% cheaper than the GTX 970", the R9 290X dropped from $549 to $399 and also the R9 285 is around for as cheap as $229.

People looking for the game at 4K now take over some pretty capable multi-GPU options for as low as $600. Considering not even the GTX 980 can easily handle 4K gaming now, in the most demanding designation, obviously that is a great news.

For a minor premium more than the GTX 980, the GTX 970 or R9 290 might be doubled up around $600 or $660, Or it should outperform the lone GTX 980, however we bet the GTX 970 will probably outdo the R9 290 throughout 4K gaming as well as in power consumption.

Test System Specifications

So basically, we tested ever single card with Fraps to be able to record its average frame rate in seconds over the set amount of time. We typically tests for 1 minute. Reporting the average fps is how things are actually doing properly, forever. It's a fantastic metric sense that it's not hard to record and simple to implement but it does not expose the main story.

To obtain a fuller picture you'll have to factor in the card's frame latency, which looks at how quickly just about every frame is delivering the performance. Regardless of the amount of frames to design card produces usually in 60 seconds, if it can not deliver them at roughly exactly the same speed, you will observe more short points with just one GPU over another, something we have now witnessed but didn't understand completely.

Test System Specs

•       Intel Core i7-4770K (3.50GHz)
•     x2 4GB Crucial DDR3-2400 (CAS 11-13-13-28)
•     Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (Intel Z97)
•     OCZ ZX Series (1250W)
•     Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
•     Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512GB (SATA 6Gb/s)
•     AMD Catalyst 14.9
•     HIS Radeon R9 290 (4096MB) Crossfire
•     HIS Radeon R9 290X (4096MB)
•     HIS Radeon R9 290 (4096MB)
•     Nvidia GeForce 344.16
•     Nvidia GeForce 344.16
•     Gainward GeForce GTX 970 (4096MB) SLI
•     Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 (4096MB)
•     Gainward GeForce GTX 970 (4096MB)
•     Palit GeForce GTX 780 Ti (3072MB)
•     Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
•     Nvidia GeForce 344.16