I still fondly remember going to best buy and picking up a GTX970. This was before the days of GPU's in locked cases.
@vcdemon1147
4 ай бұрын
Well we’re talking about something the size of a cereal box that costs triple the average person monthly car payment, so yeah we should probably lock that sh*t up
@LearsGhost
2 ай бұрын
Ha. Yes. Me too. I was playing FO4 on a GTX 650, which was fine until I got into the Institute where the fps tanked. I checked my balance, did some mental math, and then drove out to buy a new power supply, and the 970 at Best Buy right off the shelf. My kids are still rocking that build, and for what they want to do it’s perfect.
@benjamindonovan8045
Ай бұрын
Yeah, I have similar feelings for when I picked up a GTX 660ti
@MarioPL989
4 ай бұрын
Ah yes, the 3.5GB card
@eye776
4 ай бұрын
Honestly between 3060 still costing 350 euros 4 years later and having a hypothetical 3060 with 10 GB of fast ram and 2 GB of slow RAM costing 250 euros, a lot of people would prefer the latter
@eye776
4 ай бұрын
What I mean is hybrid VRAM >> obscene prices
@MarioPL989
4 ай бұрын
@@eye776 Not the amount of ram was problem but the driver that came with it. It treated the last 0.5GB as normal ram but in fact it was much slower. They fixed it in driver like a year later and used it more as a cache than normal ram. One fact that remains is false advertising. If they stated 3.5GB from the start, it would have been great.
@099stifler
4 ай бұрын
i only noticed it when i booted resident evil 4 remake lol
@opposedscroll7596
4 ай бұрын
I rate this comment 3.5/4
@cjpowretired
4 ай бұрын
the GTX 970... already 10 years old and is a capable graphics card as ever we don't talk about the vram
@BristleMcSnout
4 ай бұрын
Team RX 580. Boombastic.
@misterPAINMAKER
4 ай бұрын
RX 580 don't have new drivers anymore, Nvidia still supports the GTX 970.
@Tat_iana277
4 ай бұрын
Still using mine
@toboyaki_tagaraki
4 ай бұрын
I just bought one
@badaoe3stratsonly130
4 ай бұрын
RX 580 is still the GOAT for gaming on linux.
@099stifler
4 ай бұрын
i remember not having enough money to buy that card and i wanted it so bad,im currently using RTX 2060 super
@demoniclsayer
4 ай бұрын
I had a GTX970 until last week when it finally failed. It had serve me 8-9 years. While it wasn't able to play any newer game at high fps, it still gave me great value and good gaming performance at medium setting for quite a lot of games.
@veilmontTV
4 ай бұрын
What did you replace it with?
@demoniclsayer
4 ай бұрын
@@veilmontTV I thought of going for RTX4070Ti but I had to settle with 4060 because the price is 2.5x more and my pc is dated and can't support it without changing a whole bunch of stuff.
@veilmontTV
4 ай бұрын
@@demoniclsayer 4060 is still pretty good and it uses so little energy
@Ninjaeule97
4 ай бұрын
Same except mine didn't fail. I just decided to upgrade to a 4070 and a Ryzen 7 7700x because I couldn't emulate PS3 games with that card and an i5 4690k after recently getting to know Batoxera. Saw a used 2000€ PC on eBay for 1200€ (after negotiating) and just had to jump on the opportunity. I'm glad that this card still holds up this well so I can sell the old PC and don't just have to scrap it.
@Balnazzardi
4 ай бұрын
Still using it to this day and I agree, it has given me excellent value for its price. I mean I dont play any heavy system requirement games on PC, the newest game Ive played on it is Jagged Alliance 3 and it could handle that quite well even on high settings. Next year when Windows 10 support ends Im finally gonna get new rig after 10 years and most likely getting either RTX 5070 or 4070 depending on price/my financial situation. If cant afford either then RTX 4060 but I would rather go for 12GB GPU than 8GB because I would want the GPU to be able to handle games like Jagged Alliance 3 or Baldur's Gate 3 even about 10 years from now, so it could give the same longevity that GTX 970 did
@099stifler
4 ай бұрын
i actually hav a gtx970 gigabyte edition in pc next to me wit i7 4790 cpu,actually does run cyberpunk on medium settings no probs at all,today its playing horizon forbidden west so gtx 970 is still a mini monster in 2024,cheers guys happy gaming!!!
@shranobshrestha
4 ай бұрын
What games have to played with it brother I also have the 4790?
@099stifler
4 ай бұрын
to be honest i have played everything up to date at 2024 not a problem at all jus do casual dust blow out and card is good to go,spiderman 2 brazil edition runs good aswel@@shranobshrestha
@whitewolf1028
4 ай бұрын
How did you managed to play horizon forbidden west I can't even get 30 fps on lower settings so I deleted the game also I didn't use fsr I don't like it it's makes the screen blurry
@099stifler
4 ай бұрын
game is running good,ssd and i7 4790 cpu and 24gigs 1600mhz ram,medium settings with fsr2 at 1080p i swear @@whitewolf1028
@099stifler
4 ай бұрын
game is running good,ssd and i7 4790 cpu and 24gigs 1600mhz ram,medium settings with fsr2 at 1080p i swear@@whitewolf1028
@RedEverything
4 ай бұрын
I had the red version of this MSI card. Since everyone knows red makes your PC go faster, this test is inaccurate.
@Bdot888
4 ай бұрын
The 970 was my first nvidia card. I had it paired with a FX6300 in 2017 and used that build until 2020. The 970 will always have a place in my heart!
@mtr2day
4 ай бұрын
Good video Kyler. Keep up the good work!
@Mini-z1994
4 ай бұрын
I've found 3 gtx 970's that works fine out of the recycling center electronics container & around January 2023 i did buy one as a Christmas present for my younger brother to upgrade from his gtx 460, yeah his pc was quite outdated at the time, its less outdated by now but 4770k 2x8 gb ram & gtx 1070 still reels it in pretty well in terms of performance, especially with an ssd or two & a light overclock to 4 ghz on the cpu.
@treasley
4 ай бұрын
Mustaches are what separates real men from boys. Uncategorically awesome mustache
@candlebox7
4 ай бұрын
No, most of the time it makes you look like a dorky uncle.
@Rock_Wilson
4 ай бұрын
So many games are CPU limited. I've seen 1080s for like $80 that's still a solid GPU. That's plenty for people getting into PC gaming
@rich22221
4 ай бұрын
True, I upgraded from 6700k to 13600k with the same 1070ti and fps doubled in heavy CPU games.
@LitlNickyScarfo
4 ай бұрын
Kyler brings it home again. Like the time and effort to show the relevancy of older cards and some of the minimum requirements for games
@umyboiblue
4 ай бұрын
He's really blossoming into a fine young host.
@Infinity_Ghost
4 ай бұрын
I got the GTX980 and is getting old, but still useful for all the indie games. Besides, new 3A games are getting worse and worse so I'm not worried yet 😅
@wc9760
4 ай бұрын
My upgrade point from this card is Civ 7, and that is just a maybe.
@barenyeager3936
4 ай бұрын
The green msi design...I love it so much. I remember playing WoW legion with all the green magic everywhere and looking into my pc with the 979 glowing. It was beautiful
@bcij1137
4 ай бұрын
I never saw this host on this channel before but I really like him.
@umyboiblue
4 ай бұрын
Kyler is a gem. He's on the Twitch stream Monday through Friday. He's a good host and a great guy.
@lloydc5736
4 ай бұрын
I believe a main factor, in how a game runs, that's involved is a game's dependence if it is CPU or GPU intensive, still own my GTX 970, bought new when it first launched in late 2014, running in my media PC, been repasted two times now, and pads replaced, it can still run games (newer present more taxing games, well kinda, lets just say sorta, LOL), was my stable GPU for some years, and recall getting a rebate check for around $10 I believe, for it's false advertising of claiming in having 4 GB (3.5 actually) VRAM.
@xsv-007
4 ай бұрын
bro lets goo like keep the vids up my guy
@vosteal
4 ай бұрын
this video is a good example of chaotic goodness. Keep making them kyler
@zalatanyy
2 ай бұрын
Owner of 970 here. I remember buying this card, it was then second best on the market and I pay for it like 400$, imagine now buying second best card for this, good times. Card is strong even now but after 10 years, I'm waiting for RTX 5000 series for upgrade.
@Oddballrus
27 күн бұрын
Good call, also almost 9 year owner of my 970 strix edition, with overclocking very capable card, but not very cool this days seeing that my cpu is 40% loaded while my card is always 98% so likewise waiting for 5000 series to rock gta 6, while my old 970 is gonna be transferred to my server
@Jmack1lla
4 ай бұрын
Buying a 970 and gta v in 2015 felt good man
@iandegiovani4703
4 ай бұрын
I built a pc with i7-4790k +970 in 2015. It still runs fine most things.
@darrooxx
4 ай бұрын
Make a series about second hand pre builds how to upgrade how to play games with heat temperatures. How to undervolt and underclock in the heat of the summer.
@bradeinarsen
4 ай бұрын
Kyler! Bringing it. Nice work man.
@riccarter4784
4 ай бұрын
I have seen videos of memory being replaced for more. There is a guy in Russia that has done it many times. I wonder how well it would run if it’s changed out to double the ram? Doing good man. Hope you keep up with the videos
@Balnazzardi
4 ай бұрын
Still using GTX 970 here, have not upgraded single thing on my PC since I got it in 2015. Next year when W10 support ends im finally gonna buy entirely new rig, propably going for RTX 5070 or 5060 if the price is right or possibly RTX 4070. 12GB GPU anyway
@ntwx2137
Ай бұрын
Go amd for better value to performance going nvidia rn is such a waste of money
@Balnazzardi
Ай бұрын
@@ntwx2137 perhaps, just gotta see whats the best deal I can get next year
@Oddballrus
27 күн бұрын
@@ntwx2137 Amd? Nah, not worth the hustle with drivers shananigans
@var128
4 ай бұрын
My card! Edit: it worked quite well in the video! 🎉 my only issue with this card + my cpu is that they don’t handle local coop in BG3 - too many crashes 😢
@superpandabacon
4 ай бұрын
My goat was the white aSUS GTX 970 turbo. Loved it and wish I never sold it.
@UnknownUser-fg3fs
4 ай бұрын
GTX 970 is 10 years old? Fuck I'm getting old :(
@chrisb.7787
4 ай бұрын
I still run a 970 its an evga model i may never get rid of it. Its definitely showing its age but it absolutely loves dx9. She gets real hot and real loud when your pushin lots of frames in dx11. And 4gb ram fills up fast. Plays skylines and thats good enough for me.
@Kyuubi2009
9 күн бұрын
Had two of these bad boys in SLI back in the day good times💯
@Hannib4lBarca
Ай бұрын
Only now, after 8 years, looking to upgrade my gtx 970. It managed with all the games I wanted it to play, at a playable frame rate, in 1080P. What a fantastic little card it was.
@stu1002
Ай бұрын
I still use one connected to a Core i5 750 (overclocked) and it will quite happily run Call of Duty Modern Warfare and looks pretty darn good. I'm not sure if it's a marker of how brilliant the 970 is, or how little things have moved forward in the last 10 years. On paper, new cards seem to be MASSIVELY ahead in terms of specs, but in real world use, you can have a nice came of Call of Duty on a 10 year old card. Whatever crazy extreme gamers might try and tell you.
@dman59847
4 ай бұрын
I still remember having my dual EVGA 970 SSC gpus
@nicholsliwilson
4 ай бұрын
The GTX 970 is the last card to get Win XP drivers. For the retro gamers out there, if you want to build an “ultimate XP” PC this is the ultimate Nvidia card.
@Bob-of-Zoid
4 ай бұрын
I'm still running a EVGA NVIDIA GEforce 9800 GTX+ on an older i5-2500K 4core system on my network.
@00Resev
4 ай бұрын
As long as i kept to 1080p, It carried me trough Battlefield 3/4/1/5, and it held its chin high trough Dark Souls 1/2/3. Does it run Crysis? Well, yes, it does, all of'em, and the Far Cry games as well, as does GTA 4 and 5. At one point though, it was holding me back. I care not about the max frames, its the minimum that bothers me, and if it can't hold a minimum of 60fps, we have a problem, which is why after 10 years with it, i finally upgraded, and bought a 4080. Should last me a long time at 1440p.
@BeybladeSonicFan
3 ай бұрын
My 970 is still running quite strong, won't be upgrading anytime soon
@brandyboutwell9388
4 ай бұрын
i have that same msi gaming x green dragon gtx 970 (special edition). i have it as a display under my screen, but it still works.
@Boofener
6 сағат бұрын
crazy. i remember when this and a 4790k were high end with the WD40 blue hdd and 8gb ddr3. god i feel old
@faycelrahim3597
3 ай бұрын
That massive monitor definitely affects the performance
@LarsaXL
4 ай бұрын
I think this is exactly what I'm going to do. I'm sitting on a 970 rig as is, and have been for the past 7 years and it's starting to not keep up anymore. Not enough CPU cores etc. Been wanting to upgrade to an AM5 system, but graphics cards have gotten so expensive I figured I'd buy a 1650 or a 3050 6gb to carry me over while I save up for something better. Though after finding out these cards are barely better than what I already have, I decided to just wait until I could get something more decent like a 4060 or 6600, or find a good deal on the used market. Nah, this video convinced me. Upgrading everything but the GPU for now. The good old 970 will keep for another year or so and won't cost a dime while I save up for something better.
@mr.guillotine3766
4 ай бұрын
This feels like the perfect amount of chaos to start my day with.
@Espi68One
3 ай бұрын
I am still running this in my desktop Gamer, Regular Desktop with a 4670K and 32GB Ram, WIN 10 Home, lots of storage, I can run most, if not all my steam library games. Most recently, STRAY, since I added WIN 10 back in December, I will most likely keep it until Win10 support is gone. Looking to get a gaming Laptop, with 4000 series or wait for 5000 series. I can run a thunderbolt dock with my monitors.
@tokyohamster5654
4 ай бұрын
@ufd tech, could you please do an AMD vr benchmark list
@andreanderson94
4 ай бұрын
I did this with an rx 570 while waiting on my 7900xtx. The 7800xD pulled some performance out of that card i didn't think was possible at 3440x1440.😂
@vosteal
4 ай бұрын
if Kyler actually ends up reading these comments just to let you know the VR problem was due to Ram speeds differing on the video card. With it rendering two videos signals with a half a gigabyte of slower ram
@j.w.grayson6937
4 ай бұрын
Great job on the video!
@tentoesgaming9161
4 ай бұрын
Awesome job kylar 👏👏👏
@kuroibullen1639
25 күн бұрын
It just doesnt make sense to get a 970 as a placeholder though, because the 1070 exists, giving much better performance for not much more money.
@linuxsux41
4 ай бұрын
My friend offered to sell me his MSI 970 special edition for $50 in 2020 because he spilled spaghetti on his rig and wasn't sure anything was still working. After cleaning everything the only thing that worked was this GPU. Sorta wish I kept it instead of selling it a year or two later because it looked cool.
@ragedgazelle514
4 ай бұрын
Ready or not, can you actually run somewhat on a 730
@itsdeonlol
4 ай бұрын
The 970 was so glorious! That's when NVIDIA used to care...
@cee128d
4 ай бұрын
The GTX970 was the only Graphics card I regret purchasing in my 30+ years of home computing. They were bad when they were released and never got any better. I replaced it with an 8 gig RX480 Nitro a year or so after and never looked back.
@Dan-Simms
4 ай бұрын
Ive had to change back to my old 970, my 2070super died on me over a year ago 😞 So hard for me to save up for a new gfx card, have been skipping lunch to try to afford one...looks like i wont be eating any lunches for about another year for maybe a 5070 or what i bet will be 5060ti 16gb...need something with more than 8gb of VRAM for my 3440X1440 display.
@An_M4A3
4 ай бұрын
I have a gtx 960 and it works for me well
@Vdhm91
2 ай бұрын
Which CPU cooler is this? Are you using liquid metal thermal paste too? Because 30c in games is ridiculous...
@willmakk
Ай бұрын
This card allowed me to run Batman Arkham Knight at 60fps 1080p, now I need to upgrade to play stuff that looks worse.
@scribeofsolace
4 ай бұрын
My favorite youtuber isnt alive anymore.
@depressiospaghettio3521
4 ай бұрын
aha, im still rocking one of these, starting to stutter a bit now lol. thinking of upgrading to a 4060 lp (for my sff pc)
@DragonBane299
4 ай бұрын
Damn I must be old if the GTX 900 series is 10 years old But it is a testament to the power of the cards though. Can you imagine any card from 2004 running 2014 games?
@jasonpn
4 ай бұрын
Things are lasting a lot longer now, I feel stuff from like the mid-late 2010s will be usable for a while
@einstien2409
4 ай бұрын
Still rocking a GTX 970
@andrewmutavi590
Ай бұрын
Running a Tweaked 7900GRE n I honestly don't see needing a GPU upgrade any time soon
@northernmonkeyplaystgames3121
2 ай бұрын
So I've had the 3070 rtx yet I felt that my gpu was being wasted due to me only playing at 1080p at 60fps. So I sold it and got myself a evga 970... this was where my problems began. Glitches in game monitor randomly shut downs pc shutting down. Turns out the card was faulty and who ever had before me had unscrewed it put fresh thermal paste and then did the screws so tight it basically bowed the pcb . I took my card back to cex and exchanged it for the rog strix version . Been fine so far plays all my games including wow at ultra settings . Brilliant card and I absolutely love it cost me 50.00 quid from cex (uk exchange shop
@FrostKittyPaw
4 ай бұрын
GTX970 should play VR games. Most likely an issue with Meta/Oculus app or not enough VRAM to support the high resolution of a Quest 3. HTC Vive Original should run perfectly fine on it. GTX 960 was the old minimum for Vive games.
@Mokaphyyr
4 ай бұрын
Just gave my kids a pair of these as hand me downs from mine and my wife's computers. They don't care for triple A titles, just fortnight. We ran these as our primary until we got handle downs from our friends from their upgrades. The 900s are still good. The 1ks are still good. And AMDs 6k seriest are still great cards.
@ElementalITcc
4 ай бұрын
told my dad you said "hi". He said "stop telling me that youtube guy said hi. you made me put my hearing aids in for that again?" also, looking AROUND the computer to see the bottom right 1/4 of the screen is hilarious.
@Gell-lo
4 ай бұрын
I figured "frick it" 4k Love ya'll
@zeroa69
2 ай бұрын
I still have my evga 970 ftw as a backup gpu just in case my 1080ti dies. Decided to skip 3000 for 4 only to say fook it and keep saving for 5.
@JimmyBoah
2 ай бұрын
I'm glad most gpus don't look as ugly as that gen did. Both amd and nvidia made some really bad looking designs back then.
@Ozz465
4 ай бұрын
Was still running a 980ti recently as a gaming pc but now a plex box . but still worked well.
@kamgaming4454
4 ай бұрын
I still have this as a spare card, the ASUS Strix version and it still perform fairly good, better than the 1650 at least
@GrainGrown
4 ай бұрын
*than...
@shoego
4 ай бұрын
Best GPU I have ever owned. Now it sits on a spare pc which I use some times. The last time I used it, it was for my wife to play Palworld with me. Runs just fine.
@wc9760
4 ай бұрын
Lol, still the card in my machine. As my machine is 99% gaming wise for Civ 6 and Holocure...
@jurcaflorin9726
2 ай бұрын
My EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX still running after 10 years. Paired with intel core 6600k and 16 gb ram. The VR part is confusing for me. I was playing some 3d movies on my lg 3d tv. Could not play 3d movies from pc, only with some software. But I could play 3d stereoscopic sbs games on pc and display on 3d lg tv.
@tokyohamster5654
4 ай бұрын
More vr benchmarks please. We lack them.
@cyborgreality
2 ай бұрын
I still have this. lol. Just ordered a new pc just wanted to see what others were saying because I’m honestly surprised at what it can still play
@PurpleKnightmare
4 ай бұрын
My wife uses my old 970 after my upgrade way back in 2022. It is fine.
@CameronVanNatta
4 ай бұрын
1:15 thanks Kyler. Uh btw what's canoodling?
@bruhder5854
6 күн бұрын
Brother, I've had a gtx 960 4gb which died on me so for replacement, the shop person gave me gtx 970 4gb to try. Temperature is reaching 80C at max. Should I buy it or go with rx 580?
@xRECONCILEDX
4 ай бұрын
my first pc had a 970, the memories :D
@RobloxianX
3 ай бұрын
Honestly the 900 series has been basically obsolete since the 40 series. Even the highest end Titan card from that generation is slower than the mobile 4050. GTX 10 and newer are the only GPUs you should be buying
@lasseberg7317
4 ай бұрын
you did somthing wrong with fortnite DX12 - I get more than 100 fps at 1080p low / high draw distance. On my gtx 970.
@dallesamllhals9161
6 күн бұрын
Nice one. Now try the same with MY first 3D card: THE GLORIOUS 3dfx Voodoo²(12 MB version of course) 🤪
@l3w154
Күн бұрын
Im still rocking my 970 lol, next year im building a new pc. Still also playing Old School Runescape lol
@geph13
4 ай бұрын
wait... its 10 years old..?
@vasiganmoodley3787
Ай бұрын
Im still rocking my msi gtx 970 :)
@ger5956
4 ай бұрын
Wouldn’t the 7800x3d’s igpu be a better option than this? I thought it was supposed to pretty good,or am I thinking of the wrong one?
@Kenny17674
4 ай бұрын
No igpu is better than the 970 just yet
@cracklingice
4 ай бұрын
Ha - I had one of these exact cards during the 2016/2017 mining boom.
@techrickyross
25 күн бұрын
Me still rocking my 970 lol, runs my games (except starfield) perfectly
@Tylerannosaurus-X
4 ай бұрын
Damn I miss how thin cards were
@ZSchrink
4 ай бұрын
Pro move on saying Lego, singular! 😁
@UFDTech
4 ай бұрын
Legos
@punk_floyd_8123
4 ай бұрын
Try running it on age appropriate hardware. I got a gtx970, FX-6300 and 16gb of ddr3 and I'm lucky to get 28fps in rust with lowered settings on my old rig 😂
@Ciffer-1998
4 ай бұрын
well you wouldnt have the problem if you used the intel from the same time, my friend had fx6100 with r9 280x and he had terrible experience as every now and then he would encounter a game which would have terrible stutters all of that was gone once he switched to i7 3770
@giovannip.1433
4 ай бұрын
All the new buggy games- it's good playing old games.
@scottmielke4071
4 ай бұрын
I'd like to see the frame rates when you're two hours into monsoon on RoR2
@esalazar425
4 ай бұрын
I still have my evga 970, I kinda want to memorialize it in epoxy resin for eternity. RIP EVGA (gpus)
@ghosttheoremproductions5469
4 ай бұрын
Just put together my first gaming PC since my divorce. What could I afford? --- Stripped HP Pavilion prebuilt leftovers (mobo, psu, and a panel-less case) for free, only supports 1st/2nd gen Ryzen so I got a 2400G Pro for $30 shipped on Ebay, modded an OEM type cooler to work with their crappy proprietary mounting for free, an RX 580 8gb (likely ex-miner) I picked up for $40, 2x8gb kit of slowish DDR4 that I apparently already had floating around, a 500gb NVME drive that someone gave me as an untested unit for free, random fans I modded into the case connected to a sata-to-fan-power adapter/splitter, and I replaced the missing side panel with a piece of plexi from years gone god-knows-what project. --- Is she fancy or pretty? Hell no. But she plays Helldivers 2 with friends. That was the idea. To be my new daily PC and play Helldivers. Hence why I named it "HellDriver". You work with what ya got. Old hardware you might let sit on a shelf can be a godsend to someone else.
@Ciffer-1998
4 ай бұрын
are you sure that it supported just the first 2 gen ryzens, as far as i was looking around the Ryzen motherboards even the old low end ones support up ryzen 5000 series
@piotrprs572
4 ай бұрын
it's rly not worth to buy 10 years old graphic card. It's almost on their 'end-of-life' cycle. And when it broke... all you can do.. is to put it into trash-bin.
@alleythetoaster8401
4 ай бұрын
Oh, that's my video card
@willfancher9775
4 ай бұрын
11:20 I think you used the wrong chart; it doesn't match the script and it's identical to the next chart.
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