Model Name | GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD |
Graphics Engine | Â NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
Bus Standard           | PCI Express 3.0 |
Video Memory | 4GB GDDR5 |
Engine Clock | GPU Boost Clock: 1329 MHz GPU Base Clock: 1178 MHz |
CUDA Core | 1664 |
Memory Clock          | 7010 MHz |
Memory Interface | 256-bit |
Interface | DVI Output : Yes x 1 (DVI-I), Yes x 1 (DVI-D) HDMI Output : Yes x 1 (HDMI 2.0) Display Port : Yes x 3 (Regular DP) HDCP Support : Yes |
Accessories |  – |
Software                   | – |
Dimensions | Â 312mm x 129mm x 43mm |
Accessories
Test Rig Configuration | |
CPU Cooler | Prolimatech Samuel 17 |
CPU | Intel Core i7 4790K |
Motherboard | ASUS Maximus Gene VIÂ |
Memory | Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB@1600MHz |
Primary Hard Drive | Kimtigo KTA-350 120GB |
Power Supply | BitFenix Fury 550G |
Chassis | BitFenix Pandora |
Performance, Overclocking and Temperature
We ran a few graphically demanding games and synthetic benchmark in our possession at the resolution of 1920 x 1080, 4x Anti-aliasing. Due limited voltage adjustment, we’ve only managed to push the G1 Gaming GTX 970 to its highest stable clock that is able to complete each game benchmark with the following values:
- Maximum boost clock of 1436 MHz
- 8156 MHz on the memory clock
- 1.21V on the voltage for GPU
- Unigine Valley: 5.4%
- Unigine Heaven: 7.4%
- Tomb Raider: 7.9%
- Battlefield 3: 12.5%
- Battlefield 4: 11.1%
- Crysis 3: 17.7%
- Far Cry 3: 14.9%
Cooling performance is impressive enough with idle temperature that hovers around 36°C  and the highest temperature of 72°C is recorded when we’re on FurMark stress test utility.Â
The G1 Gaming GTX 970 itself is already a factory overclocked and has higher clockspeed compared to most GTX 970. While a slightly better performance is guaranteed, the G1 Gaming GTX 970 is also a capable one when it comes to overclocking even though there’s limitation in voltage adjustment set by NVIDIA. While there’s minor coil noise from the card during full load with synthetic benchmarks such as FurMark stress test, Futuremark 3DMark, Unigine Heaven 4.0, etc – although it doesn’t really affect the overall performance.
The redesigned Windforce cooler does more than just giving the card a cool appearance, the new fan design operates way more quite than before without compromising the cooling performance. The price of RM 1499 isn’t going to be in favor for those with tight budget but it’s a worthy graphics card we would recommend to go for if one is willing to invest more for its overclocking capability and noise over performance ratio.
- Aesthetic appearance
- Almost silent operation but good cooling performance
- Factory overclocking and has good overclocking potential
- Comes with a metal back plate for extra protection against PCB sagging