Can't play games on ultra with 970

[saadipo]

I have a GTX 970 4gb intel i7 6700k skylake and 16GB RAM and i cant play batman arkham city on ultra with 60FPS and i have to play GTA 5 and far cry 4 on high - very high to have a stable FPS, i feel like my specs should be able to run those games on ultra with 60 FPS, also the PC is 1 month old, something is wrong.. any tips?

 

[burgessanthony]

970 not enough to max gta v really. Far cry 4 at 1080p it should get close as it's a nvidia gameworks title.

Resolution?

 

[Decends]

I'm Not sure about arkham city or Far Cry 4, but GTA V is a EXTREMELY DEMANDING GAME if u want ultra settings in that game. At times Even my GTX 1070 can be brought to its knees (below 60 FPS) if i have all settings turned up (This is including advanced graphics settings and MSAA for those that will try and say somethings wrong with my card)

 

[burgessanthony]

^agree.

My 390 can max fc4 at ultra with fur and god rays off. At 1080p60. But the 970 gets close to it's performance in that game so should be fine as well.

Op - you have a strong mainstream card. Don't expect too much! And welcome to pc gaming, where stuff is never quite enough and you'll battle with poor optimisation, drivers and hardware even after dropping big money! Normally.worth it

 

[photonboy]

Hey,
1) You should run a BENCHMARK to see if you score similarly to identical or nearly identical systems. Something like Unigine Valley to start though you have to compare the EXACT settings.

I found the new "Time Spy" benchmark if you have the appropriate 3DMark benchmark was pretty accurate when it finished and I compared to a similar i7-3770K + GTX680 setup.

2) I suspect you do NOT have a problem.

3) Another way to test is monitor GPU usage and frequency for benchmarks like Unigine Valley. You should see your GPU hitting close to 100% during that with the frequency being what you would expect (1300MHz or whatever).

*If you see close to 100% load at an appropriate frequency for the GPU then your graphics is not fundamentally problematic.

**I use "MSI Afterburner" but note it's slightly tricky to figure out how to enable the "ON SCREEN" data. Each element such as CPU cores, GPU etc must be enabled separately.

4) Tweaking?
I suspect it's simply a tweaking problem. Note that many benchmarks don't run every setting at Ultra, so even one setting being higher (anti-aliasing etc) will skew the results.

So...
I doubt there is a problem except a need to tweak settings, but it's good to validate.

 

[Powa1216]

Your pc is 1 mth old, should've bought a 1070 instead

 

[burgessanthony]

^ not massively helpful now and the 1070 costs some what more than a 970

 

[Powa1216]

U should still be ok with 1080p, anything higher requires gtx 1070 or above

 

[burgessanthony]

He won't be ok on GTA V as mentioned.

 

[Shaun o]

All too often people ask of say my graphics card gives a low frame rate when I set the graphics up to high, or ultra high.

I hear it as a question more often than not as to why, or what is the problem or what can I do.

While it is nice to be able to play a game with all the graphics settings set to High or Ultra.
As some seem to be more bothered about.

Surely the play ability, story line or the longevity of play for the amount of money you pay and the enjoyment of playing it.
Is also a main factor.

To play a game just because the graphics look pretty Does not mean you get your money`s worth out of the title when you buy it does it ?

It can look nice, but can be the worst game you have ever played in truth.

And without doubt there are many pc gamers on here thinking about it at some point that will say yeah that`s in fact true.

It`s all about compromise and what settings your willing to play the game in question at, but it should never be all about if you can play the game at high or ultra game graphics settings.

If that is your goal, then go and spend $1200 dollars on a Titan X card, or buy two.
But if you can only afford due to limited cash flow a set price for a graphics card that does a half good job when playing a game remember it`s not all about how pretty the graphics look.

 

[saadipo]

Thanks for the info guys, I guess GTA 5 is very demanding. i just think it's weird that i cant max my settings in Far cry 4, Shadow of Mordor, H1Z1 and Arkham city. I play all my games on 1080p (if possible) btw.

 

[Necronicx]

The truth is Shadow of mordor you should be able to run on ultra no problem H1Z1 GTA FARCRY 4 and batman you wont 3 of those four and very demanding game and the 4th is a broken game which is batman you couldnt run that game on ultra with two 1080s it still spikes fps even on low settung the games very broken and is never going to be fixed i would suggest you get your money back on your 970 and buy a 1060 there about the same price with 6gb instead of four and a little bit more powerful.