EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming Benchmark and Specs

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 4.26 TFLOPS.

Based on

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

GPU Chip

GM204-200-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)

Streaming Multiprocessors

13

Shader

1664

Render Output Units

56

Texture Units

104

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming can use 4 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s on a 256 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size

4 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Clock

1.753 GHz

Memory Speed

7.0 Gbps

Memory bandwidth

224 GB/s

Memory Interface

256 bit

The base clock frequency of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming is 1.140 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock

1.140 GHz+9 %

Boost Clock

1.279 GHz+9 %

Overclocking

Yes

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 6-Pin connector.

TDP

145 W-2 %

Tjunction max

98 °C

PCIe-Power

2 x 6-Pin

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming has a total of 1 Radial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type

Radial

Fan 1

1 x 65 mm

Cooler-Type

Air cooling

Noise (Idle)

0 dB / Silent

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming.

Max. Displays

4

HDCP

2.2

HDMI

1x HDMI 2.0

DisplayPort

1x DP 1.2

DVI

2

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming has a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_1 standard.

Max. resolution

4096x2160

DirectX

12_1

Raytracing

No

DLSS / FSR

No

LED

No LED lighting

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

h264

Decode / Encode

h265 / HEVC

No

VP8

Decode

VP9

No

AV1

No

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming is 241 mm long and 111 mm high. With a width of --, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length

241 mm

Height

111 mm

Width (Slots)

2 PCIe-Slots

SFF-Ready

No

The EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC Gaming made in 28 nm was published in Q3/2014 for 329 $.

GPU Interface

PCIe 3 x 16

Release date

Q3/2014

Launch Price

329 $

Structure size

28 nm

Part-no

04G-P4-1972-KR