GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X OC Benchmark and Specs

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X OC has 1664 shaders and 13 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 4.25 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X OC 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X OC is 1.149 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock

1.149 GHz+9 %

Boost Clock

1.278 GHz+8 %

Avg (Game) Clock

1.253 GHz

Overclocking

Yes

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X OC is 145 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP

145 W-2 %

Tjunction max

98 °C

PCIe-Power

1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X OC has a total of 3 Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type

Axial

Fan 1

3 x 80 mm

Cooler-Type

Air cooling

Noise (Idle)

0 dB / Silent

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X OC.

Max. Displays

4

HDCP

2.2

HDMI

1x HDMI 2.0

DisplayPort

3x DP 1.2

DVI

2

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X OC 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 GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X OC reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

h264

Decode / Encode

h265 / HEVC

No

VP8

Decode

VP9

No

AV1

No

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X OC is 297 mm long and 114 mm high. With a width of 36 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length

297 mm

Height

114 mm

Width

36 mm

Width (Slots)

2 PCIe-Slots

SFF-Ready

No

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 WINDFORCE 3X OC 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

GV-N970WF3OC-4GD

Documents

data sheet