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GPU Architecture Shading Units GPU Clock GPU Boost Clock Memory Capacity Memory Type Memory Speed Memory Bus Width Memory Bandwidth Texture Mapping Unit (TMU)Render Output Unit (ROP)Pixel Fill Rate Texture Fill Rate Floating Point Per Second DirectX OpenGL Max GPU Temprature Graphics Card Power Rise of the Tomb Raider Shadow of the Tomb Raider The Witcher 3 Metro Exodus Battlefield 1 Far Cry 5 Assassin's Creed Unity Resident Evil 2

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GPU Architecture The smaller GPU, the better performance

28 nm

Shading Units The more Cores, the faster data are processed by the GPU

1664

2048

GPU Clock The higher the clock, the more instructions the GPU can execute per second

19% higher

1050 MHz

850 MHz

GPU Boost Clock The Boost clock helps GPU to get more performance

15% higher

1178 MHz

1000 MHz

Memory Capacity The VRAM capacity is used most for Anti Aliasing, Textures and Screen resolution

4 GB

3 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Speed The faster Memory, the faster Read/Write operations of the data

14% higher

7 Gbps

6 Gbps

Memory Bus Width The Wider Memory Bus, the more data can flow without waiting

256 bit

384 bit

Memory Bandwidth The more bandwidth, the faster data transfers between GPU and VRAM

224 GB/s

22% higher

288 GB/s

Texture Mapping Unit (TMU) The more Texture Mapping Units, the faster Texture Fill Rate

104

128

Render Output Unit (ROP) The more Rander Output Units, the faster Pixel Fill Rate

Pixel Fill Rate Indicates how many Pixels GPU can draw per second

52% higher

66 GP/s

32 GP/s

Texture Fill Rate Indicates how many Textures can be mapped per second

123 GT/s

4% higher

128 GT/s

Floating Point Per Second The more Floating Point Operations per second the better performance of the GPU

4 Flop/s

DirectX

OpenGL

Max GPU Temprature The maximum GPU temprature allowed by manufacturer

208 °F

194 °F

Graphics Card Power Typical power consumption of the graphic card board

42% lower

145 Watts

250 Watts

Rise of the Tomb Raider Settings Max, 1440p

30% higher

46 fps

32 fps

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Settings Max, 1440p

23% higher

40 fps

31 fps

The Witcher 3 Settings Max, 1440p

30% higher

43 fps

30 fps

Metro Exodus Settings Max, 1440p

33% higher

42 fps

28 fps

Battlefield 1 Settings Max, 1440p

31% higher

45 fps

31 fps

Far Cry 5 Settings Max, 1440p

21% higher

38 fps

30 fps

Assassin's Creed Unity Settings Max, 1440p

7% higher

30 fps

28 fps

Resident Evil 2 Settings Max, 1440p

16% higher

38 fps

32 fps

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Nvidia GTX 970 4GB 7Gbps 256-bit 145W Desktop Graphic card

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PROS 15

GPU Clock	1050 MHz vs 850 MHz	Clock speed is (200MHz) 19% higher
GPU Boost Clock	1178 MHz vs 1000 MHz	Boost clock speed is (178MHz) 15% higher
Memory Capacity	4 GB vs 3 GB	(1GB) 25% more VRAM Capacity
Memory Speed	7 Gbps vs 6 Gbps	Transfer speed of the memory is (1Gbps) 14% faster
Render Output Unit (ROP)	56 vs 32	(24) 43% more Render Output Units
Pixel Fill Rate	66 GP/s vs 32 GP/s	Pixel Fill Rate is (34GP/s) 52% faster
Graphics Card Power	145 Watts vs 250 Watts	Power consumption is (105Watts) 42% lower
Rise of the Tomb Raider	46 fps vs 32 fps	Rise of the Tomb Raider - 1440p: (14fps) 30% more frames per second
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40 fps vs 31 fps	Shadow of the Tomb Raider - 1440p: (9fps) 23% more frames per second
The Witcher 3	43 fps vs 30 fps	The Witcher 3 - 1440p: (13fps) 30% more frames per second
Metro Exodus	42 fps vs 28 fps	Metro Exodus - 1440p: (14fps) 33% more frames per second
Battlefield 1	45 fps vs 31 fps	Battlefield 1 - 1440p: (14fps) 31% more frames per second
Far Cry 5	38 fps vs 30 fps	Far Cry 5 - 1440p: (8fps) 21% more frames per second
Assassin's Creed Unity	30 fps vs 28 fps	Assassin's Creed Unity - 1440p: (2fps) 7% more frames per second
Resident Evil 2	38 fps vs 32 fps	Resident Evil 2 - 1440p: (6fps) 16% more frames per second

CONS 4

Shading Units	1664 vs 2048	(384) 19% less Shader Processing Units
Memory Bandwidth	224 GB/s vs 288 GB/s	Memory bandwidth is (64GB/s) 22% slower
Texture Mapping Unit (TMU)	104 vs 128	(24) 19% less Texture Mapping Units
Texture Fill Rate	123 GT/s vs 128 GT/s	Texel Fill Rate is (5GT/s) 4% slower

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Radeon R9 280X 3GB 6Gbps 384-bit 250W Desktop Graphic card

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