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Bearing a Maxwell GPU, the GTX 970 features Nvidia’s latest breakthrough when it comes to power efficiency. In addition, all GTX 900 Series cards came equipped with the latest Nvidia proprietary features, including Multi-Frame sampled Anti-Aliasing (MFAA), Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR), and Voxel Global Illumination (VXGI). The GTX 970 sits between the GTX 780 and GTX 780 Ti when it comes to performance, which is enough to sate any gamer’s appetite considering that it has a great power efficiency to performance ratio. To learn more, visit this micro-site for the Nvidia Maxwell GPUs: LINK
Specifications were slightly higher compared to the stock / reference GTX 970 so I am expecting an almost GTX 780 Ti performance from this card. Reference wise.
| Model | ZT-90101-10P |
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 (Compatible with 1.1) |
| ChipsetChipset Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| GPU | GeForce GTX 970 |
| Core clock | 1076 MHz (base) 1216 MHz (boost) |
| Cores | 1,664 |
| Shader Clock | N/A |
| MemoryMemory Clock | 7010 MHz |
| Memory Size | 4GB |
| Memory Interface | 256-bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| 3DDirectX | DirectX 12 |
| OpenGL | OpenGL 4.4 |
| PortsDVI | 2 (2560×1600) |
| HDMI | 1 (4K @ 60 Hz) |
| DisplayPort | 1 (4K @ 60 Hz) |
| VGA | (with included adapter) |
| GeneralTuner | N/A |
| RAMDAC | 400 MHz |
| Max Resolution | 4K |
| RoHS Compliant | Yes |
| SLI Supported | 3-way |
| Cooler | Dual-fan |
| Dual-Link DVI Supported | Yes |
| Supported OS | Certified for Windows 8 / 7 / Vista |
Detailed Look
ZOTAC has crafted a beautiful video card with its GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition, where it looks so over-the-top, with its flashy LEDs and huge backplate. But you know what? It’s a hot mess of a card, and I fell in love with the look instantly. ZOTAC, never change, please?
Starting with the front of the card, we can see the triple-fan cooler and the three LEDs. The two strips on the outer fans are LEDs, and so is the big plastic housing on top.
On the back of the card, we have the huge back plate covering the entire card. To the left, we have the OC+ chip, in the middle, we have some Power Boost chips, and to the right, we can see the two SLI connectors that allow 4-way SLI.
A look from the top of the card, where to the far right, we can see the two 8-pin PCIe power connectors.
And again, from the bottom of the card.
A closer look at the two 8-pin PCIe power connectors.
A few close up shots of the elaborate cooling setup that ZOTAC has deployed onto the GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition.
Probably my favorite shot of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition.
Power Consumption, Sound Testing and Software
Power Consumption
At stock clocks, the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition and our entire test bed, was consuming around 280W of power. This is pretty damn good considering the grunt that this card has behind it.
When overclocking it, we found that the power consumption drove up to 330W for the entire system. This was during an intense session of Battlefield 4, which was really pushing our system to its limits. Not too bad considering we were getting around 10% more performance, which is a nice tradeoff for the 10% added performance.
Software
We took a detailed look at the FireStorm software on our review of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 960 AMP! Edition, so things haven’t changed much there at all.
Popis produktu
Vysoce výkonná grafická karta ZOTAC GTX 970 AMP! Extreme 4GB DDR5
Společnost ZOTAC uvedla na trh žhavou novinku v podobě vysoce výkonné jednojádrové grafické karty. Karta využívá grafického čipu NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 s výkonnou architekturou MAXWELL GM204. Grafické výpočty obstará čip taktovaný na vysoké hodnoty. Tato karta představuje vysoce výkonný model, který uspokojí jakéhokoli náruživého hráče.
Vlastnosti grafického jádra
Grafické jádro NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 je vyráběno moderním 28 nm výrobním procesem, který umožnil vměstnat do jádra obrovské množství tranzistorů a obvodů a posunout opět výkon o stupeň výš. Současně s nárůstem výkonu, byly ovšem zachovány dobré provozní vlastnosti a 28nm výrobní proces má také velmi pozitivní vliv na skvělé možnosti taktování jádra.
Moderní technologie NVIDIA 3D Vision
Karta je vybavena oblíbenou technologií NVIDIA 3D Vision, díky které lze v kombinaci s monitorem podporujícím 3D zobrazení a speciálními 3D brýlemi zažít jedinečný zážitek při sledování třírozměrných filmů nebo her, a dostat se tak do nového 3D světa.
Zapojení více karet pro úchvatné navýšení výkonu
Díky podpoře technologie SLI budete moci zapojit více karet do jednoho systému a škálovat tím grafický výkon, podmínkou je kompatibilní základní deska. Grafická karta sama o sobě disponuje skvělým výkonem, ale při zapojení více těchto grafických karet získáte doslova dech beroucí výkon a žádná hra na plné detaily za předpokladu dostatečného výkonu i ostatních komponent nebude pro Váši počítačovou sestavu překážkou.
Podpora DirectX 12
Tato karta obsahuje rozhraní DirectX 12, které umožňuje vykreslovat poutavé 3D vizuály, doplněné o ohromující zvukové efekty. Díky těmto vlastnostem budou vaše hry naplněny nepředstavitelným množstvím detailů a budou tak daleko reálnější než dříve.
Klíčové vlastnosti
Jádro čipu GTX 970 je taktováno na frekvenci 1203 MHz a je vybaveno technologií která mu umožňuje přetaktování na frekvenci až 1355 MHz. Grafické jádro je napojeno na 4 GB GDDR5 paměti, ta pracuje s taktem neuvěřitelných 7200 MHz efektivně. Dalším pěkným parametrem je šířka paměťové sběrnice, ta má celých 256 bitů. Karta je určena pro moderní rozhraní PCI-Express 3.0 x16. Díky přítomnosti 3x Display portu, HDMI a DVI rozhraní lze kdykoliv připojit zobrazovací zařízení.
KEY FEATURES
We have visited the AMP-edition cards before and they always offer us more performance out of the box. With the AMP! Extreme-version Zotac has gone all out to add new exciting features.
IceStorm
IceStorm is the name of the tre-fan cooling system that is designed to keep the card cool whatever you do with it. It has copper-heatpipes, aluminum fins and three 90 mm fans which all help keep the card cool and silent running. The
The fans are multi-angled so the cover the whole heatsink and also focus on different areas.
ExoArmor
At the back of the card we find the “ExoArmor” which helps funnel the air and handle vibrations as well as having thermal plates that have direct memory contact and, together with the back plate, offers the most cooling possible, nice to have when you are overclocking the memory.
Power+
Smooth power delivery is vital when it comes to intense gaming sessions. ZOTAC Power+technology monitors the GPU’s power requirements in real-time to optimize the power delivery circuitry for maximum stability while minimizing wasted energy for long-term reliability and extreme performance.
OC Plus
ZOTAC OC Plus1 is an independent power regulation controller that communicates with the graphics card PWM via an internal bus and interfaces with ZOTAC FireStorm via external USB connection. When the OC Plus controller is connected to the PC via USB, advanced features such as voltage adjustment2, status monitoring and other detailed overclocking options are enabled with ZOTAC FireStorm software.
Light.ID
Light.Id visualizes the load on your GPU by changing the color of the led depending pn the load. A green light is used for light loads while red signals a heavy load. This can of course be disabled in the FireStorm software.
Страница 1: Тест и обзор: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition (ZT-90103-10P)
Несмотря на все проблемы, связанные с GeForce GTX 970 (см. ограничение пропускной способности памяти), данные видеокарты NVIDIA остаются хитом продаж. Конечно, мы не знаем точных показателей продаж NVIDIA, но, судя по комментариям в форумах и отзывам читателей, видеокарта GeForce GTX 970 обеспечивает отличный уровень производительности за свою цену. Zotac представила GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition – своего рода обновление к вышедшим ранее моделям. В нашем обзоре мы подробно рассмотрим видеокарту.
Zotac является эксклюзивным партнёрам NVIDIA, компания предлагает большой ассортимент видеокарт на разных GPU. В случае GeForce GTX 970 доступны пять моделей, отличающихся кулером и уровнем заводского разгона. Протестированная нами видеокарта GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition может похвастаться производительным кулером и максимально высоким уровнем заводского разгона. Перед нами самая быстрая видеокарта GeForce GTX 970 от Zotac.
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Как обычно, мы начнём с изучения технических спецификаций, после чего перейдём к тестам. Если вы не знакомы со вторым поколением архитектуры «Maxwell», мы рекомендуем ознакомиться с нашим обзором GeForce GTX 980 и GTX 970. Позднее мы провели детальный анализ ограничений пропускной способности памяти на всех моделях GeForce GTX 970. Несколько месяцев назад эта тема была во всех заголовках, хотя наши тесты довольно быстро показали несущественность проблемы для большинства пользователей. В любом случае, о существовании ограничений знать стоит.
Информация об архитектуре
С видеокартой GeForce GTX 970 NVIDIA нацелилась на верхний сегмент массового рынка, хотя некоторые специализированные модели видеокарт стоят довольно дорого. В любом случае, из-за отличного соотношения цена/производительность видеокарты GeForce GTX 970 снискали широкую популярность. Подобно GeForce GTX 980, они оснащаются GPU GM204. Он содержит 5,2 млрд. транзисторов и производится по 28-нм техпроцессу.
| Технические спецификации Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition | |
|---|---|
| Розничная цена | Узнать цену в Россииот 410 евро |
| Сайт производителя | www.zotac.com |
| Техническая информация | |
| GPU | GM204 |
| Техпроцесс | 28 нм |
| Число транзисторов | 5,2 млрд. |
| Тактовая частота GPU (базовая) | 1.228 МГц |
| Тактовая частота GPU (Boost) | 1.380 МГц |
| Частота памяти | 1.800 МГц |
| Тип памяти | GDDR5 |
| Объём памяти | 4 GB |
| Ширина шины памяти | 256 бит |
| Пропускная способность памяти | 230,4 Гбайт/с |
| Версия DirectX | 12 |
| Потоковые процессоры | 1.664 |
| Текстурные блоки | 104 |
| Конвейеры растровых операций (ROP) | 64 |
| Пиксельная скорость заполнения | 68,8 Гпиксель/с |
| SLI/CrossFire | SLI |
По сравнению с эталонной версией GeForce GTX 970, Zotac разогнала данную модель с 1.050 МГц до 1.228 МГц по базовой частоте. Минимальная планка GPU Boost выставлена на 1.380 МГц против штатной 1.178 МГц. 4 Гбайт памяти GDDR5 у Zotac отличаются от спецификаций NVIDIA 1.750 МГц, память разогнана до 1.800 МГц. 256-битный интерфейс обеспечивает пропускную способность памяти 230,4 Гбайт/с. По остальным спецификациям Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition соответствует другим видеокартам с данным GPU – отметим 1.664 потоковых процессора, 104 текстурных блока и 64 конвейера растровых операций (ROP).
| Сравнение температур и тактовых частот | ||
|---|---|---|
| Игра | Температура | Частота |
| The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim | 68 °C | 1.367 МГц |
| Company of Heroes | 69 °C | 1.354 МГц |
| Grid 2 | 68 °C | 1.354 МГц |
| Metro: Last Light | 69 °C | 1.367 МГц |
| Crysis 3 | 69 °C | 1.354 МГц |
| Battlefield 4 | 69 °C | 1.367 МГц |
| Bioshock: Infinite | 68 °C | 1.367 МГц |
| Tomb Raider | 69 °C | 1.354 МГц |
Тактовые частоты и напряжение GPU зависят от температуры, выше мы привели результаты тестов. GPU не нагревался выше 69 °C, поэтому в играх мы всегда получали максимальную частоту 1.354-1.367 МГц. Обещанного Zotac уровня 1.380 МГц мы так и не достигли. Скорее всего, видеокарта упирается в планку Power Target и ограничения BIOS.
Скриншот GPU-Z видеокарты Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition
Скриншот GPU-Z подтверждает приведенные выше спецификации. Все вполне ожидаемо.
<>Тест и обзор: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition (ZT-90103-10P)Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition — Впечатления
Technické parametry
Grafický čip:
GeForce GTX 970
Rychlost grafického čipu :
1 203
Velikost grafické paměti :
4 096
Typ grafické paměti:
GDDR5
Rychlost grafických pamětí (efektivně) :
7 200
Počet stream procesorů:
1 664
Jádro
Výrobce grafického čipu:
NVIDIA
Grafický čip:
GeForce GTX 970
Rychlost grafického čipu :
1 203
Počet stream procesorů:
1 664
Výrobní proces :
28
TMUs:
104
ROPs:
56
Paměť
Typ grafické paměti:
GDDR5
Velikost grafické paměti :
4 096
Rychlost grafických pamětí (efektivně) :
7 200
Šířka paměťové sběrnice :
256
Podpora DirectX:
12
Podpora OpenGL:
4,4
Pixel Shader Version:
5
Vertex Shader Version:
5
NVIDIA SLI Ready:
Ano
NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision-Ready:
Ano
G-Sync:
Ano
Virtual Reality:
Ano
Chlazení:
aktivní
Profil chladiče:
2.2-Slot
Производительность
1.тактовая частота ГП
1114MHz
1228MHz
Графический процессор (GPU) имеет более высокую тактовую частоту.
2.турбо ГПУ
1253MHz
1380MHz
Когда графический процессор работает ниже своих лимитов, он может перейти на более высокую тактовую частоту, чтобы увеличить производительность.
3.скорость пикселей
Неизвестно. Помогите нам, предложите стоимость. (Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!)
68.8 GPixel/s
Количество пикселей, которые могут быть отображены на экране каждую секунду.
4.флопс
Неизвестно. Помогите нам, предложите стоимость. (Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!)
4.09 TFLOPS
FLOPS — это измерение вычислительной мощности процессора GPU.
5.размер текстуры
Неизвестно. Помогите нам, предложите стоимость. (Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!)
127.7 GTexels/s
Количество текстурированных пикселей, которые могут быть отображены на экране каждую секунду.
6.GPU скорость памяти
Неизвестно. Помогите нам, предложите стоимость. (Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP!)
1800MHz
Скорость памяти — это один из аспектов, который определяет пропускную способность памяти.
7.образцы штриховки
1664
1664
Shading units (или потоковые процессоры) — это небольшие процессоры в видеокарте, которые отвечают за обработку различных аспектов изображения.
8.текстурированные единицы (блоков TMU)
104
104
Блоки TMU принимают текстурированные единицы и привязывают их к геометрическому расположению 3D-сцены. Больше блоков TMU, как правило, означает, что текстурированная информация обрабатывается быстрее.
9.блоки визуализации ROPs
56
56
Блоки ROPs несут ответственность за некоторые из заключительных шагов процесса визуализации, например,запись окончательных данных пикселя в память и для выполнения других задач, таких как сглаживание, чтобы улучшить внешний вид графики.
TEMPERATURE & POWER CONSUMPTION:
FurMark is a very intensive OpenGL benchmark that uses fur rendering algorithms to measure the performance of the graphics card. To record the GPU’s maximum temperatures, I will run Furmark’s Fur Rendering Burn-in Test, and let it run for 30 Minutes. As always, we try to keep the results consistent by keeping the ambient temperature checked at 27ºC.
We also check to see how the GPU impacts power consumption. The system is left to idle for 30 minutes before readings are taken, and load data is taken 30 minutes while FurMark is running. Power readings are taken for the entire system from the socket.
Характеристики и результаты тестирования Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 AMP! 6GB GDDR5
| Соотношение цена/качество |
|
| Версия DirectX | |
| Версия драйвера | |
| Графический процессор | |
| Частота GPU | |
| Объем памяти | |
| Тип памяти | |
| Частота памяти | |
| Ширина шины памяти | |
| Кол-во шейдерных блоков | |
| Термопакет (TDP) | |
| Потребляемая мощность в простое | |
| Потребляемая мощность под нагрузкой | |
| Максимальная температура GPU | |
| Тип системы охлаждения | |
| Шумность в 2D-режиме | |
| Средняя шумность в смешанном режиме работы | |
| DVI | |
| HDMI | |
| mini HDMI | |
| Кабель HDMI в комлекте | |
| Display Port | |
| D-sub | |
| Адаптеры в комплекте | |
| ПО в комплекте | |
| Игры в комплекте | |
| Длина видеокарты | |
| Кол-во занимаемых слотов | |
| Тест: 3DMark Cloud Gate | |
| Тест: 3DMark Fire Strike | |
| Тест: 3DMark Fire Strike (Ultra) | |
| Тест: 3DMark Feature Test (DX11, Single-thread) | |
| Тест: 3DMark Feature Test (DX11, Multi-thread) | |
| Тест: 3DMark Feature Test (Mantle) | |
| Тест: 3DMark Feature Test (DirectX 12) | |
| Тест: Dirt Rally (Full HD) | |
| Тест: Dirt Rally (UHD) | |
| Тест: Alien: Isolation (Full HD) | |
| Тест: Alien: Isolation (UHD) | |
| Тест: GTA V (Full HD) | |
| Тест: GTA V (UHD) | |
| Тест: Ashes of the Singularity (Full HD) | |
| Тест: Ashes of the Singularity (UHD) | |
| Тест: Metro: Last Light Redux (Full HD) | |
| Тест: Metro: Last Light Redux (UHD) | |
| Тест: LuxMark |
Overclocking
Overclocking — Let’s See How Far We Can Go
With a factory overclock already applied to the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition, I didn’t expect to pull much more from it. Well, I was pleasantly surprised when I continued to push the card that it just lapped up the additional stress to its already overclocked GPU.
Better yet, I was using the card at a three-day LAN with some friends, where it was getting a serious thrashing. Battlefield 4, H1Z1, and many more games were played for hours and hours per day at these overclocked settings, with the card not missing a single beat.
Just how far was I able to push the card? Battlefield 4 was rock solid with the Base Clock at 1403MHz, up from the 1203MHz default speeds while the Boost Clock was at a huge 1555MHz — up from the stock 1355MHz. I was even able to play with the memory and its 1800MHz (7.2GHz) and get it to 1902MHz (7.6GHz) all stable in Battlefield 4 at 1440p for hours and hours on end. I didn’t require any additional power going into the card either.
Battlefield 4
We have some great improvements with our overclock on the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition, with the additional speed adding 7FPS average on the Medium preset to our average frame rate, while the minimum FPS jumps from 91FPS to 110FPS.
The overclock on the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition with Battlefield 4 on its Ultra preset (again, minus AA) results in a huge improvement on both the minimum and average FPS. We jump from the 48FPS to 72FPS, while our average scales up from 78FPS to a huge 97FPS. We definitely can’t complain about these results!
Metro: Last Light
Metro: Last Light wasn’t too stable with this overclock, but when we did get it running, we didn’t see much of a performance benefit from overclocking our ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition, with an additional 1FPS to our average, for a total of 49FPS at 1440p.
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme — 1440p
A huge improvement for 3DMark with our overclock on the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition, where we move up to close to GTX 980 performance. Over 10% additional performance, all for free. A great result, that’s for sure.
Heaven — 1440p
Unigine’s Heaven enjoyed our overclock on the card, seeing the average FPS go from 41FPS at stock clocks, to 46FPS with our overclock. This pushes us closer to the GTX 980 score of 56FPS, but it helps us beat the GTX 780 with its 44FPS. Not bad for free performance.
PERFORMANCE (SYNTHETIC/GPU COMPUTE):
3DMARK (2013) is a multi-platform benchmarking tool from FUTUREMARK, consisting of comprehensive tests that aims to gauge your gaming hardware; be it a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop, or a desktop PC. 
CINEBENCH R11.5 is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates the computer’s performance capabilities. CINEBENCH is based on MAXON’s award-winning animation software CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. 
Kishonti’s CompuBench is an easy to use, no frills high performance suite of benchmarks. It compares the strengths and weaknesses of different hardware architectures such as CPUs, GPUs and APUs using a series of tests. 
VALUE & CONCLUSION:
First and foremost, I expected the GTX 970 to perform faster than its predecessor, and by predecessor, I mean the GTX 770 and the 780 alone. Now what surprised me with this particular GTX 970 from ZOTAC is that it could actually go head to head when it comes to gaming performance against the pricier yet older factory overclocked GTX 780 Ti we got at some games, and compute benchmarks specifically at Kishonti’s CompuBench test suite where it decimated the said card. Now what’s really endearing about the ZOTAC GTX 970, is that it does that level of performance for a fraction of its predecessor’s power output. At 223W full system load, and 67W idle, you’d think that this card is just your average mid-range GFX card from the yesteryear. The card’s temperature also benefited from the efficient Maxwell core. Nothing to dislike so far.
Gaming at 1080P is not a question, and WQHD gaming isn’t too, albeit you have to fine tune some games to exceed 60 Frame Per Second. Perhaps what I’d like ZOTAC to improve is the steep fan curve as the card really gets noisy when under load. As if it’s trying to catch up to the heat suddenly, without notice. We had this card installed on our Silverstone FT02 w/ sound dampeners so I’m all good. But, for cases without dampeners, you’re going to have a hard time concentrating on your game if you’re not wearing headphones. I love the ZOTAC GTX 970. It’s a fast factory overclocked card that could easily slice most games that we throw at it. Priced locally at around 15, 499 Pesos as of this writing (299 USD), the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 is really a tempting card to nab. Couple it up with a maximum of 5 Year Warranty, provided that you have registered it within 28 days upon purchase, the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 will surely provide you a lasting gaming grin for a lifetime.
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THE VERDICT |
PROS:
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CONS:
FAN CURVE NEEDS IMPROVEMENT |
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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970
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9/10
PERFORMANCE — 9/10
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8/10
BUILD QUALITY — 8/10
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8/10
FEATURES — 8/10
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8/10
AESTHETICS — 8/10
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9/10
VALUE — 9/10
8.4/10
Summary
Priced locally at around 15, 499 Pesos as of this writing (299 USD), the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 is really a tempting card to nab. Couple it up with a maximum of 5 Year Warranty, provided that you have registered it within 28 days upon purchase, the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 will surely provide you a lasting gaming grin for a lifetime.
What’s Hot, What’s Not & Final Thoughts
This is where you can fast forward to the final section of the review, and get a quick recap and points on the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition.
What’s Hot
A Beast of a GeForce GTX 970: The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition doesn’t mess around — it looks tough, acts tougher and overclocks like a champion. ZOTAC take things to a totally new level with this card.
Huge Overclocking Potential: With a factory overclock applied, I didn’t think we’d squeeze this much out of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition, but here we are, with a massive overclock that was perfectly stable for countless hours of gaming.
Near GTX 980 Performance For $150 Less: In most of our 1080p and 1440p tests, the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition takes swings at the GTX 980, which is great considering it costs $150 less. The GTX 970 is a powerhouse GPU, but ZOTAC takes it and runs with it.
Nice & Quiet: After coming in off a slew of GeForce GTX 960 reviews, the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition can handle 1080p, 1440p and 4K testing, all without making a noise. Sure the fans spin up, but they never get to the point where you can hear the fans that much at all.
Maxwell Architecture: We continue to be impressed by what NVIDIA has achieved with Maxwell, with a near full family of GPUs powered by the Maxwell architecture. The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition continues this, providing the full suite of technologies that the Maxwell architecture provides.
What’s Not
ZOTAC has impressed me here, as there’s absolutely nothing I can say about the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition that is negative. Near GTX 980 level performance, super quiet, it has massive overclocking potential and so much more.
Final Thoughts
This is my fourth video card review, and while I can’t believe I’m saying this: ZOTAC has knocked it out of the park with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition. While I don’t have any other GeForce GTX 970s to compare it against, I do have a lifetime worth of experience behind me of buying various video cards, and testing them through our Tweakipedia section of TweakTown.
I’ve got some GTX 960s, the reference GTX 780 and GTX 980s, as well as a slew of AMD Radeon video cards and I’m still impressed with what we have here today. We have near, or equal performance to that of the reference GeForce GTX 980, low total system power consumption, a slick design, huge overclocking potential and so much more.
The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition is one of the best video cards I have in my arsenal right now, and it has replaced my reference GeForce GTX 980 as my daily gaming card. For under $400, you simply cannot go wrong with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition.
PRICING: You can find the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition 4GB GDDR5 Graphics Card ZT-90103-10P for sale below. The prices listed are valid at the time of writing but can change at any time. Click the link to see the very latest pricing for the best deal.
United States: The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition 4GB GDDR5 Graphics Card ZT-90103-10P retails for $399.99 at Amazon.
Canada: The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition 4GB GDDR5 Graphics Card ZT-90103-10P retails for CDN$623.78 at Amazon Canada.
Specifications
| Model | ZT-90103-10P |
| Interface | PCI Express 3.0 x16 (Compatible with 1.1) |
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| GPU | GeForce GTX 970 |
| Core clock | 1203 MHz (base) 1355 MHz (boost) |
| Cores | 1,664 |
| Memory Clock | 7200 MHz |
| Memory Size | 4GB |
| Memory Interface | 256-bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Ports | DVI x1 (2560×1600) HDMI x1 (4K @ 60 Hz) DisplayPort x3 (4K @ 60 Hz) VGA (with included adapter) |
| Package Contents | DVI-to-VGA adapter 2 x Dual 4-pin-to-8-pin PCIe adapter Mini USB-to-internal USB header cable Driver Disk User Manual |
Let’s look at the different clock speeds that Zotac offers us with their GTX970 cards.
| Zotac GTX 970 | Zotac GTX 970 AMP! Omega Edition | Zotax GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition | |
| Core clock | 1076 MHz (base) 1216 MHz (boost) | 1102 MHz (base) 1241 MHz (boost) +2.4% / +2% |
1203 MHz (base) 1355 MHz (boost) +12% / +11.4% |
| Memory clock | 7010 MHz | 7046 MHz (+0.5%) | 7200 MHz (+2.7%) |
The Zotac GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition comes pre-overclocked with around 11-12% better core clock depending on base or boost clock and a tiny speed bump with the memory.
Performance Summary
How Does the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition Stack Up?
NVIDIA’s Maxwell architecture is doing most of the work here, but ZOTAC has placed some important technologies onto the GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition to ensure that it’s a lucrative buy against competing cards from other brands.
We don’t have any other GeForce GTX 970s to compare it against just yet, but we can look at the performance of it between the GTX 780 and GTX 980.
Performance at 1080p
Starting with our real-world benchmark, playing a 64-player match of Battlefield 4, the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition has absolutely identical performance at 1080p to our reference GeForce GTX 980 with 169FPS average with the Medium preset. Turning it up to the Ultra preset (with AA disabled), we see the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition with near identical performance to the GTX 980, once again — the 970 scores 110FPS, beating the GTX 980 by a single frame per second.
The performance of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition in most of our tests at 1080p was pretty much even with the reference GeForce GTX 980, which is great considering the GTX 980 is $550+, while the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition is just $400.
In games like GRID Autosport, we’re seeing a huge 137FPS average at 1080p, while taxing titles like Metro: Last Light is pushing 75FPS average. BioShock Infinite saw a great 91FPS average, which is pretty much on the mark of the GTX 980 which scored 90FPS.
Performance at 1440p
Battlefield 4 with the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition at 1440p is great, as we have close to the performance of the GTX 980. The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition provided 124FPS average at 1440p, while our reference GTX 980 scored 128FPS average.
Turning it up to Ultra (without the AA enabled), we have a drop from the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition against the GTX 980. 78FPS for the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition versus the GTX 980 and its 99FPS average.
The performance of the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition starts to fade at 2560×1440, where GRID Autosport saw an average of 112FPS, while our GTX 980 pushed 126FPS. Metro: Last Light results were similar, with 48FPS average on the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition, while our GTX 980 saw 55FPS.
BioShock Infinite, while identical between the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition and GTX 980 at 1080p, things change at 1440p. The ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition scored 62FPS average, while the reference GeForce GTX 980 was pushing 78FPS.
Performance at 4K
On Medium detail in Battlefield 4, the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition keeps its ground against the reference GeForce GTX 980 with 79FPS average at 4K, versus 75FPS on the GTX 980. When moving on to the Ultra preset (minus AA), the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition loses out to the GTX 980 with 66FPS versus the 99FPS on the GTX 980.
Okay, let’s change things up and go right up to 3840×2160, or 4K. GRID Autosport hits its 60FPS limit, with 60FPS on both of our cards, the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition and GeForce GTX 980 reference card. The gap closes at 4K between the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition and GTX 980, with 45FPS average on the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition and 51FPS on the GTX 980.
Moving to BioShock Infinite, we see 53FPS on the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition, while our GTX 980 pushes around 10% more with 59FPS. All in all, not bad performance from the ZOTAC GeForce GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Edition considering its $150+ cheaper.
