The high prices of current graphics cards, plus the shortage we are experiencing, make some older GPUs that seemed to be forgotten, such as the GTX 970, resurface.
Nvidia GTX 970 reappears as the best price / performance GPU
A number of GTX 970 graphics cards are popping up on eBay with a price tag of roughly $ 197. If we were only guided by the 'FPS per dollar' value, the GTX 970 is above all with 0.1716 frames per dollar. Nearby is the RX 57 GB, which has a value of frames per dollar.
We can also see other graphics cards at the top of the list, such as the R9 Fury X, the GTX 980 or the GTX 1060 with 3GB of memory. Models such as the RTX 3090, RTX 3080 and the RX 6900 XT are the ones with the worst value of frames per dollar are offering today. The worst of all is the Radeon VII, which is exorbitantly priced on eBay.
The GeForce GTX 970 uses the well-remembered Maxwell architecture with a 5.2 billion transistor chip and a 28nm process node from TSMC.
Although the graphics card still defends itself, it is not that it has much future ahead and it seems more an option to take advantage of the moment or to 'get out of the way'. In terms of performance, the card is still somewhat more powerful than a GTX 1650 and has 4GB of video memory, which is still a sufficient amount of VRAM memory in most games. For the purpose of 1080p gaming, it still offers a good experience.
Finally, we can see how the sale of this graphics card has been rising throughout the year 2021.
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