Benchmarks: Gaming
GeForce GTX 970 is a go-to choice for system integrators aiming to hit a sub-£1,000 price point, so it's no surprise to see quite a few of the machines in our line-up closely matched when it comes to GPU performance.
The ITX Gigabyte card isn't the quickest implementation of the GTX 970 core, but a 3DMark score just shy of 9,000 shows that there's a healthy dollop of gaming potential on offer.
Gaming Performance (Average FPS) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Quality Settings | FHD (1,920x1,080) |
QHD (2,560x1,440) |
UHD (3,840x2,160) |
| Alien: Isolation | SMAA-T2x, Maximum Quality | 131.0 |
83.2 |
43.7 |
| Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | Ultra Quality Preset | 74.4 |
49.0 |
30.1 |
| Total War: Rome II | Extreme Preset | 59.3 |
36.3 |
17.0 |
We've benchmarked a few recent games to find out exactly what to expect and 1080p gameplay is clearly the Primal GT2's forte - in most titles you'll be able to crank quality settings up to 11 and enjoy silky-smooth framerates.
The compact machine also makes a reasonable fist of gaming at a tasty 2,560x1,440 resolution - we reckon you'd manage 60fps in the more demanding games by dialling-down quality settings a notch - but maintaining those framerates at 4K UHD is one step too far.