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MSRP in USD: $329
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $89
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MSRP in USD: $89
Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 970 outperforms the cheaper GeForce GT 740 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce GT 740 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce GTX 970 is 113 days newer than the cheaper GeForce GT 740.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Performs up to 12% better in Far Cry 3 than GeForce GT 740 - 147 vs 131 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 - 4 vs 1 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740
- Up to 47% cheaper than GeForce GTX 970 - $182.79 vs $342.93
- Up to 40% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than GeForce GTX 970 - $1.55 vs $2.59 per FPS
- Consumes up to 57% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 64 vs 148 Watts
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
147
100%
Value, €/FPS
€2.59/FPS
59%
Price, €
€380.65
53%
FPS Winner
NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card …
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GeForce GT 740
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
FPS
131
89%
Value, €/FPS
€1.55/FPS
100%
Price, €
€202.9
100%
Value Winner
EVGA GeForce GT 740 4GB GDDR5 Dual DVI mHDMI Graphics Cards 04G-P4-3748-KR
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In Stock
Updated 102 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
GeForce GT 740
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GT 740
Desktop • May 29th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
7.944 GPixel/s
12%
Texel Fillrate
31.78 GTexel/s
25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | May 29th, 2014 |
| GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 700 |
$329 | MSRP | $89 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
| 2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 1 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 256-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 80.19 GB/s |
1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 993 MHz |
| 1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1253 MHz |
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