The GeForce GTX 970M is a MXM-style laptop graphics card, second from the top in NVIDIA's line when it was released in the fall of 2014. It is built around the high-efficiency Maxwell architecture, also used in the desktop GeForce 900-series, but with slightly reduced specs to further lower power usage so that it is suitable for use in mobile computers.
Mobile gaming is what the GeForce 970M it is built for, with a lower price point than its big brother the 980M. As such it isn't as fast as that model, but it still does a good job with keeping frame rates smooth in games, though not always at maximum quality. This variant comes with 6GB of video memory, double the normal amount that NVIDIA requires for this GPU.
Mobile gaming is what the GeForce 970M it is built for, with a lower price point than its big brother the 980M. As such it isn't as fast as that model, but it still does a good job with keeping frame rates smooth in games, though not always at maximum quality. This variant comes with 6GB of video memory, double the normal amount that NVIDIA requires for this GPU.
William George (Marketing Project Manager) Says:
Mobile graphics cards keep getting closer to the performance of their desktop cousins! While they aren't as fast as the desktop models yet, the GeForce 970M reaches about 50-70% of the performance of the desktop 970. Playing games at 1080P, the standard resolution in our Traverse Pro laptops, that level of performance should handle mid to high quality settings on current and near-future games, and max quality on older or less graphically demanding titles.
Mobile graphics cards keep getting closer to the performance of their desktop cousins! While they aren't as fast as the desktop models yet, the GeForce 970M reaches about 50-70% of the performance of the desktop 970. Playing games at 1080P, the standard resolution in our Traverse Pro laptops, that level of performance should handle mid to high quality settings on current and near-future games, and max quality on older or less graphically demanding titles.
Model: NVIDIA GTX 970M
Specifications
| Chipset Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| Product Line | GeForce |
| Interface | MXM |
| Maximum Digital Resolution | 3840x2160 |
| Maximum DisplayPort Resolution | 3840x2160 |
| Maximum DVI Resolution | 2048x1536 |
| Maximum Monitors Supported | 4 |
| HDCP Compliant | Yes |
GPU Specifications | |
| Core Speed | 924 MHz |
| Boost Speed | Variable Mhz |
| Stream Processors | 1280 |
Memory Specifications | |
| Video Memory | 6GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 |
| Memory Speed | 2500 MHz |
| Memory Bus Width | 192-bit |
| Bandwidth | 120 GB/s |
Additional Information | |
| DirectX Support | DirectX 12 |
| CUDA Support | 5.2 |
| OpenGL Support | 4.5 |
Maximum of 3 monitors includes the main laptop display. So only two external monitors can be used concurrent to the main display.
