old gpu vs new
Intel Core i7-4770 testing with a ASRock Z97 Anniversary and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite.


GTX 660Ti: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2048MB (967/3004MHz), Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: GRUNDIG WUXGA + ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 3.18.7-2-ck (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.35, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20150204, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080

GTX 970: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (405/324MHz), Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: GRUNDIG WUXGA + ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 3.18.7-2-ck (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.35, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20150204, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080

Asus STRIX 970: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 128GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1 + 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1113/3505MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GM204 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 +, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080

MSI 970 GAMING 100ME: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 990XA-UD3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Samsung SSD 840 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (899/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.3.3-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 + Clang 3.7.0 + LLVM 3.7.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 60GB Corsair Force 3, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (135/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1200


Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GTX 660Ti ................... 31.14 |=================
GTX 970 ..................... 74.50 |========================================
Asus STRIX 970 .............. 78.99 |==========================================
MSI 970 GAMING 100ME ........ 78.66 |==========================================
ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 . 77.29 |=========================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GTX 660Ti ................... 49.01 |==========================
GTX 970 ..................... 71.68 |======================================
Asus STRIX 970 .............. 71.41 |======================================
MSI 970 GAMING 100ME ........ 73.34 |=======================================
ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 . 79.36 |==========================================