old gpu vs new
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core testing with a Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 and MSI 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


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 |=================================================


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 |=================================================