What kind of tearing is my GPU displaying?

Not too bad, now let`s compare it to others with a 970 in the benchmarks forum.

Show us your Unigine Heaven benchmark scores!

You`re actually on par or even a tad better then some of the 970 scores.

I`m still having trouble with your youtube video, you keep moving all over the place, play the game and film that.

That game looks ancient, WTH is it ?

Download this game and play it, it`s a small file and free, let us know how it looks.

Red Crucible®: Firestorm on Steam

Also run winsat mem in an elevated command prompt, what`s the score ?

type winsat mem, then hit enter

also, post a snip of your Windows Experience Index.

No go with your video, it doesn`t play.

Could you please do the other 2 things I asked :)

You should also consider an ssd for windows.

SSD 850 EVO 2.5" SATA III 250GB | Samsung Solid State Drives

Great choice on the Power Supply

Something is really wrong if you can`t even get that simple game to load and run.

Your Windows Experience Index looks great, you would get a 7.9 with a solid state drive, something to think about.

What was the winsat mem score ?

That`s a bit of a low score for 1600 MHz memory, believe it or not memory does help with gaming.

I`m at a loss, but I`m going with my instincts and concluding it must be the sub par motherboard.

There was also some talk about issues with the 970 not utilizing all 4 GB of the memory on the card.

I would research that.

Tommy has 2 Gigabyte 980 Windforce G1`s and he loves them, so it has to be a decent made card.

But a 970 is not a 980