a good rule of thumb is if the gpu sin't called "RTX" then it doesn't do... RTX very well... hence the name RTX, it's not called "GTX", it's called "RTX" for a reason. just saying.
the only reason the 1060 and 1660 and above can run ray tracing is because people kept begging for drivers capable of running and and nvidia finally had enough and released it, the 1060 can run ray tracing at about 2 fps, the 1080ti (the best card in the gtx series) can get sometimes 30 maybe higher but it HIGHLY depends on the game.
so why would a 970, which is not even called a RTX card, and is MASSIVLY worse then the worst possible gpu that can run ray tracing, and that worst possible gpu still only gets around 2 fps, why would you think a 970 would be able to? like, theres no logic there.
that's like thinking a random rock will sell for millions sense diamonds can.