@DogeFX
Your machine may be defaulting to your Intel video processing on your CPU rather than your GTX 970.
- Open the nvidia Control Panel
- Click Manage 3D settings
- Click the Program Settings tab
- Click the Add button
- Select the game from the list or click browse and navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2\GW2.Main_Win64_Retail.exe
- Select GW2.Main_Win64_Retail.exe and then Open
- Customise individual settings if you like
- Exit nvidia control panel and try playing.
Please try this and let us know if you are good to go.