ASUS GeForce GTX 960 

Released March, 2015
  • 1.3 GHz
  • 4 GB GDDR5
7.1 Out of 10

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GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the GeForce GTX 960 among Desktop GPUs

Gaming

GeForce GTX 960
6.7
GeForce GTX 970
7.4
Radeon R9 380
6.9
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

GeForce GTX 960
8.0
GeForce GTX 970
6.5
Radeon R9 380
6.3
T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more

Computing

GeForce GTX 960
6.5
GeForce GTX 970
7.3
Radeon R9 380
7.6
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

GeForce GTX 960
7.7
GeForce GTX 970
7.1
Radeon R9 380
6.2
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Value

GeForce GTX 960
n.d.
GeForce GTX 970
9.3
Radeon R9 380
n.d.
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more

Noise and Power

GeForce GTX 960
8.6
GeForce GTX 970
8.1
Radeon R9 380
7.5
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
7.1

Overall Score

GeForce GTX 960
7.1
GeForce GTX 970
7.4
Radeon R9 380
6.5

Benchmarks Real world tests of the GeForce GTX 960

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 960
111.95 mHash/s
Radeon R9 380
410.27 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 970
212.39 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 960
69.13 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 970
105.04 mPixels/s
Radeon R9 380
84.59 mPixels/s

Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 960
780.9 frames/s
Radeon R9 380
1,503.63 frames/s
GeForce GTX 970
1,225.93 frames/s

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 960
57.4
GeForce GTX 970
72.7
Radeon R9 380
57.51

Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 960
358.69
GeForce GTX 970
428.4
Radeon R9 380
353.3

Cloud Gate Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 960
20.16
GeForce GTX 970
22.23
Radeon R9 380
20.15

Thief

GeForce GTX 960
50.6
GeForce GTX 970
75
Radeon R9 380
54.6

Battlefield 4

GeForce GTX 960
58
GeForce GTX 970
88.6
Radeon R9 380
59.5

Reviews Word on the street for the GeForce GTX 960

9.0
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Specifications Full list of technical specs

gpu

GPU brand Nvidia
GPU name GM206
Market Desktop
Clock speed 1,291 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,317 MHz
Is dual GPU No
Reference card Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 1.1 GHz 2 GB

raw performance

Shading units 1,024
Texture mapping units 64
Render output processors 32
Pixel rate 41.3 GPixel/s
Texture rate 82.6 GTexel/s
Floating-point performance 2,644 GFLOPS

memory

Memory clock speed 1,753 MHz
Effective memory clock speed 7,012 MHz
Memory bus 128 bit
Memory 4,096 MB
Memory type GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 112.2 GB/s

noise and power

TDP 120W
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Comments

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Caesar (01:58 AM, July 17, 2017)
>2017 >gtx 960 >ryzen 5 1600x >16 gb ram >still rocking anything to high settings, im surprised >p.s. thx to all those assholes miners i cant get a 1060 6gb at a fair price so im planning get another 960 to sli them
Beau Leslie Little (09:20 PM, November 18, 2016)
i have to say after owning this card it overclocks well i got it up to 1494mgz stable and it plays anything i want at 4k
Viking2121 (04:53 AM, June 16, 2016)
Yeah, I had 2x 760's, they were a bit faster then the GTX 960's in firestrike benchmark, but mine were overclocked. I'd say stock for stock they are pretty much the same, but a game that requires high memory bandwidth will perform slightly better on the 760.
Steven (05:16 AM, May 25, 2016)
No problem at all. I was really frustrated and this was the first game I played with my gtx 960, so I thought it was busted. Little did I know that it was the game itself that was poorly optimised.
Xanderp Trolliton (03:19 AM, May 25, 2016)
Holy shit man thank you very much!
Steven (11:25 AM, May 22, 2016)
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/92/ - makes a HUGE difference.
Xanderp Trolliton (10:52 PM, May 19, 2016)
Woah woah woah, could you post the link? I've had the 960 for about 3 months now and never heard about the shadow mapping patch.
Steven (01:17 PM, May 16, 2016)
Really well! All the settings can be on high. You'll get 55-60fps all the time. BUT you do need to download a third-party patch because the shadow mapping fucks with the cards, really slowing it down in towns.
Tyler Harris (01:03 PM, May 16, 2016)
thank mine comes in tomorrow from new egg the 4gb addition any idea how it will run fallout 4?
Steven (06:02 AM, May 3, 2016)
Have had the 4GB GTX 960 for 6 months now. Every single game I've thrown at it gets 60fps at 1080p at max to high. Highly recommended.
TheIceWarrior (01:00 PM, December 2, 2015)
For some reason the fact that a 760 can get almost double the FPS of a 960 smells like pure bs...
Quinn DP (07:48 AM, September 25, 2015)
I get that in the end the 960 is still the better GPU, why did they downgrade the memory bandwidth throughout the generations so significantly? I mean it's clear that it's not unimportant when some games (e.g. Crisis 3) have there system requirements based off the amount of memory bandwidth..
Hatsune Miku Kawaii (06:24 PM, June 21, 2015)
You stupid? The 760 has a Wider Memory Bus and has more Texture Mapping Units.
I Don't Get It (04:14 AM, May 31, 2015)
960 gets worse FPS in Crysis 3 than a 760..? What?
dude2 (10:49 PM, February 23, 2015)
The 960 is a budget gamingcard you can buy this or the r9 280x
Dude (08:55 PM, February 17, 2015)
Is this the best budget gpu or what should I get?
Jon (03:59 PM, January 28, 2015)
a little more being like $120 where i live
infidel ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (12:14 AM, January 26, 2015)
this is coming from a 7970 owner
infidel ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (12:13 AM, January 26, 2015)
300watt tdp. Cool story bro.
Sam (01:17 PM, January 23, 2015)
I would just pay a little more and get a dirt cheap 290
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