ASUS GeForce GTX 960 

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

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Gaming

GeForce GTX 960
6.9
GeForce GTX 780
7.1
GeForce GTX 660
7.0
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more

Graphics

GeForce GTX 960
7.9
GeForce GTX 780
n.d.
GeForce GTX 660
6.6
T-Rex, Manhattan, Sky Diver Factor and Fire Strike Factor

Computing

GeForce GTX 960
6.1
GeForce GTX 780
6.4
GeForce GTX 660
5.7
Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more

Performance per Watt

GeForce GTX 960
8.2
GeForce GTX 780
6.4
GeForce GTX 660
7.3
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 31 more

Value

GeForce GTX 960
7.5
GeForce GTX 780
7.0
GeForce GTX 660
7.3
Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 31 more

Noise and Power

GeForce GTX 960
9.0
GeForce GTX 780
9.3
GeForce GTX 660
8.9
TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more
7.6

Overall Score

GeForce GTX 960
7.6
GeForce GTX 780
6.9
GeForce GTX 660
6.8

Benchmarks Real world tests of the GeForce GTX 960

Bitcoin mining Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 960
111.95 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 660
61.22 mHash/s
GeForce GTX 780
139.42 mHash/s

Face detection Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 960
69.13 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 660
28.97 mPixels/s
GeForce GTX 780
55.78 mPixels/s

Ocean surface simulation Data courtesy CompuBench

GeForce GTX 960
780.9 frames/s
GeForce GTX 780
1,346.76 frames/s
GeForce GTX 660
794.74 frames/s

Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 960
57.05
GeForce GTX 660
43.99
GeForce GTX 780
n.d.

Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 960
358.37
GeForce GTX 660
306.01
GeForce GTX 780
n.d.

Cloud Gate Factor Data courtesy FutureMark

GeForce GTX 960
20.14
GeForce GTX 660
19.41
GeForce GTX 780
n.d.

Thief

GeForce GTX 960
50.6
GeForce GTX 660
55
GeForce GTX 780
n.d.

Battlefield 4

GeForce GTX 960
58
GeForce GTX 780
74
GeForce GTX 660
n.d.

Reviews Word on the street for the GeForce GTX 960

9.0
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Using an automatic TMDS switch chip on the board, you may run 2x DVI, 1x DP and 1x HDMI or 3x DP, 1x DVI and 1x HDMI at the same time.

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Applications

All by itself, the GTX 960 SLI is a cracker of a combination, and we see performance upscale in excess of 80 percent in games that take advantage of SLI, at 1080p and 1440p resolutions.
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GPU Temperature ComparisonIdleLoadGigabyte GTX 960 OC32°C65°CGigabyte GTX 960 G1 Gaming38°C67°CMSI GTX 960 Gaming45°C63°CASUS GTX 960 STRIX42°C60°CEVGA GTX 960 SSC40°C71°CPalit GTX 960 Super Jetstream35°C67°C Important: GPU temperature will vary depending on clock speed, voltage settings, cooler design, and production variances.
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While the game doesn't introduce any revolutionary new concepts, it's welcome new food for lovers of the genre.
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Gaming

Since the GTX 960 is targeted at Full HD gaming, 2 GB shouldn't let you down with any of today's games.
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Second, those who want to convert their vanilla desktops to gaming PCs, and game on their Full HD TVs.
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Second are those who want to convert their vanilla desktops into gaming PCs to game on their Full HD TVs.
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Temperature

GPU Temperature ComparisonIdleLoadEVGA GTX 960 SSC40°C71°CMSI GTX 960 Gaming45°C63°CASUS GTX 960 STRIX42°C60°CPalit GTX 960 Super Jetstream35°C67°C Important: GPU temperature will vary depending on clock speed, voltage settings, cooler design, and production variances.
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GPU Temperature ComparisonIdleLoadPalit GTX 960 Super Jetstream35°C67°CMSI GTX 960 Gaming45°C63°CASUS GTX 960 STRIX42°C60°CEVGA GTX 960 SSC40°C71°C Important: GPU temperature will vary depending on clock speed, voltage settings, cooler design, and production variances.
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GPU Temperature ComparisonIdleLoadMSI GTX 960 Gaming45°C63°CASUS GTX 960 STRIX42°C60°CEVGA GTX 960 SSC40°C71°CPalit GTX 960 Super Jetstream35°C67°C Important: GPU temperature will vary depending on clock speed, voltage settings, cooler design, and production variances.
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Memory

With NVIDIA's memory bandwidth management sauce added to the mix, the company is talking about an unscientific "effective bandwidth" figure of around 144 GB/s..
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Don't be quick to write off the 128-bit memory bus width just yet, because NVIDIA is backing it with a new lossless texture compression technology that reduces memory bandwidth usage, effectively making it a wider memory bus than it physically is.
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Don't be quick to write off the 128-bit memory bus width just yet as NVIDIA is backing it with a new lossless texture compression technology that reduces memory bandwidth usage, effectively making it a wider memory bus than it physically is.
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Media

Using the latest in rendering technology, CryEngine offers ultra-realistic vegetation and water rendering.
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This approach is a godsend for all office- and Media-PC systems where keeping things as quietly as possible is paramount.
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This approach is a godsend for all office and Media PC systems where you'd like as much silence as possible.
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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

Showing 19 comments.
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 Norris (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 Norris (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 Norris (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 Norris (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
ProudInfidel ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (12:14 AM, January 26, 2015)
this is coming from a 7970 owner
ProudInfidel ✓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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