Gigabyte Geforce GTX 960 GeForce GTX960 Graphic Card 4096 MB

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Once we increased the resolution to 2,560×1,440, the card had no problem in Dirt Showdown, and we saw a just-playable 31.9fps in Tomb Raider, increasing to 49.6fps once we exchanged SSAA for FXAA anti-aliasing. Even Metro ran at a smooth 33.4fps at this resolution once we disabled SSAA, and Dirt Showdown ran at a playable 32.8fps at a huge 3,840×2,160. Spec for spec, this RX 470 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the R7 370, by boasting 79.9 % more fps. The RX 470 has 4 GB RAM compared to the R7 370 's 2 GB video memory. The Nvidia GTX 960 is a mid-range GPU, built for 1,920×1,080 gaming at 60 frames per second with all graphics settings enabled. It uses similar Maxwell architecture to the GTX 750, albeit with a redesigned GM206 GPU with 1,024 CUDA cores running at 1,127MHz. When thermal limits allow, these cores can boost up to 1,178MHz.

Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 960 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 760 and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, R9 280, the GTX 960 was -1.6 % slower. There are four of those smaller multiprocessors inside each GPC, which allows Nvidia to delegate tasks with more precision – and, therefore, operate more frugally. It’s an improvement over the “brute force” approach used on older cards, like the GTX 760, which had two larger multiprocessors per GPC. Maxwell’s revised GPCs don’t need as much resource-sharing hardware, either, which further cuts down power draw. In our synthetic benchmarks, the RX 470 blows past the R7 370 and, amazingly, even the R9 380 as well. Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, GTX 960, the RX 470 was 39.2 % faster.GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, GeForce GTX 1080, GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, GeForce GTX 1070, GeForce GTX 1060, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, GeForce GTX 1050, GeForce GT 1030, GeForce GT 1010 GeForce RTX 3090, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, GeForce RTX 3080, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, GeForce RTX 3070, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, GeForce RTX 3060 GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, GeForce GTX 1660, GeForce GTX 1650 The GPU is paired with 2GB of GDDR5 RAM via a 128-bit memory bus. This reduces the overall memory bandwidth compared to the 256-bit bus we see on AMD cards at this price, but the GM206 GPU is designed to use that bandwidth more efficiently than previous-generation Nvidia cards. In real world terms this bandwidth will be ample for playing most games at 1,920×1,080; it’s only when increasing resolutions beyond Full HD that memory bandwidth truly becomes a concern.

Our test rig consists of an Asus X79-Deluxe motherboard, Intel Core i7-4960X processor, 16GB of RAM and a 1TB hard disk.GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce GTX 465, GeForce GTX 460 SE v2, GeForce GTX 460 SE, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 420 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2080, GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2070, GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2060 Maxwell is all about achieving better performance while cutting power consumption. Nvidia has done this by rearranging its stream processors – the parts that do the heavy lifting inside a GPU core. GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 555, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GT 545, GeForce GT 530, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 510

According to Nvidia, the reference card is so efficient that when rendering less intensive games it should only produce around 30W of heat – meaning the card’s fans won’t need to spin up at all. Card The release year of the graphics card. The newer the better technology and performance optimization and Current CPU Impact on performance with respect to the highest performing CPU used for benchmark at the We’ve used 3D Mark’s Fire Strike test and four Unigine Heaven benchmarks to test theoretical performance, and we’ve taken idle and load temperatures and power requirements to see which card is the coolest and most frugal.

AMD Radeon RX 470 / i7-6700K

MSI has used its own TwinFrozr custom cooler for the MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G. The two-fan cooling system uses massive 100mm fans that ensure the underlying GPU is kept as cool as possible. These fans won’t actually spin up until temperatures hit around 65 degrees, meaning silent operation on the Windows desktop. Thanks to excellent performance and near-silent operation, the STRIX GTX 960 DirectCU II is an impressive card. The MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G is slightly larger, but has similar performance and is significantly cheaper, so is a better buy if you want an Nvidia GTX 960 card. However, if you have the space and power supply for it, the XFX Radeon R9 280X is far more powerful for the price.

GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605 Like the Asus GTX 960, the card could handle 2,560x,1440 gaming in Dirt Showdown and Tomb Raider, and in Metro once we turned off SSAA. Its results at these resolutions were very similar to those from the Asus card. GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM), GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 745, GeForce GT 740, GeForce GT 730, GeForce GT 720, GeForce GT 710 GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM), GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 745, GeForce GT 740, GeForce GT 730, GeForce GT 720, GeForce GT 710, GeForce GT 705GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 635, GeForce GT 630 Maximum recorded temperature under load. The lower the better for longer life of the graphics card. Nvidia’s changes result in a peak processing level of 2,308 GFLOPs. That’s a minor improvement on the 2,257 GFLOPs of the GTX 760 but it does of course come with those power saving benefits. It is, however, further below its AMD rivals, both of which offer at least 3,290 GFLOPs.