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ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Strix 2-way SLI review
Posted by: on: 01/22/2015 03:47 PM [
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We review the ASUS Strix edition of the GeForce GTX 960. Actually not one, but two of them as we go SLI all the way as well! This premium version of the GTX 960 comes with an all silent design, good looks, a factory overclock and very nice overclock potential as well. All that whilst the temperatures do not go out of control. The mainstream graphics card has 2 GB graphics memory and is definitely capable of playing games in 1080P really well. Let's check the product, shall we?
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Posted on: 01/22/2015 08:37 PM
Its worse than or equal to my 7950 atm.
Its worse than or equal to my 7950 atm.
Megabiv
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Posted on: 01/22/2015 09:02 PM
SLI seems bad at the price it's selling at. I mean the scaling is good, but a quick look on OCUK for pricing tells me that for roughly £70 less I can buy a single 970 and get generally better performance and still have the luxury of not relying on decent SLI support in games.
Single card performance doesn't seem terrible either but i'll be honest and take the extra performance AND 2gb of memory on a 970 over one of these. If this was sold at about £120-£140 though it might be a better purchase, the £160 just makes me look at the model above.
SLI seems bad at the price it's selling at. I mean the scaling is good, but a quick look on OCUK for pricing tells me that for roughly £70 less I can buy a single 970 and get generally better performance and still have the luxury of not relying on decent SLI support in games.
Single card performance doesn't seem terrible either but i'll be honest and take the extra performance AND 2gb of memory on a 970 over one of these. If this was sold at about £120-£140 though it might be a better purchase, the £160 just makes me look at the model above.
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Posted on: 01/22/2015 09:50 PM
Yeah they are starting out at 250 bucks around here as our dollar is low at the moment so 2 would be 500 and I can get a 970 for 410 after rebate of 10 bucks so a no brainer.They would have to perform way better or be way cheaper for this to make sense.
Yeah they are starting out at 250 bucks around here as our dollar is low at the moment so 2 would be 500 and I can get a 970 for 410 after rebate of 10 bucks so a no brainer.They would have to perform way better or be way cheaper for this to make sense.
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Posted on: 01/22/2015 10:58 PM
Not impressed at all. Looking at the numbers Guru3D posted my single HD7950 Boost 3GB outperforms a single 960, at 1200P. 2GB and 128-bit memory bus cripples the 960.
In a dual card configuration SLI 960s obviously do not scale well at all. In games like Tombraider, Hitman, and Dragon Age: Inquisition my CFX HD7950 (OC'd 1100/1400) sits higher than the GTX 980 and just shy of the R295x2. GPU usage sits at 99% for all three. What's funny is that with my Eyefinity setup, at 6056x1920 I am averaging 35FPS (Ultra settings, MSAAx2) for DA:I. Again, 2GB and 128-bit memory bus cripples the 960.
Sorry nVidia, I traded my 2x EVGA 660 Ti 3GB FTW straight up for 2x HIS HD7950 Boost 3GB years ago and haven't looked back. I am quite happy sitting in the top 3% of all tested systems for Firestrike.
Not impressed at all. Looking at the numbers Guru3D posted my single HD7950 Boost 3GB outperforms a single 960, at 1200P. 2GB and 128-bit memory bus cripples the 960.
In a dual card configuration SLI 960s obviously do not scale well at all. In games like Tombraider, Hitman, and Dragon Age: Inquisition my CFX HD7950 (OC'd 1100/1400) sits higher than the GTX 980 and just shy of the R295x2. GPU usage sits at 99% for all three. What's funny is that with my Eyefinity setup, at 6056x1920 I am averaging 35FPS (Ultra settings, MSAAx2) for DA:I. Again, 2GB and 128-bit memory bus cripples the 960.
Sorry nVidia, I traded my 2x EVGA 660 Ti 3GB FTW straight up for 2x HIS HD7950 Boost 3GB years ago and haven't looked back. I am quite happy sitting in the top 3% of all tested systems for Firestrike.
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For the cost of this you could get a single 970 Nvidia missed the mark completely with the 960. SMH