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MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming OC review
Posted by: on: 01/22/2015 03:47 PM [
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We review the MSI GeForce GTX Gaming OC, the card comes with a newly revised TwiNFrozr model cooler. And that makes it silent and deadly as you will not hear this product. The GTX 960 is introduced in the mainstream space, aiming to be the affordable 1080P alternative. The card has 2 GB graphics memory, is energy efficient and comes factory overclocked for you. Let's check it out shall we?
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Dillinger
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Posted on: 01/22/2015 06:15 PM
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Barry J
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Posted on: 01/22/2015 06:34 PM
960 a poor card wish the 660ti and 660ti sli was in the performance charts would make the 960 look a really bad upgrade option hope they bring out a 960ti with better performance
960 a poor card wish the 660ti and 660ti sli was in the performance charts would make the 960 look a really bad upgrade option hope they bring out a 960ti with better performance
Fox2232
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Posted on: 01/22/2015 06:53 PM
It is funny, though, that 400 $ 960 SLI is almost as fast as a single 550 $ 980.
960 Ti SLI will be faster and cheaper than the 980, but more power hungry, and louder.
And it will be SLi,which means not everything supported, prone to issues many have (but not all, some can handle SLi just fine).
My personal observation:
- benchmarks it does 25% better than 760
- in games it does from 0% to 25% better than 760
- SLi performance can match r9-290x/980
My opinions:
- card is bandwidth starved and that is why quite good GPU does not deliver consistent improvement in all scenarios.
- 4GB version will be pointless if even 2GB version suffocates itself
- SLi for higher than 1080p resolution is bad idea
Going from 770 to 970 or 780 to 980 should be called upgrade.
Going from 760 to 960 is not upgrade at all.
It is funny, though, that 400 $ 960 SLI is almost as fast as a single 550 $ 980.
960 Ti SLI will be faster and cheaper than the 980, but more power hungry, and louder.
And it will be SLi,which means not everything supported, prone to issues many have (but not all, some can handle SLi just fine).
My personal observation:
- benchmarks it does 25% better than 760
- in games it does from 0% to 25% better than 760
- SLi performance can match r9-290x/980
My opinions:
- card is bandwidth starved and that is why quite good GPU does not deliver consistent improvement in all scenarios.
- 4GB version will be pointless if even 2GB version suffocates itself
- SLi for higher than 1080p resolution is bad idea
Going from 770 to 970 or 780 to 980 should be called upgrade.
Going from 760 to 960 is not upgrade at all.
Harry Lloyd
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Posted on: 01/22/2015 07:14 PM
I made a little analysis of performance vs. launch price.
660 - 230 $
670 - 400 $, 74% higher price, 34% higher performance in 1080p (same in 1440p)
760 - 250 $
770 - 400 $, 60% higher price, 23% higher performance in 1080p (same in 1440p)
960 - 200 $
970 - 330 $, 65% higher price, 58% higher performance in 1080p (62% in 1440p)
The 970 offers amazing value, it scales so well, unlike the 670, and the insanely overpriced 770.
Hopefully the 960 Ti will fill the huge gap between the 960 and 970.
I made a little analysis of performance vs. launch price.
660 - 230 $
670 - 400 $, 74% higher price, 34% higher performance in 1080p (same in 1440p)
760 - 250 $
770 - 400 $, 60% higher price, 23% higher performance in 1080p (same in 1440p)
960 - 200 $
970 - 330 $, 65% higher price, 58% higher performance in 1080p (62% in 1440p)
The 970 offers amazing value, it scales so well, unlike the 670, and the insanely overpriced 770.
Hopefully the 960 Ti will fill the huge gap between the 960 and 970.
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I was thinking the same thing. I was going to hold off until the rumors of 128bit memory bus. Now I'm glad I didn't. I'm sick of castrated graphics cards.