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Hardware Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 Review: feat. Asus

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  1. Combatus

    Combatus Bit-tech Modding + hardware reviews Lover of bit-tech Super Moderator

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    Combatus, 22 Jan 2015
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  2. GuilleAcoustic

    GuilleAcoustic Ook ? Ook !

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    Damn, bought a GTX770 in June ... completly lost all its value in a few month.
     
    GuilleAcoustic, 22 Jan 2015
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  3. xaser04

    xaser04 Ba Ba Ba BANANA!

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    Barely faster than a GTX760 yet costs more (based on OCUK's price range).

    The only thing going for this is the reduced power consumption but realistically a 760 wasn't exactly a power hog in the first place. The 960 simple uses less (only at load though).

    On a more positive note the underlying isolated performance GPU bodes well for mid - high end gaming laptops.
     
    xaser04, 22 Jan 2015
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  4. Dogbert666

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    It's probably not faster - I reckon their speeds are near identical. As mentioned, this is an overclocked SKU, but results for the 760 are reference.
     
    Dogbert666, 22 Jan 2015
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  5. xaser04

    xaser04 Ba Ba Ba BANANA!

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    That is a valid point. I had made the assumption that the 960 results shown were normalised to be a reference proxy (should be two sets of results really).

    So only power consumption going for it then....
     
    xaser04, 22 Jan 2015
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  6. Dogbert666

    Dogbert666 *Fewer Lover of bit-tech Administrator

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    It's getting harder to have a reference proxy when there's no reference card and inconsistent clock speeds through boosting. Sure, I could downclock to the reference speed, and it would be closer than the results currently used, but even then as I said in the article "even at reference clocks, different cards will perform differently based on how their boost profiles have been programmed." That said, I would have preferred to include "reference" results but I just didn't have time.

    As for only having power consumption, while efficiency is the big push with mid-range Maxwell, there's also the upgraded feature set. Plus..

     
    Dogbert666, 22 Jan 2015
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  7. SuperHans123

    SuperHans123 Multimodder

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    I have an MSI GTX 970, so I don't particularly care too much but I have to say.....what a disappointment this is.
    I thought it would be a real bang for buck champioon
     
    SuperHans123, 22 Jan 2015
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  8. meandmymouth

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    Would love to see it's folding performance over a 660 or 760.
     
    meandmymouth, 22 Jan 2015
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    [​IMG]
     
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  10. Hustler

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    YUK!!!

    ..and to think at one time last year I was going to hold out for these to replace my 760.

    Bullet dodged.
     
    Hustler, 22 Jan 2015
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  11. Redbeaver

    Redbeaver The Other Red Meat

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    970 is the real sweet spot for people who upgrades with 2-4 year cycles. It's $350 (+tax, yes) and it'll eat any game at 1080 without breaking a sweat. ANY game coming this year too.
     
    Redbeaver, 22 Jan 2015
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    I could not agree more! I got an MSI 970 and am very pleased with it.
     
    t5kcannon, 22 Jan 2015
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    This.
     
    SuperHans123, 22 Jan 2015
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  14. Dogbert666

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    One day, the love for that MSI card will stop. Today is not that day :D
     
    Dogbert666, 22 Jan 2015
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  15. Harlequin

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    Still chugging along with a gtx 670 oc :) so guess it isn't an upgrade then....
     
    Harlequin, 22 Jan 2015
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  16. Cei

    Cei pew pew pew

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    Nope, which is a bit surprising. I was expecting NV to use their gains in efficiency to produce a faster set of GPUs a la the 970/80. Even a Ti version of a 960 isn't going to be much faster than a 670 OC.
     
    Cei, 22 Jan 2015
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    Suddenly I'm feeling better about investing in a 770 last August. :D
     
    LennyRhys, 22 Jan 2015
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  18. Vallachia

    Vallachia What's a Dremel?

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    Anyone notice the empty pads on the PCB shot? The EVGA SuperSC 960 also has them.

    Seems like there could be a 960ti in the works, as there is room for one more memory chip one each side of the PCB, giving a total of 3GB on a 192-bit bus.

    If that happens then perhaps we might get a decent bang for buck card in the same price range as this one, and the 960 cards could then drop to a more reasonable price.
     
    Vallachia, 23 Jan 2015
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  19. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    Far more than 1080. It's absolutely fine with everything at 2560x1600 here.
     
    Pookeyhead, 23 Jan 2015
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  20. Blakmagik

    Blakmagik What's a Dremel?

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    Which would make it 2 years with no progress, this should be called the 950.
     
    Blakmagik, 23 Jan 2015
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