Nvidia to discontinue GTX960 2GB and replace it with 4GB version

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 9 Oct 2015 at 11:30

According to Wccftech:

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-discontinue-2gb-versions-geforce-gtx-960/

JediFragger · 9 Oct 2015 at 11:34

Wow, way to **** your customers nVidia!!! Genius' tbh, always thinking up new ways

NexusK · 9 Oct 2015 at 11:37

Probably because the 950 won't be selling with it being the almost the same price as the 2GB 960.

Joe! · 9 Oct 2015 at 11:38

If the 960 got an actual 4gb of VRAM it'd make me laugh at the 970 a bit... I know they're not the same GPU

Kaapstad · 9 Oct 2015 at 11:45

Joe! said:
If the 960 got an actual 4gb of VRAM it'd make me laugh at the 970 a bit... I know they're not the same GPU

They do have the full 4gb.

Marine-RX179 · 9 Oct 2015 at 12:22

Kaapstad said:
They do have the full 4gb.

But they don't have full (speed) for the entire 4GB

Is the last 512MB vram even GDDR5 memory...anyone knows?

humbug · 9 Oct 2015 at 12:37

Does anyone buy it? its a pile of £180 crap.

pgi947 · 9 Oct 2015 at 12:41

Bit of a dick move tbh.

RavenXXX2 · 9 Oct 2015 at 12:43

2GB even on budget cards is dead, Nvidia now needs to stop selling us overpriced junk with **** spec.

Avenged7Fold · 9 Oct 2015 at 13:02

I don't really see how people can say this is screwing over customers. If people wanted 4gb, then why did they buy 2gb?

It may replace them in terms of price bracket but you cant say anyone has been done over by it as it will probably come in at a slightly higher price (article mentions $220 vs $200 on newegg).

Should i get angry over having 4gb 290xs because if i had bought at a later date i could have ended up with a 390x with 8gb of VRAM?

The only people who would be annoyed are the owners who want to go SLI as their cards will have had a very short retail life, but you can always buy second hand and the cards wont just suddenly stop being sold (they will be gradually phased out with special offers on the older stock).

martin363 · 9 Oct 2015 at 13:37

I know, this being 'Overclockers' I am going to get ****ged off for saying this, but I have a 2gb GTX 960 in my ITX office PC and frankly it is great.

No noise, low power, tiny and whilst it may not run Crysis (what can lol...), it will run WOW on high settings, 1440p at 60fps for a little lunchtime relaxation. it will also run Civ 5 maxed out at 1440p and skylines.

I appreciate it is not a 'power card' but I think compared to the options available 3 years ago, it is amazing.

The 980ti is better, as is the 970, but come on, for 150 quid, it is great value, and supported.

Seanspeed · 9 Oct 2015 at 13:44

I just dont get why they dont put out a 960Ti? Give that 4GB(or 3.5) of vRAM and keep both in the line.

Is the 970 still selling so well that they are afraid of eating into it?

wellibob · 9 Oct 2015 at 13:48

I have a 960 in a itx rig. Silent and excellent 1080p gaming card. Overclock the be-jesus out of my gigabyte itx one.

Kaapstad · 9 Oct 2015 at 13:54

Marine-RX179 said:
But they don't have full (speed) for the entire 4GB

Is the last 512MB vram even GDDR5 memory...anyone knows?

You are mixing the GTX 960 up with the 970.

The memory works fine on the GTX 960 whether it is 2gb or 4gb.

Orcish-Horde · 9 Oct 2015 at 14:22

A GTX960 has give new live to my aging Q6600 system. Must say I have been very happy with it, yes there are much better cards but they would have been a waste.

bru · 9 Oct 2015 at 16:22

Seanspeed said:
I just dont get why they dont put out a 960Ti? Give that 4GB(or 3.5) of vRAM and keep both in the line.

Is the 970 still selling so well that they are afraid of eating into it?

I suspect this, although they may be waiting for the AMD 380X to make its appearance.

Boomstick777 · 9 Oct 2015 at 17:03

martin363 said:
I know, this being 'Overclockers' I am going to get ****ged off for saying this, but I have a 2gb GTX 960 in my ITX office PC and frankly it is great.

No noise, low power, tiny and whilst it may not run Crysis (what can lol...), it will run WOW on high settings, 1440p at 60fps for a little lunchtime relaxation. it will also run Civ 5 maxed out at 1440p and skylines.

I appreciate it is not a 'power card' but I think compared to the options available 3 years ago, it is amazing.

The 980ti is better, as is the 970, but come on, for 150 quid, it is great value, and supported.

Agree with this. 960 is a great budget GPU. It's spot on for 1080P just don't try 1440P+ etc.

Honestly think the next 960 / 970 replacement from Pascal might be enough for me. Obviously I'll still buy the Titan but in terms of what they can do these cheaper cards are getting really good. If the next lower down cards could cope better @ 1440P I would be really tempted to just grab one of them and enjoy cheap gaming (Obviously this won't happen and I will buy the fastest but still these lower end cards are capable imho).

wellibob said:
I have a 960 in a itx rig. Silent and excellent 1080p gaming card. Overclock the be-jesus out of my gigabyte itx one.

Orcish-Horde said:
A GTX960 has give new live to my aging Q6600 system. Must say I have been very happy with it, yes there are much better cards but they would have been a waste.

+11

Marine-RX179 · 9 Oct 2015 at 17:50

Kaapstad said:
You are mixing the GTX 960 up with the 970.

The memory works fine on the GTX 960 whether it is 2gb or 4gb.

I was responding to those conversations regarding the 970, not the 960

Insanties_birth · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:17

My brother tends to go for these sort of cards, Radeon 270 / GTX 460 before it but yeah I am kind of glad to see Nvidia are finally getting on the ball and not nickle and diming people for every little spec. Still it does beg the question why they couldn't have done it sooner but then that's the way things are I suppose.

londonbairn · 9 Oct 2015 at 18:25

I have one as well, the tiny ITX Gigabyte one as well mainly because it doesnt need external power and for its tiny size