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The GTX 960 Owners Thread

opethdisciple said:
Do these 4Gb 960s actually come with 4Gb of VRAM?

Would be a kick in the teeth if it is the case for the 970!
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I don't think NVidia could gimp them even if they wanted to, with a 128bit bus it will use either 2gb or 4gb.

Having said that a 128bit bus is not anything to boast about so don't expect miracles when the cards are pushing 4gb.
 
Anyone heard a date when the 4gb cards will be available? I don't think I can hold out until the radeon 300 series and it doesn't look like there will be a 960 ti anytime soon. Would have preferred to see 4gb or even 3gb on a 192bit bus, but it surely will be much faster then my trusty old radeon 5850.
 
jasonf12014 said:
Anyone heard a date when the 4gb cards will be available? I don't think I can hold out until the radeon 300 series and it doesn't look like there will be a 960 ti anytime soon. Would have preferred to see 4gb or even 3gb on a 192bit bus, but it surely will be much faster then my trusty old radeon 5850.
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The Asus 960 4GB is available for pre order with an ETA of the 20th of March.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-359-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2379
 
That pricing. When a 970 can be had at £260, who would pay £220 for a 960? I'm curious as to what the market is for these new 960's.

£150~170 and they would fly but as is it's totally overpriced.
 
Boomstick777 said:
Is this a good choice for Mini-ITX / HTPC?

PC setup:

Gigabyte Z97N Wifi Mini-ITX
Intel core i7 4770K
16GB 2400Mhz DDR3
Thermaltake Core V1 Extreme Mini ITX




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It's tiny !

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Ok it's installed, temps / noise?

IDLE 24C

LOAD 57C

'Load temp tested in Furmark'

IDLE:

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LOAD:

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Card clocks down as low as 135/202 and is inaudible during desktop use / movie playback.

Can't hear the card over the PSU fan etc during gaming (Even Overclocked).

This is a very quiet card.

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3DMARK 11

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Gaming Performance:

Dying Light: Balanced setting @ 1440P

40fps average with some dips to low 30fps and highs up to 50fps.



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(Will add some more games later, need to reformat PC)

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Early thoughts.. With the inclusion of Witcher 3 game code, and at around £150 for a GTX 960, these are now good value budget cards. It has performed beyond my expectation so far, temps are excellent and is whisper quiet.
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I put together a Mini-ITX tower from budget pieces around 2 months ago ~ £400 which includes the GTX 960 ITX edition.

CPU is a Pentium Anniversary edition at 4.8 ghz - 8GB of memory z97 board and Gigabyte GTX 960. Lovely little machine, utterly silent plays games nicely at 1080p on my 65" Panasonic Plasma and does the True-HD and DTS-MA.

Great little card.

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My EVGA ITX 960 was attempted delivery today, don't know when I'll be able to pick it up as the depot isn't anywhere near but I'll add my name to the club when I finally get it.
 
I don't know, we were right to pan it at launch for it's poor VFM, but at £150-160 with a £40 game it's not bad value at the minute if you game at 1080p and aren't a 144hz performance freak.
 
I'm sure these are selling, but I guess it's just nothing to boast about considering it's the same old performance as previous mid range cards, but amazing efficiency/thermals.
 
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