The GTX 960 Owners Thread

opethdisciple · 8 Mar 2015 at 18:01

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!

Kaapstad · 8 Mar 2015 at 22:18

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!

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.

jasonf12014 · 9 Mar 2015 at 15:03

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.

EVILCOSMOS · 9 Mar 2015 at 15:11

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.

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

Shampoo · 9 Mar 2015 at 16:18

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.

McGraw · 9 Mar 2015 at 16:37

4gb 960?

Bit pointless imo

Kaapstad · 18 Mar 2015 at 04:50

Green Dragon review placed in OP.

GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G Green Dragon.

Hwbox

Boomstick777 · 20 Mar 2015 at 12:08

Kaapstad said:
GTX 960 Owners roll of honour.

To get on the roll of honour just post a pic of you 960s with your forum name in front.

Kaapstad Make EVGA SSC, Link

Saw your message in the other thread Kaap. Plz add me to roll of honour..

Only two of us

Link to quick look at the card >> http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=27801000&posted=1#post27801000

Kaapstad · 20 Mar 2015 at 12:10

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

It's tiny !

Ok it's installed, temps / noise?

IDLE 24C

LOAD 57C

'Load temp tested in Furmark'

IDLE:

LOAD:

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.

Boomstick777 · 20 Mar 2015 at 12:16

Thanks Kaap, I'm updating that thread so don't know if you want refresh your quote later?

Cheers.

Kaapstad · 20 Mar 2015 at 12:37

Boomstick777 said:
Thanks Kaap, I'm updating that thread so don't know if you want refresh your quote later?

Cheers.

Thanks.

Boomstick777 · 23 Mar 2015 at 19:35

Come on people, there's got to be more than two of us with 960's

'Say it loud I own a GTX 960 and I'm proud'

rIcK · 24 Mar 2015 at 00:09

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.

Kaapstad · 24 Mar 2015 at 02:00

Nice system and "The Roll of Honour" updated.

Kaapstad · 24 Mar 2015 at 07:44

More reviews added to OP.

Telecaster · 25 Mar 2015 at 22:52

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.

JediFragger · 25 Mar 2015 at 22:54

A whole 2 pages tells you exactly how popular this card is 2 months after launch

Telecaster · 25 Mar 2015 at 22:57

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.

RanxZy · 25 Mar 2015 at 23:12

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.

Geeman1979 · 25 Mar 2015 at 23:20

Probably selling **** loads, just not to the type of people who frequent the forums. It's not exactly an enthusiast card.