#4997192

Ryu5uzaku

2015-01-22 15:09

Decent card with horrible price imo. Good Review as always.

#4997196

Rich_Guy

2015-01-22 15:11

Having a laugh with that pricing 😱

#4997235

Undying

2015-01-22 15:44

One of the worst cards nvidia have ever made.

#4997259

-Tj-

2015-01-22 16:04

Yeah.. In SLI it barely beats stock 780TI, sometimes not even that.

#4997264

sykozis

2015-01-22 16:07

Thorough reviews, well done! I can't agree on the recommendations though. Looks like a bad product refresh for the sake of just having a refresh. Sometimes slower than what it is replacing, and more expensive! 2gb is also pointless at this point, maybe for htpc if it was a lot cheaper. Pass...

This isn't actually a refresh. It's a new product. GM206 (GTX960) is replacing GK106 (GTX660).

#4997273

sykozis

2015-01-22 16:13

crap is crap tbh

In this case, it's brand new crap....lol

#4997278

Agonist

2015-01-22 16:16

I was actually gonna consider getting this card. What a joke this one is. Id be better off buy a 760 at this point. I traded off my HD 7950 as one had died and am on an unlocked HD 6950 2GB right now. Guess Ill just spend $200 and get a R9 290.

#4997282

southamptonfc

2015-01-22 16:18

dear HH i really think this is not a top pick card

+1, I'm not sure how any 960 can get this award until it receives a sizable price cut.

#4997285

sykozis

2015-01-22 16:19

I don´t remember such a turd since the fx5600xt.

FX5600XT wasn't that bad. I had one for a few days, til the GPU fried.

true.. lol

If the price was $50 lower, it wouldn't be bad, but at $200+ it's a waste of money.

#4997291

Agonist

2015-01-22 16:22

FX5600XT wasn't that bad. I had one for a few days, til the GPU fried. If the price was $50 lower, it wouldn't be bad, but at $200+ it's a waste of money.

$50 isnt even enough. And it sucks this card is a turd. Im really torn on what to buy right now. I have a very limited budget now. Bought a brand new car.

#4997294

Undying

2015-01-22 16:23

dear HH i really think this is not a top pick card

HH said what he needed to say. I do not agree with that though, better options out there.

#4997297

alanm

2015-01-22 16:25

What makes this card a fail is price. Once reality sinks in, Nvidia will have to drop it down. At $150, a fail can become a win, especially for 1920x1080 budget builds where gamers are not picky about levels of AA.

#4997298

sykozis

2015-01-22 16:26

$50 isnt even enough. And it sucks this card is a turd. Im really torn on what to buy right now. I have a very limited budget now. Bought a brand new car.

Save up some money and go for either an R9 290 or GTX970.

#4997322

Noisiv

2015-01-22 17:03

Don't care too much about naming scheme, but 980 cut in half destroys x60 image as a good mid-range. Compare that with GTX 460 which is 70% of GTX 480...... and which has enough bandwidth (and mem. OC potential) that it becomes a non issue. The only way Nvidia can pull this is because of that turd R9 285. And those who don't care about heat/power, features and buzzwords would find 280X at discount, regardless of 960 price. So I kinda get Nvidia $199 pricing. Would be great little card at sub $150...

#4997349

H83

2015-01-22 17:51

Ouch! Good thing i didn´t wait for this card and bought an 970 because this 960 is too weak to be a mid range card... Nvidia crippled this card too much... Next one please!

#4997388

Raider0001

2015-01-22 18:40

I bought R9 280 hours ago for much less cash and still its faster in 2560x1080 than all of the 960 versions, thanks nvidia for this: Assassin's Creed: Unity - Starving Times 1080p http://i.imgur.com/0S1lC9j.jpg is this a joke ? Lets calculate what nvidia has done as simple as possible: GTX 760 has 256bit memory bus GTX 960 has 128 bit bus which is 50% the speed of 760 now maxwell has delta color compression which gives ~25% boost in memory performance so 50% + 25% = 75%, still 25% to go lets add a 10% memory over-clock = 85% performance of the 760 memory nvidia has stolen 15% so basically what they need to do now is reduce the price but the tricky part is the naming it is not 960 it is 950Ti at best second tricky part is: What if u play in higher than 1080p resolution ? Than U really need something like 192bit 3GB at least, which makes 960 pointless.

#4997475

Undying

2015-01-22 20:25

AMD is dominating low-mid charts. Having a 270X, 280/280X for 150-200$ nvidia cant do anything with those specs and prices. Lets just wait R9 380X to wipes out 980 too. 😀 If there wasnt a 970 to sell that good nvidia would be in a bad place.

#4997481

tsunami231

2015-01-22 20:35

This isn't actually a refresh. It's a new product. GM206 (GTX960) is replacing GK106 (GTX660).

i own GTX 660 and there is no way i paying the price for at 960 this just horrid card. i see no point in this 960gtx even bein release that that price point

#4997485

moab600

2015-01-22 20:40

at 100 960$ would be awesome, beyond that is a joke. But i think nvidia knows it, and they just playing the waiting game. TI will be launched later and GM200 due to end of March.

#4997487

moab600

2015-01-22 20:43

AMD is dominating low-mid charts. Having a 270X, 280/280X for 150-200$ nvidia cant do anything with those specs and prices. Lets just wait R9 380X to wipes out 980 too. 😀 If there wasnt a 970 to sell that good nvidia would be in a bad place.

NVIDIA wouldn't be in bad place at all, easy update to prices and all fixed. They know it but CEO admitted they won't likely nerf prices soon... tbh as much as i love nvidia, product like GTX960 shouldn't exist at that price, no more than 100$. Let AMD lower prices and kill that card, so the real king, 960ti can shine. It is nvidia plan all along.