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Release date: Q3 2015.

Effective Speed 
+132%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 278,616 user samples
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167,107 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 66% MSI(1462 3170)
Worst Bench: 53% MSI(1462 3170)
Poor: 53% Great: 66%
SPEED RANK: 112th / 714
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Best Bench: 28% EVGA(3842 2957)
Worst Bench: 22% Zotac(19DA 1376)
Poor: 22% Great: 28%
SPEED RANK: 187th / 714
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed 		59.3 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+132% 		25.6 %
Average Score 
+129%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		73.7 fps Hugely better lighting effects.
+133% 		31.6 fps
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		86.4 fps Hugely better reflection handling.
+130% 		37.5 fps
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		75.9 fps Hugely faster multi rendering.
+122% 		34.2 fps
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		72.8 fps Hugely faster NBody calculation.
+132% 		31.4 fps
Overclocked Score 
+134%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		83.9 fps Hugely better peak lighting effects.
+134% 		35.9 fps
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		113 fps Hugely better peak reflection handling.
+147% 		45.8 fps
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		80.6 fps Hugely faster peak multi rendering.
+122% 		36.3 fps
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		80.9 fps Hugely faster peak NBody calculation.
+134% 		34.6 fps
Game FPS 
+67%
CSGO
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		183 Fps Much Better CSGO Fps.
+50% 		122 Fps
Fortnite
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		105 Fps Hugely Better Fortnite Fps.
+113% 		50 Fps
GTAV
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		61 Fps Much Better GTAV Fps.
+58% 		38 Fps
LoL
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		191 Fps Much Better LoL Fps.
+60% 		119 Fps
Overwatch
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		104 Fps Much Better Overwatch Fps.
+50% 		69 Fps
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		60 Fps Hugely Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps.
+81% 		33 Fps
Minecraft
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		207 Fps Much Better Minecraft Fps.
+56% 		133 Fps
DOTA 2
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		136 Fps Much Better DOTA 2 Fps.
+62% 		84 Fps
WoW
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		75 Fps Much Better WoW Fps.
+67% 		45 Fps
WoT
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		111 Fps Much Better WoT Fps.
+69% 		66 Fps
Value & Sentiment 
+27%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.21 % Much higher market share.
+75% 		0.12 %
Value
Value For Money 		28.1 % 60.6 % Hugely better value.
+115%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		66 % More popular.
+12% 		59 %
Price
Price (score) 		$500 $100 Much cheaper.
+80%
Nice To Haves 
+113%
Age
Newest 		115 Months 104 Months Slightly more recent.
+10%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		83 fps Hugely better peak texture detail.
+154% 		32.7 fps
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		72.3 fps Hugely faster peak complex splatting.
+134% 		30.9 fps
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		74.8 fps Hugely better texture detail.
+153% 		29.6 fps
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		65.3 fps Hugely faster complex splatting.
+132% 		28.1 fps
Conclusion 
Average Bench 59.3%
Average Bench 25.6%
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The GTX 950 is Nvidia's latest Maxwell card which is based on a GTX 960 but with 25% fewer CUDA cores and 25% fewer texture units. Comparing the GTX 960 and 950 shows that, as expected, effective speed has been reduced by 25%. The GTX 950 is positioned above GTX 750 Ti which is Nvidia's energy efficient mass market GPU. Comparing the 750 Ti and 950 shows that 950 is nearly 50% faster but it's also priced 50% higher so the 950 doesn't offer improved value for money. Gaming performance for the GTX 950 at resolutions up to 1080p on high/ultra settings will be satisfactory most of the time. That said, the GTX 950 is priced on the high side ($160). At present the GTX 960 ($171) offers 25% better performance for just 7% more money. See a current list of the best value graphics cards here. [Aug '15 GPUPro]

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