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Best Bench: 36% EVGA(3842 2966)
Worst Bench: 30% HP(103C 2B4D) 2GB
Poor: 30% Great: 36%
SPEED RANK: 166th / 713
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Best Bench: 34% XFX(1682 3003)
Worst Bench: 27% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB
Poor: 27% Great: 34%
SPEED RANK: 172nd / 713
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed 		32.9 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+10% 		30 %
Average Score 
+17%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		42.1 fps +4% 40.5 fps
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		45.5 fps Much better reflection handling.
+39% 		32.7 fps
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		36.3 fps Faster multi rendering.
+25% 		29.1 fps
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		40.2 fps +2% 39.5 fps
Overclocked Score 
+16%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		46.4 fps +2% 45.7 fps
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		56.8 fps Much better peak reflection handling.
+48% 		38.5 fps
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		38.2 fps Faster peak multi rendering.
+14% 		33.6 fps
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		43.3 fps 43.3 fps
Game FPS 
+6%
CSGO
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		138 Fps Slightly Better CSGO Fps.
+9% 		127 Fps
GTAV
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		42 Fps 42 Fps +2%
LoL
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		123 Fps Slightly Better LoL Fps.
+7% 		115 Fps
BF1
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		49 Fps +0% 48 Fps
DOTA 2
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		81 Fps 93 Fps Better DOTA 2 Fps.
+15%
WoW
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		51 Fps Better WoW Fps.
+25% 		41 Fps
WoT
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max 		64 Fps Better WoT Fps.
+18% 		54 Fps
Value & Sentiment 
+613%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.51 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,450% 		0.02 %
Value
Value For Money 		39.3 % +2% 38.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		62 % Slightly more popular.
+7% 		58 %
Price
Price (score) 		$198 $185 Slightly cheaper.
+7%
Nice To Haves 
+9%
Age
Newest 		118 Months Slightly more recent.
+8% 		128 Months
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		43.7 fps 56.7 fps Better peak texture detail.
+30%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		37.9 fps Much faster peak complex splatting.
+41% 		26.9 fps
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		39.8 fps 50.1 fps Better texture detail.
+26%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		35.1 fps Much faster complex splatting.
+54% 		22.8 fps
Conclusion 
Average Bench 32.9%
Average Bench 30%

The new GTX 960 is the third graphics card to feature Nvidia's Maxwell architecture. When the first two Maxwell cards were released back in September 2014 they completely re-shaped the GPU price/performance spectrum not only from Nvidia, but also AMD who were forced to slash prices by around 30%. Unfortunately the new GTX 960 isn't the game changer its predecessors were, and it's actually the weakest of the three Maxwell cards. Comparing the GTX 960 and 970 shows that the 970 is around 70% faster and a comparison of the GTX 960 and 980 shows that GTX 980 is almost exactly twice as fast as the 960. Of the three cards the GTX 970 offers the best bang for your buck, in-fact the GTX 970 is still one of best value cards available. That said, for gaming at 1080p or lower, the GTX 960 will allow decent frame rates at maximum settings for most games. [Jan '15 GPUPro]

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