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Real World Speed
Performance profile from 489,571 user samples
440,282 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 36% EVGA(3842 2966)
Worst Bench: 30% HP(103C 2B4D) 2GB
Poor: 30% Great: 36%
SPEED RANK: 166th / 713
49,289 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 22% PwrHis(1787 3000) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 17% PwrHis(1787 3000) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 17% Great: 22%
SPEED RANK: 219th / 713
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
32.9 % Much faster effective speed.
+67%
19.7 %
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
42.1 fps Much better lighting effects.
+78%
23.7 fps
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
45.5 fps Much better reflection handling.
+70%
26.8 fps
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
36.3 fps Much faster multi rendering.
+41%
25.8 fps
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
40.2 fps Much faster NBody calculation.
+48%
27.1 fps
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
46.4 fps Much better peak lighting effects.
+71%
27.1 fps
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
56.8 fps Hugely better peak reflection handling.
+100%
28.4 fps
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
38.2 fps Much faster peak multi rendering.
+40%
27.3 fps
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
43.3 fps Much faster peak NBody calculation.
+43%
30.3 fps
CSGO
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
138 Fps Better CSGO Fps.
+24%
111 Fps
LoL
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
123 Fps Slightly Better LoL Fps.
+10%
112 Fps
Minecraft
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
181 Fps Much Better Minecraft Fps.
+64%
110 Fps
Market Share
Based on 68,745,554 GPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.53 % Hugely higher market share.
+382%
0.11 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
62 % More popular.
+22%
51 %
Age
Newest
118 Months 90+ Months More recent.
+24%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
43.7 fps Better peak texture detail.
+15%
37.9 fps
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
37.9 fps Much faster peak complex splatting.
+50%
25.3 fps
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
39.8 fps Better texture detail.
+20%
33.3 fps
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
35.1 fps Much faster complex splatting.
+53%
23 fps

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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100% a budget card don't think otherwise. Facebook marketplace they're about 50-90 bucks, cheaper then a GT 1030 and perform better, smothers a gt 1010 which offers the same level of 3 outputs. Personally the XFX I grabbed is very good to OC. I managed to jump mine from the regular 20.4% to 26.5%. Not a substantial increase (think about going from crap to mud, same color different smell) but a bump of generally 10-15 frames on all my games. Was able to run Cyberpunk 2077 at the lowest settings and 720p windowed with 40 fps while OC. If you want a work station that doesn't do video stuff and only older gaming perfectly fine. Because at the end of the day while it may be a budget and a half card for gamers, this card is meant for workstations who don't do any video rendering or anything. 3 monitor outputs vs 2 on the gt 1030, twice the TDP of the gt 1030, however lower wattage is possible with a downclock, and I've never had stability issues at standard settings. It's reliable and perfect for someone who is watching the market all day or wants their stock investments on one screen while they do other things on the two other monitors. Any sort of gaming should really come second to it's utility outputs. Nobody would make the argument that a gt 1030 should be good at gaming or built for it, and this is the same case. [May '21 ThatGuyRandomly]

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We calculate effective 3D speed which estimates gaming performance for the top 12 games. Effective speed is adjusted by current prices to yield value for money. Our figures are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top GPUs. [GPUPro]

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