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Best Bench: 36% EVGA(3842 2966)
Worst Bench: 30% HP(103C 2B4D) 2GB

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SPEED RANK: 166^th / 713


Effective 3D Speed Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed		32.9 %			148 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +349%


Lighting Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	42.1 fps	207 fps	Hugely better lighting effects. +393%
Reflection Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	45.5 fps	200 fps	Hugely better reflection handling. +338%
MRender Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)	36.3 fps	249 fps	Hugely faster multi rendering. +587%
Gravity Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)	40.2 fps	169 fps	Hugely faster NBody calculation. +321%


Lighting Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)	46.4 fps	226 fps	Hugely better peak lighting effects. +387%
Reflection High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)	56.8 fps	269 fps	Hugely better peak reflection handling. +373%
MRender Render target array GShader (Sphere)	38.2 fps	266 fps	Hugely faster peak multi rendering. +597%
Gravity NBody particle system (Galaxy)	43.3 fps	179 fps	Hugely faster peak NBody calculation. +314%

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User Rating UBM User Rating	62 %		97 %	Much more popular. +56%
Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.48 %		2.44 %	Hugely higher market share. +408%
Price Price (score)	$198	Hugely cheaper. +104%	405 USD
Value Value For Money	39.3 %		88 %	Hugely better value. +124%


Parallax Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	43.7 fps	233 fps	Hugely better peak texture detail. +433%
Splatting Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	37.9 fps	142 fps	Hugely faster peak complex splatting. +275%
Parallax Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)	39.8 fps	206 fps	Hugely better texture detail. +417%
Splatting Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)	35.1 fps	133 fps	Hugely faster complex splatting. +280%
Age Newest	118 Months	35.9 Months	Hugely more recent. +229%

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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