EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SSC GAMING ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card 02G-P4-2966-KR

This review is for both the GTX 960 2G and 4G as I have owned both. Overview: The most important thing you want to know is if this is a good card, whether it can run modern games at high settings, and will it last me a few years. The short version is: Yes this is a great card that can run most modern games at high to ultra settings with 45-60FPS at 1080p, however the 2G version is a terrible purchase for future proofing, so do yourself a favor, pay the extra $30 and get the 4G. More games are requiring 2.5-3G for high to ultra settings at 1080p, so 2G just isn't enough anymore. How it runs: Now the card runs perfectly, as Nvidia does a great job with the drivers. I have had a few crashes, but mostly due to overclocking and the occasional updated driver issues). The card overclocks relatively well and quite easily using EVGA's Precision X or MSI afterburner, however you will only see around a 2-6 FPS boost even at max overclock with air cooling, so it's really up to you if you would prefer to risk it. The fans are silent when idle, and very quiet under load, and since case fans are much louder in general, you will probably not notice them. How it performs: Before we discuss the card, here are some benchmarks for the GTX courtesy of Tom's Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960,4038-4.html As you can tell from the benchmarks, the GTX 960 is very middle of the road and runs most games at high or ultra settings at 48-60FPS at 10180p, and that is what you expect from a $200-240 card. Price wise you could probably get more frames per dollar with an Radeon R9 280X, Which is slightly more powerful at a lower price, but comes with 3G instead of 4G, and features AMD's less than stellar drivers so it is a bit of a toss up. The better question is whether you should simply fork over $100 more dollars and get the significantly better GTX 970 (Which technically only has 3.5G), which will take much longer before requiring an upgrade. Warning: ATTENTION HP PAVILION USERS WITH DESKTOPS MADE IN 12012 OR EARLIER. These graphics card will not post on many of the older HP Pavilion desktops (Specifically the ones that still use the Chicago Motherboard) because the card is incompatible with their very outdated bios. I had to return the 960 2G card for that reason, and ended up building a new PC from scratch with the 960 4G.

The price-versus-performance "sweet spot" if you are only interested in 1080p gaming (@ max/high settings), and a steal at the current sale price of $184.99 (11/27/2015). Based on a lot of research that I have done over the last month or so, the EVGA 04G-P4-3969-KR is one of the best overall GTX 960's available, by all accounts. It has a high factory-default clock speed (1304/1367 MHz), runs cool/quiet, isn't excessively long, has reinforced back-plate, and looks good. It's also the perfect/maximum GPU to comfortably run with a ~500W PSU (go with ~600W PSU if you want a GTX 970). If you are only interested in 900p (1600 x 900) gaming or less, then you can run a GTX 950 @ max/high settings, and save a few extra bucks (and get away with using a 400W PSU). My Current System Build: - PHANTEKS Enthoo Evolv mATX Aluminum Case (White) - $129.99 - ENERMAX Revolution X't ATX 530 Watt Gold-Rated Power Supply (ERX530AWT) - $79.99 - GIGABYTE LGA-1151 Intel H110 mATX DDR4 Motherboard (GA-H110M-S2HP) - $76.99 - KINGSTON HyperX FURY Black 16GB (2x8GB) 2133MHz DDR4 CL14 Memory (HX421C14FBK2/16) - $96.99 - INTEL Core I5-6500 3.20Ghz LGA-1151 Processor - $199.99 - EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+, Graphics Card (04G-P4-3969-KR) - $184.99 - INTEL 240GB SATA 2.5" SSD (DC S3500 Enterprise Class) - Primary Boot/OS Drive - $159.99 - WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB SATA 3.5" HDD - Secondary Drive - $59.99 - WESTERN DIGITAL 500GB SATA 2.5 HDD - Misc. Storage/Backup Drive - $49.99 - HP BH40N Blu-ray DVD Internal 5.25 Drive - $37.99 - Planar 1600x900 20" LED Monitor + HP 1920x1080 27" IPS Monitor Update 12/6/2015: Computer is now up and running as configured above, without issues. Everything works fine, thus far. I cannot even hear the GTX 960 running inside my system. I tested the system running the latest 3DMark software (Fire Strike & Sky Diver @ 1080p) and was satisfied with the results. Update 4/26/2016: No issues to report. Maximum "real world" gaming temperature thus far has been 69 Celsius - while running Final Fantasy XIV Online at maximum graphic settings for the better part of a day (w/game-capped 60 FPS settings). My desktop system is air-cooled, with 1 front 200mm fan and 1 rear 140mm fan. Update 6/8/2018: Still working like a champ. No issues to report. This has been a perfectly reliable & satisfactory GPU for me over the last 2-3 years, though the newer GTX 1060 is now the new 'sweet spot' for 1080p gaming, if you are building a system at this time.

I got this to replace an EVGA GTX 470 that gave up the ghost after being in service 5 years or so. This card is much more efficient than the 470 especially when using two monitors simultaneously. Without the fan being turned on when not running graphics intensive apps/games the GPU just goes to around 33C. Previously when I had two monitors on on the 470 the temps shoot up to 50C plus resulting in the fan running up to audible levels. I ran the Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 and got 39.9 FPS at a resolution of 1920x1200 fullscreen with AA set at 4X and Tesselation at Medium. This is with a 6 year old i7 CPU. I downloaded the EVGA Precision X 16 app so I can program the fan. With the custom program I created, the temps only went up to 54C with the fan spinning at 1900rpm when running the benchmark. At these speeds it was barely audible. I don't really use this PC for gaming as much anymore but it is nice to know that it can still play games at decent frame rates if needed. To sum it up, this card is much more efficient than the one it replaced (GTX 470) and only needed an extra six pin power connector compared to two for the GTX 470. It also ran faster and more efficient.

Un plauso ad amazon per la celerissima spedizione. Ho scelto questa scheda grafica ricercando qui e la su internet, per avere buone prestazioni per il gaming in 1080p senza però dover spendere una cifra esagerata, la scheda in se mi aveva convinto già dai primi utilizzi, con giochi del tipo sym city, league of legend ( che gira a quasi 400fps, inutili, ma pur sempre ottimi per fare videomontaggi ) poi mi9 ha tolto ogni dubbio con Fallout 4 e the witcher 3, che con un aggiustatina alle impostazioni grafiche si comportano egregiamente mantenendo 60 fps anche in momenti di elevato stress per la GPU. Un altro punto nettamente a favore è la silenziosità della scheda, le cui ventole possono essere gestite dal programma Precision X , arrestandole del tutto ( il che avviene normalmente in modalità AUTO ) quando la temperatura dela scheda è al di sotto di una data temperatura. La mia scheda ad esempio porta le ventole al 30% solo dopo aver raggiunto 60° , riducendo la tempreatura significativamente in meno di un minuto, da 60° a 30° con temperatura ambiente 20° . ancora non ho avuto la gioia di provare il sistema in toto nella bella stagione estiva, ma per ora il PC gira fresco e senza problemi ( a ventole ferme per di più). Un'altra piccola cosuccia da dire è che nel disco di "installazione" della scheda trovate programmi utilissimi come nvidia Geforce experience , che ottimizzerà automaticamente (sotto previo consenso) le impostazioni grafiche di ogni gioco a cui abbiate giocato almeno una volta, presente sul vostro PC , e che inoltre vi permetterà di "Riprendere" le vostre partite il qualità Full HD direttamente da scheda video , senza cali di FPS con l'opzione shadowplay. Credo sia tutto, il prodotto è davvero buono e lo consiglio per chi ha un portafogli limitato e non vuole dover spendere 350€ per una gtx 970 o una R9 280X . la controparte di AMD per questa scheda dovrebbe essere almeno una R9 270 dual x ma a parità di prestazioni, la evga gtx960 ha dalla sua i bassi consumi ed il prezzo veramente vantagioso.

Esta tarjeta es bastante potente. Tiende a hacer poco ruido, ahorra energia, mantenter temperatura por debajo de 70° y ademas es muy rapida. Casi todos mis juegos corren a 60FPS. En precio no es muy cara respecto a su rendimiento, juego a 1080p sin ningun problema, ademas de que no requiere de una gran fuente de poder(para lo que se tendria que gastar un poco mas). Y por si fuera poco es muy mona tiene su blackplate y todo el unico incoveniente es que es grande. La recomiendo ampliamente para aquellos que quieran una tarjeta con mucho de todo (exeptuando el precio), potencia, enfriamiento, estetica, consumo de energia.

This card is just GREAT. I was shocked at how quiet my system is now, especially with the fans not turning on til they actually need to. I've now had zero issue's with running any game. This card, being mid range, seems to be able to run any game i throw at it at the MAXIMUM possible settings (which is a really nice feeling) at great fps. Far Cry 4, being my most demanding and graphically beautiful game, runs at 40fps on max, which just looks great. The only game it won't run at good FPS is DayZ, which still runs at 20-30 fps, but a bit smoother than my old GT 640, probably because its DayZ. If you play Arma though (Arma 2: OA specifically) it'll run that at 60+fps, though Arma based games (arma, dayz) seem to be real fuzzy on max, no related to the card just a weird vision of 'good graphics' over at Bohemia Inc. i guess haha. If you play War Thunder, this will run the game at 70+fps. I had the game at the 'maximum'' settings, then in GeForce experience, it said ''Well... the optimal settings are Movie'' (which is more graphical improvement). Overall, this is a great card at a great price. It'll run pretty much any game at the maximum settings at a good, stable FPS (unless the game is buggy [DayZ]). It'll run all these games at 1080p too. The new Nvidia DSR (Dynamic Super Resolution) is a cool feauture that lets you run games at higher resolutions and the card downsamples to your native resolution. The more demanding games, like Battlefield 4, chug along a bit at the 4K resolution, so this definitely is not a 4K gaming card, but then again, if you're 4K gaming, you're probably buying at a much higher price. Basically, great card, and they call this ''mid-range''. The Nvidia video promoting its release actually seems like an understatement for this beast. 10/10, 110/100, great card would buy again.

Compré esta tarjeta de gráficos para jugar y procesar videos. Me he llevado una grata experiencia durante el par de meses que la he utilizado. Si bien los 2GBs que ofrece no permiten usar ciertas opciones en los juegos, estoy contento porque puedo jugar algo tan demandante como GTA V con texturas, reflejos, agua, pasto en Muy Alto, al igual que la densidad y variedad de población, junto con la opción distance scaling. Los pros de este producto para mí han sido: -relación calidad / precio -tamaño reducido (es mucho más corta que la versión convencional de doble ventilador) -ruido prácticamente inexistente -apariencia sobria pero plenamente satisfactoria -confiabilidad en la marca EVGA El único contra que encuentro es más bien acerca de mi elección; quise comprar la versión de 4GB pero no estaba disponible y -como consumidor impaciente- compré esta en su lugar. Recomiendo este producto a quien pretenda usar aplicaciones / programas / juegos de demanda gráfica media y no quiera gastar demasiado en los 2GBs extras de memoria gráfica. Si quieres jugar GTA V, Crysis, Kholat, The Evil Within, etc. con calidad de detalle casi ultra, empareja esta GPU con un buen procesador de 4 núcleos y verás cómo te das buena vida.