Hi, I think this is a very good price for casual gamers,considering it is free delivery as well.I just thought it would be nice to share it.Happy new Year to you all.
17 comments
barijohn
2 Jan 16#1
Perfect card for 1080p gaming. Anything above that and you have to turn the details down quite a bit.
Danze1984
2 Jan 16#2
Anyone who was looking at the 4gb version of this for 159 should save the money and get this one.
Considering that some people are on a budget and some are casual gamers and considering you can buy a Gtx 950 for £125-129, I really think buying the next GPU for £134.99 and free delivery it is a great deal in this moment.Now of course if you spend more you will get better,but not everyone thinks the same.
Gkains
2 Jan 162#5
For this level of performance 2GB cards are not worth it and already suffer in current games*, as Computerbase.de recently showed:
Rather than max FPS, running out of memory as expected will lead to stuttering.
* Although remember that most review sites, except hardocp.com, tend to do their review with default pre-set settings and it is possible to save a lot video memory by turning of certain features so that (for example) using the Ultra setting and turning shadows or some of the very memory intensive AA down a bit.
abulkasam
2 Jan 16#6
Would this allow me to watch 4K video without stutter? GPU acceleration for MPC for example.
Rubisco to abulkasam
2 Jan 161#9
Yep, in fact the 960 is better at 4K video than the 970 and 980 are as it has full hardware HEVC decoding.
malachi
2 Jan 16#7
Great if you building a itx setup for gaming. 4gb version doesn't come at this size.
HereIsNoWhy to malachi
2 Jan 16#8
I believe Gigabyte make a small one, although it's £175 on Amazon.
iEimis
2 Jan 16#10
Would this work well with 500W PSU, considering that I have HDD, SSD, CPU, Motherboard and 16gb of RAM and I am with GT 630 At the moment ?
therealjohnpeat to iEimis
2 Jan 16#13
Depends on the PSU - what a PSU 'claims' and what it can actually support are often not the same thing. If it's a good, branded 80+ PSU then you should be OK but if it's a cheapie (or it's older - PSUs lose power over time) it might not be.
Also - a 630 doesn't require it's own power connection IIRC? You'd have to check to make sure you have a 6-pin PCI connector available on that PSU
king464
2 Jan 16#11
Good price IMO. Add a i5 4690k and your ready to go
therealjohnpeat
2 Jan 161#12
Don't bother with a 4GB 960 - it's just not worth paying extra for it. Almost any game trying to make-use of the extra memory will bottleneck in the rest of the card (there are games which are slower on a 4Gb 960 over a 2Gb - few are quicker and even those are just 1-2fps at best)
If you want a more future-proof card with 4Gb, step-up to a 970 - the 960 is the de-facto 1080p gaming card for people happy to dial-down the detail a bit and just get on with playing their games.
terminator0505
2 Jan 16#14
Would this work well with 500W PSU, considering that I have HDD, SSD, CPU, Motherboard and 16gb of RAM and I am with GT 630 At the moment ?
On the full description it says 400W PSU minimum Recommended,so you will be fine with 500W
Nate1492 to terminator0505
2 Jan 16#15
Easily fine.
JoeSpur
3 Jan 16#16
PC games must be programmed very badly and very unoptimized if these kinda specs are not good for current/standard games.
cacaman123
4 Jan 16#17
Was ready to pull the trigger back upto 159.99 now :disappointed:
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http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/gigabyte-gtx-960-oc-4gb-gddr5-dual-link-dvi-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-graphics-card-2365884
http://www.computerbase.de/2015-12/2gb-4gb-gtx-960-r9-380-vram-test/2/#abschnitt_frametimemessungen
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.computerbase.de/2015-12/2gb-4gb-gtx-960-r9-380-vram-test/2/&prev=search
Rather than max FPS, running out of memory as expected will lead to stuttering.
* Although remember that most review sites, except hardocp.com, tend to do their review with default pre-set settings and it is possible to save a lot video memory by turning of certain features so that (for example) using the Ultra setting and turning shadows or some of the very memory intensive AA down a bit.
Also - a 630 doesn't require it's own power connection IIRC? You'd have to check to make sure you have a 6-pin PCI connector available on that PSU
If you want a more future-proof card with 4Gb, step-up to a 970 - the 960 is the de-facto 1080p gaming card for people happy to dial-down the detail a bit and just get on with playing their games.
On the full description it says 400W PSU minimum Recommended,so you will be fine with 500W