NVIDIA GTX 960 in 2021 Revisit: 4GB & 2GB Benchmarks vs. 2060, 3060 Ti, Used GPUs, & More
7,468We're revisiting NVIDIA's GTX 960 4GB & 2GB in 2021, including benchmarks of bother versions as compared to the RTX 2060, GTX 1080, RTX 3060 Ti, RX 6800, and many more used & new GPUs.
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Note: Although the title says "used GPUs," that is just meant to convey that the video cards are older and that we've had them in and out of review systems. It's the shortest way we could represent "buying a used 10- or 20-series GPU to replace your GTX 960" in the title. You get the idea.
Watch our GTX 970 revisit (2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhLlHU_z55U
Watch our GTX 980 Ti revisit (2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s11U9eGRsFk
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The NVIDIA GTX 960 came in two versions: 4GB came out later and in more limited numbers, but the GTX 960 2GB came out first. These preempted the 980 Ti by a few months and served a market that's under-served by today's standards, and that's the sub-$300 market. There's not much out there now, and what is out there is either older architectures being rehashed or used. A lot of cards are featured, but notables include: RTX 2060, GTX 1080 Ti, RTX 2080, RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3070, RX 6800, RX 5700 XT, and more.
Find the AMD RX 6800 XT on Amazon, in theory: https://geni.us/DfaMM
Find the NVIDIA RTX 3080 cards on Amazon (also in theory): https://geni.us/ABpmb6I
And the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X on Amazon: https://geni.us/ZN7myl
Gigabyte X570 Master on Amazon: https://geni.us/X4Ed
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Short History of the GTX 960 4GB & 2GB
04:31 - GTA V (1080p, 1440p, 4K)
07:19 - Frametime Issues on 2GB (Sometimes)
08:26 - Cyberpunk 2077 GPU Benchmarks
09:44 - Hitman 2 (1080p & 1440p)
11:24 - Red Dead Redemption 2 (1080p & 1440p)
12:40 - Rainbow Six: Siege GTX 960 Benchmarks at 1080p
13:42 - Horizon Zero Dawn at 1080p
14:20 - Strange Brigade at 1080p
14:44 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p
15:05 - Conclusion: Upgrade Paths & Used GPUs
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Testing, Writing: Steve Burke
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman