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Nvidia's mid range GTX960 has been some time coming – almost a year after Maxwell was introduced with the GTX750ti. The GTX960 specifically targets the gaming audience with a budget restriction of £200. For many this is the gaming ‘sweet spot'.
Pricing information started to reach us on Wednesday and Nvidia confirmed that reference grade GTX960 solutions will be sold around the £159.99 inc vat mark in the UK. They didn't send us a sample of a reference card, placing the focus on custom, third party partner solutions.
According to Nvidia prices of custom partner cards in the UK will vary between £159.99 and £189.99- and this ASUS card is right at the high end of the pricing scale.
The Asus GTX960 Strix OC is a graphics card that I enjoyed testing. After spending so much time recently with high powered £500+ solutions, it was refreshing to get back into the ‘real world' by taking a look at an affordable, quiet running GPU. While the technical data shows slightly higher noise emissions over the GTX750Ti Strix OC, in reality you would be hard pressed to hear either … even when playing games such as Tomb Raider at 1080p, with image quality settings dialed to the limit. It is worth mentioning that under lighter gaming loads the dual fans deactivate completely.
Those gamers looking for a monumental jump forward in frame rate performance are likely to be disappointed. The Asus GTX960 Strix OC is pretty much a match for the Sapphire Dual X R9 285, a card we analysed back in September 2014. That said, there is no doubt the GTX960 is noticeably faster than the last gen GTX760. If you are an Nvidia fan and want to upgrade then it is certainly a good move forward.
We do feel the need to point out that purely focusing on frame rate prowess is really only part of the overall picture, as the new GTX960 consumes around 40-45 watts less than a R9 285 or GTX760, while running much cooler and quieter.
As I don't have a reference GTX960 on hand, it is difficult to analyse how much ASUS have pushed the design forward. All things considered, I would be happy using the Asus GTX960 Strix OC in my own gaming system attached to a large HDTV.
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Pros:
- Maxwell architecture is very efficient.
- Very well built.
- very quiet under load, silent when idle.
- low power consumption.
- overclocks quite well.
Cons:
- Comparable frame rate performance to an overclocked R9 285.
Kitguru says: Competitively priced, cool running and almost silent, the Asus GTX960 Strix OC comes highly recommended.
YESS !! awesome (y)
great
Damn.another sweet spot card. pretty sure they are aiming league of legends and dota community. great review 😀 Thanks.
I love it!
Dream come true!
Badass Beast Card It is..
super gpu!
Looks great
I think im going with 960 ^-^ i think its the best “price-power” card there 😛
Absolutely love this graphics card would be an upgrade from my 4Gb gtx 760. This card in review had awesome specs and would be an upgrade for my twitch stream which is xwolfman87x
superb……its gret benchmark…for rendering and gaming all in one its superb….for modelet or animator or gamers go for it
I can play lol on full HD all graphics setted to maximum with an AMD R9 m 265x( dunno for Dota though ). Take a look at this : http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=2436&gid2=2140&compare=geforce-gtx-960-2gb-vs-radeon-r9-m265x. The 960 gtx is overkill for lol.
I am hoping I win this 🙂 and if I dont I guess I just buy it as reward for me doing all exams 😀
Legendary indeed!
Would be a tremendous upgrade from my GT 730.
My computer would love this upgrade, so would I.
Winning this would make me learn how to hula hoop.
with 5 kids I could never afford this kind of upgrade. If I win it will be an awsome up grade from my gtx 280
I would give it away to my son in law.
I really like this card. It would be perfect for my 1080p gaming build.
I like the compact size. But will it cool sufficiently?
Don’t leave me hanging on a onboard graphics guys after my gtx780 crashed… few buddys are missing me out there on a Battlefield 🙁
Would be a huge upgrade for me.
Hi, I’m stuck with a 7 yr old card, AMD 4650. I could greatly benefit in my photoshop painting for commission work as well as games!
This would be a huge upgrade that is so needed, I’m still running an old Radeon 9800 Pro.
love to have one
I hope I win this card 😀
HTPC!!!
Would be awesome if I won, a tremendous upgrade from a low spec card…
🙂
I was going to make a joke about sodium, but Na.
just paid college and my pc is laking a video card.. running a 4-year old 550ti it works but my cpu is a i7 right now xD
all i wish is to win that Asus GTX960 strix OC
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I would like to replace my aging 560Ti 😀
good replacement for my gtx 460
Love it!
LAPTOP BROKEDOWN / SAVING UP FOR DESKTOP SETUP THIS WILL HELP ME OUT A LOT!..I WISH I COULD WIN THIS!
Getting a gpu for once will really put a smile on me after gaming for months with only an Intel HD 4600 iGPU. It would be great if you can give me one of these GPUs KitGuru 🙂
I wish to win for my brother because he needs for his projects in modeling.
From gtx650ti to gtx960 very sweet upgrade!
i would love the upgrade it would improve my gaming
This will help with the build I plan to give to my brother by summer this year. He has used a crappy Vaio notebook for all of his needs and it has been slowly dying on him, so I planned to surprise him with a build after we graduate from college by March. 😀
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Would be great having one of these. Cool, quiet, power efficient and better than GTX 760.
i don’t know why you’d need a GTX 960 for those games. even an integrated graphics could run those games well
I feel so sad owning a broken GT640…..
Thanks for choosing me as winner.you guys are great.
this card will be a beautiful upgrade for me, my actual Asus gtx 660 direct cu 2 oc for physics and the Asus GTX960 Strix OC Edition like my main Card kicking game asses…please i need that Video Card :3
nvidia forever
I want this so bad! Can I be the one to have this please ?
If could have this it would replace my geforce 9500 gt haha
would be definitely nice to have one of these, id love to try them out on all the games out there o.o
Very nice card Asus GTX960 Strix OC!
I got my eye on this 960 since my Asus GTX 650 1GB can’t do most of the job nowadays, with low setting on Far Cry 4, and medium on NBA 2k15 on a 1440x900p reso.
Nvidia and Asus, FTW!
I hope i win so i can create more 3D models….
hmmmm looks nice hope can wint this kind of stuff hope can build a gaming PC soon
If i win this i’ll be able to complete my small enthusiast build
If I win this card, for once in my life I can actually play a game that was released in the same year.
Id love to review one of these and give it a right run for its money – plus I can finally gift my gtx285 to a fellow clan member on the other side of the world 🙂 – his has just kicked the bucket!!!
I can make my GT 430 to GTX 960, I’ll put another GT530.
7 years old pc,have mercy and give me that and i will complete to the full rig!
would be an awesome upgrade from my 3 yr old r7 250
I’d love to take this and upgrade my 8400GS in my Q6600 machine so I can play some BF4 with it and have a worthy gaming pc and also do some folding@home.
I must have, Shut up and take my money (that i dont have)
Asus GTX980 Strix OC, I want to try it. Thanks!
i badly neeed this… pls pick me!
i badly neeed this… pls pick me!
Open worldwide? I’m from Philippines and I have all the reasons why I want this card. Hope they will picked me as winner.
just let me have it. LOL i need it ^_^
nice one Kitguru
I want to have one of this little green monsters. Please kitguru have a heart.
Need this, my r9 290 very noisy 🙁
i’ve been a fan of nvidia and i have a gt220, this could be a wonderful gift for the gt220 so it can rest in peace haha
This would be awesome to have,nvidia rocks
be an
upgrade for me
nice nice i wan’t this
i want that… i was using built in vc huhuhu
I want it =)
I need new plastic in my rig
i’ve only tried a high end video card once and it was august 30 this year. it was an asus 760 from a friend and it was a great experience. ever since im always stock with my galaxy 250s who sometime fail on me. this GPU will be a life sever for my rig, although i have upgraded some of my computer parts, but i never had a change to have a new card. i would be forever thankful if i’m given with such a best.
I’d love to take this as a gift.. i really need it thanks
To God Be the Glory
Interest
Im trying my luck on this.. But i would be so happy to get something in a decent way that i can’t even buy -crosses fingers- I just have my good ol’ GeForce 9500 since my uncle passed it away from me like.. 4 years ago .__. I wonder what GTX960 tastes like..
I really need this one since I’m using high-end games and 3D renders in my presentations. I just hope you’d picked me 🙂
i’m still using the GTS8800 and planning to upgrade…but i’m low on funds..i hope lady luck will smile on me..:)
I’ve been waiting for this card since the release of the 970 and the 980 last Sept’14 because both of the cards are rather overkill for my gaming need and this card hits the price to performance sweet spot.
i’m a fan of nvidia, i’m still using my GTS250 green i think its been 6 years now and still working great…i’d like like to win this ASUS GTX960 as a gift =) for Asus Z87a mother board =)……ASUS AWESOME !!!!
I may not be a hard gamer since I only play league of legends, but this card may also help my little brother since he’s gonna take up Multimedia arts.
this will be a very happy birthday if i get this hehehehe
Sweet. .:)
You have my interest
maan I need this my 650ti cant handle the newer games. 😀
Asus Gtx960 strix oc is one of a kind graphics card..
And also it has 30% cooler And silent Gaming dont know much about these coz i only watching these GPU from youtube to learn how great is the GPU is.
please let me have one of this I might be young but my dream Is to work at I.T please,did i tell you guys that i have the worlds crappiest computer I still have windows XP I just want to play video games because its the only thing that makes me happy ,when my parents are always fighting , instead of my crying all the time I just play videogame. please please please.
I wish I could have one like that~
nice
……………….now reading! 🙂
this card will rock my 900p monitor…………………..
reading now ^_^ .. thankyou…
Amazing. ??
I was thinking if buying 970, but a free upgrade is always nicer. 🙂 thanks for picking me.
im using gt 240 ddr2 😀 hope i win this 1
LOl… not