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Partners of Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday began to introduce their first GeForce GTX 960 graphics cards with 4GB memory onboard. The new adapters will likely demonstrate higher performance compared to 2GB add-in-cards in new games as well as in high resolutions.
So far only EVGA and InnoVision Multimedia (Inno3D) have announced their first GeForce GTX 960 graphics boards with 4GB of GDDR5 memory, reports TechPowerUp, but other companies will likely follow shortly. Since many people consider amount of onboard memory as an indicator of performance of graphics adapters, expect all major makers of graphics cards to introduce GeForce GTX 960 with 4GB of memory eventually.
4GB versions of GeForce GTX 960 graphics cards will continue to feature 1024 stream processors, 64 texture units, 32 raster operations pipelines and 112GB/s memory bandwidth, hence, they will not demonstrate radically better performance than 2GB cards carrying the same GM206 chip.
The EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ graphics card clocks GPU at 1279MHz/1342MHz (base/boost) and features sophisticated cooling system that is designed to more efficiently cool-down graphics processing unit and memory with the help of memory MOSFET cooling plate (MMCP), straight heat pipes (SHP), optimized swept fan blades and double ball bearing motor.
The Inno3D GeForce GTX 960 4GB boasts with 1126MHz/1178MHz GPU frequencies as well as dual-fan cooling solution that features 0 dBA idle operation, and a detachable cooler shroud on which the card's two fans are suspended.
Prices of 4GB GeForce GTX 960 graphics cards are unknown, but they will hardly be significantly more expensive than 2GB versions.
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KitGuru Says: While 4GB graphics cards of such class will hardly offer significant performance improvement compared to 2GB versions, if one plans to use a graphics adapter for a prolonged period of time, maybe 4GB flavours make more sense…
Finally !!! I have been waiting for this for so long !!!!! and I don’t even care if its 3.5 GB I have been waiting and my waiting has Finally ended!
Full speed for the entire 4gb of ram for the 960 is great and you’re going to love it. Full speed for the entire 4gb of ram is not necessary for the 970 you’ll never need that much ram speed on a card of that power. Pay no attention to how we market the 960 when considering the 970.
“Prices of 4GB GeForce GTX 960 graphics cards are unknown, but they
will hardly be significantly more expensive than 2GB versions.” – 4GB 760s were £30-£40 more at least, I would call that significant.
WTF? Where are the 8GB 970/980s?
where is a 4GB 970?!
this card is not enough good for 4k games so why 4gb 960 ???
For someone like me, whose favourite games are modded Elder Scrolls/Fallout, it makes sense as you can use 4K textures on a game that otherwise has a low GPU overhead compared to more modern titles. For everyone else maybe 90% useless- it may run a few FPS slower than a similarly-clocked 2GB which was the case with the 760, so for the same performance memory cooling is perhaps more important as that’s what you want to overclock.
Never forget 3.5…
What will be the power consumption with the higher clocks and more ram?
My guess is significantly worse but it will still be marketed as a “power efficient” card which is the flavour of the month at the moment.
And a 128 bit bus for 4K gaming? Seriously?
this card is not for 4k if you need a card for 4k , go buy r9 295×2
Touché! 😀
or wait for 390X, my PSU won’t handle a 295×2
Well i’ll be upset at Nvidia if they roll out these as 3.5 Gb cards.
Good ~ now i can buy ! 😀
There are benchmarks using these cards, where AC: Unity and BF Hardline all use upward of 4GB Vram at 1080p. So if you ask me, the 4GB card is very much the standard, and the 2GB was a cut down version to sell before releasing the ‘Normal’ 4GB. Plus benchmarks show the minimum FPS being much better on the 4G card than 2G (apart from games which don’t make use of the extra VRAM)