Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming: Killer 1080P Gaming

Name: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming
Brand: Gigabyte

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, September 02, 2015, 01:30 PM EDT

Performance Summary: In our first look at the GeForce GTX 960, we explained that the GeForce GTX 960’s performance was good overall, but not class-leading versus competing offerings from AMD. The GeForce GTX 960’s closest competitor is the Radeon R9 285, which usually finished slightly ahead, though the GTX 960 did eek out a couple of victories. Since the card's original release, we've moved to Windows 10 and completely revamped our test bed with a more powerful CPU, but the same thing rings true today. The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming is a good performer, but generally trailed the Radeon HD 285 (which should ring true versus the more recently released 300 series re-brands using the same GPU from AMD too).

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming - Find It At Amazon

Pricing for the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming we showed you here currently falls in the $190 range. The 4GB model is about $30-40 more. Those prices put it at the upper end of the spectrum for GeForce GTX 960 cards, but the premium is absolutely worth it; Gigabyte has done an fantastic job with this card. The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming offers everything a graphics card in this price range should--it's performance is good, it's quiet, power efficient, and it has a very flexible output configuration. Finally, the card is an excellent overclocker as well. For slightly more money there are more powerful cards out there like the Radeon R9 285 / R9 380, but if you're an NVIDIA / GeForce fan with roughly $200 to spend you're probably not looking at them. Gamers considering a GeForce GTX 960 card should absolutely put this one on their short-list.


Good Performance Low Power Quiet Highly Overclockable Awesome Cooler	More Performance Available For A Bit More Cash Only 2GB On Board, Though 4GB Version Are Available

Tags: Nvidia, GeForce, Gigabyte, Gaming, graphics, GPU, gtx 960

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com