GTX 960 SSC

[hyperj123]

Hey everyone! I was looking to add an additional 960 to my set up (2Gb model) for sli and the only ones I can find are severely over priced! I'm seeing them go for as much as $400 usd! Do I have a rare card or something? I bought it after the 10 series came out simply because I couldn't afford a 1070 and the 1060 wasn't out yet. So can someone enlighten me in why my video card is so expensive now? I paid $199.99 for it on Amazon. 

Edit

To add, I have a i5 2500k with a Z77 extreme 4 motherboard and 16gb of ram. I feel that if I jump up to a 1060 or 1070 it will be bottlenecked by the cpu. What about a 1050 ti? 

Edited August 7, 2017 by hyperj123

[NeonGooRoo]

I think it's because it's out of stock, and no one sells is because of no sense for it. (even 1050 costs 100$, but in perfomance it's only 0-10% worse.)

You can buy 2 New gtx 1050s, have nearly the same perfomance, and still have old GTX 960 which you can sell for 50-100$ maybe.
Or first sell your gtx 960 and make gtx 1050ti sili, which will be much better

Sorry for my bad English, I believe you understanded me

[MaxBunny]

7 minutes ago, hyperj123 said:

Hey everyone! I was looking to add an additional 960 to my set up (2Gb model) for sli and the only ones I can find are severely over priced! I'm seeing them go for as much as $400 usd! Do I have a rare card or something? I bought it after the 10 series came out simply because I couldn't afford a 1070 and the 1060 wasn't out yet. So can someone enlighten me in why my video card is so expensive now? I paid $199.99 for it on Amazon. 

It's probably due to bitcoin miners or something. Put yours up for $400 and see if someone bites, then buy yourself a 1070 or VEGA equivalent.

[DannyRyu]

most of the time SLI is more trouble than it's worth mate

Have you checked the RX 480/580? maybe even the GTX 970 or R9 390

should be a good upgrade and you could sell your 960, if the prices are inflated might be a good time to sell it!

[NeonGooRoo]

1 minute ago, MaxBunny said:

It's probably due to bitcoin miners or something. Put yours up for $400 and see if someone bites, then buy yourself a 1070 or VEGA equivalent.

Not really. GTX 960 is absolutely not worth in mining. It's simply out of stock

[Evolution90]

Sell it and buy a single better GPU.. 2GB Vram is not enough and the 960 is a slow card.

[Colexd]

Just get a stronger card, something like a 1060 or x80/x70, or even a used 970/980.

[hyperj123]

15 minutes ago, Evolution90 said:

Sell it and buy a single better GPU.. 2GB Vram is not enough and the 960 is a slow card.

All of the games I play are on 1080p medium to high. Always get 60 fps. Mind you it's not a reference card. 

[H0R53]

47 minutes ago, hyperj123 said:

Hey everyone! I was looking to add an additional 960 to my set up (2Gb model) for sli and the only ones I can find are severely over priced! I'm seeing them go for as much as $400 usd! Do I have a rare card or something? I bought it after the 10 series came out simply because I couldn't afford a 1070 and the 1060 wasn't out yet. So can someone enlighten me in why my video card is so expensive now? I paid $199.99 for it on Amazon. 

Because most sellers on Amazon are fucking retarded pieces of monkey shit, selling even GTX 1050Tis for $300+.

7 minutes ago, hyperj123 said:

All of the games I play are on 1080p medium to high. Always get 60 fps. Mind you it's not a reference card. 

I have a custom built custom BIOS 1050Ti (in sig), and I play everything on Ultra, even at 4320x900 (native, no bezel correction). I bought it (non-custom) in May for $160 before the miner craze hit and fucked the market over.

 

Prices on new 1050Tis are not going to go down.

[Jurrunio]

57 minutes ago, NeonGooRoo said:

I think it's because it's out of stock, and no one sells is because of no sense for it. (even 1050 costs 100$, but in perfomance it's only 0-10% worse.)

You can buy 2 New gtx 1050s, have nearly the same perfomance, and still have old GTX 960 which you can sell for 50-100$ maybe.
Or first sell your gtx 960 and make gtx 1050ti sili, which will be much better

Sorry for my bad English, I believe you understanded me

You cant SLI 1060 or below cards.

 

1 hour ago, hyperj123 said:

Hey everyone! I was looking to add an additional 960 to my set up (2Gb model) for sli and the only ones I can find are severely over priced! I'm seeing them go for as much as $400 usd! Do I have a rare card or something? I bought it after the 10 series came out simply because I couldn't afford a 1070 and the 1060 wasn't out yet. So can someone enlighten me in why my video card is so expensive now? I paid $199.99 for it on Amazon. 

Edit

To add, I have a i5 2500k with a Z77 extreme 4 motherboard and 16gb of ram. I feel that if I jump up to a 1060 or 1070 it will be bottlenecked by the cpu. What about a 1050 ti? 

You dont need to get another 960 SSC. Any 960 2GB will work. If I were you I will just sell the 960 and look for a 980. They start at around $250.

[hyperj123]

12 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

You cant SLI 1060 or below cards.

 

You dont need to get another 960 SSC. Any 960 2GB will work. If I were you I will just sell the 960 and look for a 980. They start at around $250.

Found a 1050 ti for under 200 on amazon? Would this be considered an upgrade? I know it's got double the Vram but gpuboss states the 960 is better. 

[Jurrunio]

1050ti is an upgrade performance wise from a 960, but not a worthy one.