[GT] Geforce GTX 960 with GM206 in January

[TwistedDictator]

Unlike the current models in the GeForce GTX 900 Series contains newcomer on the new and unadorned graphics processor GM206 with typically 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit memory bus. The slimmed-down specifications despite predicted Geforce GTX 960 perform on par with the GTX 770

Pricing is more difficult to predict, not least because of the strong dollar. The target price is expected to land at 249-299 dollars, which should be translated to approximately SEK 2 500 at Swedish retailer.

 

 

Source

 

There more info at the source. I just put the important stuff here

 

[Deletive]

SO it's pretty much two 750ti's slapped together on a 128 bit bus?

A bit disappointing considering the gtx 970m already has the same specs as the gtx 960 but with a 192 bit bus.

[flibberdipper]

My god. I need one. I was gonna replace my 480 with a 760 later on down the line, but... I like it. Even the cooler.

[Tonylu1595]

Still waiting for high end $100 dollar card.

[harrynowl]

Still waiting for high end $100 dollar card.

you'll be waiting forever, what was high end 5 years ago (performance wise) is available for $100 now.... but those $100 cards are not high end today.

[TwistedDictator]

My god. I need one. I was gonna replace my 480 with a 760 later on down the line, but... I like it. Even the cooler.

 

That 480 was ment to be replaced a long time ago lol. If you want I can sell you a pretty cheap 780ti if you willing to buy a cooler for it (I removed the stock cooler and dont have it anymore).

[flibberdipper]

That 480 was ment to be replaced a long time ago lol.

NO. FERMI IS LOVE. FERMI IS LIFE.

 

Besides, it's still faster than a next-gen console.

 

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[SteveGrabowski]

What an overpriced piece of shit if that's a 2GB card. Why would anyone pay $250 for 770 level performance when you can get a much more powerful R9 290 with 4GB VRAM for that price after rebate? Sad if Nvidia can get away with not even trying to challenge the R9 280x, much less the R9 290.

[TwistedDictator]

NO. FERMI IS LOVE. FERMI IS LIFE.

 

Besides, it's still faster than a next-gen console.

 

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I think you confused lol. The PS3 isnt next gen

 

 

What an overpriced piece of shit if that's a 2GB card.

 Here is the best answer

[Khraft]

My god. I need one. I was gonna replace my 480 with a 760 later on down the line, but... I like it. Even the cooler.

 

You actually like the plastic cooler with a huge penis extension and just a solid copper and aluminium block as a heatsink?

[Clyne]

NO. FERMI IS LOVE. FERMI IS LIFE.

 

Besides, it's still faster than a next-gen console.

 

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Tesla is love. Tesla is life

[ItsMTC]

What an overpriced piece of shit if that's a 2GB card. Why would anyone pay $250 for 770 level performance when you can get a much more powerful R9 290 with 4GB VRAM for that price after rebate?

 

Sad if Nvidia can get away with not even trying to challenge the R9 280x, much less R9 290.

I own and use a r9 290 in my rig, however having a card with 2 GB rather than 4 GB doesn't seem like a huge deal; the ram doesn't have much correlation with raw performance.

 

Also my r9 290 was $300+ when I bought it around 2 months ago, so $50+ less than that wouldn't be considered trying to compete blow for blow.

 

I could be wrong though; if I am please correct me. 

[ZestyJalapeno]

Colour me dissappointed.

[terrytek]

Should I trade my 760 I get on christmas for this?

[SteveGrabowski]

I own and use a r9 290 in my rig, however having a card with 2 GB rather than 4 GB doesn't seem like a huge deal; the ram doesn't have much correlation with raw performance.

 

Also my r9 290 was $300+ when I bought it around 2 months ago, so $50+ less than that wouldn't be considered trying to compete blow for blow.

 

I could be wrong though; if I am please correct me. 

 

Shadow of Mordor wants 3GB to run with high textures. Skyrim needs 3GB to run with a lot of mods. AC Unity chokes on 2GB in Anandtech's benchmarks at ultra. I guess you could say AC Unity is an unoptimized crap port, but crap ports are the rule and not the exception in PC gaming since most of the money is in the consoles. With the consoles having 8GB of unified memory, I think it's really hard to believe going forward that games aren't going to eventually be designed for 4GB-6GB of VRAM usage now that X360 and PS3 are dead and won't be holding developers back.

[GloriousPain]

And now I see why Nvidia didn't release this previously it's a POS and neglible...could save a few bucks and just get the R9 285  similar performance(mostlikely) similar efficiency(Rough estimate), lowercost... Or just spend a few bucks more and get a 290 with a nice aftermarket cooler (Windforce PCS+ and TRI-X can all be found in the $250-$300 price spot with rebates or such)
 

 

Should I trade my 760 I get on christmas for this?

Unless I'm and most of the other people who've posted so far are missing something this looks like a waste of money incomparison to similarly priced AMD Gpus  but vs the 760 it should be a fine upgrade... 

[fringie]

Source doesn't look trustworthy but if anyone was expecting more than a gtx 770 performance I'll be surprised. I highly doubt it's that price too based on the 900 pricing and if it has a 128bit bus it'll be much cheaper than the previous x60 cards to produce.

[ItsMTC]

Shadow of Mordor wants 3GB to run with high textures. Skyrim needs 3GB to run with a lot of mods. AC Unity chokes on 2GB in Anandtech's benchmarks at ultra. I guess you could say AC Unity is an unoptimized crap port, but crap ports are the rule and not the exception in PC gaming since most of the money is in the consoles. With the consoles having 8GB of unified memory, I think it's really hard to believe going forward that games aren't going to eventually be designed for 4GB-6GB of VRAM usage now that X360 and PS3 are dead and won't be holding developers back.

Yeah, I don't play many flagship games so I was unaware of their demand of VRAM; cards that are unable to play brand new games are already a dying breed.

[SteveGrabowski]

Source doesn't look trustworthy but if anyone was expecting more than a gtx 770 performance I'll be surprised. I highly doubt it's that price too based on the 900 pricing and if it has a 128bit bus it'll be much cheaper than the previous x60 cards to produce.

 

I was hoping for 780 level performance with at least 3GB VRAM for $250, but it's looking like Nvidia called off the price war with AMD for the midrange segment at least. Put this crap out at $250 though to keep the low end 970's at $330 really appealing, while giving them something to sell to the Dell's and Alienware's of the world? And surely it'll be a hit with the Best Buy kind of shoppers who don't do their homework.

[SirSquid]

What the PSU power requirements?  if its stupidly low then you would be able to build a kick ass low power gaming rig.

[SteveGrabowski]

Am I the only one who thinks it's weird that people care so much about a card's TDP? Especially considering it seems like half the board runs overclocked i5-4690k's or overclocked FX-8350's. I can see why manufacturers care so much about TDP since they need efficiency for the laptop and tablet markets, but for PC gaming I don't care much about low power and I don't see why buyers should. Not when quality 550W+ power supplies are affordable and cases with good airflow are cheap thanks to everyone overclocking.

[Guest Kloaked]

 Here is the best answer

 

Why are you picking "best answer" in a tech news forum post?

[terrytek]

Why are you picking "best answer" in a tech news forum post?

Cause he can.

[Guest Kloaked]

Cause he can.

 

Thanks, TwistedDictator.

[Nowak]

Didn't the rumors say before that it was going to have 3GB RAM on a 192-bit bus, and then briefly 4GB RAM on a 256-bit bus? Why the change to 2GB on a 128-bit bus?