Is the GTX 960 a good 1080p60 card?

[cab11150904]

I'm not asking for suggestions for better cards or to be told that AMD has better options. I just want to know if the 960 will run newer and 2013/2014 AAA titles at high at least at 60fps. My understanding is it's just below a 770 but I'd like to be using Maxwell and its a lot cheaper. I'm in the US.

[SkilledRebuilds]

I'm not asking for suggestions for better cards or to be told that AMD has better options. I just want to know if the 960 will run newer and 2013/2014 AAA titles at high at least at 60fps. My understanding is it's just below a 770 but I'd like to be using Maxwell and its a lot cheaper. I'm in the US.

The GTX 960 was BUILT for 1080p resolutions.

Many reviewers have come to this conclusion in their 'final thoughts'

 

Keep in mind most reviewers use 4xMSAA and Maximum details in game, you could no doubt get more out of your card at 1080p if using 2xMSAA instead of 4xMSAA and such other changes to bring performance back up.

Read many reviews, find the last page/conclusion.

I believe myself it's close to or around this kind of performance comparison - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1037

If you need more, then buy faster, if this is fast enough, then go with it.

[tmlhalo]

Depends on the game.

[dadasmithywinkle]

I'm not asking for suggestions for better cards or to be told that AMD has better options. I just want to know if the 960 will run newer and 2013/2014 AAA titles at high at least at 60fps. My understanding is it's just below a 770 but I'd like to be using Maxwell and its a lot cheaper. I'm in the US.

Yes, turn of __AA and it'll run games at 60fps maxed out at 1080p. However, you can get GTX 770's and 680's (same cards) for ~$150 - ~$200.

[Mao_Zedong]

It is just faster than a 760, so it is decent at it. Also, R9 280 MASTER RACE!!!

[minibois]

I'm not asking for suggestions for better cards or to be told that AMD has better options. I just want to know if the 960 will run newer and 2013/2014 AAA titles at high at least at 60fps. My understanding is it's just below a 770 but I'd like to be using Maxwell and its a lot cheaper. I'm in the US.

It's a decent 1080p60fps card, but sometimes doesn't quite reach the 60 fps (I believe it gets 55fps average on Crysis 3).

 

I'm sorry, but I still have to suggest a GPU with more VRAM like a 280X

[LemonSpice]

I'm not asking for suggestions for better cards or to be told that AMD has better options. I just want to know if the 960 will run newer and 2013/2014 AAA titles at high at least at 60fps. My understanding is it's just below a 770 but I'd like to be using Maxwell and its a lot cheaper. I'm in the US.

Yes it will run them great m8 or you can get a 780

[WereCat]

Yes but R9 280(x), R9 285 are better cards for that price.

[Guest Kloaked]

It's essentially a 770 in terms of performance, more or less.

 

So yes, it's an okay card for 1080p. Don't expect to max out everything and keep 60fps though.

[Thebman712]

sorta, it can run things well, but it performs near the same of a 660ti.

a 280(x) can be found for cheap(er) and perform better. if you can i would suggest saving up a bit more, because a 290 is slightly more than a 960

[Jonathan McNally]

I actually own a GTX 760 which has about the same performance as the 960...give or take a few frames, and it does allow Max 60FPS on many games, but on modern AAA titles such as Dying Light I have to turn down the settings a fair bit to achieve 60FPS. But overall its a fantastic card for the money

[Sauron]

Yeah, it's designed for 1080p. may I ask what is wrong with AMD?

[f5alcon]

for max settings, 970 is probably needed. 

[SkilledRebuilds]

I actually own a GTX 760 which has about the same performance as the 960...give or take a few frames, and it does allow Max 60FPS on many games, but on modern AAA titles such as Dying Light I have to turn down the settings a fair bit to achieve 60FPS. But overall its a fantastic card for the money

Not a bad bit of kit though..

 

 

260x ftw -

I'm turning games shadows down or ambient occ,.. has helped my 260x shine in titles I thought would be horrible to play on it, and still the games look nice.

/In regards to World of Tanks which I'm currently playing , Lighting quality = Ultra = 42fps, turn it to minimum-medium lighting (and you cannot even tell difference much) and boom... 58-62fps!

Some games also have ONE particular setting 'sometimes' that gives a lot more performance back than others (like MSAA), sometimes the difference in image quality isn't even seen.

 

Tweaking is Love, Tweaking is Life

[cab11150904]

may I ask what is wrong with AMD?

No you can't simply because I never said that there was anything wrong with AMD. I just asked a specific question and wanted to avoid the inevitable but muh amdz.

[SkilledRebuilds]

No you can't simply because I never said that there was anything wrong with AMD. I just asked a specific question and wanted to avoid the inevitable but muh amdz.

And THAT,.. is how you handle the inevitable!

[Jonathan McNally]

Not a bad bit of kit though..

 

 

260x ftw -

I'm turning games shadows down or ambient occ,.. has helped my 260x shine in titles I thought would be horrible to play on it, and still the games look nice.

/In regards to World of Tanks which I'm currently playing , Lighting quality = Ultra = 42fps, turn it to minimum-medium lighting (and you cannot even tell difference much) and boom... 58-62fps!

Some games also have ONE particular setting 'sometimes' that gives a lot more performance back than others (like MSAA), sometimes the difference in image quality isn't even seen.

 

Tweaking is Love, Tweaking is Life

Yeah when im too lazy to play with setting I just use Nvidia's optimization setting in GeForce Experience, it actually work pretty well...If your lazy enough to use it haha, but yeah generally im into Tweaking quite a bit because you can learn more

[Guest Kloaked]

I actually own a GTX 760 which has about the same performance as the 960...give or take a few frames, and it does allow Max 60FPS on many games, but on modern AAA titles such as Dying Light I have to turn down the settings a fair bit to achieve 60FPS. But overall its a fantastic card for the money

 

[Sauron]

No you can't simply because I never said that there was anything wrong with AMD. I just asked a specific question and wanted to avoid the inevitable but muh amdz.

 

^^ well, the title says "is it a GOOD 1080p card". A card is good if it's priced well for the performance it offers. And your OP kind of implied you didn't want AMD for some reason, a misunderstanding on my part. I still did include the direct answer, I don't see anything wrong with recommending something else after that

[Jonathan McNally]

Yeah my 760 usually gets around 50 in Battlefield 4

[Guest Kloaked]

Yeah my 760 usually gets around 50 in Battlefield 4

 

The 960 performs better than that, which is why I linked it. So it's more along the lines of a 770 in terms of performance.

[dalekphalm]

No you can't simply because I never said that there was anything wrong with AMD. I just asked a specific question and wanted to avoid the inevitable but muh amdz.

Well to answer your very specific question:

 

It Depends

 

If you want to max out settings while keeping 1080p60? Nope. Get a GTX 970 or something else. Will you be playing 2015+ AAA games? Nope, same.

 

However, if you're willing to reduce settings to High, or in newer AAA games, possibly even down as far as Medium, then sure, it'll be fine.

 

I must agree with many other posters though, a 280/280x/285 would likely be a better choice. The higher VRAM on the 280/280x will be really nice for newer AAA games that start to include higher texture detail, etc.

 

But in the end, the answer to your question depends on what detail settings you expect to use.

[Jonathan McNally]

The 960 performs better than that, which is why I linked it. So it's more along the lines of a 770 in terms of performance.

Huh I didnt know that, from Linus's video I saw it kinda performed in between 760-770 performance, (generally closer to the 760), and it's the same principal for the most part, hes gonna have to turn down settings in modern games to achieve 60FPS, just like me with my 760

[Xaring]

yes, but you'd want to go witha  r9 280, considering price/performance.

[dandrix]

960 is good, but R9 280 is better.