28 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

A mid level piece of gaming hardware, this GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte IX OC 2GB Edition graphics card can still meet and run indie system requirements and some of the less demanding AAA games. DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

Game performance for the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte IX OC 2GB Edition where we look at the bigger games played in 2019. Looking closely at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. 200 games can be played by this graphics card of the 1000 most demanding games being played by PC gamers today.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte IX OC 2GB Edition is running Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order and delivering weak performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 0 frames per second. Comparing this to The Outer Worlds which is getting weak results, where it averages 16 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is Red Dead Redemption 2, which is running at 16 frames per second.

Moving screen sizes up to 1440p we ran Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order on the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte IX OC 2GB Edition to see that it got a weak set of frame rates. Here are the low to ultra results at 1440p - L: 0FPS, M: 0FPS, H: 0FPS, U: 0FPS. Another popular game to test at 1440p with this card was The Outer Worlds which seemed weak in performance netting an Ultra FPS of 12 FPS. Finally we then took a look at Red Dead Redemption 2 where its Ultra 1440p Frame rates were weak at 12 FPS. Gaming at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte IX OC 2GB Edition is not a viable PC gaming choice.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte IX OC 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte IX OC 2GB Edition in your PC? There is around 6-12 months of top end gaming left in this card, at which point its graphics card replacement time, assuming the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte IX OC 2GB Edition is part of your PC gaming machine.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte IX OC 2GB Edition? A great upgrade graphics card would be a 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, which has 113% better performance and can run 897 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today. Alternatively if you want an upgrade suggestion for the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte IX OC 2GB Edition then a good choice would be RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB as this is better than 668 of the top 1000 most demanding game requirements with 57% better performance as well.