14 Nov 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

One of the more powerful mid range graphics cards, the GeForce GTX 960 Zotac AMP! v2 2GB Edition might struggle sometimes with the more system demanding game requirements. DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

Game performance for the GeForce GTX 960 Zotac AMP! v2 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. In comparison to the game recommended requirements of the 1000 most demanding games played today this PC hardware can run 265.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the GeForce GTX 960 Zotac AMP! v2 2GB Edition shows us that Need For Speed Heat is getting a weak result of 19 FPS, and then we are seeing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare returning a weak 13 FPS while another game on our list is the Red Dead Redemption 2 which is getting 19 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

As the PC gaming masses explore larger screen resolutions we decided to run some game checks at 1440p across a few popular games. We discovered the GeForce GTX 960 Zotac AMP! v2 2GB Edition ran Call of Duty: Modern Warfare to a weak performance level. Results across the graphics settings looked like this, Low: 25 FPS, Medium: 20 FPS, High: 13 FPS and Ultra: 10 FPS. Another game tested was Red Dead Redemption 2, L: 37FPS, M: 29FPS, H: 20FPS, U: 14FPS. And then we checked graphics card performance on Need For Speed Heat, which returned L: 37FPS, M: 29FPS, H: 20FPS, U: 14FPS at 1440p. Looking at a few of these 1440p results for the GeForce GTX 960 Zotac AMP! v2 2GB Edition we get the impression that it is going to underperform if you try and run modern games.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 960 Zotac AMP! v2 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 960 Zotac AMP! v2 2GB Edition in your PC? This GeForce GTX 960 Zotac AMP! v2 2GB Edition card has 12 to 18 months of latest AAA game play left in it before upgrading should be considered

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 960 Zotac AMP! v2 2GB Edition? If you are thinking of upgrading this graphics card then we would currently suggest the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB. This PC hardware upgrade performs 107% better and can run 899 of today’s 1000 most demanding PC games. Alternatively a suitable upgrade choice for the GeForce GTX 960 Zotac AMP! v2 2GB Edition is the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB, which is 52% more powerful and can run 683 of the 1000 most demanding PC games beating their recommended requirements.