MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G, 2048 MB GDDR5

As with the great Maxwell sisters GTX 970 and 980 (with GM204-GPU) is a special virtue in the very convincing energy efficiency because the graphics core used on the GTX 960 named GM206 also makes the most of performance per watt from each of the 1,024 shader units – called NVIDIA CUDA cores – out. In the MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G factory increased GPU base clock is 1.216 MHz, thanks to NVIDIAs GPU Boost 2.0 is but, if necessary, all the way up to 1,279 MHz, as long as power consumption and temperature limits are not exceeded.

So this is indeed what possible does not occur and the graphics card can reach their full potential, it is important that the components on the PCB stay as cool as possible, so MSI relies on the popular, because it was very quiet and effective Twin Frozr cooler , In the semi-passive Twin Frozr V including the rotor blades of the two independently operating, 10 mm Torx fans were revised, blow fresh air through large aluminum heatsink and several nickel-plated heatpipes.

Below 60 degrees GPU temperature, the two fans even all the work on (ZeroFrozr), which is why the red-black Twin Frozr V radiator design with an LED-illuminated MSI dragon motif on the side then operates absolutely silently. For energy supply this MSI GTX 960, a single 8-pin PCI Express connector of the power supply is sufficient.

Already it can be seen how effective the Maxwell Map transferred electrical energy in gaming performance, which is output via DisplayPort 1.2, HDMI 2.0 and DVI to monitors. G-Sync-enabled Ultra-HD copies here are able to let members of unsightly tearing effects of the past, even in the 4K resolution to do so. Thanks to NVIDIA DSR feature 4K graphics are shown but still fine even at Full HD displays and Game Stream technology ensures that PC games can be streamed to a NVIDIA SHIELD device.

In addition to their gaming capability with low power consumption, the MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming 2G thrilled with 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory operating at 3,505 (effective 7010) MHz, by many other modern features, such as Adaptive Vertical Sync, the image enhancement modes FXAA and TXAA, support for PCI Express 3.0 and DirectX 12, NVENC, VXGI or NVIDIA Shadow Play. Of course, old acquaintances such as not missing the opportunity to GPU PhysX, SLI, 3D Vision and surround.

With the latest NVIDIA drivers, its still experience with GeForce GEFORCE EXPERIENCE! The ingenious tool is integrated directly into the graphics driver, enabling both Potty Driver Updates also perfect settings for each computer on every game! Given the huge database is queried in NVIDIAs cloud data center in various configurations, so that can be a mouse click make the optimal settings.

In order to realize the full potential of the card in the future, new drivers from NVIDIA or MSI should be downloaded and installed at regular intervals.

Technical details:

     Dimensions: 269 x 35 x 141 mm (W x H x D)
     Height: 2 slot
     GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
     Type: Maxwell GM206
     Manufacturing process: 28 nm
     GPU clock speed: 1216 MHz
     Boost Clock: 1.279 MHz
     Shader units (CUDA cores): 1,024
     Memory Size: 2048 MB
     Memory clock: 3,505 (7,010) MHz
     Type: GDDR5
     Memory interface: 128-bit
     Slot PCIe x16 (PCIe / PCI 2.x / PCIe 3.0)
     connections:
     3x DisplayPort 1.2
     1x HDMI 2.0 (4K at 60 Hz)
     1x DVI-I (dual link)
     Power supply: 1x 8-pin PCIe
     Recommended power supply capacity: min. 500 Watt
     Features: DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.4, 3D Vision, NVIDIA Surround, tessellation, PhysX, CUDA, NVENC, SMX, GPU Boost 2.0, Adaptive Vertical Sync, SLI, G-Sync, VXGI, Dynamic Super Resolution, 4K Ultra HD support, 4K surround NVIDIA Shadow Play, NVIDIA game stream, semi-passive cooling
     Compatibility (OS): Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista