The 4gb GTX 960 is just going to end up being one of those odd ball collectables for the collectors scene. It was already uncommon at launch. As a collector, I was able to track a Asus Strix 960 4GB down on the cheap right before the GPU shortage got bad. It ran me about $70 shipped. I considered myself lucky to get it, because at the time here in the US on ebay, there was only like one other 4GB GTX 960 listed, and it was in the $100 range. The vast majority listed even now are just 2gb models. Also worth mentioning, its one of the last cards to officially be supported by Nvidia for Windows Xp. You basically have to mod drivers to get the GTX 970 and 980 to work. So that makes it a bit more sought after for Xp legacy gaming.
EDIT: Congrats on 2,000 subs first and foremost! IMO, the 4GB variant simply let the 960 run games that it was never going to run well in the first place. If you bought the 2GB version back at launch in early 2015, you probably weren't held back playing games of that era at settings that the GTX 960 could run well. IIRC, 4GB versions sold closer to $240-$250, and there was a strong case to just step up to a 970 for $330 at that point. If Pascal or Polaris didn't tempt an upgrade, the "right" time to upgrade probably would've been with the GTX 1660 or Super variant.
I finally switched from a GTX 1050 2GB (which I bought second-hand 1.5 years ago) to a new GTX 1660 Super at the beginning of the year... I pulled everything out of the 2 GB Vram and somehow got everything running on it, even Forza Horizon 5... the game even looked passable, at least anything accept the textures, low poly cars and flickering shadows. Now with the GTX 1660 Super I can finally enjoy the games the way they are supposed to be played. This was the first time I built a PC completely from scratch, with CPU and tower cooler installation, and I wanted to do it on a budget of around €600... That's why it's "only" an i5-10400F, but on a good mid-range board from MSI and with 16 GB low latency ram.
Nice video. Have you ever thought about adding Lossless Scaling or Magpie into your suite of benchmark programs? They're two programs that can inject FSR into games that don't natively support it
I don't plan adding it to my regular benchmarks, but I might make a dedicated video about it one day. I'm quite critical of FSR and NIS, so I need to find a way of gently roasting them without pissing people off 😆
@@IcebergTech I use a GTX 1050 2gb with FSR, Lossless Scaling's FSR in unsupported games, and GeForce's NIS when possible. I actually get the same performance as the GTX 960 4gb too. So, when you talk about roasting the programs...I would you to roast it to a completely "well-done". 😂
every youtubers and reddit says 4gb gtx 960 sucks i bought the 4gb anyway because i knew console have more vram and designed by AMD 1 year later those 2gb model became completely crippled my gtx 960 4gb still working to this day as htpc and light gaming that run most games
The Ti is £220-260, the Titan XM is £300+. They're currently in the "maybe" list. My next Maxwell videos are going to be on a couple of Quadro cards- I already have an M2000, and I've got my eye on the M4000 I promised to look at in the 970 video- but next week's video is going to be on the Ryzen 5600G & Vega 7 iGPU.
got one coming in the mail soon. i play a lot of old titles, emulators, very few AAA games so i believe it fits my needs i was gonna get a 1060 or a 1660 one day but these times for GPU shopping are still a dumpster fire 👎🏾
What do you mean? Ive seen quite a bit pf 1060 6gb listed for around $250 on ebay thats below msrp. Prices for cards especially for old ones are dropping rapidly.
@@IcebergTech Yeah, that would have been a real tragedy. Have you heard at all about how some enterprising modders got Elden Ring working on windows 7 using a modded version of DXVK/VKD3D and patching the executable? Thing is this method has also been working to some degree to get games working on GPUs that don't have full DX12 support like the GTX 780! IDK if it's a good video topic because of how far and wide the info is but it's got me real excited.
Yep, someone mentioned that to me on another thread. I am working on a couple of projects right now, but I do intend looking at that in a future video.
Actually the 960 is still a decent card for the price (150-175 USD depending where you live) especially good for people on a budget not too concerned about fps. Its a good buy and you can even find a 970 for similar price if you look in the right places. If you have an older system that only has pcie 3.0 youre going to get similar or better performance than a 6500 XT on pcie 3.0 at a better price
I own gtx 960 2gb and it's painful since last 5 years. Even if gpu can show kinda apropriate fps, lack of memory ruin it in moment, coz some games even on lowest settings need up to 4 gigs.
This channel is going places! Excited to see it growing pretty quickly.
Also geez that's expensive. I only paid $200CAD (£120) for my 480 4GB.
The 4gb GTX 960 is just going to end up being one of those odd ball collectables for the collectors scene. It was already uncommon at launch. As a collector, I was able to track a Asus Strix 960 4GB down on the cheap right before the GPU shortage got bad. It ran me about $70 shipped. I considered myself lucky to get it, because at the time here in the US on ebay, there was only like one other 4GB GTX 960 listed, and it was in the $100 range. The vast majority listed even now are just 2gb models. Also worth mentioning, its one of the last cards to officially be supported by Nvidia for Windows Xp. You basically have to mod drivers to get the GTX 970 and 980 to work. So that makes it a bit more sought after for Xp legacy gaming.
EDIT: Congrats on 2,000 subs first and foremost!
IMO, the 4GB variant simply let the 960 run games that it was never going to run well in the first place. If you bought the 2GB version back at launch in early 2015, you probably weren't held back playing games of that era at settings that the GTX 960 could run well. IIRC, 4GB versions sold closer to $240-$250, and there was a strong case to just step up to a 970 for $330 at that point.
If Pascal or Polaris didn't tempt an upgrade, the "right" time to upgrade probably would've been with the GTX 1660 or Super variant.
I wouldnt even call Polaris an upgrade. My RX 580 barely edges out my GTX 970
@@yeetus59 I meant upgrade for 960 owners, not 970.
Awesome video. I really like that you add commentary
£150 is a insane price - 1060 3GB go for £125
I just got one for £55 from cex for a budget build i'm doing. 1 year later.
I finally switched from a GTX 1050 2GB (which I bought second-hand 1.5 years ago) to a new GTX 1660 Super at the beginning of the year... I pulled everything out of the 2 GB Vram and somehow got everything running on it, even Forza Horizon 5... the game even looked passable, at least anything accept the textures, low poly cars and flickering shadows.
Now with the GTX 1660 Super I can finally enjoy the games the way they are supposed to be played. This was the first time I built a PC completely from scratch, with CPU and tower cooler installation, and I wanted to do it on a budget of around €600... That's why it's "only" an i5-10400F, but on a good mid-range board from MSI and with 16 GB low latency ram.
FSR is literally magic for the gtx960 4gb
i remember this card can never hit 60fps before in newer titles then with fsr BOOM! 60fps
Congrats on 2k subs 👋🏻
GTX 960 4GB model has enough over clock headroom that for a used GPU is a better value than the gtx 1650 new or used.
Bought it for 40€, quite a lot these days, but it's for a cheap esports/older games PC I am planning to sell
Another great video buddy! Keep up the amazing content! 💪
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
I’d love to see this redone in 2024. 🎉
I am so glad I bought this card back in 2019 man its so great for such an old card i got it used for 120$
Nice video. Have you ever thought about adding Lossless Scaling or Magpie into your suite of benchmark programs? They're two programs that can inject FSR into games that don't natively support it
I don't plan adding it to my regular benchmarks, but I might make a dedicated video about it one day. I'm quite critical of FSR and NIS, so I need to find a way of gently roasting them without pissing people off 😆
@@IcebergTech I use a GTX 1050 2gb with FSR, Lossless Scaling's FSR in unsupported games, and GeForce's NIS when possible. I actually get the same performance as the GTX 960 4gb too. So, when you talk about roasting the programs...I would you to roast it to a completely "well-done". 😂
If your VRAM usage goes over the GPU VRam limit, it will stutter like mad when use lossless scaling and Magpie.
every youtubers and reddit says 4gb gtx 960 sucks
i bought the 4gb anyway because i knew console have more vram and designed by AMD
1 year later those 2gb model became completely crippled
my gtx 960 4gb still working to this day as htpc and light gaming that run most games
Great video as always.
What's next?
GTX 980 ti 6GB ot the Maxwell Titan?
How much is it in the UK?
2015 feels like yesterday...
The Ti is £220-260, the Titan XM is £300+. They're currently in the "maybe" list. My next Maxwell videos are going to be on a couple of Quadro cards- I already have an M2000, and I've got my eye on the M4000 I promised to look at in the 970 video- but next week's video is going to be on the Ryzen 5600G & Vega 7 iGPU.
got one coming in the mail soon. i play a lot of old titles, emulators, very few AAA games so i believe it fits my needs
i was gonna get a 1060 or a 1660 one day but these times for GPU shopping are still a dumpster fire 👎🏾
What do you mean? Ive seen quite a bit pf 1060 6gb listed for around $250 on ebay thats below msrp. Prices for cards especially for old ones are dropping rapidly.
@@yeetus59 yea before I saw this I saw the 1060 prices go down on ebay lol, i hope this keeps up
$200 for a 960, that's some dedication to making content my man.
Yeah, I bought it a couple of months ago before prices started to fall. It could have been worse, I could have put my money into an NFT!
@@IcebergTech Yeah, that would have been a real tragedy. Have you heard at all about how some enterprising modders got Elden Ring working on windows 7 using a modded version of DXVK/VKD3D and patching the executable? Thing is this method has also been working to some degree to get games working on GPUs that don't have full DX12 support like the GTX 780! IDK if it's a good video topic because of how far and wide the info is but it's got me real excited.
Yep, someone mentioned that to me on another thread. I am working on a couple of projects right now, but I do intend looking at that in a future video.
I didn't realise it got quite as bad in terms of pricing that a 960 4gb would be still over £150!
Would you consider adding Escape From Tarkov to future videos?
nice video, i have r9 290x tri-x 4Gb and pull everything!
Actually the 960 is still a decent card for the price (150-175 USD depending where you live) especially good for people on a budget not too concerned about fps. Its a good buy and you can even find a 970 for similar price if you look in the right places. If you have an older system that only has pcie 3.0 youre going to get similar or better performance than a 6500 XT on pcie 3.0 at a better price
I own gtx 960 2gb and it's painful since last 5 years. Even if gpu can show kinda apropriate fps, lack of memory ruin it in moment, coz some games even on lowest settings need up to 4 gigs.
Plz somebody help me I'm facing lagging issue so much in guardians of galaxy I have the same card
Using the 960 mine doesn't run that good on warzone at 1920x1080
How to fix that's issue I seen in that video it is running fine on driver ver 471 is it true
Yes, you need to use the older drivers.
@@IcebergTech plz plz tell me which version I should use for this
@@gamingdude8473 I don’t know if there’s a “best driver”, but I tried 471.11 and it worked fine.
Thanks mate
Still hanging in just and congratulations to whoever got £150 off you for the 960 😅
This has to be the best benchmarking channel
Can it run in 350 wrt psu?
Should be fine, so long as you have a 6-pin PCIE cable
I think it is a good deal gor me i found it 95$ local
nice 👍👍👍👍👍👍
yeah but if you overclock a 960 4GB you get far better results
Reply plz