Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
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| Game | GeForce GTX 950 LP MSI OC v3 2GB Edition | GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 92% | 14% |
| Hitman 3 | 150% | 12% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 92% | 14% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 76% | 21% |
| FIFA 21 | 3% | 56% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 171% | 21% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 70% | 24% |
| Genshin Impact | 92% | 14% |
| Far Cry 6 | 178% | 25% |
| The Medium | 140% | 8% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB are massively better than the Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 LP MSI OC v3 2GB Edition.
The GTX 950 has a 76 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 980 Ti, but the GTX 980 Ti has 128 more Texture Mapping Units than the GTX 950. As a result, the GTX 980 Ti exhibits a 124.4 GTexel/s better Texture Fill Rate than the GTX 950. This still holds weight but shader performance is generally more relevant, particularly since both of these GPUs support at least DirectX 10.
The GTX 950 has a 76 MHz higher core clock speed than the GTX 980 Ti, but the GTX 980 Ti has 64 more Render Output Units than the GTX 950. As a result, the GTX 980 Ti exhibits a 61.6 GPixel/s better Pixel Fill Rate than the GTX 950. However, both GPUs support DirectX 9 or above, and pixeling performance is only really relevant when comparing older cards.
The GTX 950 was released less than a year after the GTX 980 Ti, and so they are likely to have similar driver support for optimizing performance when running the latest games.
Both GPUs exhibit very powerful performance, so it probably isn't worth upgrading from one to the other, as both are capable of running even the most demanding games at the highest settings.
The GTX 980 Ti has 4096 MB more video memory than the GTX 950, so is likely to be much better at displaying game textures at higher resolutions. This is supported by the fact that the GTX 980 Ti also has superior memory performance overall.
The GTX 980 Ti has 230.8 GB/sec greater memory bandwidth than the GTX 950, which means that the memory performance of the GTX 980 Ti is massively better than the GTX 950.
The GeForce GTX 950 LP MSI OC v3 2GB Edition has 768 Shader Processing Units and the GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB has 2816. However, the actual shader performance of the GTX 950 is 1299 and the actual shader performance of the GTX 980 Ti is 4091. The GTX 980 Ti having 2792 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the GTX 980 Ti delivers a massively smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the GTX 950.
The GeForce GTX 950 LP MSI OC v3 2GB Edition requires 75 Watts to run and the GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB requires 250 Watts. We would recommend a PSU with at least 350 Watts for the GTX 950 and a PSU with at least 600 Watts for the GTX 980 Ti. The GTX 980 Ti requires 175 Watts more than the GTX 950 to run. The difference is significant enough that the GTX 980 Ti may have an adverse affect on your yearly electricity bills in comparison to the GTX 950.
| Core Speed | 1076 MHz |  | vs | 1000 MHz | |
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| Boost Clock | 1253 MHz | | vs | 1076 MHz | |
| Architecture | Maxwell GM206-251-A1 | Maxwell GM200-310-A1 | |||
| OC Potential | Fair | vs |
| Good | |
| Driver Support | Great | vs | Great | ||
| Release Date | 01 Mar 2016 | | vs | 01 Jun 2015 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
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| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 10
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10
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| 1600x900 | 9.7
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10
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| 1920x1080 | 7.7
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10
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| 2560x1440 | 5.6
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8.5
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| 3840x2160 | 4
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6.6
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| Memory | 2048 MB | vs | | 6144 MB | |
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| Memory Speed | 1653 MHz | vs | | 1753 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | vs | | 384 Bit | |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | | vs | | GDDR5 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 105.8GB/sec | vs | | 336.6GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | vs | |
3072 KB | |
| Delta Color Compression | yes | vs | yes | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 768 | vs | | 2816 | |
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| Actual Shader Performance | 63% | vs | | 100% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | | 28nm |
| Texture Mapping Units | 48 | vs | | 176 | |
| Texture Rate | 51.6 GTexel/s | vs | | 176 GTexel/s | |
| Render Output Units | 32 | vs | | 96 | |
| Pixel Rate | 34.4 GPixel/s | vs | | 96 GPixel/s | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | 5120x3200 | | vs | | 5120x3200 |
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| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | 0 | ||
| DVI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| HDMI Connections | 1 | | vs | | 1 |
| DisplayPort Connections | 1 | vs | | 3 | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 75 Watts | | vs | 250 Watts | |
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| Recommended PSU | 350 Watts & 23 Amps | | vs | 600 Watts & 42 Amps | |
| DirectX | 12.1 | | vs | | 12.1 |
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| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | | 5.0 |
| Open GL | 4.5 | | vs | | 4.5 |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | no | no | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | | yes |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz | | vs | Intel Core i7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz | |
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | | vs | 16 GB | |
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1920x1080 | vs | | 2560x1600 | |
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview GeForce GTX 950 LP MSI OC v3 2GB Edition is a Special Edition of NVIDIA's Fast-Middle-Class GeForce GTX 950 LP 2GB, created by MSI. Overclock: Central Unit The Central Unit is now of 1076MHz, instead of 1024MHz, while the Boost Clock achieves 1317MHz, instead of 1253MHz. Overclock: Memory Clock None. Frame Buffer Untouched. Cooling Solution Dual Fans Thermal Design: Dual fans covers more area of heatsink to take heats away more efficiently. Performance Benchmarks Indicate a 3% Performance Boost over the Reference GeForce GTX 950 LP 2GB. | Overview GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB is an Enthusiast Graphics Card based on the second revision of the Maxwell architecture. Architecture The Second variant of the Maxwell Architecture, despite being also manufactured with a 28nm technology, has an extremely large L2 Cache and features a Third Generation Delta Color Compression which allows NVIDIA to produce Graphics Cards with relatively small memory data transfer rates, without causing too much impact on the overall performance. Furthermore, the Shaders have been redesigned and are both more powerful and energy efficient. The Second Revision of Maxwell also adds VXGI (Voxel Global Illumination) which makes scenes significantly more lifelike and believable as light interacts more realistically in the game environment and the MFAA technology which provides the same effect as MSAA but at a much lower performance cost. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed GM200-310-A1 which has 22 SM activated and thus 2816 Shader Processing Units, 176 TMUs and 96 ROPs. The central unit runs at 1000MHz and goes up to 1076MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 6GB frame buffer of fast GDDR5, through a 384-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is adequate. The Memory Clock Operates at 1753MHz. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 250W, it requires at least a 600W PSU with one available 6-pin and one available 8-pin connectors. Performance Benchmarks Indicate its performance is slightly above AMD's Dual Radeon R9 295X2 at 1920x1080 but at any resolution above that, the latter proves to be faster. As expected, $999 GeForce GTX Titan X is also slightly faster but GeForce GTX 980 is beaten in around 20%. Even so, GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB is not a competitive product because a solution of two GeForce GTX 970 in SLI is still much faster and doesn't come at a much higher cost ($658 against $649). System Suggestions GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB is best suited for resolutions up to and including 2560x1600. We recommend a Very Strong Processor and 16GB of RAM for Optimal Performance. | |||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | - | - | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||