10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Based on current gaming requirements the GeForce GTX 960 MSI Gaming 2GB Edition is considered one of the weakest cards and wont meet modern AAA game specs.

DirectX 12 gaming system requirements will be met by this gpu.

We take a look at game performance achieved on this graphics card when running 2023 popular games. This short GeForce GTX 960 MSI Gaming 2GB Edition game hardware review looks at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. This graphics hardware can run 164 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the GeForce GTX 960 MSI Gaming 2GB Edition shows us that Star Citizen is predicted to get a playable result of 27 FPS, and then we are seeing Dying Light 2 returning a weak 0 FPS while another game on our list is the Back 4 Blood which is getting 27 frames per second at Ultra 1080p.

Next up we increase screen res tests to accommodate the growing in popularity 1440p screen size. So we booted up Dying Light 2 to see how the GeForce GTX 960 MSI Gaming 2GB Edition dealt with it. It scored up a weak series of FPS results across these graphics presets - Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. Next we looked at Back 4 Blood which was weak with a 20 FPS at Ultra 1440p. And finally looked at Star Citizen that we predict will get an Ultra 1440p FPS of 20. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the GeForce GTX 960 MSI Gaming 2GB Edition is going to underperform if you try and run modern games.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 960 MSI Gaming 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 960 MSI Gaming 2GB Edition in your PC? We think this GeForce GTX 960 MSI Gaming 2GB Edition has around 6-12 months until an upgrade should be considered.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 960 MSI Gaming 2GB Edition? Are you looking to upgrade a GeForce GTX 960 MSI Gaming 2GB Edition? Then we would suggest getting a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, as it can run 716 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 71% increased graphics performance. Alternatively we would suggest getting a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300, as it can run 300 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 37% increased graphics performance.