10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Based on current gaming requirements the GeForce GTX 960 Palit Super JetStream 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.

Lets look at the GeForce GTX 960 Palit Super JetStream 2GB Edition game performance guide for some of the biggest games played in 2022. In particular we will see how well this graphics card runs on Ultra settings on 1080p resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. In comparison to the game recommended requirements of the 1000 most demanding games played today this PC hardware can run 193.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the GeForce GTX 960 Palit Super JetStream 2GB Edition can run Far Cry 6 at 1080p and saw it return weak frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Dying Light 2 returns a weak 0 FPS at Ultra 1080p.

One of the growing popular screen resolutions for PC gaming is the wider 1440p. So we wanted to see how well the GeForce GTX 960 Palit Super JetStream 2GB Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Far Cry 6 and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 0 FPS, Medium: 0 FPS, High: 0 FPS and Ultra: 0 FPS. We then checked the performance on Dying Light 2 to see if that runs well. It was weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. 1440p gaming on the GeForce GTX 960 Palit Super JetStream 2GB Edition is going to underperform if you try and run modern games.

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

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 960 Palit Super JetStream 2GB Edition? A great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, which has 64% better performance and can run 726 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today. Alternatively a good choice when looking to upgrade the GeForce GTX 960 Palit Super JetStream 2GB Edition would be the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300 which meets 305 of the 1000 top game’s recommended system requirements and has 32% better performance.