10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Based on current gaming requirements the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte G1 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.

Game performance for the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 2GB Edition where we look at the bigger games played in 2022. Looking closely at the graphics card frame rate performance on Ultra graphics settings at 1080p, 1440p and 4K screen resolutions. This card runs recommended graphics requirements of 195 games from the top 1000 most demanding games being played today.

The 1080p FPS on Ultra for the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 2GB Edition shows us that Resident Evil 8 is getting a weak result of 0 FPS, and then we are seeing Forza Horizon 5 returning a weak 0 FPS while another game on our list is the Battlefield 2042 which is getting 0 frames per second 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 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 2GB Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Forza Horizon 5 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 Battlefield 2042 to see if that runs well. It was weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. 1440p GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 2GB Edition PC gaming is going to underperform if you try and run modern games.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 2GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 2GB Edition in your PC? We think this GeForce GTX 960 Gigabyte G1 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 Gigabyte G1 Gaming 2GB Edition? Upgrading this graphics card would have us consider the RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB which is 63% more powerful. This upgrade choice can also run 725 games from the most demanding games today. Alternatively we would suggest getting a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300, as it can run 304 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today with 30% increased graphics performance.