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GeForce GTX 960 Gainward Phantom 2GB Edition
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FPS System Benchmark
82 FPS
High
Game
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GPU
Architecture
Maxwell GM206-300-A1
Process
28nm
TMUs
64
Texture Rate
81 GTexel/s
ROPs
32
Pixel Rate
41 GPixel/s
Shader
Processing Units (Cuda Cores)
1024
Ray Tracing Cores
No
Tensor Cores
-
Driver Support
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Release Price
Compatibility
Direct X
DX 12.1
Shader
5.0
Open GL
4.5
Resolution (WxH)
5120x3200
Notebook GPU
SLI/Crossfire
Dedicated
Integrated
Memory
Memory
2048 MB
Memory Speed
1800 MHz
Memory Bus
128 Bit
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth
115.2GB/sec
L2 Cache
1024KB
Display Connectors
VGA Connection
0
DVI Connection
1
HDMI Connection
1
DisplayPort Connection
Clock Speeds
Core Speed
1203 MHz
Boost Clock
1266 MHz
Power
Max Power
120 Watts
PSU
400 Watt & 29 Amps
Power Connector
1x 6-pin
Recommended Hardware
Best CPU Match
Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz
Best RAM Match
8 GB
Best Resolution
1920 x 1080
GPU Upgrade
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GD Value
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GD GPU hardware score: 8
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GeForce GTX 960 Gainward Phantom 2GB Edition Game Requirement Analysis

Overview
GeForce GTX 960 Gainward Phantom 2GB Edition is a special edition of NVIDIA's Performance GeForce GTX 960 2GB, created by Gainward.


Overclock: Central Unit
The Central Unit now runs at 1203MHz, instead of 1127MHz and goes up to 1266MHz, in Turbo Mode.


Overclock: Memory Clock
The Operating Memory Clock is now of 1800MHz while the Frame Buffer remain the same.


Cooling Solution
The reference NVIDIA Single-Fan Cooling System has been replaced by Gainward's Phantom Cooling Solution which comes with brand new fans design (patent M456684/ZL201320139962.6) that includes
Removable fan design – each fan body can be removed to clean if necessary, 4 pieces of copper heat-pipe and copper base - better
thermal performance and solid structure.


Performance
Benchmarks indicate a 4% performance over the reference GeForce GTX 960 2GB.


Source [Pip]
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Saved at: Aug-12-2018
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CPU
Ryzen R3 1200
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GFX
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Gigabyte G1 Gaming 4GB
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RAM
16GB DDR4 2400MHz
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RES
1920 x 1080
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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro
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the 4gb version is better than the r9 380x 4gb nitro ?

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dusty226's Rig
Saved at: Dec-25-2016
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CPU
Core i5-4460 3.2GHz
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GFX
GeForce GTX 960 Gainward Phantom 2GB Edition
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RAM
8GB DDR3 1600MHz
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RES
1920 x 1080
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Phone
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I think the R9 380X 4 GB Nitro is better due to higher Memory Bus and Bandwidth.

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Release period
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GeForce GTX 960 Gainward Phantom 2GB Edition Performance
GeForce GTX 960 Gainward Phantom 2GB Edition vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements
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RAM
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