10 Aug 2021 - Graphics card reviewed

Based on current gaming requirements the GeForce GTX 960 Galax KFA2 EXOC 4GB Edition is considered one of the weakest cards and wont meet modern AAA game specs.

This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 12.

Here is a quick game performance synopsis for the AAA games played in 2023. In particular we focus on how well the GeForce GTX 960 Galax KFA2 EXOC 4GB Edition runs at Ultra graphics settings and what frames per second it is getting at 1080p, 1440p and 4K monitor resolutions. This graphics hardware can run 169 of the 1000 most demanding PC games played today.

With 1080p being the most common gaming resolution at the moment we explored how well the GeForce GTX 960 Galax KFA2 EXOC 4GB Edition can run Days Gone at 1080p and saw it return weak frame rates at the following graphics settings - Low: 49 FPS, Medium: 38 FPS, High: 26 FPS and Ultra: 19 FPS. For performance contrast we can see that Grand Theft Auto VI is predicted to return 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 Galax KFA2 EXOC 4GB Edition performed at 1440p by taking a look at some of the current popular games. First we looked at Days Gone and saw it deliver weak frames per second across the following graphics settings - Low: 37 FPS, Medium: 29 FPS, High: 20 FPS and Ultra: 14 FPS. We then checked the performance on Grand Theft Auto VI to predict if that will run well. It is predicted to be weak with a 0 FPS at Ultra 1440p. After a look at the popular games running at 1440p with the GeForce GTX 960 Galax KFA2 EXOC 4GB Edition, this is not powerful enough to deal with the increased resolution.

How many years will the GeForce GTX 960 Galax KFA2 EXOC 4GB Edition graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce GTX 960 Galax KFA2 EXOC 4GB Edition in your PC? There is around 6-12 months of top end gaming left in this card, at which point its graphics card replacement time, assuming the GeForce GTX 960 Galax KFA2 EXOC 4GB Edition is part of your PC gaming machine.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce GTX 960 Galax KFA2 EXOC 4GB Edition? A great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB, which has 68% better performance and can run 716 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5300, which has 34% better performance and can run 300 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.