GTX 960 when?

[blake0812]

I've been hearing alot of the 970 and 980, but when will the 960 be released? I'd like to use the Maxwell 2 architecture even though i'm dirt poor :'(

 

[el etro]

It seems to launch in january.

 

[Ken g6]

I read a rumor that Nvidia delayed it because so many people were still shelling out for 970s.

 

[blake0812]

Damn, that sucks. Oh well, patience is a virtue as my mama always said.

 

[Paul98]

If you are looking for a good deal now check out the R9 290, you can find them around for under 250 with a good cooler and free games.

 

[It's Not Lupus]

If you are looking for a good deal now check out the R9 290, you can find them around for under 250 with a good cooler and free games.

Yes, but how are AMD's drivers?

 

[Paul98]

Yes, but how are AMD's drivers?

I don't have any problems with them

 

[Rakehellion]

I'll probably get a 950 to replace my 660ti. I only want one for the new volumetric processor.

 

[Cerb]

Yes, but how are AMD's drivers?

I've had multiple BSODs in the last couple years with Forcewares, plus TDR issues with multiple driver versions...so, what's the bar for bad, on AMD's side?

 

[jacktesterson]

Yes, but how are AMD's drivers?

They are just as good as Nvidia's in my opinion.

 

[Mem]

Yes, but how are AMD's drivers?

Fine,I just went from Nvidia 560Ti to AMD 280X OC (waiting for R9 390s and Nvidia new models next year) and had no issues so far,infact in some ways better like full RGB(0 to 255) support via HDMI in Catalyst Control panel,rather then the third party software I had to use for my Nvidia card.

 

[III-V]

I've had multiple BSODs in the last couple years with Forcewares, plus TDR issues with multiple driver versions...so, what's the bar for bad, on AMD's side?

I've had 4 or more BSODs with AMD over the span of 4 months, but I have a feeling it's an issue with Path of Exile, the game I was playing, rather than the drivers. Even then, as a previous user of Windows ME... I am not bothered by the rare BSOD. At this point, AMD has turned things around. Multi-GPU will always be garbage though, IMO.

AMD's biggest issue right now, in my eyes, is that they have been utterly incompetent when it comes to producing clear roadmaps.

 

[Mem]

I've had 4 or more BSODs with AMD over the span of 4 months, but I have a feeling it's an issue with Path of Exile, the game I was playing, rather than the drivers. Even then, as a previous user of Windows ME... I am not bothered by the rare BSOD. At this point, AMD has turned things around. Multi-GPU will always be garbage though, IMO.

AMD's biggest issue right now, in my eyes, is that they have been utterly incompetent when it comes to producing clear roadmaps.

Don't get me started on the famous freezes with Nvidia 4xx/5xx cards last year(huge thread in Geforce.com forums awhile back on this) ,took Nvidia over six months to fix the drivers and yes I had that issue for quite awhile.

Anyway happy AMD gamer here.

 

[el etro]

Yes, but how are AMD's drivers?

In the last two years i used a GTS 450, HD 7770, GTX 670 and HD 6850.

The cards that give me more issues: GTX 670 -> HD 7770 -> HD 6850 -> GTS 450(With r314 drivers, r320 and later drivers gave me problems too).

I'm not talking about gaming issues on none of the cards, but Windows issues.

 

[Cerb]

I've had 4 or more BSODs with AMD over the span of 4 months, but I have a feeling it's an issue with Path of Exile, the game I was playing, rather than the drivers. Even then, as a previous user of Windows ME... I am not bothered by the rare BSOD. At this point, AMD has turned things around. Multi-GPU will always be garbage though, IMO.

Never done multi-GPU, and until they can either implement transparent GPU-per-monitor SMP, or SFR-with-every-game SMP, I'll stay away.

I don't doubt you have had such problems. The few instability issues I've had, after checking Event Viewer, and Googling details, every time, was related the version of Forcewares I was running, and went away either upgrading or downgrading. Today, I think their driver quality reputation is undeserved, relative to AMD's, and is inertia from days past, when it was deserved, and ATI/AMD's drivers (it did take them a couple years to clean them up) were steaming piles, unless you were comparing to VIA .

AMD's biggest issue right now, in my eyes, is that they have been utterly incompetent when it comes to producing clear roadmaps.

No doubt. Their supply issues don't help, either. They can't make enough chips when they need to, and can't not make them when they don't .

 

[Borealis7]

like i've said before, drivers from both companies are equally bad.

but back on topic, i think any card nVidia releases above 200$-220$ is going to have a hard time competing with the existing stock of 280Xs and 290s.

 

[Qwertilot]

The 960 should do fine for itself It'll use hugely less power of course and will have to last well past the current stock disposal etc.

Don't think we'll see a 950? 750/ti then a jump to Pascal when they can do something genuinely better at that sort of power consumption. Which I guess might be called 950.....

 

[positivedoppler]

The prices AMD is clearing out the 290 at, Nvidia is better off making more 970.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Something tells me the 960 is gonna be epic. 770 performance or better in the 120-150w range might not be out of the range of impossible.

I do want a 970 but a 960 delivering better then 770 performance with a low tdp and 4gb would all interest me just the same. I am gaming at 768p anyways. I just want a quality 4gb card.

 

[jpiniero]

Something tells me the 960 is gonna be epic. 770 performance or better in the 120-150w range might not be out of the range of impossible.

I do want a 970 but a 960 delivering better then 770 performance with a low tdp and 4gb would all interest me just the same. I am gaming at 768p anyways. I just want a quality 4gb card.

The 970M is pretty close to what I had expected the 960 to be. Maybe slightly faster clock speed.

 

[witeken]

I read a rumor that Nvidia delayed it because so many people were still shelling out for 970s.

I was interested in the GTX 960, but now I'll probably go with the GTX 970, so nice strategy from Nvidia.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

like i've said before, drivers from both companies are equally bad.

but back on topic, i think any card nVidia releases above 200$-220$ is going to have a hard time competing with the existing stock of 280Xs and 290s.

Especially considering the 960 is supposed to have 2GB of RAM when you need 3GB for high textures on Shadows of Mordor or for running Skyrim with lots of mods. No way I'd pay $250 for a 2 GB card when R9 290's are running the same price.

 

[CakeMonster]

Do we know anything at all about the 960? If not, it seems like several people in this thread are making huge assumptions about everything, if not plainly making stuff up.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Do we know anything at all about the 960? If not, it seems like several people in this thread are making huge assumptions about everything, if not plainly making stuff up.

Just relaying rumors. Who knows how accurate they are, though you'd think Nvidia would leak that the VRAM would be more than 2GB if it was so, to keep AMD from just swooping in and taking over the midlevel market with the way the 280 and 290 have been priced.

 

[Madpacket]

Well I got tired waiting for a 960 and just picked up a 970. GG Nvidia.