Testseek.co.uk have collected 158 expert reviews of the Asus GeForce GTX 960 Strix OC 2GB GDDR5 PCIE STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5 and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus GeForce GTX 960 Strix OC 2GB GDDR5 PCIE STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5.
January 2015
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158 Reviews
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The editors liked
Top of the range cooling solution
Silent operation
When running passively
Amazingly low power consumption
A very short card compared to some of its rivals
Competitive price vs performance ratio
Well suited to 1080p gaming
Runs very cool and very quiet
Class-leading energy efficiency
Overclocked on core and memory
Can be pushed further
Flexible display outputs
Fair price
Low power consumption/requirements
Build quality
Cooling performance
Included back-plate
Nearly silent even at load
Overclocked memory
Price
Shroud design
The perfect LAN graphics card
Power consumption is currently untouchable
Great looking design
DirectCU II semipassive cooler
Brilliant price
Tons of “Maxwell” features included
Maxwell architecture is very efficient
Very well built
Very quiet under load
Silent when idle
Low power consumption
Overclocks quite well
The editors didn't like
Poor ‘next generation’ performance
Hopefully to be ironed out with new drivers
“If you’re in the market for something that can offer some awesome gaming performance
But you’re on a budget
Look no further than the Asus STRIX GeForce GTX 960
“
Asus ST
DirectCU II comes at a premium
2GB frame buffer not future proof
Not much quicker than GTX 760
Starts to suffer at higher settings
Overclocking results
« Overclocking
Comparable frame rate performance to an overclocked R9 285.
Published: 2017-05-16, Author: Mark , review by: overclock3d.net
Abstract: DriversAs always, we will be using the most recent drivers from AMD and Nvidia at the time of release. This means that we will be testing this game with AMD's Radeon Software Crimson ReLive 17.5.1 Driver and Nvidia's Geforce 382.19 driver.These drivers ar...
Published: 2017-03-15, Author: Mark , review by: overclock3d.net
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Published: 2017-03-08, Author: Mark , review by: overclock3d.net
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If you are buying a video card right now and looking for good performance at 1920×1080, either of the PNY GTX 1050 Tis are excellent choices. They beat their Radeon RX 460 competition while using less power.We would choose the PNY GTX 1050 Ti standard edi...
Build quality • Cooling performance • Included back-plate • Nearly silent even at load • Overclocked memory • Price • Shroud design,
Overclocking results
Asus has put together an undeniably good product once again. The Geforce GTX 960 STRIX OC is one of the coolest running graphics cards money can buy today, and by extension it's also one of the quietest. The already overclocked GPU and memory perform...
Published: 2015-04-27, Author: Steve , review by: gamersnexus.net
As dull as it sounds, there's really no measurable performance advantage between any of these cards with one, single exception: Games that utilize in excess of 2GB VRAM. As shown above with FC4 and ACU, two games which somewhat abusively rely on VRAM, 0.1...
The ASUS STRIX 960 GTX DirectCU II OC can be found for $209.99 with Prime Shipping with a copy of The Witcher 3. For that price, it represents a slight $10 premium over other GeForce GTX 960 based GPUs while providing one of the fastest factory overclocks...
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Published: 2015-02-12, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
Abstract: I hate to brag, but I kinda know what I'm doing here. I've been reviewing PC components since the dawn of human history, or least since the last century, which is pretty much forever in Internet time. I've reviewed a lot of stuff, and a big chunk of that ...
The consensus among other review sites pegs the GTX 960's performance at a level similar to the GTX 760 and AMD's R9 285/280X, making it a perfect mid-range option for those interested in a good gaming experience at 1080p resolution. If prices had stayed ...
The ASUS STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC that we looked at today retails for $214.99. The NVIDIA suggested price for the GeForce GTX 960 is $199, so the card that we looked at today is a a higher-end model that has more bells and whistles on it than some of the other ...
