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
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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144 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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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.
NVIDIA’s GTX 960 is meant as a budget-friendly upgrade for 1080P gamers that are enticed by low power consumption, good performance and a wide-ranging feature set. This card has all of the elements we’ve come to expect from Maxwell in a smaller, more effi...
The GTX 960 is the mid-range Maxwell Nvidia fans have been waiting for, delivering great performance at 1080p despite a restrictive amount of memory. The ASUS Strix model is also the coolest and quietest design around, with a small overlook to boost perfo...
The GTX 960 proved to be a good upgrade over the GTX 760. In terms of percentages, you are getting around a good 25-28 per cent improvement in benchmark scores over the GTX 760. This is achieved while keeping the power consumption as well as temperatures ...
Smaller form factor than most 960s, Only one 6-pin power connector needed
Slightly expensive
Coming in at a price that's slightly greater than what most SKUs sell for the cooler ASUS STRIX GTX 960 works towards ensuring lower temperatures within the cabinet while offering similar performance as something cheaper.Where to buyMicrosoft Lumia 535 (B...
ASUS STRIX GEFORCE GTX 960 is a high performance graphics card. It is efficient and best for gaming. Performance point of view this card is capable of competiting many high end video cards easily. Somehow Asus is able to optimize the power usage that rema...
From the GTX 660 to the GTX 960, Nvidia improved performance substantially with only a tiny increase in measured power draw. Nvidia has made big strides in efficiency with the introduction of Maxwell-based GPUs, and the GeForce GTX 960 continues that marc...
The Asus Strix 960 DirectCU II OC is a fantastic package in both price and power, with tonnes of overclocking potential and low power consumption, as well as a host of Nvidia feature support. It could have done with a bit more VRAM or a wider bus, but it'...
Abstract: It's been almost a year since the GeForce GTX 750 and 750 Ti GPUs launched, bringing the low-power Maxwell architecture to desktops for the first time. Maxwell improved upon its predecessors not only by raising the bar for performance, but also drasticall...
Excellent performance per watt, Decent Overclocker, Great value, Excellent cooling solution
Struggles in AMD optimised games
The Asus Strix GTX 960 is a great card. Its performance improves on not just the GK 104 parts it's derived from with much less power than those cards. It performs at roughly two thirds of what the elder sibling GTX 980 outputs. Given that its price is les...
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Published: 2015-07-26, Author: Muhammad , review by: pokde.net
Good performance on 1080p, Low wattage usage, Low operation temperature, The 0db fan is somewhat awesome
2GB is not enough for Witcher 3, not fast enough for DSR 4K, DSR 4K image quality on 23inches IPS panel not as sharp as you expect
ASUS STRIX GTX 960 performed really well in most scenarios. Gaming, power usage and OC headroom, I had much fun with it. It not only hits the gamers' sweet spot for 1080p gaming, but for me it has more to offer. ASUS GTX STRIX 960 is really good at OCing...
