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Best Bench: 36% EVGA(3842 2966)
Worst Bench: 30% HP(103C 2B4D) 2GB

Poor: 30%Great: 36%

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Best Bench: 56% Gigabyte(1458 22F1)
Worst Bench: 46% ASRock(1849 5030) ≥ 4GB

Poor: 46%Great: 56%

SPEED RANK: 124th / 713

Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed
32.9 %51.6 %Much faster effective speed.
+57%

Average Score

+63%

Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
42.1 fps65.2 fpsMuch better lighting effects.
+55%
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
45.5 fps62.2 fpsMuch better reflection handling.
+37%
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere)
36.3 fps63.9 fpsMuch faster multi rendering.
+76%
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy)
40.2 fps73.4 fpsHugely faster NBody calculation.
+83%

Overclocked Score

+60%

Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat)
46.4 fps72 fpsMuch better peak lighting effects.
+55%
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot)
56.8 fps66.4 fpsBetter peak reflection handling.
+17%
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere)
38.2 fps68.3 fpsMuch faster peak multi rendering.
+79%
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy)
43.3 fps81.5 fpsHugely faster peak NBody calculation.
+88%

Game FPS

+35%

CSGO
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
138 Fps146 FpsSlightly Better CSGO Fps.
+5%
Fortnite
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
73 Fps94 FpsBetter Fortnite Fps.
+28%
PUBG
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
42 Fps67 FpsMuch Better PUBG Fps.
+61%
GTAV
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
42 Fps57 FpsMuch Better GTAV Fps.
+36%
LoL
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
123 Fps143 FpsBetter LoL Fps.
+17%
Overwatch
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
70 Fps98 FpsMuch Better Overwatch Fps.
+41%
BF1
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
49 Fps71 FpsMuch Better BF1 Fps.
+47%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
37 Fps61 FpsMuch Better The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Fps.
+66%
Minecraft
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
181 FpsSlightly Better Minecraft Fps.
+7%
170 Fps
DOTA 2
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
81 Fps121 FpsMuch Better DOTA 2 Fps.
+48%
WoW
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
51 Fps67 FpsMuch Better WoW Fps.
+33%
WoT
Avg. Fps @ 1080p on Max
64 Fps95 FpsMuch Better WoT Fps.
+49%

Value & Sentiment

+91%

Market Share

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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.47 %1.13 %Hugely higher market share.
+140%
Value
Value For Money
39.3 %102 %Hugely better value.
+159%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
62 %78 %More popular.
+26%
Price
Price (score)
$198$120Much cheaper.
+40%
Age
Newest
118 Months91 MonthsMore recent.
+23%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
43.7 fps98.9 fpsHugely better peak texture detail.
+126%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
37.9 fps49.4 fpsMuch faster peak complex splatting.
+30%
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones)
39.8 fps88.4 fpsHugely better texture detail.
+122%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm)
35.1 fps46.4 fpsMuch faster complex splatting.
+32%

Conclusion

Average Bench 32.9%

Average Bench 51.6%

The new GTX 960 is the third graphics card to feature Nvidia's Maxwell architecture. When the first two Maxwell cards were released back in September 2014 they completely re-shaped the GPU price/performance spectrum not only from Nvidia, but also AMD who were forced to slash prices by around 30%. Unfortunately the new GTX 960 isn't the game changer its predecessors were, and it's actually the weakest of the three Maxwell cards. Comparing the GTX 960 and 970 shows that the 970 is around 70% faster and a comparison of the GTX 960 and 980 shows that GTX 980 is almost exactly twice as fast as the 960. Of the three cards the GTX 970 offers the best bang for your buck, in-fact the GTX 970 is still one of best value cards available. That said, for gaming at 1080p or lower, the GTX 960 will allow decent frame rates at maximum settings for most games.[Jan '15GPUPro]

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The RX 580 launched this week and is AMD’s latest flagship GPU which is based on a second generation Polaris architecture. The 580 is a refresh of the RX 480 which was released just 10 months ago. Modifications to the architecture have resulted in improved thermals and increased clock speeds by around 10%. The RX 580 will come with either 4GB or 8GB of high-bandwidth GDDR5 memory. Exact pricing for this mid-range chip remains to be seen, but the RX 500 series is likely to cannibalize sales of AMD’s 400 series. Performance wise, the RX 580 is in direct competition with NVIDIA’s popular GTX 1060 6GB which is now 9 months old. Perhaps after last year’s ill timed head to head release of the RX 480 and the faster but similarly priced GTX 1060 (a standoff which NVIDIA seem to have won based on market share), AMD are attempting to draw back some market share with the newer, slightly upgraded RX 580.[Apr '17GPUPro]

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