Radeon R9 285. GIGABYTE’s own
GTX 760 Gaming card is currently
$229 and the Radeon 285 retails at
the same price. So these two GPUs
should be faster than the GTX 960
as they retail for a little more. It
was against these two this card was
pitted and the results you can see in
the graphs. By and large, the
GIGABYTE GTX 960 is faster than
these cards but costs a little less.
Only in Hitman: Absolution was this
not true where
it delivered the lowest results of all
GPUs, but other than that game, is is
better than the other GPUs (760 and
285). When overclocked
it is even better running away
from the field by a sizeable margin
courtesy of the incredible 1600MHz
core clock and 2025MHz memory
frequency. The highest GPU core
clock speed I have ever witnessed
on any air cooled GPU to date
For $205 this is a respectable
card and well worth the purchase.
It doesn’t overwhelm compared to
the GTX 760 it replaces, bringing in
marginal gains mostly. However,
it is newer, with at present better
feature support, lower power
consumption, a better cooler and
more headroom for performance
tuning. Thus if you were to
consider a budget card, this one
would probably fit the bill just fine.
GV-N970G1 GAMING
ERP: $359.99
We come to the most controversial
GPU of the family with GTX 970. This
GPU made its debut last year and
its technical merits and subsequent
adjustments are well and truly
documented. There’s absolutely
no need to del ٔ