NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Will Feature Maxwell GM206 GPU Core - Comes With 2 GB GDDR5 Memory and 128-Bit Bus

NVIDIA'due south GM206 GPU which is going to ability the Maxwell based GeForce GTX 960 graphics carte has been pictured and revealed by Videocardz. The graphic carte which is supposedly arriving in mid of Jan will fall around the $200 U.s. toll range which is the sugariness spot for upkeep gamers. The GeForce GTX 960 volition be the third entry in the GeForce 900 series (excluding the mobility chips) featuring lower power consumption and higher operation output compared to Kepler based predecessors. NVIDIA GM206 GPU GeForce GTX 960

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NVIDIA GM206 GPU Cadre For GeForce GTX 960 Graphics Card Pictured

The GeForce GTX 960 comes this month and in that location are several reasons to believe that, simply earlier we detail those bits, permit's take a look at the Maxwell GM206 core and the possible specifications of the GeForce GTX 960 cadre. As we know, the GM206 GPU core is based on the aforementioned 28nm architecture which is adopted by the GM204 GPU in side the GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce GTX 970 graphics cards. A few days ago, it was rumored that there would exist several variants of the GeForce GTX 960 graphics carte yet currently, only one based on the GM206 GPU will launch.

The GM206-300 GPU on the GeForce GTX 960 has a much smaller die size compared to the GM204 core which shows that the graphics processing clusters have been arranged to focus entirely on efficiency by scrapping out needless components. A expert judge would be that the clusters could be comprised a full of viii to 10 SMMs, that would make a CUDA cadre count of 1024 to 1280 cores and the ROP/TMU count of 36/80 or 40/80 depending on the core configuration since it remains to be seen whether the GM206-300 will be the fully enabled GM206 core variant since there's a possibility of a GTX 950 GPU to emerge on a cut down variant of the chip in the future. The cadre clocks were not revealed however retail listings of the carte du jour show that it features a memory clock of 7 GHz (7010 MHz) and a clock speed ranging betwixt the 1178 MHz range and beyond for the factory overclocked variants. The card will feature 2 GB memory with iv GB memory variants heading out to the market place shortly after wards. The VRAM volition be running across a 128-scrap memory bus.

The listings include cards from ASUS such as the GeForce GTX 970 STRIX DirectCU Two OC, GALAX GeForce GTX 960 EXOC and another variant from GALAX which features the NVTTM cooler like the one featured on GeForce GTX Titan and the reference GTX 980 offerings. The carte du jour volition exist extremely efficient with a TDP of simply 100W and more than possibly lower while delivered through a single 6-Pin connector on reference cards. Based on the details from listings, the carte du jour will feature the reference Maxwell display output configuration of DVI, HDMI, 3x Displayport and likewise a availability appointment during the mid of Jan 2022. The ii dates listed are 14th and 22nd of January but the menu is coming out this month.

MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming and Gaming 100ME Unveiled

Aside from the GM206 leak, Videocardz has also shown off the upcoming GeForce GTX 960 Gaming and Gaming 100ME cards from MSI. Both are the outset official retail pictures of the GeForce GTX 960 cards showing that the card is ready for launch in the next couple of weeks after which it will be available to consumers globe wide. The two models include the Gaming edition variants with 2 GB VRAM, 128-flake bus and the display configuration we were talking about in the original report to a higher place. Both cards are powered past single 8-Pin connectors and have a 4+1 phase VRM. The 100ME variant comes with a backplate, other details such as core configuration and clock speeds have not been revealed. MSI GeForce GTX 960 Gaming ME

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Specifications:

Model	GeForce GTX 980	GeForce GTX 970	GeForce GTX 960	GeForce GTX 970M	GeForce GTX 980M
Architecture	Maxwell	Maxwell	Maxwell	Maxwell	Maxwell
GPU	GM204	GM204	GM206	GM204	GM204
CUDA cores	2048	1664	1024	1280	1536
Texture Units	128	104	64	lxxx	96
Raster Devices	64	64	32	48	64
Clock Speed	1126/1216 MHz	1051/1178 MHz	~1178 MHz Preliminary	924 MHz	1038 MHz
Retentivity Bus	256-bit	256-scrap	128-bit	192-fleck	256-scrap
Amount of retention	4 GB GDDR5	4 GB GDDR5	2-4 GB GDDR5	iii.6 GB GDDR5	8.4 GB GDDR5
Retentivity Frequency	7010 MHz	7010 MHz	7010 MHz	5000 MHz	5000 MHz
Retention Bandwidth	224 GB / southward	224 GB / s	112 GB/Due south	120 GB / south	160 GB / s
TDP	165W	147W	120W	~	~
Price	$549 US	$329 U.s.a.	$199US?	~	~