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NVIDIA partners announce GTX GeForce 960 with 4GB of video memory

By Koh Wanzi - on 13 Mar 2015, 4:53pm

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 arrives with 4GB of video RAM!

NVIDIA released its mid-range GeForce GTX 960 to cater to fans of MOBA games like League of Legends and Dota 2. Add-in card manufacturers were not far behind, quickly slapping on custom coolers and light overclocks onto their cards. However, the GTX 960 was never meant to accommodate intense gaming at more than 1080p resolutions, which explains its meagre 2GB of video RAM.

NVIDIA card partners have moved to address this shortcoming and several major manufacturers have now announced 4GB versions of this popular mass-market card.

ASUS

ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 4GB GDDR5 (Image source: ASUS)

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 4G GDDR5 boasts 4GB of RAM and a factory-overclocked GPU base clock of 1228MHz over its 2GB sibling and a GPU boost clock of 1291MHz in the default Gaming mode. Its plethora of display outputs includes a single DVI port, one HDMI 2.0 port and three DisplayPort outputs. The factory overclock and larger video RAM should ensure that gamers will be able to wage their battles on 4K displays or multiple monitors should they so wish – at lowered settings of course.

EVGA

EVGA GTX 960 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ (Image Source: EVGA)

EVGA has released three variants of the GTX 960 with 4GB of beefed-up video RAM. The EVGA GTX 960 4GB FTW ACX 2.0+ boasts a base and boost clock of 1304MHz and 1367MHz respectively, which remain unchanged from the 2GB edition. It's slightly more aggressive clock speeds would appear to give it a slight edge over the other cards here. 

The EVGA GTX 960 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ is the same card as its 2GB self and features slightly lower clock and boost speeds of 1279MHz and 1342MHz than the FTW edition. Finally, the EVGA GTX 960 4GB ACX 2.0+ has a base and boost clock of 1127MHz and 1178MHz, the same as NVIDIA's reference card.

EVGA doesn’t appear to have changed anything going from 2GB to 4GB of RAM in its cards, and the increased video memory would appear to be a simple nod to gamers who are not satisfied with 1080p or single displays.

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