Nvidia release GeForce GTX 960 mid-range Maxwell

Nvidia have today launched their latest Maxwell GPU to the masses. And the GeForce GTX 960 is most definitely a card for the masses—as their latest mid-range graphics card release it has been designed to hit the 'sweet-spot'—1080p gaming at high settings at a decent price point.

The GeForce GTX 960 follows in the footsteps of the GTX 760, GTX 660 and GTX 560 before it. Inside is the new GM 206 GPU, built on the same Maxwell graphics architecture as the GTX 980 and GTX 970. Obviously we're talking about a smaller scale chip here though, with 'just' 2.94 billion transistors as opposed to the 5.2 billion in the GM 204 its bigger brothers use.

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