If you don't have a lot of cash on hand for games or hardware, a 4k adaptive sync monitor with two $600 GPUs and a collection of $80 AAA titles simply isn't on your radar. That doesn't mean you have to toss in your love of gaming for occasional free to play gaming sessions; you just have to adapt. A prime example are those die hard Skyrim fans who have modded the game to oblivion over the past few years, with many other games and communities that may not be new but are still thriving. Chances are that you are playing at 1080p so a high powered GPU is not needed, however mods that upscale textures and many others do love huge tracts of RAM.
So for those outside of North America looking for a card they can afford after a bit of penny pinching, check out Legion Hardware's review of the 4GB version of the Gainward GTX 960 Phantom. It won't break any benchmarking records but it will let you play the games you love and even new games as their prices inevitably decrease over time.
Today we are checking out Gainward’s premier GeForce GTX 960 graphics card, the Phantom 4GB. Equipped with twice the memory buffer of standard cards, it is designed for extreme 1080p gaming. Therefore it will be interesting to see how the Phantom 4GB compares to a 2GB GTX 960…"
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- GIGABYTE GTX 980 Ti G1 Gaming Review @ Hardware Canucks
- Inno3D GeForce GTX 980Ti X3 Ultra DHS @ eTeknix
- Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide @ TechARP
- Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury OC 4GB @ Kitguru
very unusual draw through
very unusual draw through heat sink. I wonder how much of the heat is vented outside the case with this design?
*reads “huge tracts of
*reads “huge tracts of RAM”*
*assumes Jeremy wrote the article*
*looks up* Yep.
no love for the Elder Scrolls
no love for the Elder Scrolls pun? 🙁
Wow, a 2.5 slot 960.
Wow, a 2.5 slot 960.
The innovation is real.
Zotac
The innovation is real.
Zotac must feel real silly with their 960 containing Zbox PC thats smaller than this Gainward 960
No frame times or even
No frame times or even minimum fps. What is the point of this review?
Maybe it’s not a review
Maybe it’s not a review