MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G Overview and Benchmarks

With the GTX 960 Gaming 2G, MSI is spinning nVidia’s latest mainstream powerhouse with their own unique touches. Not content with reference design, MSI uses an in-house designed PCB on the GTX 960 Gaming G2 featuring all Military Class 4 components including Hi-C Caps and Super Ferrite Chokes for increased longevity with decreased generated heat, and gives the base clock a healthy OC.

Sitting atop the PCB is MSI’s newest Twin Frozr incarnation, the Twin Frozer V. The Twin Frozr V utilizes the Torx fan concept, with two distinctly different fan blades on each fan. One set of blades is optimized for downward pressure, the other for dispersion. When combined, air circulation is maximized where it is most effective. To keep noise to a minimum, the fans are set to remain idle until the GPU reaches 60C, making for absolutely silent operation in all but the most demanding conditions. With a fin array using SuperSU heatpipes, the excellent passive cooling capabilities of the Twin Frozr V keeps fan usage to an absolute minimum. MSI’s Gaming app is included for one click noise/performance settings, as well as adjustments to reduce eye strain and make colors more vibrant. The GTX 960 Gaming 2G is fully compatible with MSI’s After Burner for more advanced overclocks and tweaking.

[tomeverett]

I have this card with an AMD FX 8350 and 16gb of Corsair Vengeance RAM and I love it, recommend it to anyone looking for a good first build.

[JonahGhost]

im running on gtx760 and when i play DA inquisition the fans are so damn loud. i think ima switch to this card this week.

[Floodric]

Nice video. Might want to check your audio though, little uneven. Keep it up!

[mn]

im watching this using my gtx msi 960 2gb gaming :D

[Sebastian-bkmc]

what screw driver size did you use to take out the 3 screws near the msi logo ???

[CaptainCookies]

Hello, great video! It really tells a lot about this gpu. Just wondering, will this work well with the AMD FX-6300 processor? I want to play games such as battlefield 4, far cry 4, GTA V, CS GO and lots of CoD. Do you think it will work well?

[coffeepot]

I use this card.
Will get a backplate in plain matte black for aesthetics.

[Misflower]

there is no question in my mind that the MSI 9 series with twin v cooling is the best bang for the buck. none of the competitor's come even close to what you get the MSI either GTX-950 or the GTX-960 -970- 980 ' its very well made and has outstanding performance. believe it or not the demand for the MSI GTX- 950 and 960 is huge. newegg just raised the price 3 days ago by 20$

[Andrew-pqdx]

Hi,  HiTechLegion
I noticed you saying that card uses 251 WATS under load, while MSI web site says it needs 120 WHATS. i can understand 150-200, but does it for real eats  251 WHATS under load? Thank you

[buildinganddrawing]

Is there any difference between this and the white/non-gaming edition?

[deboerdaan]

thank you great overview ordering this card next saturday, can wait! )

[katsuneshinsengumi]

Hey man, your intro music is too loud. Nice review though.

[chungpruoi]

is that the power consumption of the whole system or the card only?

[marcstevenmanzanares]

Is the 450 watts Power supply is allowed to this GPU?

[leonfdawson]

Which is superior in the R9 380 MSI, Gigabyte or Sapphire?

[keeeiif]

I like this card because it's so quiet.  But did you notice any coil whine with it?

[sm]

Hey there!
So, I'm quite new to building PC's, and I was looking for some advice.
My planned parts:

AMD FX-6300 CPU
MSI GTX 960 Gaming GPU
Corsair H100i Liquid CPU Cooler
MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard
NZXT Phantom 410 Case
EVGA SuperNOVA 650w Power Supply

So, I was wondering if this setup was a good setup for gaming, and if there are any improvements to it.
Thanks for your time!

[thereddog]

will go with the 970 or wait for the next gen

[janmaripones]

can i use multiple monitor using this card im planning to buy 1 of this! Tia😊

[petikan]

Mine is acting up. From day 1 it would randomly not get recognised by my MSI Gaming 5 motherboard. I transferred this to another motherboard and its the same thing. It works well when it gets recognised. Other times its just blank screen and I had to switch the hdmi cable to the onboard graphic. Switching the pc off and on again would make the pc boot from the graphic card. This I had to do multiple times before it would boot with the graphic card. Very annoying.