I am plannig to get an msi gtx 960 4gb with the following rig-i5 4690k, 8gb ram, asus z97 k motherboard,dell s2240l monitor,650 watt psu. is my build good for next 2-3 yrs.[for gaming] Or a RX570 would also be a good upgrade. Upvote 0 Downvote. Solution. RobCrezz DigitalFoundry: [1080p] GTX 1050 Ti vs RX 460 4GB vs GTX 950/GTX 960 Gaming Benchmarks PS: My grammar and writing might not be good because I'm from Lithuania. Sorry! System specs: GPU: GeForce GTX 960 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz (quad-core) Memory: 16 GB RAM Resolution: 1920x1080, 60Hz OS: Windows 10 Pro DirectX Version: 12 Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor (idk my actual monitor name) A GTX960 on an air cooler can get up into the 70C. I have a GTX960 FTW that would easily break 70-75C when it was on its stock air cooler (Note: this was folding with a high OC). Probably best thing to do is play around with a custom fan profile, which you can do through applications like MSI Afterburner. R9 290X is 72.4% faster than GTX 960. Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games: in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the R9 290X is 86.7% faster than the GTX 960. All in all, in popular games: Without exception, R9 290X surpassed GTX 960 in all 68 of our tests. There are a few things you can do, like try a different preset. shadowplay probably uses the most efficient preset, which isn't always the best quality for streaming. try different NVENC presets until you find one that works for you. You can also try disabling the OBS preview window. right click on the preview windows, press preview, uncheck Refurbished MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 SLI Support ATX Video Card GTX 960 GAMING 4G. Core Clock: 1241 MHz (OC Mode) 1216 MHz (Gaming Mode) 1127 MHz (Silent Mode) Max Resolution: 4096 x 2160; DisplayPort: 3 x DisplayPort 1.2; DVI: 1 x Dual-link DVI-I; Model #: MSI-GTX960GAMING4G-R; Item #: 9SIB1PGFBY5742; Return Policy This chart compares the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 with the most popular Graphics Cards over the last 30 days. Components that offer the best value for money have great performance (yellow) and a low price (green). The smaller the overlap between the yellow and green bars, the better the value for money. 3DMark score. MSRP Price. Highest score: 36435. FD1p.