Friday, January 16th 2015
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1.Gaming Pictured
Here are the first pictures of Gigabyte's GeForce GTX 960 G1.Gaming graphics card. This factory-overclocked card is designed to woo mid-range graphics card buyers with a hefty, high-end looking package. To begin with, Gigabyte deployed its large WindForce 3X cooling solution on this 120W TDP chip, the same one it used on the GTX 970 and GTX 980 G1.Gaming products. This cooler may seem overkill, but Gigabyte may set a temperature-activated fan profile, which keeps the fans off until the GPU hits a temperature threshold, which we imagine will be very high, given this chip's thermals, and the size of this cooler's heatsink.
The GTX 960 G1.Gaming from Gigabyte will also be different from other offerings based on this chip, due to its display I/O. While most other GTX 960 cards will feature two dual-link DVI and one each of HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2, this card features an I/O that looks identical to Gigabyte's GTX 980 G1.Gaming, with two dual-link DVI, three DisplayPort 1.2, and one HDMI 2.0 connectors. NVIDIA will launch the GeForce GTX 960 on the 22nd of January, 2015. Looks like some stores are already stocked-up.
Sources:
VideoCardz, WCCFTech
The GTX 960 G1.Gaming from Gigabyte will also be different from other offerings based on this chip, due to its display I/O. While most other GTX 960 cards will feature two dual-link DVI and one each of HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2, this card features an I/O that looks identical to Gigabyte's GTX 980 G1.Gaming, with two dual-link DVI, three DisplayPort 1.2, and one HDMI 2.0 connectors. NVIDIA will launch the GeForce GTX 960 on the 22nd of January, 2015. Looks like some stores are already stocked-up.
26 Comments on Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1.Gaming Pictured
Why?
It's more than likely never going to need the amount of cooling supplied by that awesome cooler / going to hit overclocking voltage limit before hitting temp limit.
Did they put a backplate on it?
www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GeForce_GTX_980_G1_Gaming/images/card2.jpg
But if they were going for the looks department, they did good keeping the same design.
Personally, i would prefer a smaller quiter card sure.
As long as it wont be much more expensive, there is a market for these kind of cards.
sometimes, they would over-kill a gpu with a cooler that was used for higher end card before
Than, they would redesign a cooler for another revision of the card. The new cooler would be cheaper and less powerful than the first one.
There's a big possibility that the cooler you see in the picture will actually change soon into something more domestic.
Examples can be found with GTX 760 windforce rev.1 (PCB 1.0 was 670 WF3's and the same cooler, PCB 2.0 was something simpler and cheaper in both).
I think that's a con, but hey, price this particular card at $200 or less and I'm guessing people would buy in.
i would like to get Windforce and backplate of the new 960 into my 760.. to test if it may outperform the old one..
What some people here seem to be missing is the continuity of design and marketing. The Windforce coolers are synonymous with the Gigabyte brand, and because the same basic cooler design is found at the top of the product stack (included with the Titan Black, fitted to the 980 and 970) it adds to the marketing cachet. MSI have done the same with the Twin Frozrtreatment, EVGA's has the ACX, Zotac has the AMP!, and no doubt there will be an Asus Strix in the mix somewhere. It's less about practicality is some instances than presenting a unified aesthetic and competition amongst the AIB's.
for cooling, there is no doubt Giga at top. 3x fan now improved alot in maxwell. so let see to the launch and if any overclocking leak.
One of the advantages is that you will not need an aftermarket cooler, or at least the chances are decreased by a good amount.
And that are other reasons, some people may use this card at high room temperatures and an extra cooling is never too much.
It is just my opinion. :rolleyes: