ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 DC2 Black Edition OC 4GB Benchmark and Specs

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 DC2 Black Edition OC 4GB has 1024 shaders and 8 execution units. The graphics card thus achieves a theoretical FP32 computing power of 2.69 TFLOPS.

Based on

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

GPU Chip

GM206-300-A1 (Maxwell 2.0)

Streaming Multiprocessors

8

Shader

1024

Render Output Units

32

Texture Units

64

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 DC2 Black Edition OC 4GB can use 4 GB graphics memory of the type GDDR5. The graphics card thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s on a 128 bit wide memory interface.

Memory Size

4 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Clock

1.753 GHz

Memory Speed

7.0 Gbps

Memory bandwidth

112 GB/s

Memory Interface

128 bit

The base clock frequency of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 DC2 Black Edition OC 4GB is 1.253 GHz. A high clock frequency (even in turbo mode) can greatly increase the speed of a graphics card.

Base Clock

1.253 GHz+11 %

Boost Clock

1.317 GHz+12 %

Overclocking

Yes

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 DC2 Black Edition OC 4GB is 120 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

TDP

120 W

Tjunction max

98 °C

PCIe-Power

1 x 8-Pin

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 DC2 Black Edition OC 4GB has a total of 2 Radial/Axial + Axial fans to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.

Fan-Type

Radial/Axial + Axial

Fan 1

2 x 100 mm

Cooler-Type

Air cooling

Noise (Idle)

0 dB / Silent

Up to 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 DC2 Black Edition OC 4GB.

Max. Displays

4

HDCP

2.2

HDMI

1x HDMI 2.0

DisplayPort

3x DP 1.2

DVI

1

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 DC2 Black Edition OC 4GB has a maximum resolution of 4096x2160 pixels. The graphics card supports the DirectX 12_1 standard.

Max. resolution

4096x2160

DirectX

12_1

Raytracing

No

DLSS / FSR

No

LED

No LED lighting

The video codecs accelerated in hardware by the ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 DC2 Black Edition OC 4GB reduce the processor load and ensure lower energy consumption.

h264

Decode / Encode

h265 / HEVC

No

VP8

Decode

VP9

No

AV1

No

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 DC2 Black Edition OC 4GB is 290 mm long and 147 mm high. With a width of 40 mm, the graphics card requires 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

Length

290 mm

Height

147 mm

Width

40 mm

Width (Slots)

2 PCIe-Slots

SFF-Ready

No

The ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 960 DC2 Black Edition OC 4GB made in 28 nm was published in Q4/2015 for 229 $.

GPU Interface

PCIe 3 x 16

Release date

Q4/2015

Launch Price

229 $

Structure size

28 nm

Part-no

GTX960-DC2OC-4GD5-BLACK