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The Strix GTX 960 has had a double-memory bump to 4GB, so look out for the STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-4GD5 in April. 

The card features 4GB of 7,010MHz (effective) GDDR5 memory for bigger resolutions, surround gaming and higher in-game settings, and offers factory-overclocked GPU core speeds of 1,291 MHz, and 1,317 MHz GPU Boost, compared to reference speeds of under 1,200MHz.

The critically acclaimed, semi-passive Strix DirectCU II heatsink is unchanged from the 2GB version; it features a large aluminium fin heatsink (220% larger than reference) that's chilled by a pair of fans that stay off until a temperature threshold is reached. This means the card remains completely silent unless you're gaming (or adding sustained GPU load via other apps). On the back are three DisplayPort 1.2, one HDMI 2.0 and one dual-link DVI port. It's powered via a single 6-pin PCI-Express power connector that has white/red LEDs to indicate whether the plug is installed correctly, and inside it's got the usual Super Alloy Power hardware upgrade. 

People love backplates, so the ASUS graphics team has made sure to add a brushed aluminum one to keep the rear-side GDDR5 memory chips cool and protect the PCB.  Meanwhile, on the software front it's bundled with ASUS GPU Tweak with new XSplit Gamecaster for GPU overclocking along with game streaming.

Nvidia Corp. and its partners will start to sell their next-generation performance-mainstream graphics solutions GeForce GTX 960 about a month from now for around $200, according to a report from a Japanese web-site. While the date of the launch now seems to be more or less clear, specifications of the forthcoming products are still not known.

Sales of of Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 960 will begin on the 22nd of January, 2015, according to a report from Hermitage Akihabara web-site, which usually receives launch dates from sources in Japanese retail industry. Based on earlier reports, Nvidia intended to start selling its GeForce GTX 960 graphics solution in late January, therefore, the new leak confirms that plan.

According to the report, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 graphics card will carry recommended price tag of around ¥25000 in Japan, which means that in the U.S. the board will likely cost $199 – $229. Prices in Europe and the United Kingdom are unknown, but expect something like €179 – €199 in Eurozone and £149 – £189 in the U.K., respectively.

Earlier this month it was reported that Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 graphics cards will be based on the company’s new code-named GM206 graphics processing units. Exact specifications of the chip and the card are unclear, but it is logical to expect around 1280 stream processors, 256-bit memory bus as well as 4GB of GDDR5 memory.

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 960 will be based on the second-generation Maxwell architecture and will replace GeForce GTX 760-series graphics cards from the market over time.

Nvidia did not comment on the news-story.

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KitGuru Says: A Maxwell-based graphics card with 1280 stream processors and for $199 should offer a very nice price/performance ratio out-of-the-box. Given excellent overclocking potential of the GM204, it is possible to expect something similar from the GM206 too. Therefore, the GeForce GTX 960 could become extremely popular among gamers in budget.

NVIDIA recently introduced their GeForce GTX 960 graphics card featuring the Maxwell core architecture. The graphics card launched with the GM206 core architecture which is a significantly cut down core compared to the GM204 core architecture. While the reference and current 2 GB models are available for purchase at $199 US, it seems like the GeForce GTX 960 4 GB models will also be available starting from March 2015.

NVIDIA AIBs To Launch GeForce GTX 960 4 GB VRAM Variants

The news comes straight from Computerbase who managed to get a shot at Inno3D's latest presentation on their iChill graphics cards. The presentation mentions that 4 GB models of the GeForce GTX 960 will launch in March and also mentions to stay tuned for more information. It's likely that NVIDIA allowed AIBs to develop and manufacturer 4 GB models of the card after demand from the consumer market since many users were expecting the same 4 GB memory on the budget level card as the high-end GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980.

While it's not know how many manufacturers will actually release 4 GB variants, they will start showing up in Spring 2014 before Q2 begins. This will allow NVIDIA to sell a bit more GTX 960 graphics cards before AMD will start to release their own new series of graphics cards such as the rumored Trinidad and Fiji GPUs which are looking to offer huge performance jumps over previous generation AMD cards. While NVIDIA will stick with GeForce 900 series for a while completing the lineup from top to bottom and the eventual release of the GTX 960 Ti since the 960 leaves a huge gap between itself and the GTX 970, the company is no way ending its spree of launching high-performance chips geared towards the enthusiast and professional crowd. As was recently seen, NVIDIA has the GM200 GPU ready under its bags and many rumors are currently suggesting a launch in March during the GTC 2015 presentation. No one knows whether the chip would be available as a Quadro or GeForce offering first but reports did point to the Quadro M6000 card coming soon.

The GeForce GTX 960 4 GB variants will have the same specifications as the reference GeForce GTX 960 variants with 1024 CUDA cores, 64 Texture mapping units and 32 Raster operation units. It is clocked at 1127 MHz base and 1178 MHz boost clock. The only difference would be that the card will come with a 4 GB GDDR5 video ram which operates along a 128-bit bus that is clocked at 7.00 GHz (1753 MHz QDR), pumping out 112 GB/s of cumulative bandwidth. The GeForce GTX 960 graphics card will feature a TDP of 120W that will be provided by a single 6-Pin connector while display outputs include Dual-DVI, HDMI 2.0 and a single display port. Technology such as DirectX 11.3 and DirectX 12 API support will be available. Lastly, the card features a single SLI goldfinger that limits it to only 2-Way SLI configuration however that’s expected from a marketing perspective of this budget card.

Pricing is no where mentioned but the card could sell at a hefty premium for featuring more memory chips across the board. The retail prices could be as much as $249 US at launch with custom designs adding more to the cost. The lower 128-bus would translate to no actual performance gains in higher resolution gaming so it will remain to be seen whether 4 GB VRAM models are actually something good.

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