I suppose there are several things to be said at this juncture.įirst, although “half a GTX 980” might not sound terribly sexy, I think this product is a pretty significant one for Nvidia.

There’s lots o’ GTX 960-based trouble brewing in Damage Labs Can the GTX 960 live up to the standards set by its older siblings? Let’s have a look. Better yet, because it’s based on Nvidia’s ultra-efficient Maxwell architecture, the GTX 960 ought to perform much better than its specs would seem to indicate. Saw the GM204 chip exactly in half, blow away the debris with a puff of air, and you get the GM206 GPU that powers Nvidia’s latest graphics card, the GeForce GTX 960.įor just under two hundred bucks, the GTX 960 gives you half the power of a GeForce GTX 980-or, you know, two Xbox Ones worth of shader processing grunt. The world’s smallest chainsaw sputters to life. That’s when you grab the tiny starter pull cord between your thumb and index finger and give it an adorable little tug. Say you want to make a more affordable product based on this same tech. That’s pretty good, right? But it’s also expensive the GTX 980 lists for $549. Say that you have a fairly robust graphics chip like the GM204 GPU that powers the GeForce GTX 980, with four Xbox Ones worth of shader processing power on tap. This crucial, mythic piece of equipment is what the smart folks at GPU companies use to cut down their chips to more affordable formats. If you haven’t been around here for long, you may not be familiar with the world’s smallest chainsaw.

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