Upgraded to a GTX 960, feel no difference.

[spanKie10]

I was using a GTX 560 for almost 3 years and decided to upgrade to a better card which was the GTX 960. However, I feel absolutely no difference regarding FPS and performance.... I'm getting just about the same FPS in games that I did with my old card I just feel like I wasted money for no reason.

I'm running windows 7, i7 2600k processor, gtx 960, 8gb ram.

 

[royalcrown]

That's because the 960 is worse in some areas than your 560. Things like a 128 bit memory bus vs 320 on the 560. Even though the 960 has some new stuff, it's also crippled by things like that. A 970 or 280 would likely get you better performance.

Look here at the specs for your cards:

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-560-oem/specifications

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-960/specifications

Just a few cut corners can really slow down a good card.

 

[Tanner Fredrickson]

The 128 bus absolutely will not do that - total ignorance of the architecture would be required to make that claim.

 

[royalcrown]

As well as total knowledge to refute it. It depends on a variety of factors of course, BUT actually look at the specs and take a look at the areas like bandwidth, which are worse. Of course there is a LOT more to it, but that is a giant, complicated answer beyond the scope of the simplistic answer I gave.

The 128 bus absolutely will not do that - total ignorance of the architecture would be required to make that claim.

 

[spanKie10]

Damn what a shame, I wish I knew about this earlier I would have went ahead and purchased the 970.

 

[royalcrown]

Tanner is right that I gave a simple answer, if you really want to get into the WHY of WHY you aren't so thrilled, here you go:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960,4038.html

FWIW, the card isn't bad, just aimed at being efficient and low cost, the 560 was all about performance at the time.

 

[rockie_]

Something is wrong here , GTX 960 must be at least 2x faster than GTX 560.

Check the GPU load

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_960_STRIX_OC/29.html

Get rid of Geforce Experence for now

 

[royalcrown]

There's more to it than the # of units and such, the next thing would be whether your CPU isn't feeding your GPU fast enough.