NVIDIA launches GeForce GTX 950

While NVIDIA busily tinkers away with the soon-to-be-unveiled GTX 950 Ti, their new mobility flagship, the GTX 990M and their successor to Maxwell 2, the indomitable Pascal, they’ve found the time to launch their most advanced entry-level card yet, the GTX 950.

Designed for those of you who simply want to play games, with no expectation of 4K gaming, the GTX 950 aims to keep the price as low as possible while still offering capable performance.

This is not the first time we’ve talked about the specs of the GTX 950, so let’s move right onto where it sits in the grand scheme of things.

	GeForce GTX 960	GeForce GTX 950 Ti	GeForce GTX 950	GeForce GTX 750 Ti	Radeon R9 370X
GPU	28nm GM206-300	28nm GM206-250	28nm GM206-250	28nm GM107-400	28nm Trinidad XT
Stream Processors/CUDA Cores	1024	896	768	640	1024
Render Output Units	32	32	32	16	32
Texture Mapping Units	64	TBA	48	40	64
GPU Frequency	1127 MHz/1178 MHz	TBA	1024 MHz/ 1188 MHz	1020 MHz / 1085 MHz	975 MHz
Memory	2GB/4GB GDDR5	2GB/4GB GDDR5	2GB/4GB GDDR5	2GB/4GB GDDR5	2GB/4GB GDDR5
Memory Interface	128-bit	128-bit	128-bit	128-bit	256-bit
Memory Frequency	1753 MHz	TBA	1652 MHz	1350 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	112 GB/s	TBA	106 GB/s	86 GB/s	179.2 GB/s
TDP	120W	TBA	90W	60W	110W
Power Connectors	1 x 6pin	1 x 6pin	1 x 6pin	–	1 x 6pin

Replacing the GTX 750 Ti and GTX 650 really doesn’t call for all that much power when you consider what the Maxwell 2 microarchitecture is capable of, particularly the GM206 GPU.

But to be honest, we’re a little surprised at just how well the GTX 950 is performing in initial benchmarks.

Based on a gimped (or cut down GM206) the GTX 950 (GM206-250-A1) may be, it’s silicon gives it a solid performance mark for its really affordable pricing.

The following benchmarks are courtesy of HiTech Legion and the EVGA GeForce GTX 950 FTW Edition card.

The fact that the GTX 950, overclocked in this particular case, so capably handled each game is impressive. Best of all, it beat out its closest competition, the Radeon R9 370X, in virtually every game tested.

We can’t wait to see what the GTX 950 Ti can do.

We’ll bring more benchmarks as well as local prices once they’ve been established.