Nvidia's next mid-range graphics card is rumored for debut on August 17. The GeForce GTX 950, as it's now known, will compete against AMD's Radeon R7 370.

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According to TechSpot , the GTX 950 will have Nvidia's GM206 GPU, which first debuted in the GTX 960 back in January . However, 25% of the CUDA cores in the GM206 will be disabled for the GTX 950, giving it a core count of 768.The reported clock speeds for the GTX 950 are between 1150 and 1250 MHz, with a boost clock speed between 1350 and 1450 MHz. This actually puts the speed of the 950 higher than the 960, which has a base clock speed of 1127 MHz and a boosted speed of 1178 MHz.The card will come with 2GB GDDR5 memory, and the 90W TDP card is apparently powered by a single 8-pin PCIe connector.The Radeon R7 370, the card the GTX 950 is aimed for, has 4GB GDDR5 memory and a similar $150 USD price point. Radeon unveiled its 300 series of cards at an event at E3. Nvidia released its GTX 980 Ti earlier this year, a positive beast of a graphics card with a beastlier price tag than the reported 950, coming in at an MSRP of $650. The 950 should satisfy budget-conscious gamers who want to strike a balance between power and price.

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