GIGABYTE expanded its Xtreme Gaming graphics card lineup with the GV-N960XTREME-4GD, a custom-design GeForce GTX 960 graphics card with 4 GB of memory, and customizable RGB lighting for its fans and top decal. The card is based on a custom-design PCB, with factory-overclocked speeds of 1304 MHz core and 1367 MHz GPU Boost, compared to NVIDIA-reference clocks of 1127 MHz core, 1178 MHz GPU Boost. The memory is left untouched at 7010 MHz (GDDR5-effective).At the business-end of this product is its meaty, new-generation WindForce 2X cooling solution, which features a pair of 90 mm fans. The two fans spin in opposite directions while both blow air onto the GPU heatsink, the two impellers are designed with opposite orientation. The fans, and a GIGABYTE Xtreme Gaming logo on the top of the cooler shroud, are fitted with RGB LEDs that can be customized via software, letting you choose from 16.7 million colors. The card features a strong VRM, which draws power from a combination of 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe power connectors. A back-plate is included. GIGABYTE didn't mention pricing.

16 Comments on GIGABYTE Intros GeForce GTX 960 4GB Xtreme Graphics Card with RGB Lighting

#1 Jack1n

Oh god this RGB non-sense is spreading everywhere. Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 0:44 Reply

#2 MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer Jack1n Oh god this RGB non-sense is spreading everywhere. Agreed. It was fine when it was just peripherals, but now its everything! Agreed. It was fine when it was just peripherals, but now its everything! Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 1:32 Reply

#3 The Quim Reaper

The only reason I put RGB lighting in my case was to make it stand out and look different, now everybody is doing it I may just take it all out...I don't want it anymore.



Once the plebs move in, I move out. Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 2:57 Reply

#4 natr0n

Can't wait for RGB monitors. Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 3:03 Reply

#5 Ikaruga

natr0n Can't wait for RGB monitors. That's nothing! Wait for RGB VR headsets, so others (in the basement) could see all the beautiful colors while you wearing the thing:) That's nothing! Wait for RGB VR headsets, so others (in the basement) could see all the beautiful colors while you wearing the thing:) Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 3:25 Reply

#6 tomkaten

Awesome, your games will run so much better with a god damn disco ball inside your box... Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 4:29 Reply

#7 Hood

This has been coming for a while. For decades, movies and TV shows have depicted computers as large mainframes with banks of hundreds of blinking colored lights, as if the flashing lights were somehow doing the computing. Well, I think PCs have finally "gone Hollywood", like almost everything else. People expect a visual representation of all the amazing computing power they've spent thousands on, and now they have it. It all fits in with the Youtube mindset, "anyone can be a movie star". And of course all those "movie stars" deserve their flashing marquee, their name in lights so to speak. Any day I expect to see cases with LEDs that will spell out your name or perhaps OLED display panels you can put your smiling face on (no doubt from your latest "selfie"). Can I get a moment of silence, for the death of an era, the era when PCs were about performance, not "bling" (which might be an appropriate name for the new era, the "Bling Era"). Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 5:09 Reply

#8 Caring1

Oled displays with programmable type have been around for a couple of years already. Useful for HTPC set ups. Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 6:39 Reply

#9 Caring1

It would be more impressive if the plastic fan shroud was photo-electric and the color could be changed to suit a build theme. Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 6:40 Reply

#10 Chaitanya

In many cases these leds can be turned off, so need to worry about disco pc if you dont like it. Also out of curiosity why this new product so close to new generation gpu launch? Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 7:41 Reply

#11 The Quim Reaper

Chaitanya Also out of curiosity why this new product so close to new generation gpu launch? ..because it will be nearer to the end of the year before new generation low & mid range cards are launched.



Its only the cards that are replacing the 970 & 980 that will be launched first. ..because it will be nearer to the end of the year before new generation low & mid range cards are launched.Its only the cards that are replacing the 970 & 980 that will be launched first. Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 8:24 Reply

#12 L.ccd

... and we don't even know if those are going to be launched "soon".



But yeah, in any case 960s aren't expected to be replaced anytime soon. Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 10:04 Reply

#13 chfrcoghlan

Is that 6+8 pin combo really needed? :wtf: Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 11:18 Reply

#14 Chaitanya

The Quim Reaper ..because it will be nearer to the end of the year before new generation low & mid range cards are launched.



Its only the cards that are replacing the 970 & 980 that will be launched first. true but GTX 960 was released way back in Jan-16 just 3-4 months after release of GTX 980/970 cards. So if nVidia keeps the same upgrade cycle we might see GTX 960 replacement within a few months of high end GPU release. Also its funny how the pricing for these mid range cards has been jacked up. true but GTX 960 was released way back in Jan-16 just 3-4 months after release of GTX 980/970 cards. So if nVidia keeps the same upgrade cycle we might see GTX 960 replacement within a few months of high end GPU release. Also its funny how the pricing for these mid range cards has been jacked up. Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 12:28 Reply

#15 msamelis

seggbizo Is that 6+8 pin combo really needed? :wtf: You can't compromise on RGB lighting, you need the bling bling and powah to make it go faster!



:laugh: You can't compromise on RGB lighting, you need the bling bling and powah to make it go faster!:laugh: Posted on Mar 28th 2016, 15:25 Reply