MSI GeForce GTX 950 Gaming 2G GDDR5 PCIe N950-GAMING-2GB

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 13 expert reviews

Excellent:

4
Good:

5
Average:

3
Bad:

1

Pros:

Performance
Power consumption
Overclocking

Cons:

Too expensive compared to other options
Smaller out of the box OC than competing cards

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Last revision on August 13, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Performance
Power consumption
Overclocking
Extremely quiet during gaming

Reviewers Didn't Like

Too expensive compared to other options
Smaller out of the box OC than competing cards
Memory not overclocked
No backplate included

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Expert reviews and ratings

If and when prices drop below that of the GTX 960, MSI's take on the GTX 950 should be the best value of the...

By PCPowerPlay AU on January 11, 2016

We received 2 GTX 950 cards for review and until now the MSI Gaming 2G version is a little better than Asus Strix implementation.Even if Asus card is higher clocked at stock, MSI managed a 5% better overclocking. Both cards cost the same so the...

By reviewstudio.net on August 27, 2015

The MSI GTX 950 Gaming is currently available online for $170. Extremely quiet during gaming Overclocked out of the box Fans turn off in idle and light gaming Great power efficiency Low temperatures HDMI 2.0 Too expensive compared to other options...

By techPowerUp! on August 25, 2015

100

The MSI GeForce GTX 950 Gaming is one of the best GTX 950 cards we have tested. It has an impressive yet totally silent cooler. Increase fan RPM and you'll be amazed how silent the card remains and how cold your GPU will get. That adds benefits to...

By Guru of 3D on August 20, 2015

So with this review I set out to see how the MSI GTX 950 Gaming 2G performs and to find out how it compares to the Asus GTX 950 Strix that I tested last week. Well now that I have run through our entire benchmark suite I finally have a better idea of...

By LanOC Reviews on August 28, 2015

The addition of the GTX 950 to NVIDIA's product stack really fills out that budget/mid-range gap they had between the ‘old' GTX 750 Ti ($119) and the GTX 960 ($199). The GTX 750 Ti performance was significantly lower while the GTX 960 was higher...

By overclockers.com on August 27, 2015

Over the last few years, Nvidia has really focused on efficiency and getting more performance per watt. It wasn't that long ago that even the lower end cards needed massive, high-speed fans to deal with the heat. Maxwell has changed that for Nvidia. The...

By Modders-Inc on August 20, 2015

Almost two years ago NVIDIA introduced the new Maxwell architecture to the masses in the form of the low-TDP and very efficient GeForce GTX 750 Ti video card. The initial release naturally was just a taste of the tremendous performance to be witnessed...

By Neoseeker on August 20, 2015

Today, NVIDIA and its partners are delivering the next installment in the Maxwell plan for world domination, the GTX 950. Having seen Maxwell grow up from the earliest example, the GTX 750 and 750 Ti, to and through GTX Titan X, we now go back to the...

By Overclockers Club on August 20, 2015

Some of us are old enough to remember when a low-range graphics card was sufficiently wheezy that buying one was an admission you're going to be spending your days playing Freecell. Those days are long behind us, with the range-topping cards having so...

By Overclock3D on August 20, 2015

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MSI GeForce GTX 950 Gaming 2G GDDR5 PCIe N950-GAMING-2GB

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