PNY GTX 950 2GB and GTX 960 4GB XLR8 OC Gaming Review

The packaging for PNY's GTX 950 and 960 XLR8 OC is as plain as it comes and inside the use of recycled carton is a welcome change from an overload of plastic. Accessories are standard for the market segment – a driver CD, a quick start guide and a DVI to VGA adapter – both GPUs come with the same accessory set.

In terms of design this is little, if anything, to distinguish between the two graphics cards aside from different model numbers printed on the stickers. The cooler is stylish enough with a plastic shroud that has a vinyl sticker for a splash of colour, there are also stickers and red LEDs on the two 75mm fans that introduce the XLR8 branding.

The identical rear I/Os include DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.2. This is different to the stock Nvidia rear I/Os which include more DisplayPort connections.

The heatsink cooler features two direct touch 6mm copper heat pipes and 84 aluminium fins to dissipate heat away from the GPUs. PNY doesn't rate the TDP capability of its cooling solution but the fact it can handle the GTX 960 suggests the GTX 950 will be cooled with relative ease.

Both cards have a single SLI finger for up to 2-way SLI support, a single 6pin provides supplementary power for both GPUs.

Despite the 90 and 120 W rated TDPs of each GPU, the board can handle up to 150 W with the 75 W from the PCIe bus and 75 W from the 6 pin PCIe connector.

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