Rumor: NVIDIA Set To Launch Mid-range GeForce GTX 960 On January 22?

NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 960 can’t get here soon enough, because until it does, rumors of its release will continue to permeate the Internet. Fortunately, the latest rumor seems pretty reasonable. According to Japanese website Hermitage Akihabara (via: Fudzilla), NVIDIA’s set to launch its first mid-range GTX 900 card on January 22 for ¥25,000, or roughly $200 USD.

NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 760

At $200, the GTX 960 would be priced at about $130 under the GTX 970, which is a significant enough gap to cater to a different part of the market. Outside of the card’s price, there’s no strong facts about what the specs of the card will be. It is hinted that the card will ship with a 128-bit memory bus, which is sure to cause some concern. However, considering the fact that the Maxwell-based GTX 980 is the most powerful GPU on the market and utilizes a 256-bit memory interface, we could find ourselves surprised.

If the GTX 960 does in fact ship with a 128-bit bus, though, NVIDIA will surely stick to a 2GB framebuffer, not the 3GB one some have been hoping for. While it seems likely that some vendors will break that mold and offer 4GB cards, their price premium would make the GTX 970 all too tempting. That is, unless the GTX 960 delivers far more of a punch than we’re expecting.