The Gigabyte GTX 960 WF2 is a sensible option at just 245mm long. It will fit into most cases with room to spare, offers exceptional thermal performance and looks great.

Gainward;s GTX 960 Phantom comes well clocked out of the box, though its thermal performance wasn't overly impressive considering it is a rather long triple slot card and it's light on DisplayPort's. Although we are a fan of the Phantom graphics cards, the GTX 960 model we feel is outclassed by the competition.

The Zotac GTX 960 AMP Edition is a much more compact graphics card, and at just 203mm it is by far the shortest in our roundup. Unfortunately it also provided by far the worst thermal performance, hitting 80 degrees. The problem we have with the GTX 960 AMP Edition is that there are more compact GTX 960 graphics cards, such as the Gigabyte N960IXOC-2GD which measures just 170mm long, that offer similar cooling performance.

Without a doubt the MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G is the most unique looking GTX 960 graphics card featured in our roundup. MSI's entrant performed well across the board offering solid overclocking results and exceptional cooling performance, making it one of our preferred options.

Lastly we have the long winded Evga GTX 960 Super SuperClocked ACX 2.0+, that's not a typo either there really are two 'supers'. The GTX 960 SuperSC ACX 2.0+ puzzled us with its unusually low power consumption, though despite that it was our best overclocker. In spite of letting the marketing department run wild with the name, Evga has for the most part designed a no fuss GTX 960. It isn't particularly exciting to look at, but it performs well and runs relatively cool.

When push comes to shove we are going to take the MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2G, it's a bad arse looking graphics card that backs it up with unbeatable thermal performance. The Gigabyte GTX 960 G1 Gaming also impressed us, though the WindForce X2 is probably a smarter option. Then we have the Evga GTX 960 SuperSC ACX 2.0+ which was also very good.