War Thunder on GeForce GTX 960

Meets minimumEstimate · low confidence, ±30%

Yes, at lower settings. The GeForce GTX 960 meets War Thunder's minimum spec but not the recommended one. We estimate ~41 fps at 1080p high (range 29–53, low confidence, ±30%), GPU-limited. For 60 fps at 1080p, use the low preset. The cheapest current card for 60 fps at 1080p high is the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB (~70 fps). Model estimate, not measured; data updated 2026-09-24.

Estimated FPS by preset

Preset	1080p	1440p	4K
low	69	49	29
medium	53	37	22
high	41	29	17
ultra	33	23	14

Estimate · low confidence, ±30%

Estimated FPS from our model (v0), based on the game's published requirements and relative GPU/CPU performance. Not measured. Real results vary with drivers, patches, and scenes. Values above 300 fps show as 300+. Data updated 2026-09-24.

Best settings

60 fps at 1080p: low preset
60 fps at 1440p: not reachable
144 fps at 1080p: not reachable

This GeForce card has no tensor cores, so DLSS is not available. Use FSR or XeSS in quality mode before dropping the preset.

What limits performance

Estimates above: GPU-limited, assuming a processor fast enough not to hold the GeForce GTX 960 back.
Processor needed for ~41 fps: Core i3-9100F or faster (slowest current desktop CPU our model expects to keep up).
With the recommended CPU (Ryzen 5 3600): still GPU-limited at 1080p high, ~41 fps.

Video memory

GeForce GTX 960: 2 GB
The publisher lists no video memory requirement.

Cheapest upgrade for each target

1080p, 60 fps, High

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

~70 fps vs 41 now (est.)

+71% GPU performance

1440p, 60 fps, High

Radeon RX 9050 4GB

~60 fps vs 29 now (est.)

+112% GPU performance

4K, 60 fps, High

Radeon RX 6700

~60 fps vs 17 now (est.)

+253% GPU performance

Slowest current desktop card (2020+) that reaches each target in War Thunder; usually the cheapest.

War Thunder on popular graphics cards (high preset)

Graphics card	1080p	1440p	vs GeForce GTX 960
GeForce GTX 960	41	29	—
GeForce GTX 1650	48	34	+18%
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB	67	47	+65%
GeForce RTX 2060 6GB	101	71	+147%
Radeon RX 6600	110	77	+171%
GeForce RTX 3060 12GB	120	84	+194%
GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	125	87	+206%
Radeon RX 7600	139	97	+241%
GeForce RTX 4060	142	99	+247%
GeForce RTX 3070	166	116	+306%
GeForce RTX 4070	209	146	+412%
Radeon RX 7800 XT	233	163	+471%
GeForce RTX 5070	240	168	+488%
Radeon RX 9070 XT	300+	218	+665%
GeForce RTX 4080	300+	227	+694%
GeForce RTX 5090	300+	300+	+1165%