960 gtx 4gb or 3.5gb?

[j-lor]

Just wondering if the new 960 4gb really has 4gb of vram or 3.5? If it really has 4gb would it be better than the 970 gtx?

 

[chenw]

1. It has real 4GB, so does 970. 3.5GB on 970 runs at full speed rather than entirety of 960
2. No, because 3.5GB of 970's RAM runs on 224 bit bus, the entire 4GB VRAM on 960 runs at 128bit. Besides the core count on 960 is still much less than 970, so there is very little reason to expect 960 4GB will be close to 970.

 

[Vosgy]

It is a few manufactures who are putting out the 4GB version, only one I've heard of doing it was EVGA, I would think it is a real 4 GB, these companies have seen what Nvidia went though, they aren't making the same mistake so soon lol. The card has a lower clock speed and a half sized bus at 128Bit, it is highly unlikely it will perform better than the 970.

 

[ReallyPissedOff]

It is a few manufactures who are putting out the 4GB version, only one I've heard of doing it was EVGA, I would think it is a real 4 GB, these companies have seen what Nvidia went though, they aren't making the same mistake so soon lol. The card has a lower clock speed and a half sized bus at 128Bit, it is highly unlikely it will perform better than the 970.

Asus, msi and gigabyte are doing it too.

 

[RobCrezz]

The 4gb doesnt look worth it as a single card, however I would be interested to see how 2x 960 4gb work in SLI, should perform similar to a 980.

 

[chenw]

That's what I am worried about. If 960 4GB sli performs the same as a single 980, then it would be the very reason to NOT get 960 SLI. It would have to have at least some advantage over 980 to be 'worth' it.

 

[RobCrezz]

That's what I am worried about. If 960 4GB sli performs the same as a single 980, then it would be the very reason to NOT get 960 SLI. It would have to have at least some advantage over 980 to be 'worth' it.

Lower cost.

 

[chenw]

Not by a lot. Going by 960's MSRP $200, a 4GB one might be around $250 or there abouts? 2 would give $500, which is 10% away from 980.

if 2 960's is going to be significantly cheaper than a 980, it'll have to be pretty close in price to 960, a bit too close

 

[RobCrezz]

Yeah I guess we will see. 980 would probably still be my choice, unless 960 4gb sli outperforms for a good bit cheaper.

 

[ReallyPissedOff]

4gb gtx 960s are out. 240 usd.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125778
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487128

 

[chenw]

So $480 vs $550.

I suppose if you took the copies of TW3 into account it would be a better deal (2 copies vs 1), but, not sure what one would do with the second copy

 

[RobCrezz]

Yeah I havent seen any benchmarks for the 4gb models in SLI yet.

 

[Mahbub1]

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/asus-strix-nvidia-gtx960-4gb-same-4gb-problem-as-gtx-970.211040/

 

[destrover]

not trying to steal a post or w/e but i have a 950 from pny and its 2gb and i can run everything on a (get this.. (narra3 board) smooth as glass lol.. only thing i cant run smooth is my minecraft with 250 mods installed lol.. and im talking about games like battlefield 4.. final fantasy 14.. witcher 3.. top new games all run nice nice.. but minecraft dont lol.. and i keep getting told this motherboard cant run this stuff :X im doing it!! and i get good fps in all my games... AION tho.. is 16 fps but i think that has todo with their game tho not my config. but most my games run 30+ fps but anything from 28 fps to my eyes looks clean to me. and is very fluidly smooth.