Asus GTX 960 2GB OC or 4GB

[evyosh]

i am planing to buy a new graphic card.. but they have 2 different card and they are huge difference in the price gap....

https://www.asus.com/ph/Graphics-Cards/TURBOGTX960OC2GD5/

https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/TURBO-GTX960-OC-4GD5/

what would are you guys saying....

 

[RCFProd]

I wouldn't suggest either. There are complaints about a grimming noise made by the blower. Look into non-reference graphics cards. I would save money and get the GTX 960 2GB, in my mind It's not worth the premium price for the GTX 960 4GB.

 

[evyosh]

what are your recommended cards in 950 and the 960? my max budget is $350..

 

[RCFProd]

Without knowing your location/shop you're buying from I can't suggest anything

 

[evyosh]

Say Philippines... because i have no problem i have few friends around the wold. i can ask them to get it to me... i want know whats good and recommended with my price range

 

[RCFProd]

Now if you linked to a shop in Philippines I could've chosen a GPU.

But not necessary, just look into the following GTX 960 2GB models and don't look back:
MSI Gaming 2G
EVGA SSC ACX 2.0 / SuperSC ACX 2.0 / Superclocked
Asus Strix
Gigabyte Windforce

 

[evyosh]

Thank you so much RCFProd.. for the quick replies

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

I disagree about 2gb vs 4gb. Sure on most haha you won't see a difference, but I think as time moves on, you will wish you had the 4gb. As games advance and you want to turn settings up more you may find yourself turning things down to compensate. I know when I was shopping for games on steam recently some of them said if you have a 2gb card and attempt to adjust performance settings that you may hurt performance. So imo go ahead and get the 4gb if you can afford it.

Also, you might want to consider the r9 380 from amd. Performance is a little better than the 960 I think, or at least on par, and it's a little cheaper. But it will take a bit more power and may be a little warmer, but if you've got a decent psu and case fans in that area, should not be an issue. Personally at this point though I would not bother with a 2gb card unless there were just a very good deal or I cod not get anything else, because in the next year or 2, I have a feeling people will wish they had 4gb.

 

[turbopixel]

4gb model is not needed. At 1080p, it does not make any difference if 2gb or 4gb. For higher resolution, there is a difference, but then that card can't handle higher resolutions well. So 2gb is perfect for this card. No need to give more money. Here is the prove:

GeForce GTX 960 4GB vs. 2GB Clock vs. Clock Testing
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The GeForce GTX 960 4G averaged 59.6 FPS which is 1.9% faster than the GeForce GTX 960 2G that averaged 58.5 FPS. If we were to increase the resolution to 1440p and strip away ambient occlusion while also reducing aliasing to FXAA low, the GeForce GTX 960 4G would be playable and the GeForce GTX 2G would not. At 1080p there is no significant advantage to having the additional 2GB of memory.
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> http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/08/04/msi_geforce_gtx_960_gaming_4g_video_card_review/10

 

[RCFProd]

The GTX 960 4GB stutters slightly less and is just a bit more consistent in It's highest framerate in heavy VRAM games. Not enough of a difference to ever be a life savior over the 2GB. For that you're simply upgrading to Nvidia Pascal/AMD Polaris like everyone else in 6 months.

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

Right, but not everyone upgrades in 6 months. Myself, I'm still running a 3gb radeon 7950. For 1080p, just no really compelling cards at the price I want for a significant upgrade.

 

[RCFProd]

I would like more horse power for 1080p@144Hz, not even a GTX 970 always cutting it.

 

[turbopixel]

Myself, I'm still running a 3gb radeon 7950.

The GTX 970 would be a good upgrade.

Witcher 3, 1080p, high settings
GTX 970 (4GB): 77
Radeon 7950 (2GB): 45
> http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page2.html

Witcher 3, 1440p, high settings
GTX 970 (4GB): 32
Radeon 7950 (2GB): --- not included, too weak!
> http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page2.html

Btw, the 7950 is renamed to R9 280
> http://techreport.com/news/26106/radeon-hd-7950-gets-second-life-as-radeon-r9-280

Crysis 3, 1080p, very high settings
GTX 970 (4GB): 68
R9 280 (3GB): 43
> http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/09/19/nvidia-geforce-gtx-970-review/8

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

Just what I'm saying, I figure the 7950 is not that far behind an r9 380. Not overly interested in the 970. Going to save for a new cpu/board for when amd's new cpus release then I can see if I want to go to that or go Intel. Then I can sell my old components and old gpu and see what I can get.