Best GTX 960 - Compatibily check?

[Hazinator]

Hello there,
So I am upgrading my graphics card in my system as I would like to play games on ultra settings so I am going to upgrade to a GTX 960.
My system specs:
Intel core i5 3570k
Asus Motherboard DDR3
500W power supply
Corsair fan cooling.
So I don't know what GtX 960 to get as I would like the highest quality, best performance and easiest to install one. I also need to check if this is compatible as well as a gtx 960 is DDR5. Would be really helpful if you could check this is compatible and what graphics card to get. Thanks

 

[TechyInAZ]

If you want to play at ultra 1080P then your going to want the EVGA SSC 4GB gtx 960.

 

[Hazinator]

By the way is it compatible and how much is it?

 

[Hazinator]

Yeah I'm hoping to get 60fps high/ultra on bf4 and hardline so I can record.

 

[sizzling]

4gb v 2gb will barely make a difference. If you want ultra settings then you should be looking at the 970 (assuming you are playing at 1080p)

 

[Hazinator]

I checked the 960 benchmarks and they looked great they could play bf4 high settings 1080p at 90fps. I'm not too bothered about gtx 970 as that is not much of an upgrade (maybe 20%) a gtx 960 is all I need.

 

[holyrage]

get the R9 280X if u want ultra with 0AA at least

 

[Hazinator]

What's the price difference b

 

[Hazinator]

What's the price difference between the 280 and the gtx 960 and also performance. I'm not greatest fan of amd by the way. Check the performance of a gtx 960 maximum settings graph here. http://international.download.nvidia.com/webassets/en_US/shared/images/products/shared/geforce-gtx-960-pdp-performance-chart.png

 

[sizzling]

There is a big difference between the 960 and 970 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960,review-33113-4.html

Even the 970 dips below 60fps at ultra settings in some games. The 960 is a good card but as you said Ultra settings were required which should include some AA unlike one of the graph links in this thread then IMO the 960 is too weak unless you are actually happy with high-ultra settings