Best NVIDIA Graphics Card for 900p

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I wanted to know which nvidia graphics card is the best for 900p at this moment?
I currently have a GTX 960 2GB

Thanks for reading
 
I assume you mean your display has a native res of 1600x900?

It really depends on your budget and the games you're playing, but honestly, a 960 should be able to handle pretty much any game at 900p.

If you mean with the highest settings possible, you'd need to tell us your budget.
 
Yes, my display has a native res of 1600x900
Im planning on getting Fallout 4 and Battlefront soon so i wanted to know if i needed to upgrade (i can handle playing at mid- high settings to get 60fps+)
note: i have an AMD FX 8350 4.0 Ghz
 
There's no need unless you need lower power consumption or ray-tracing or some other professional standard. If you're just using your GPU for video games and desktop applications the GTX 960 is an incredibly powerful card for 900p and should be able to handle anything you throw at it (and that extends into most 1080p applications, especially the 4GB edition).
 


Stats show GTX 960 4GB performs just like the GTX 960 2GB at 1080p.
 


You're talking about games that won't be out for some time, and have no sys reqs yet.

That said, typically a 960 at that res is fine for most any game.

 


Yes but some benchmarks, DSR, or poorly-programmed applications can still suck up more than 2GB of memory. I know Skyrim can definitely use more than 2GB at 1080p if you have enough mods installed.

 
The 128-bit memory bus reaches It's limit before the graphics card reaches 4GB VRAM.

As I say in every thread, where people recommend 4GB variations of graphics cards that are originally 2GB, they are a waste of money and a marketing trick.

Just because a graphics card is listed as 4GB really doesn't mean it can utilize all of it effectively. And this is something I think needs to be addressed in the community of Tom's hardware.

The question I get a lot: But why isn't the GTX 960 4gb good if it can use more than 2GB?

I think it chokes after 2.3-2.4GB of VRAM use. Then it drops in performance just like the GTX 960 2GB.

Plus it costs the amount of money of better performing graphics cards. Same as the R9 280X 3GB and only 30 dollars away from the beasty R9 290 4GB.
 
...but in terms of shear bandwidth and in situations where large blocks of VRAM need to be stored it still prevents overflow and aids in caching even at 2GB.

E.g., increasing view distance in a video game increases the size of memory needed to be writen, increasing the maximum buffer allows new memory to be written instead of having to free/release and re-partition memory.