Geforce 900 Series

[GamesOn]

So I finally decided to get a GTX 960 after thinking about 1060, its price will be high for me comparing to 960, won't be low than $350 (Pakistan) and not a lot models are going to be available too, but I just saw this;

https://tech4gamers.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-900-series-is-obsolete-say-hello-to-legacy-drivers/

Help me out, what I do?1!1!

 

[burgessanthony]

NVidia do that all the time. Even reports of crippling older cards. Probs not true. 960 is fine.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

No, with the 1060 out and AMD"s RX 470 coming as well as the RX 480... I wouldn't. However if you need a GPU like this week I guess it'd be fine to get.

 

[Gam3r01]

That is a total clickbait article.
Nvidia will still support the 9xx series fully, however they will focus optimization on their newer 10xx series. This mean some slight tweaks to attempt increased performance that the 9xx series will not longer get. However, they do not need any more tweaking, hence the legacy support.

They will still receive full driver support for many years, and are not being "abandoned" by Nvidia.
My 760 still gets driver updates regularly.
To put it into perspective, Last year Nvidia ended support for their 7xxx series (NOTE: Not the 7xx Series).

I would still recommend a newer card though.

 

[kaptainkuftic]

So, the 960 is going to be fine. the 900 series is only a "legacy card" because it's not the newest thing they have out, but nvidia drivers support cards from way back into at least the 500 series. I know because my 550ti still works with the newest drivers on my spare rig.

 

[GamesOn]

No, with the 1060 out and AMD"s RX 470 coming as well as the RX 480... I wouldn't. However if you need a GPU like this week I guess it'd be fine to get.

Not a AMD Fan, and 1060's price.

 

[Gam3r01]

The 960 would work fine still.
There are going to be better options very soon, so I cant really recommend it. Just because you arent a fan of AMD does not mean you should dismiss them. The 480 is easily 40% faster than a 960.

 

[GamesOn]

The 960 would work fine still.
There are going to be better options very soon, so I cant really recommend it. Just because you arent a fan of AMD does not mean you should dismiss them. The 480 is easily 40% faster than a 960.

So if I was getting a GPU in some days, which one would you suggest?

 

[Gam3r01]

If they are available for a reasonable price, a 480. I would recommend waiting if they are not available.

 

[GamesOn]

If they are available for a reasonable price, a 480. I would recommend waiting if they are not available.

480 isn't even available right now, yeah. I'll see how much 1060 is going to cost then, I have reason to believe they'll be like $350 like I said where as I can get a 960 for like $240, lets just wait a little.

 

[burgessanthony]

Both the 480 and 1060 are available

 

[GamesOn]

Both the 480 and 1060 are available

..Pakistan

 

[GamesOn]

If they are available for a reasonable price, a 480. I would recommend waiting if they are not available.

In no way 1060 and 480 are going to be in my range $100 dollars difference, some more for me here. I am going for the Strix 960.