gtx 960 vs r9 380

[Dimitris Sourailidis]

Gtx 960 4gb vs r9 380 4 gb.The price is almost the same.Witch one is better for gaming and more future proof? I mean dx12 etc.. ?

 

[Azn Cracker]

Umm no offense StarChief but I think you lost halfway through the argument. I myself am planning on ordering a 970 and the 390 has been out for weeks. I just want to save money on my new PSU for future sli since the 970 is almost half of the 390s TDP. They are both great cards and I understand that the 390 beats the 970 in probably every aspect except power usage and overclocking. I just want to try Nvidia for once, since I'm upgrading from an r7 260x.

honestly the gtx 970 is a better buy than the new r9 390 and 390x.

The best value is probably still the R9 290x, which is only $260. An extra 4gb of ram and slight higher clocks is not worth over $150

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202145

 

[mason marnell@1457018692]

honestly the gtx 970 is a better buy than the new r9 390 and 390x.

The best value is probably still the R9 290x, which is only $260. An extra 4gb of ram and slight higher clocks is not worth over $150

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202145

Just wanting to know, why do you think the 970 is a better buy?

 

[Azn Cracker]

honestly the gtx 970 is a better buy than the new r9 390 and 390x.

The best value is probably still the R9 290x, which is only $260. An extra 4gb of ram and slight higher clocks is not worth over $150

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202145

Just wanting to know, why do you think the 970 is a better buy?

It's faster and more power efficient than the r9 390 at 1080p while costing about the same.

The R9 290x I linked is cheaper than both cards and performs better than both cards (edit: gtx 970 and the r9 290x are about the same actually). It still consumes more power than the gtx 970, but the difference in price is much bigger than the energy costs over a few years.

 

[stl522013]

Get the R9 280x. It it better than the R9 380 which is better than the GTX 960. And if you are determined to get either the 380 or the 960, get the 4 GB version, even at 1080p, considering there are some games that go over 4 GB at 1080p, and it is like $10 extra.

 

[NightAntilli]

Umm no offense StarChief but I think you lost halfway through the argument. I myself am planning on ordering a 970 and the 390 has been out for weeks. I just want to save money on my new PSU for future sli since the 970 is almost half of the 390s TDP. They are both great cards and I understand that the 390 beats the 970 in probably every aspect except power usage and overclocking. I just want to try Nvidia for once, since I'm upgrading from an r7 260x.

honestly the gtx 970 is a better buy than the new r9 390 and 390x.

The best value is probably still the R9 290x, which is only $260. An extra 4gb of ram and slight higher clocks is not worth over $150

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202145

The R9 290x might indeed be the best value. But I completely disagree that the GTX 970 is a better buy than the R9 390. The jump from the R9 390/GTX 970 to the R9 390x is indeed not worth it though. But... The R9 390 is pretty much the same price as the GTX 970, and yet it has superior performance in general and more RAM. At 1080p the performance advantage of the GTX 970 is maybe 3%. I can assure you that this is because of AMD's issues with DX11 driver limitations. I bet the advantage that the GTX 970 has will decrease over time, and after DX12 I can tell you with 95% certainty that the 390 will leave the GTX 970 behind significantly. The only drawback is the higher power consumption, which is maybe two light bulbs of difference.

I buy cards for long term. Not for right now. I bet that someone who spends more than $150 on a card wants it to go at least 3-4 years. I would not invest in any card that has lower than 4GB, and if it has 8GB the better.

 

[stl522013]

Umm no offense StarChief but I think you lost halfway through the argument. I myself am planning on ordering a 970 and the 390 has been out for weeks. I just want to save money on my new PSU for future sli since the 970 is almost half of the 390s TDP. They are both great cards and I understand that the 390 beats the 970 in probably every aspect except power usage and overclocking. I just want to try Nvidia for once, since I'm upgrading from an r7 260x.

honestly the gtx 970 is a better buy than the new r9 390 and 390x.

The best value is probably still the R9 290x, which is only $260. An extra 4gb of ram and slight higher clocks is not worth over $150

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202145

The R9 290x might indeed be the best value. But I completely disagree that the GTX 970 is a better buy than the R9 390. The jump from the R9 390/GTX 970 to the R9 390x is indeed not worth it though. But... The R9 390 is pretty much the same price as the GTX 970, and yet it has superior performance in general and more RAM. At 1080p the performance advantage of the GTX 970 is maybe 3%. I can assure you that this is because of AMD's issues with DX11 driver limitations. I bet the advantage that the GTX 970 has will decrease over time, and after DX12 I can tell you with 95% certainty that the 390 will leave the GTX 970 behind significantly. The only drawback is the higher power consumption, which is maybe two light bulbs of difference.

I buy cards for long term. Not for right now. I bet that someone who spends more than $150 on a card wants it to go at least 3-4 years. I would not invest in any card that has lower than 4GB, and if it has 8GB the better.

Do you mean the R9 280X? And yeah, this guy is right. The 970 will only be a better deal if your PSU works with the 970 but not the 390. The 390 has better performance, even at 1080p on most games.

 

[AreH]

Well,

my choice was 380 msi one with 4gb because it is slightly better than 960 (judging by benchmarks). Really excellent card but to be honest i expected more of it. For example I'm not able to run Crysis 3 with everything on max at 1080p over 20 fps (960 is probably worse). Hey man it is two year old game, and I know it's pretty demanding but. So it's better than 960 but don't expect to much, especially for future gaming.

Best luck!

 

[mason marnell@1457018692]

So (hopefully) to try and wrap this thread up, the question was 960 vs 380. The 380 is the *clear* winner with a bigger memory bus and basically more of every thing else, even though it does require 70w more of power. Their both great cards for mid-high gaming, more on the high side, but since you asked about future proof. I would really recommend going the extra $100 and getting a 970 or r9 390. They'll last you way longer and if you play at 1080p you can demolish almost any modern game with high-ultra settings with 60+fps. Also as a second option (if your PSU can handle it), sli/Xfire either of the cards. If you get the 380 and want more firepower, just get another one after a while and you will see a fairly big performance boost. I would just get a 970/380 but whatever you want to do