gtx 960 vs r9 380

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If you're gaming on 1080p get the GTX 960 2g. If you can afford it, get the 4g version - it will be better in terms of future use. Don't listen to people who claim the 960 can't use 4g due to it's narrow vram, they're idiots.
 
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He said 380 not 280 >.> and yes there is a difference.
 
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oh haha. didn't catch that. yea 380 = 285
 
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They will both support DX 12. The Nvidia card will support a few more features you will probably not use, but AMD cards will theoretically get a better performance boost for supporting "full Tier 3 resource binding and asynchronous shaders for simultaneous graphics and compute"

I would go for the r9 380 4gb still at current prices. Lowest is $220 for 380 and $210 for gtx 960 4gb.
The 380 is noticeably faster.
 
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Actually clock speeds are higher on the 960

The two trade blows in different categories, but overall the 960 benches better. Look it up.

I recommend gtx 960 😀
 
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Clock speeds mean jack squat between different cards.

And I did look up the benchmarks. The r9 380 wins every single time.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-6.html
 
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They are both very similar. I think it is only a matter of nvidia/amd preference. I prefer nvidia because of faster drivers and GeForce Experience which has some cool features like capturing, streaming, game settings optimization etc.
 
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AMD also has this with their Raptr app. However it's probably not as good as nvidia's (never compared them)

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As for the drivers, AMD cards seem to get better and better with each major release on past games. While nvidia stays about the same (probably because they were mostly optimized at the beginning).

So if you are looking at benchmarks now, new AMD cards will probably see a 10% increase several months later on most games.
 
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OP was asking for the 4g version of the 960 which performs ever so slightly better than the 2g version, enough to edge out the 380. I'd look up the becnhmarks myself, but alas I am at work and every other website is blocked by admin :/
 
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lol.... The r9 285 (slightly slower than the r9 380) beats the gtx 960 4gb every single time. Are you getting your benchmarks from nvidia?

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_960_g1_gaming_4gb_review,15.html
 
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Well since I can't look up anything other than this website on this topic here you go:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960,review-33113-4.html

That's the 960 2g ahead of the 285 in most cases.
 
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You are pulling up old benchmarks my friend... The benchmarks I posted at first (also made by toms) has the 380 beating the 960 every single time.

As I said before AMD cards get better with time.

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Also thats a OC'ed gtx 960 vs a reference R9 285 so its not even fair lol
 
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Nowhere does it say that the test 960 is OC'd all.

This bench is from a few months ago, the difference between the one you linked is 2 months. It takes years for AMD to release proper drivers, I highly doubt the 285 increased in performance in any way over the period of 2 months.
 
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Ahem.. Strix card = after market OC'ed card made by ASUS

AMD 285 = reference unless they mention a specific card.

The Benchmark you posted is from January. The one I posted is from June. That's 5 months.

AMD released drivers every few weeks. They recently released "official" drivers this month. If it wasn't due to a driver update, did Lisa Su wave her magic wand to make the card better? Or maybe it's because of the shift in tides.... hmmm.

Anyways just give up. the r9 380 is faster than the gtx 960
 
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Funniest thing I've heard all week, thanks.

Like I said I can't link benches I've seen where the 960 comes out ahead of the 380, I can't link any the other way around either. By the time I get home I'll stop caring/forget.

They trade blows sure, in the end though Nvidia has infinity better support for their technologies.

You can dispute that all you want lol.

I used to be an AMD fanboy like you, but then I saw the light. I'll see you on the green side one day.... one day.
 
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Yea and now you and an nvidia fanboy. I am not a fan boy. I have both nvidia and AMD cards. I am looking at facts.

And yes AMD does release drivers every couple/several weeks depending on how badly an update is needed. You are not downloading them and I am downloading every one. So who would have better info?

Of course it's not as good as nvidia's drivers but it's not as bad as nvidia fanboys like yourself make it sound like.

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Feel free to prove me wrong when you get back home.
 
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You mean like degrading the performance on their own cards to kill the performance on AMD cards? Yeah, you really saw the light... /sarcasm
 
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Are you being sarcastic about the degrading performance part? Because that's the part which makes no sense. Let me guess, you're going to say "omg Nvidia GTX 960 has only 128 bit bus and can't even use 4g of Vram"

Whereas the gentleman before you was educated and a joy to argue with, you are horribly misinformed and not worth my time.
 
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Nope. Not that part. That part makes perfect sense, if you actually did your homework. Doing forced 64x tessellation where even Titan X card users are required to turn off GameWorks for a constant FPS, while it has no visual difference between 16x tessellation is more than evidence enough, aside from all the other shady BS nVidia has done.
And nope, that's not what I meant with its 128 bit bus etc. When the 285 can outperform the 280 with half the bus, I know that bus alone doesn't mean jack.

Educated eh? Yeah right. Sure. nVidia's products are great indeed. Too bad I can't say the same for their business practices. Great products, until they force you to practically upgrade after two years, like right now, where any non-Maxwell card is gimped by their own GameWorks program. And if they keep it up, gaming in general will be worse for it.

But hey, keep buying nVidia. I'm sure they're the good guys...
 
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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.
 
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