Question GTX 980 or RX 580?

[abalter]

I'm helping my son upgrade his gaming PC. I know computers, but not graphics cards. I'm looking at a GTX 980 4GB (not TI) for $130 on offerup here in PDX, as well as a couple of RX 580 8GB units for about the same price. I looked at some benchmark sites and the GTX 980 seems a bit beefier but the RX 580 units available have 8GB vs 4GB. Also, the GTX 980 seems somewhat underpriced compared to eBay which makes me wonder.

Given that they are available at roughly the same price to me, one is probably a bit faster but the other has more RAM, is anyone willing to go out on a limb with a recommendation?

Thanks!

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

I would get the RX 580 8GB. The GTX 980 can be faster when overclocked, but for the most part the RX 580 8GB will be the better card, especially if you need more than 4GB vram.

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