how long will a gtx 960 4 gb last?

[Vl4d14]

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how many years will it last in triple a games if i overclock it?

 

[ar2uro]

1080p - good psu - 3-5 years

 

[genthug]

I'd recommend looking into an R9 380-380x for your price point as well, some of the benchmarks run lower on the 380 or 380x but they get higher frames out of it. That, and you can dump the extra money from the 2g to 4g jump in the 960 buy into a 380 x, which comes stock with 4g of VRam. Either one will last you as said^ I'd go a bit lower but 3 years is a definite as long as you don't mind tuning the games down. In 3 years, your bottleneck might just be your VRam amount. But by that point, you've gotten your money's worth out of the card

 

[pj2742]

Don't go with r9 380 or 380x

They don't have good drivers
Not good build quality
Some of them got loud fan

I would rather choose gtx 960 with 55 frame rate on GTA 5 1080p which will last long more than 3 year easily

Than

R9 380 with 60 fps on GTA 5 1080p which can die in less than 6 month

Choice is yours

Compare review of r9 380 or 380x vs gtx 960
Only on newegg since Amazon have some fake reviews many times.

You will get your answer

 

[gokitty199]

first off, ignore the post above mine. go with the r9 380 over the 960 as it performs better than the gtx 960, it will last the same(its not going to die in 6 months lol) and costs generally the same or cheaper(cheapest i could find new 2 months ago was $160) or if you have a little extra cash, look into the 380x. you cant go wrong with either of them

 

[SoNic67]

Probably until they release the next generation consoles you will be fine with a GTX960.
It is more powerful than the GPU's in present consoles and game industry is making the games to run on consoles at 1080p... And even when they release the newer gen consoles, I doubt that they will use Titan equal cards in them, they have to keep the price reasonable.
As for the fan boy that think the GTX960 it will not be adequate for today's games that's called wishful thinking... to validate his choice and help boost his ego he needs to bash the "competition" and convince more people to buy into his choice.
That's cool, I get it. They will grow up eventually.

 

[pj2742]

@gokitty
I said it can

And one that u found in 169$ is
Xfx r9 380 double despenssion something like that
Which can't run fallout 4 and xcom 2

And read the reviews of that card compare to gtx 960.

 

[Epicness937]

both of you STOP its not really much of a difference aside from amd vs nvidia thats all this is

 

[gokitty199]

@gokitty
I said it can

And one that u found in 169$ is
Xfx r9 380 double despenssion something like that
Which can't run fallout 4 and xcom 2

And read the reviews of that card compare to gtx 960.

not an xfx

 

[Volcruz]

I own a ASUS GTX 960 4GB oc edition and it works like a charm for me.
For future i would say it will be able to run AAA titles on mid - hig settings at 1080p resolution till mid 2018 after that you may want to lower the settings.
Good Luck

 

[pj2742]

Why don't just wait for Pascal ??

Coming out in June 2016

And you will have more options plus price will drop down in old cards.

 

[gokitty199]

Why don't just wait for Pascal ??

Coming out in June 2016

And you will have more options plus price will drop down in old cards.

did they announce a date? i havent read up on the new gpu's in a few weeks. but generally the price does not drop when the next generation of cards is released.

 

[Volcruz]

And also first the high end cards of the Pascal series will launch like GTX 1080 which are gonna be like $ 1000 so there's no point in waiting for next generation unless you want a high end card.

There are also rumours of GTX 960 Ti maybe that can be a bang for the buck

 

[genthug]

Probably until they release the next generation consoles you will be fine with a GTX960.
It is more powerful than the GPU's in present consoles and game industry is making the games to run on consoles at 1080p... And even when they release the newer gen consoles, I doubt that they will use Titan equal cards in them, they have to keep the price reasonable.
As for the fan boy that think the GTX960 it will not be adequate for today's games that's called wishful thinking... to validate his choice and help boost his ego he needs to bash the "competition" and convince more people to buy into his choice.
That's cool, I get it. They will grow up eventually.

Why are you even bringing consoles into this? They run off of AMD APUs. They don't have a dedicated GPU in them. If this were an APU thread fine, but we're talking PC gaming here, not console gaming. There's no way a console rig has a titan in it, or a dedicated GPU for that matter. It would overheat and kill itself.

As for the "poor drivers" AMD has significantly improved upon their drivers in the last couple of years. I'm currently running Fallout 4 at high settings with an R7 370 4GB with my CPU being my bottleneck, nevermind an R9 380/380x which blows my card out of the water and I'm really sad 'cause it's the same price and I didn't research... But enough about me.

Back on topic, both cards will do you just fine. If noise is a concern, I would look more at GTX cards as their thermals are generally better and thus you don't need to kick your fan up so much. If you want raw performance for your price point, definitely go look at the 380(x).

+1 to the 960 ti mention, but I would wait for benchmarks to come out on those before choosing between a 960, 960ti, 380, or 380x. A 960 ti will likely be mid $200s, which is the 380x's equivalent.

Edit: @gokitty 1000 series release date is rumored around summer this year, I believe