is the GeForce GTX 760 192-bit (OEM) a good gpu for gaming?

[TommyTwoTimes]

I'm looking to buy a new gaming pc, I had picked one out that looks pretty good. However, I noticed the GTX 760 in it is 3Gb. From what I can find online, that indicates that it is the GTX 760 192-bit (OEM). It has a bus width of 192, instead of 256, and base clock speed of 823 rather than 980. On the up side, it has an extra Gb of Vram. All that being said, is it a decent GPU for playing newer games (farcry 3, witcher 2, etc.) on max settings? Should I look for a different pc, one with a standard 2 Gb GTX 760? I'm very ignorant about hardware and don't feel comfortable building a pc myself, so I'd really like to find one that meets my needs both for gaming and video/photo editing. Here's a link to the one I'm currently considering, Thanks!

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/essentio-desktop-12gb-memory-2tb-hard-drive/3026586.p?id=1219086172072&skuId=3026586&st=categoryid

 

[CraigN]

The slower memory bus is troubling. Are you sure it's 192-bit instead of 256 bit? If it's 192-bit, it will be woefully underequipped to handle 3 GB of Video RAM. Even the 256-bit GTX760s have a hard time with 4 GB of Video RAM, so I can only imagine how the 192-bit one would handle 3 GB. I would also not say that it will run all games on max settings, but it will run them in the fairly high-settings range.

I would look for a different one with a proper 256-bit GTX 760, if that one *really* is 192-bit.

 

[TommyTwoTimes]

Are you sure it's 192-bit instead of 256 bit?.

The only indication I have that it is in fact the 192-bit is that it is 3Gb, if you look at the store page you will see what info it gives. I looked online for a GTX 760 that was 3Gb and all I could find was the GeForce GTX 760 192-bit (OEM). I really don't know if that is in fact the GPU in this pc.

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-760-oem/specifications

 

[Rami Zerker Reini]

I truly recommend you go for a standard GTX 760 with 2GB of VRAM.

 

[CraigN]

TommyTwoTimes, good job finding that, didn't see that they added a 760 (OEM) to their home page.

It's definitely the 192-bit one then. I would recommend finding a system with a standard GTX 760 with 256-bit, like Rami Zerker Reini suggested as well. The 192-bit will not be able to handle the 3GB of VRAM efficiently.

 

[TommyTwoTimes]

The 192-bit will not be able to handle the 3GB of VRAM efficiently.

Any idea why they made it with 3Gb vram, do they know something we don't? seems odd.

Thank you both for taking the time to help me out.

 

[Rami Zerker Reini]

The 192-bit will not be able to handle the 3GB of VRAM efficiently.

Any idea why they made it with 3Gb vram, do they know something we don't? seems odd.

Thank you both for taking the time to help me out.

I don't know why they would ever sacrifice Base Clock Speed to get 1 more GB of VRAM, might as well buy an AMD card if you want 3GB of VRAM.

 

[TommyTwoTimes]

I don't know why they would ever sacrifice Base Clock Speed to get 1 more GB of VRAM, might as well buy an AMD card if you want 3GB of VRAM.

I'm really struggling to find a pre-built pc that has everything I want, at least in my price range. This one was perfect, except for that GPU. I guess I'm back to looking. Thanks!

 

[CraigN]

Could always look into prebuilts from boutique makers like CyberpowerPC or ibuypower, or xoticpc. That way you can customize what you want in it, and they build it for you.

 

[sakatak]

According to an article on gpugrid.net, the 3GB version of the GTX760-OEM also has a full 256bit bandwidth, but with only 1152 shaders and a lower clock (823MHz) it's performance for GPUGrid could be around 30% slower than the GTX760Ti-OEM.
The June version of the GTX760-OEM only has a 192bit bus, so that would hinder performance somewhat and a non-OEM version would be slightly faster. However the GTX760 only has 1152 shaders, so the narrower bus won't hinder performance as much as with a non-OEM GTX660Ti (as it has 1344 shaders). As the GTX760-OEM has a faster GPU clock it should match the 3GB version for performance here, but cost a bit less.
You can have a look at: http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=3467

 

[DjGoSF]

I have a GTX 760 192-bit (OEM) card in my desktop and it works great! I have played Watch Dogs, Need For Speed Rivals, Murdered Soul Suspect, Assassins Creed Black Flag and Dark Souls 2 all at the Max (Ultra) 1080p settings with no lag or frame drop. Not sure if my desktop specs help but its a Asus m51 with Intel Core i7-4770 with 16gb of ram.