New GPU Nvidia. Which?

[SBargisen]

Hey guys. Just sold my R9 290 4gb card, and am currently running with onboard GPU on the i5-4690k.

I am looking at either the GTX 950 or GTX 960.

Which one would you pick, and why?

Cheapest GTX 950 is 150 $ +-
Cheapest GTX 960 is 180 $ +-


As I can see, the GTX 950 and GTX 960 can be overclocked insanely. How much more power will they draw overclocked?
Since power usage was the main reason to selling the 290 card.

 

[Darkseiders]

GTX 960 4GB would be the best option on team green, but the R9 380 4GB is a better deal.

 

[SBargisen]

Yeah, no. I am not going back to AMD with insane power draws. There is a reason I bought an expensive intel cpu, and just sold my AMD card.

Else thanks mate.

 

[qwase0123]

I've got the r9 380 4gb and it's amazing. 960 would also be a good option and consumes a lot less power and gets a lot less hot. If you were able to save up, the 970 is one of the best bang for the buck cards on the market right now, so if you were able to, I would suggest that. If not, the 960 is pretty good.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://techreport.com/review/27806/five-geforce-gtx-960-cards-overclocked
Five GeForce GTX 960 cards overclocked

 

[SBargisen]

http://techreport.com/review/27806/five-geforce-gtx-960-cards-overclocked
Five GeForce GTX 960 cards overclocked

That's very nice. Do you know how the Palit Jetstream compares though?

 

[SBargisen]

I've got the r9 380 4gb and it's amazing. 960 would also be a good option and consumes a lot less power and gets a lot less hot. If you were able to save up, the 970 is one of the best bang for the buck cards on the market right now, so if you were able to, I would suggest that. If not, the 960 is pretty good.

I like the 970, but not gonna spend that much money right now. Just need a decent GPU with low power draw untill AMD and Nvidia releases new GPU line. Heard Q2-Q3 for Nvidia?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I don't care for their cards , but most of the time they are decent.

960 is A LOW DRAW CARD GOOD CHOICE.

 

[SBargisen]

What is the best GTX 950 out there?

 

[dantheman0809]

both of those cards are weaker than the r9 290 lol, but if you have to go with either or those you should go with the 960 because it's at least somewhat close in perfomrmance

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Forget the 950 , lame card , get at least a 960.

 

[SBargisen]

I know it's weaker. 😛 I had water on the 290, but was still noisy and hot'ish.

Anyway, I just remembered something with Gigabyte, with their "Upgrade" thingy. Anyone know of this?
Something with you buy a Gigabyte card, and you decide there isn't enough power in it, so you can upgrade it.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

EVGA at one point had a similar one , I think.

 

[SBargisen]

It might be EVGA I am thinking of. Would be handy if I did pick a card now, to be able to upgrade.

 

[SBargisen]

Found it: it's evga

http://www.evga.com/support/stepup/

Thanks 😀

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Your welcome.