VR 380 or GTX 960

[YBreaz]

I'm busting my brain trying to decided which card to get...the GTX 960 or R9 380. I've researched myself into a corner of confusion. Which would you suggest? Is getting the 4GB version of either worth it over the 2 GB? Which brand would you suggest? Any slightly detailed comparisons would be greatly appreciated.

 

[djreedj]

get the 4gb one if those are your only two options, it future proofs you a bit more and gives better performance.

 

[thor220]

You mean the R9 380.

The 380 is definitely the better choice here and it's the recommended card in this range. You want the 4GB model and the difference between 2 GB and 4 GB is huge in most games. You can expect at least a 10 FPS difference in games between the two especially on newer games.

The 960 just doesn't have enough raw power and they crippled the card's memory bandwidth. Even if it did have 4 GB it wouldn't be able to fully utilize it.

Early DX 12 benchmarks look promising for AMD cards and you should expect a nice boost should you pick AMD.

 

[djreedj]

this one is a bit more expensive and also a nice card still for playable fps in current games, maybe not MAX settings at 60 fps, but unless you get a 980 or 980ti most cards wont play max settings constantly over 60fps in the real graphic heavy games.

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Quieter-Graphics-04G-P4-2974-KR/dp/B00NVODXR4/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1457851132&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx+970

 

[smorizio]

if your going to upgrade your gpu wait till the newer pascal come out. the paper launch is the first week in april. the newer pascal cards will be faster then the older 900 line and amd 300 line of gpu. when your looking at gpu try to get ones with more video ram if your going to do over 60 hhz gaming. looking at the newer gpu look at asus cards or ones built like it. the newer cards built like asus have over sized heat sinks to keep gpu cooler in gaming.

 

[thor220]

if your going to upgrade your gpu wait till the newer pascal come out. the paper launch is the first week in april. the newer pascal cards will be faster then the older 900 line and amd 300 line of gpu. when your looking at gpu try to get ones with more video ram if your going to do over 60 hhz gaming. looking at the newer gpu look at asus cards or ones built like it. the newer cards built like asus have over sized heat sinks to keep gpu cooler in gaming.

This is an assumption. Nothing is confirmed yet. In addition, what if Nvidia don't release cards in his price range first? Is he going to wait another 2 months for them to come out?

 

[djreedj]

I wouldnt wait either, get what you can afford now and see what happens in the future.

 

[YBreaz]

I'm leaning toward the Radeon Sapphire R9 380 4GB GDDR5. Any suggestions on the brand?

 

[djreedj]

I would go 390 it has more vram, but for AMD thats a good brand

 

[YBreaz]

Thanks for all the info.

 

[djreedj]

No problem how bout a best answer

Hope we helped !

 

[thor220]

I'm leaning toward the Radeon Sapphire R9 380 4GB GDDR5. Any suggestions on the brand?

Don't know if one brand is better than the other. I'd say look at individual card reviews instead. Sometimes certain cards will be made with cheaper parts in the same price range and the only way to find this out is in reviews.

For 380s I really like the Asus and MSI cards. I think there cooling solutions work very well.