- May 20, 2014
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Ok so I'm looking for a graphics card that will get me all of the performance I need and want with my games. While I don't want to spend too much (like not above $400), I will go over if it will be worth it. I have considered waiting for the new 1000 series GTX cards, but I'm worried that the prices won't really be as good as they said in the press conference.
I'm looking at the MSI GTX 960 4GB OC, MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4GB, MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4GB, and possibly the MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB.
I would be willing to buy the 390 just for the 8GB alone, but don't want to spend that much if I can avoid it and also the clock speeds aren't that great... Could someone tell me what's more important for heavy modding: higher clock speeds or higher vram?
All of the clock speeds and such for the 960 and 970 are very close and the 960 is really cheap. The 980 is obviously superior but not really by as much as I thought. There are some specs other than the clock speeds, vram, etc that I don't know as much about like the memory interface that are much better on the 970 and 980. Do the decent clock speeds of the 960 4GB make up for the other lesser specs? Also do the included overclocking-friendly features trump the decent speeds of the 960?
The most demanding things I will be doing is playing Skyrim and Fallout 4 with really high quality mods (not necessarily 4k but definitely ENBs and such), also I want to play games like Witcher 3, Battlefield 1, and others on MAX or almost MAX settings. I'll also being starting with a 1080p monitor at 60hz and I MIGHT consider going up to 1440p or at least a higher frequency monitor in the future.
If the 960 4GB will be good for my needs, then I would really like to save the money. I'm getting a fairly high quality build, with total being around $1,400 last I checked. So bottle necking isn't a concern.
Thanks!
I'm looking at the MSI GTX 960 4GB OC, MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4GB, MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4GB, and possibly the MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB.
I would be willing to buy the 390 just for the 8GB alone, but don't want to spend that much if I can avoid it and also the clock speeds aren't that great... Could someone tell me what's more important for heavy modding: higher clock speeds or higher vram?
All of the clock speeds and such for the 960 and 970 are very close and the 960 is really cheap. The 980 is obviously superior but not really by as much as I thought. There are some specs other than the clock speeds, vram, etc that I don't know as much about like the memory interface that are much better on the 970 and 980. Do the decent clock speeds of the 960 4GB make up for the other lesser specs? Also do the included overclocking-friendly features trump the decent speeds of the 960?
The most demanding things I will be doing is playing Skyrim and Fallout 4 with really high quality mods (not necessarily 4k but definitely ENBs and such), also I want to play games like Witcher 3, Battlefield 1, and others on MAX or almost MAX settings. I'll also being starting with a 1080p monitor at 60hz and I MIGHT consider going up to 1440p or at least a higher frequency monitor in the future.
If the 960 4GB will be good for my needs, then I would really like to save the money. I'm getting a fairly high quality build, with total being around $1,400 last I checked. So bottle necking isn't a concern.
Thanks!
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