Which card is better?

[Milites18]

Im currently shopping for a new graphicsd card and it looks like one of these 2...

http://www.cclonline.com/product/158065/NE5X970H14G2-2041J/Graphics-Cards/Palit-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-970-Jetstream-Edition-4GB-Graphics-Card/VGA2705/

http://www.cclonline.com/product/179351/GV-N960G1-GAMING-4GD/Graphics-Cards/Gigabyte-GeForce-GTX-960-4GB-Gaming-Graphics-Card-GDDR5-PCI-E-Dual-Link-DVI-I/DVI-D/HDMI/DisplayPort/VGA2868/

I notice in the specifications that the 960 has a higher base clock.... does this make it better? What confuses me is it's noticeably cheaper so why would it be cheaper? Anyway, thanks for your time!

 

[Milites18]

For reference my CPU is I3-4160 and i have 8 GB ram

 

[Dan425811923]

The 970 is a better card but the 960 is made by a better brand

 

[JackNaylorPE]

The 970 is about 60% faster and does well in SLI.....

 

[Dan425811923]

http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/EVGA+NVIDIA+GTX+970+Superclocked+ACX+2.0+Cooler+4GB+Graphics+Card+%2B+FREE+Batman+Arkham+Knight+%26+Witcher+3+Games%21+?productId=62202&source=pcpartpicker

This is a good card

 

[AznGOD]

Clock speed is not the only thing that determines a GPU's performance. The GTX 770 has way more cores 1664 vs 1024.

 

[Milites18]

I know that the 970 is a better card, but the numbers on that 960 are higher so therefore will it not have better performance? and the fact it's the 4 GB version as opposed to 2... wont that make it a bit closer to a 970 in performance?

Plus i won't be running SLI. Will that model of 960 max out most games with my processor and hit 60 fps? If yes to last question im sold on the 960 ^^

 

[AznGOD]

I know that the 970 is a better card, but the numbers on that 960 are higher so therefore will it not have better performance? and the fact it's the 4 GB version as opposed to 2... wont that make it a bit closer to a 970 in performance?

Plus i won't be running SLI. Will that model of 960 max out most games with my processor and hit 60 fps? If yes to last question im sold on the 960 ^^

A toy car traveling at 60km/h vs a truck traveling at 20km/h. What is doing more work?

 

[Milites18]

Im understanding things a bit better now... Can see why the 970 is better. Think if i got Nvidia it'll be the 970.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I know that the 970 is a better card, but the numbers on that 960 are higher so therefore will it not have better performance? and the fact it's the 4 GB version as opposed to 2... wont that make it a bit closer to a 970 in performance?

Plus i won't be running SLI. Will that model of 960 max out most games with my processor and hit 60 fps? If yes to last question im sold on the 960 ^^

Forget the clock speeds and look at the actual results ... a 10 passenger van doing 65 mph and a 2 seater car traveling 70 mph... which one gets 100 people to the airport in the shortest amount of time.

2 GB vs 4 GB offers miniscule increase in fps.
http://alienbabeltech.com/main/gtx-770-4gb-vs-2gb-tested/3/

As for speeds we can only guess as you have not stated what resolution you play at. At 1080p you will be OK with many games. On new games like Wicther 3 you will struggle: