Which GTX 960 model for my build?

[FrankT20]

Which version of the GTX 960 cards do you think is best? I'm pretty certain I'll be going for the EVGA version but I'm open to hearing your suggestions as to why you would/wouldn't buy the other models. Not going to be overclocking that much, I won't be playing new games as I'll use my console for games like that.

Don't bang on about the R9 280x either, lets keep it about the GTX 960.

Thanks in advance for any replies!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

EVGA or MSI Gaming \ LE.

 

[JQB45]

I can't recommend a specific model, but most people here recommend the models with 4GB of RAM.

 

[FrankT20]

Thanks for the reply! Any particular reasons why? And if you personally was purchasing it, what would you choose?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127845&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814127845&gclid=CLi3u7SLpMUCFczm7AodWF0AqQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

I have this one.

 

[FrankT20]

Thanks for the reply JQB45.

I thought the GTX 960 wouldn't be able to utilize 4GB of RAM?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

960 does \ can 970 is 3.5.

 

[Lag]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127860&cm_re=GTX_960_4gb-_-14-127-860-_-Product for ten bucks more, and twice the vram, better cooling and witcher 3 included.

 

[FrankT20]

That's a good enough reason if any, basically the same price so I'll probably get the MSI 100ME instead. Thanks for the replies guys.

 

[FrankT20]

Ah fair enough, so what makes the MSI 100ME better compared to the MSI 4gb?

 

[Lag]

That's a good enough reason if any, basically the same price so I'll probably get the MSI 100ME instead. Thanks for the replies guys.

really? the 100ME as half the vram, worse cooling and doesnt include witcher 3, seems like a bad deal. Its the 4g edition (the red cooler) thats the best.

 

[JQB45]

Here is a short review for the 960 4GB cards

..."They overclock like champs, too—and Asus claims the 4GB Asus Strix squeezes out 12 percent higher frames rather than the 2GB version in Assassin’s Creed: Unity and Battlefield 4."...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2895122/nvidias-geforce-gtx-960-graphics-cards-start-seeing-4gb-memory-options.html

 

[FrankT20]

It does come with Witcher 3 according to the vendors on partpicker uk. But then again I'll be getting it on console anyway.

 

[Lag]

Yes, thats exactly why he should choose the 4G version.

 

[Lag]

Ah fair enough, so what makes the MSI 100ME better compared to the MSI 4gb?

It is not better. the 100ME is the inferior and cheaper version of the 4g. the 4g has the twinfrozr design, 4GB vram and is cherry picked for best overclocking results. Its worth the 10 bucks extra.

 

[FrankT20]

If you was to choose a 4GB version then, would it be EVGA or MSI?

 

[Lag]

If you was to choose a 4GB version then, would it be EVGA or MSI?

MSI. EVGA cards are noisier and hotter than the MSI cards. Its the reason I went for MSI when buying my card (gtx 970). Of course, when I bought mine, the only evga card available was the ACX 1.0 which had horrible fan and noise issues, which cooler does the evga card you are looking at have?

 

[FrankT20]

This is the EVGA I was originally going to purchase:

http://www.ebuyer.com/698778-evga-gtx-960-supersc-acx-2-0-2gb-gddr5-dvi-i-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-02g-p4-2966-kr?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&mkwid=VWi9Sm3r_dc&pcrid=51482416259&gclid=CI2777SRpMUCFczJtAodo1wAFA

 

[Lag]

This is the EVGA I was originally going to purchase:

http://www.ebuyer.com/698778-evga-gtx-960-supersc-acx-2-0-2gb-gddr5-dvi-i-hdmi-displayport-pci-e-02g-p4-2966-kr?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&mkwid=VWi9Sm3r_dc&pcrid=51482416259&gclid=CI2777SRpMUCFczJtAodo1wAFA

Buy the MSI. You are going to need those extra gigs of vram if you want to keep the card longer than a year, because soon games are going to require 2gb vram as a minimum, and 4gb is ideal if you want to bump up a few settings when playing with playable framerates.

 

[FrankT20]

I'll look at the MSI 4gb instead then, not because I want to play up and coming games on this build because as I said, I'll be playing games such as Witcher 3, AC:U, BF Hardline, Farcry 4 etc all on my Xbox so more VRAM is more of a safety net rather than a requirement.

Thanks everyone for the speedy and great replies!