Gtx 760 mars or gtx 960

[random_australian]

Hey guys just trying to work out which guys to get for a new build I can pick up the Asus ROG MARS 760 for 399 or the 960 for 319. The plan is to pair it with an fx 6300 so which way would you go?

[dragoon20005]

what is the main budget of this build?

 

are you able to get the i3 Core + H97 board and the GTX960?

[random_australian]

Around 1300 to 1400 Australian

And yes an i3 and mobile is about the same in price as the fx 6300 and more but surely the fx performs better

[dragoon20005]

Around 1300 to 1400 Australian

And yes an i3 and mobile is about the same in price as the fx 6300 and more but surely the fx performs better

nope the Intel i3 will be the stronger CPU

 

the FX6300 has 6 weak cores compared to the i3

 

and it darn outdated and it no longer supported

 

if you are playing a lot of MMO games the Intel is the suggested CPU to use

[random_australian]

I've never played an mmo before and I don't really plan to but the real question to begin with was which gpu you would buy?

[dragoon20005]

I've never played an mmo before and I don't really plan to but the real question to begin with was which gpu you would buy?

the GTX960 G1 Gaming 4GB

[JDS]

960. You'll have an upgrade path in the future.

[random_australian]

As in upgrading to sli 960? How does 960 sli compare to the Mars?

[dragoon20005]

As in upgrading to sli 960? How does 960 sli compare to the Mars?

if you pick the 960 4GB version

 

your only limit is games not supporting SLi

 

otherwise

 

the deal breaker of the MARS is the 2GB VRAM for each GPUs

 

2GB is not enough for games like SoM and Skyrim modded

[random_australian]

Is the 128 bit memory bus enough to take advantage of the 4GB?

[dragoon20005]

Is the 128 bit memory bus enough to take advantage of the 4GB?

i dont really know how nvidia memory allocation works

 

but it should be able to access at least up to 3.5GB of the VRAM before the GPU run out of juice