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Fortunately, I have never had any problems with customer support or really had to deal with them. Although, I really like Asus products and whenever I build a new PC, I use one of their boards, and half the time one of their Graphics Cards, as well as their monitors and phones. It'll be horrific when something does go wrong, and I have to deal with them.

Since it sounds like your on a bit of a budget, I think your best option is the Asus VG248QE. It had terrible contrast, but it will give you 144hz, although, I doubt your GTX will be able to push over 60FPS. If your used to a high quality picture, go with an IPS panel, but you won't get high refresh rates.

I'm not.... I decided I want a little more performance headroom for future proofing.

Congratulations. You have convinced me...... I will buy a 380 after all. You had some very good points and argued well....... :mellow:

becuase, I want atleast a little room for expansion in terms of the graphics intensity of games I play. And I said just a little, that doesn't mean 380, that means 960

I said why. I don't need anymore performance than a 960 will supply. Therefor, I don't care if the 380 has better performance, because I don't need it and will never use it.

Damnit you people are idiots. I DO NOT NEED THE PERFORMANCE OF A 980 OR R9 NANO OR AN R9 FURY, HOW CLEAR MUST I PUT THIS! MY BUDGET IS BIG, BUT NOT BIG ENOUGH THAT I CAN SPEND AN EXTRA $200-$300 IN GRAPHICS AND STILL DO ALL THE OTHER UPGRADES I WISH TO DO.

Now I know your just trolling I literally said about 3 times that I DO NOT care about performance, for the reasons I have already said. Raw performance and price to performance is the only thing that makes the 380 better than the GTX 960. And yet, your still arguing about how it is a better bang for your buck and how it is more powerful when I have said that for my situation, those things do not matter very much to me. I am only gaming at 1080p, 60hz, and play things such as War Thunder, TF2, CitySkylines, Portal, and those kinds of things. Whether or not I buy the AMD or Nvidia, I will see no difference in performance because I will not be maxing either card out. That leaves other, smaller things to be considered, such as heat(and yet again, a cooler card lasts longer than a hot card if it has same grade parts) and power consumption. And, considering my budget and needs, a 960 SLI has well over enough performance and some of the best thermals and power efficiency for my price range, which is $450. I have a large budget for the current upgrades I am giving my PC, and buying the card with better thermals and power efficiency is no more of a dent in my budget to me than if I were to buy the cheaper card with better price to performance. And the reason I am not buying an expensive card with better performance and buying a 144hz, 2K monitor like the ROG swift since my budget is fairly large is because I just don't play games that are that demanding, and it would be pointless. There are now no gaps in my argument now, and if you have anything to contradict what I have just said, it is spam, considering how thoroughly I have now explained my situation. I am not doing this because I am incompetent. I am not doing this because I am an Nvidia fanboy. I am not doing this because I am an AMD hater. I am choosing the 960 SLi over the 380 or 290X or whatever other cards you suggested because it fits my situation, budget, and needs the best, and I am sure many people's situation, needs, and budget are much different from mine but that's ok, its just for me, the 960 SLI is the best option while it may not for other people. Also, for your graphs, heat will start to change with SLI since space will become tight and especially if the other components are rather hot, as in my case. Heat output and actually card temps are completely different. The card could have a massive heat output but still remain cool, or the other way around.

JESUS JESUS JESUS JESUS. I understand that the AMD card has better performance. But the Nvidia card still stays cooler and takes less power, significantly less power. I am willing to have the inconvenience of 5-7 less FPS but not the inconvenience of having a hot, inefficient system while my current system runs extremely cool. I understand that many people are willing to take the inconvenience, but I am not, and I don't really play anything intensive like BF4 and Crysis 3. I usually don't max out my 750 TI! I am not very concerned about performance since because whether or not I buy a R9 280, R9 290, R9 290X, R9 380, R9 390, R9 390X, a 970, 960, 980 I AM STILL NEVER GOING TO MAX IT OUT. The variable of performance is null in my situation as long as I don't go lower than a 960 or 280. Therefor, that leaves other things such as heat output and power efficiency, and when in you take performance out of the equation, that just leaves Nvidia with better cooling and power efficiency. Don't you get it? People buying mid-tier Nvidia GPU's are choosing them over Nvidia because they don't NEED any more performance, and as I said, that makes the Nvidia card superior to THEM AND IN THIS SITUATION. Not everyone's games they play is juts a pit-less holes of performance. There's are reason why Nvidia stay's in business, and I just explained it to you

But what you have been avoiding is that there still is a premium, and me as well as many other people are willing to pay that...

Team Green or Red? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

If you have power and heat-dissipation requirements and an extra $60, then AMD is the best option. I still think if your willing to upgrade in the future, going for an entry level card like the 750 TI is a solid option.

AS I HAVE SAID MULTIPLE TIMES NOW, I WILL GET THE TWO GTX 960'S OVER THE SUGGESTED AMD CARDS BECAUSE THEY PRODUCE A FRACTION OF THE HEAT(WHICH DOES INCREASE LONGEVITY OF THE PARTS ON THE CARD) AND ITS ALSO TAKES A FRACTION OF THE POWER, AND THE PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCE ISN'T AS HUGE AS YOU MAKE IT OUT TO BE. I DO NOT HAVE A TIGHT BUDGET AND THE PREMIUM IS WORTH IT TO ME. AND ONCE AGAIN THE NVIDIA MICRO-ARCHITECTURE IS MUCH, MUCH NEWER. I DO NOT WISH TO HAVE TO BUY A NEW PSU, CASE, AND FANS JUST TO ACCOMMODATE A GPU, IT IS NOT WORTH IT TO ME. THIS IS THE LAST TIME I WILL REPEAT MYSELF!

The thing is that your just NOT going to have any issues with the GTX 750 TI, you just won't. If you don't have a powerful PSU, AMD cards will start to do some unwanted things. If you go for AMD just make sure you have necessary case cooling and a powerful PSU and you'll be good.

I have no idea where you got the idea that I'm going Nvidia because of its brand name,and I have seen that same exact thing said many other times before where it also came out of nowhere. Where I live(U.S.) the R9 280 costs EXACTLY the same as a 960 and I have a $460 Budget for graphics, and two 960's in SLI will give me more performance than a 390. If my budget was around $330, the R9 390 would be a much better option than a 960, but, my budget is $460, not $330. I am not using 280 because its getting old, one of the hottest cards on the market, and isn't very power-efficient. Its the same deal with AMD processors versus Intel ones. AMD still gives you just as much raw-performance as Intel, but Intel's premium includes a lower heat output and more efficient, and with that comes longevity. And heat output does become a concern when you have 2 or more cards as well as power consumption, and the 960 handles both things exceedingly well.