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Is the 960 4GB Version Worth It?

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I heard tgat there was a 4gb version available to the 960. Is this true and is it worth it?

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Surely more VRAM is useful and worth it

Buy a 4GB version if you get one

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No not really, especially if you can get a 4GB r9 290 or a 3GB r9 280x at the same price bracket.

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No not really, especially if you can get a 4GB r9 290 or a 3GB r9 280x at the same price bracket.

 

What this guy said, I had a thread before buying my current card and everyone went up in arms, but the thought I got out of it was that the 960 won't make much of a benefit from the extra VRAM.  Plus in the same price bracket those cards are better.  You might even want to look at a 4GB r9 380

 

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No not really, especially if you can get a 4GB r9 290 or a 3GB r9 280x at the same price bracket.

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No, because that card is aimed at 1080p gaming, and 1080p doesn't need more than 2gb of vram. :P

 

what? who said this? any evidence?

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What this guy said, I had a thread before buying my current card and everyone went up in arms, but the thought I got out of it was that the 960 won't make much of a benefit from the extra VRAM.  Plus in the same price bracket those cards are better.  You might even want to look at a 4GB r9 380

 

EDIT ~ http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/413691-gtx-960-vs-r9-380/ my thread

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No, it's not worth, the card its self isn't powerful enough to accommodate the full 4 gigs bytes of its VRAM

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No, because that card is aimed at 1080p gaming, and 1080p doesn't need more than 2gb of vram. :P

Um, yes it does. GTA 5 takes 2.8GB out of my 780ti.

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Which is better. The r9 290 or the r9 380?

R9 290.

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No, just no

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There is a 4gb version, but it doesn't make any sense. First of all, a 960 is nowhere near powerful enough to make use of 4gb. Secondly, the 4gb version is almost as expensive as an r9 290, which destroys it so hard it's not even funny.

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No the 4GB variant isn't worth it because the memory bus is too small. Reviews show that 2gb and 4gb (on the 960) performance difference is minimal due to the bus being too slow.

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Um, yes it does. GTA 5 takes 2.8GB out of my 780ti.

 

Games will use more vram if more is available for caching. Same thing as windows using 5gb of ram at idle when you have 16 and still running fine on 2gb systems. Doesn't mean more is necessary. Also, a 960 won't play gta v at the same settings as a 780ti.

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Which is better. The r9 290 or the r9 380?

R9 290.

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No, because that card is aimed at 1080p gaming, and 1080p doesn't need more than 2gb of vram. :P

Buuuuullshit

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The 960 in general isn't worth it. You'd be better off getting a 280x for the same price. You can even find a 290 if you look around. 

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Games will use more vram if more is available for caching. Same thing as windows using 5gb of ram at idle when you have 16 and still running fine on 2gb systems. Doesn't mean more is necessary. Also, a 960 won't play gta v at the same settings as a 780ti.

It could max itout in 1080 p

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It could max itout in 1080 p

With 40 fps and 4gb ram yeah

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Which is better. The r9 290 or the r9 380?

290

 

the 380 is better than the 960

 

the 280x is a bit older but is better than the 960 also

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No, because that card is aimed at 1080p gaming, and 1080p doesn't need more than 2gb of vram. :P

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