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GTX 960 vs R9 280

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What are the prices for both?

 

In my opinion, I would go for a 280 as you can overclock it to 280x level.

 

I would only go for the 960 if I needed the low wattage requirements or efficiency,

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What are the prices? If the 280 is more than 30$ cheaper it's the better choice. Otherwise get the 960.

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What are the prices for both?

 

In my opinion, I would go for a 280 as you can overclock it to 280x level.

 

I would only go for the 960 if I needed the low wattage requirements or efficiency,

zotac one is 214euros and 280 is 207 for the cheapest

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u people are crazy the 

R9 280 

hands down clear winner

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960 then.

 

Better temperatures.

 

Make sure you take advantage of the OC ability though.

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u people are crazy the 

R9 280 

hands down clear winner

"different use case scenarios"

"discounts on one and not the other"

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280, similar performance, 50% more vram (helps in unoptimized/vram intensive games like SoM). The choice is clear.

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This guy, amirite?

Yeah man.. I know right..

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R9 280 is the stronger card of the two (trades blows with high end overclocked cards like the GTX 960 G1). The R9 280 will age better as well due to it having an extra 1GB of VRAM.

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I'd go for the 280, with a good OC it'l do great, and as Opcode said, it has the extra gig of ram, which will be very nice. 

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I had the same dilema as the Op and went with the 960 due to budget and availability (the 960 was cheaper than the few available 280s). Now its settled in and overclocked I am pretty happy.

 

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At stock the 960 is about the same of faster. The 960 has nvidia features, will most probably run cooler and also not consume that much power. The 280 however has another 1gb of vram. Its a difficult choice. I for one would go for the 280 and overclock it. Once overclocked it actually overtakes the 280x in performance.
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zotac one is 214euros and 280 is 207 for the cheapest

 

For 7 bucks more get the 960. It's a bit faster and will draw less power as well as output less heat. Not game changing differences but nice to have when the price is so close.

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kk then

I do not agree.

 

I'd go for the 280 in any case, even if they'd be the same price. The extra GB of ram on the 280 is worth going for!

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