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Hey guys, (this isn't austin...)

I'm deciding between a 4GB GTX 960, and the R9 280x (3GB) and I don't know if the bus speed would affect in game FPS. 

I would be running games on a 1600p monitor (16:10 equivalent of a 1440p) with an i5-4670 and 8GB ram. 

Thanks in advance!

 

The R9 280X is a bit faster (though I don't think it's just because of the memory bus), and the larger amount of VRAM might help in a couple of games at that resolution. Either card is kind of on the edge for playing new games at 2560x1600 and 60 FPS though, so there might be some visual sacrifices to be made. If you can step up to an R9 290 (preferably a third-party cooled 290), it would be worth it in my opinion.

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Hey guys, (this isn't austin...)

I'm deciding between a 4GB GTX 960, and the R9 280x (3GB) and I don't know if the bus speed would affect in game FPS. 

I would be running games on a 1600p monitor (16:10 equivalent of a 1440p) with an i5-4670 and 8GB ram. 

Thanks in advance!

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r9 280x, much more power gpu over the 960

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From what I've seen recently, the 2GB card benchmarks about the same, sometimes better. 

http://videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=3114&cmp[]=51

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At 1600p, 280x has the advantage. 

 

But if you can afford, buy R9 290. It may cost $50 more, I think it's worth it.

 

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Double-947MHz-Graphics-R9290AEDFD/dp/B00HHIPM5Q/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1428519804&sr=1-6&keywords=R9+290

 

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-128bit-Graphics-04G-P4-3966-KR/dp/B00UOYQ5LA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428519802&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx+960+4GB

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From what I've seen recently, the 2GB card benchmarks about the same, sometimes better. 

http://videocardbenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=3114&cmp[]=51

 

Those are synthetics, not gaming benchmarks. The R9 280X is about 5% better. Whichever you choose though, will run very well with your build. 

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Hey guys, (this isn't austin...)

I'm deciding between a 4GB GTX 960, and the R9 280x (3GB) and I don't know if the bus speed would affect in game FPS. 

I would be running games on a 1600p monitor (16:10 equivalent of a 1440p) with an i5-4670 and 8GB ram. 

Thanks in advance!

 

The R9 280X is a bit faster (though I don't think it's just because of the memory bus), and the larger amount of VRAM might help in a couple of games at that resolution. Either card is kind of on the edge for playing new games at 2560x1600 and 60 FPS though, so there might be some visual sacrifices to be made. If you can step up to an R9 290 (preferably a third-party cooled 290), it would be worth it in my opinion.

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Thanks guys!

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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