R9 280 vs 960

[Goldensapling]

I'm looking to ugprade from my R9 270 because it's not cutting it these days, especially for GTA V. What I want to know is, what would be more of a powerful card for the next 6 months? I've been looking at these two :

 

R9 280 : http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00J41A5GK/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2PWQAYQPRQJYW&coliid=I3LU0RVVVXQKYZ

GTX 960 : http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00SAYDRLC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2PWQAYQPRQJYW&coliid=I3DLNEJSA1XT4J

[Adreyu]

Id wait to see what the 300 series has in store but the r9 280 is more powerful than the gtx 960 although particularly in grand theft auto nvidia cards have shown much better performance.

[kuzimins]

960

[Chippas64]

The 280 seems to outperform the 960 in almost every case, and has 3GB of VRAM giving you that extra 1GB buffer compared to the 960. However i'd save up a bit more and go for a 970 or wait for the new cards from AMD and see how they compare

[Faceman]

R9 280X can be had for $190 which is basically the price of an 960, and it handily outperforms it while having 3GB of VRAM which will be helpful looking towards the future.

[Sorfex0]

960 and 280 have about same performance so pick the cheaper one. But i would suggest saving a little bit of money and taking 280x beats them both.

[CoolaxGaming]

280

Id wait to see what the 300 series has in store but the r9 280 is more powerful than the gtx 960 although particularly in grand theft auto nvidia cards have shown much better performance.

The 280 seems to outperform the 960 in almost every case, and has 3GB of VRAM giving you that extra 1GB buffer compared to the 960. However i'd save up a bit more and go for a 970 or wait for the new cards from AMD and see how they compare

Lisa su has confirmed that the 3xx will be around the second half of the years. Earliest is July...

960

How

[Lawliet93]

Get the 280, the one from gigabyte is the best one of them (I own one myself, never had any problems with it (I now being really honest with you, there were absolutely no problems regarding drivers and the card itself)).

[Cohacq]

Id wait to see what the 300 series has in store but the r9 280 is more powerful than the gtx 960 although particularly in grand theft auto nvidia cards have shown much better performance.

I can play GTA5 on high settings with my 7950 at good framerates. I havent measured it but I don't notice any drops. Isnt the 7950 equal to a 280?

[steffen_anywhere]

I can play GTA5 on high settings with my 7950 at good framerates. I havent measured it but I don't notice any drops. Isnt the 7950 equal to a 280?

The 7970 is equal to the R9 280. GHz edition is the 280x i believe...

[xAcid9]

I'm looking to ugprade from my R9 270 because it's not cutting it these days, especially for GTA V. What I want to know is, what would be more of a powerful card for the next 6 months? I've been looking at these two :

 

R9 280 : http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00J41A5GK/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2PWQAYQPRQJYW&coliid=I3LU0RVVVXQKYZ

GTX 960 : http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00SAYDRLC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2PWQAYQPRQJYW&coliid=I3DLNEJSA1XT4J

 

None. Wait for a new card in May/June or grab a 290. 

[xAcid9]

The 7970 is equal to the R9 280. GHz edition is the 280x i believe...

 

280 is 7950 Boost with slight clock bump.

7970 is 7970.

 

Yeah the 280x is 7970 Ghz ed.