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[PcBuilderNoob111]

r9 280/285  or the gtx 960

 

i5 4460

8gb ram

Antec Eco 520W

 

[Gix7Fifty]

r9 280, come on give us something hard.

[ZetZet]

I would go with 960. Shadowplay is nice. Unless it's more expensive, then r9 280.

[Lolzious]

I have a 280x, I can confirm, it's pretty sweet.

[VettleBolt]

GTX 980 its newer and will last longer

or wait for the 980Ti

[Dimi3os]

I would say 280x, in Belgium you can find them at the price of a 960.

[Ostwind]

I would get the 960 personally, even if it was a bit more expensive.

[RazerZ]

If this was for a gaming PC and those two cards are your only option , I would go with the 960. 

[I need a better name]

GTX 980 its newer and will last longer

or wait for the 980Ti

980?

[Br3tt96]

Hmmm, the 960 will be able to utilize more dx12 features. The 280 will have some dx12 features, but not as much as an actual dx12 card. 960 is less watts and runs a lot cooler than a 280. Therefore my spidey senses say 960.

[RazerZ]

Hmmm, the 960 will be able to utilize more dx12 features. The 280 will have some dx12 features, but not as much as an actual dx12 card. 960 is less watts and runs a lot cooler than a 280.

Not to mention it performs better on most of the titles out there and is more feature rich.

[RazerZ]

980?

 

 

GTX 980 its newer and will last longer

or wait for the 980Ti

Why suggest a card in a completely different price range?

[Br3tt96]

Why suggest a card in a completely different price range?

A card with a huge difference!

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

r9 280/285  or the gtx 960

 

i5 4460

8gb ram

Antec Eco 520W

I love NVidia, but the 280 is better performance than the 960

edit: nevermind they're pretty similar so I'd go 960

I had 280 mixed up with 280x in my head.

[RazerZ]

I love NVidia, but the 280 is better performance than the 960

Benchmarks please.

[gojira]

I would prefer a 3gb R9 280 over a 2gb GTX 960.

[ZetZet]

I love NVidia, but the 280 is better performance than the 960

 

Benchmarks please.

They're basically the same over many games, but r9 280 has 3gb of vram.

[RazerZ]

I would prefer a 3gb R9 280 over a 2gb GTX 960.

Even though the 2GB 960 performs better than the 280 in the majority of games out there?

[Lawliet93]

Hmmm, the 960 will be able to utilize more dx12 features. The 280 will have some dx12 features, but not as much as an actual dx12 card. 960 is less watts and runs a lot cooler than a 280. Therefore my spidey senses say 960.

Well all GCN-architecture cards will be able to fully utilize dx12 ... cooler? It really depends on the card you have, my ggigabyte R9 280 newer goes above 70°C.

[Lawliet93]

Benchmarks please.

Well it is actually 50-50 and it depends on the game and the review site

 

http://pctuning.tyden.cz/hardware/graficke-karty/34733-co-za-sest-tisic-2-gigabyte-gtx-960-vs-msi-r9-280-gaming?start=10

 

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/68544-nvidia-gtx-960-performance-review-7.html

 

My r9 280 achieves over 36 fps in metro last light with SSAA. but the amd cards seem to have problems in games, that support physx (the GPU ussage of a amd card goes down to 50% when physx is activated).

[RazerZ]

Once the 960 is overclocked (and it's a great overclocker) the performance gap widens. Plus you won't have to worry about a certain game not having optimized driver support (MLL for ex). Having 3GB makes it sound like the 280 is a better card for gaming, real world gaming benchmarks show this isn't the case. This is coming from a 7950 owner.

[gojira]

Even though the 2GB 960 performs better than the 280 in the majority of games out there?

 

You mean the slight drop in FPS? The R9 280/280x, although outperformed, they are more affordable new and used with comparable performance. At their price point, they give the 960 a run for its money.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YjFD7M2elE R9 280x on GTA V

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFN0iQJ0ABM GTX 960 on GTA V

[xAcid9]

Once the 960 is overclocked (and it's a great overclocker) the performance gap widens. Plus you won't have to worry about a certain game not having optimized driver support (MLL for ex). Having 3GB makes it sound like the 280 is a better card for gaming, real world gaming benchmarks show this isn't the case. This is coming from a 7950 owner.

Doesn't matter since GPU boost already clock your 960 to 1.3ghz-1.4ghz anyway.

[Nena Trinity]

I think both the Radeons are better than the 960 unless you really like Nvidia go for one of them also you got a good PSU?. =)