GTX 960 - Manufacturer Difference

[John Rem]

Hello community!

I found local deals for a GTX 960 4GB card.

One is from PALIT

www.palit.biz/palit/vgapro.php?id=2464

And the other one is from MSI

www.msi.com/product/vga/GTX-960-GAMING-4G.html#hero-overview

The thing is they have a difference of around 30 US Dollars(when i convert from my currency), with PALIT being the cheaper one.

The question is, what do i get for the extra 30 bucks should i go for MSI? They both have the GPU and same amount of VRAM, both have non-reference cooling... The MSI looks arguably better with a backplate and an LED lighting thingy. But im gonna put it on a closed case with no window so looks are not that relevant to me.

Which would you choose?

And also i dont have experience with PALIT never heard of them until recently... anyone tried Palit already? Is it a good brand?

[ZetZet]

Palit is good enough, definitely go for that.

[ImBleu]

MSI charges more than palit because they're a more known brand. Each card has the same GPU inside it, the differences are all in the cooler.

[DeViLzzz]

With everything you have said I would save the $30.  I also never buy MSI after they got ***** slapped by Nvidia for doing something they should not have done.

[beach_boy98]

With everything you have said I would save the $30.  I also never buy MSI after they got ***** slapped by Nvidia for doing something they should not have done.

What did they do?

[DeViLzzz]

What did they do?

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/MSI-GTX-660-670-overvolting-PowerEdition,18013.html

[beach_boy98]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/MSI-GTX-660-670-overvolting-PowerEdition,18013.html

Well thats naughty of them.

[Sam Z Man]

Get a 280X

[UnknownEngineer]

From what I have heard the GTX 960 isn't really good for price to performance, either go AMD R9 270(x) or 280(x). Or go 970.

EDIT:

The 280 would be better than the 960, but the 270 will fall behind a little from what I found.

 

I would only go for the 280, though the 270 should be cheaper, by lots.

[xAcid9]

@OP

Go for Palit since it's cheaper, a friend of mine using 970 Jetstream and the cooler is pretty good.

 

From what I have heard the GTX 960 isn't really good for price to performance, either go AMD R9 270(x) or 280(x). Or go 970.

EDIT:

The 280 would be better than the 960, but the 270 will fall behind a little from what I found.

 

I would only go for the 280, though the 270 should be cheaper, by lots.

 

270/270x is much slower, 280/285 is slightly slower at stock clock. 280x is slightly faster.

[John Rem]

Get a 280X

  

From what I have heard the GTX 960 isn't really good for price to performance, either go AMD R9 270(x) or 280(x). Or go 970.

EDIT:

The 280 would be better than the 960, but the 270 will fall behind a little from what I found.

 

I would only go for the 280, though the 270 should be cheaper, by lots.

I would love to but sadly the 280 and 280x is still pretty expensive here with the local retailers, its still almost at the same price when it launched. Even if i get it from Amazon or newegg for example, still the international shipping would punch a hole in my pocket. Sucks to be at this side of the world.

Also i considered power consumption. I live in a place or country to be blunt, where electricity is relatively more expensive. I dont really have exact figures at hand though, you have to take my word for this.