Difference Between A 4GB GTX 960 And A 4GB 970?

[Made In Canada]

I am trying to get best bang for my buck on a GPU for 350$ or cheaper if its better.  I am wondering, how much os a difference is there between the 4gb GTX 960 and the 4GB GTX 970?

[79wjd]

The 970 is much faster 

[blueballs]

a shit load go with the gtx 970

[cheeze_tartz]

a huge difference. The 960 can't even use all of it's 4 gigs of vram

[Aniallation]

I am trying to get best bang for my buck on a GPU for 350$ or cheaper if its better.  I am wondering, how much os a difference is there between the 4gb GTX 960 and the 4GB GTX 970?

A very big difference. 4GB 960 isn't worth the money unless using them in SLI

 

 

The 960 can't even use all of it's 4 gigs of vram

It can. Why would they put 4GB if you can't use it all

[Sam Z Man]

The 960 can't even use all of it's 4 gigs of vram

 

The 970 has the same problem.

[ved]

A 970 can fucking max everything out at 1080p, the 960 is for scrubs who think PS4s are more powerful than PCs.

[DimasRMDO]

Big difference, the GTX 970 is way faster than the 960.

[Made In Canada]

 

A 970 can fucking max everything out at 1080p, the 960 is for scrubs who think PS4s are more powerful than PCs.

 

im hoping for 1440p personally

[cheeze_tartz]

A very big difference. 4GB 960 isn't worth the money unless using them in SLI

 

 

It can. Why would they put 4GB if you can't use it all

why would they put 8 gigs on the R9 390

[ved]

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im hoping for 1440p personally

R9 390>GTX 970>GTX 960 Go with the R9 390 due to the fact it uses the 15.15 drivers, has much better tesselation then the 2xx series(though the 15.15 drivers will probably be available for the 2xx series soon). It slightly out performs the 290x, and trades blows with the 970. In addition, it comes with 8 gigabytes of vram. It performs the best, however, at high resolutions(1440p and 4k). That's not to say it isn't capable of maxing games at 1080p either. So you get the performance of a 970/290x and twice the vram for the same price. I'd go for the 390.

[cheeze_tartz]

im hoping for 1440p personally

1440p + GTX 960 = NOPE

[Aniallation]

why would they put 8 gigs on the R9 390

390 CrossFire without VRAM limitations ftw

[Aniallation]

The 970 has the same problem.

Huh? I think he means that you'll never actually use up all 4GB on the 960 because you'll run out of GPU power with one card before you run out of VRAM.

 

Neither variant of the 960 suffers from the 970 "vramgate" issue

[Made In Canada]

Thank You Everyone For The Help.  I Am Diffidently Getting The 970.

[cheeze_tartz]

390 CrossFire without VRAM limitations ftw

but u wont be able to use all of its vram without games lagging

[cheeze_tartz]

Huh? I think he means that you'll never actually use up all 4GB on the 960 because you'll run out of GPU power with one card before you run out of VRAM.

 

Neither variant of the 960 suffers from the 970 "vramgate" issue

nah i think he means the 3.5 gig issue

[Aniallation]

nah i think he means the 3.5 gig issue

Yeah, the vramgate issue. The 960 doesn't have that problem.

 

 

but u wont be able to use all of its vram without games lagging

What?

[Aniallation]

4GB 960 is like buying a 2l water bottle with 1l of actual water in it

That doesn't really make sense but ok

[TheKDub]

I am trying to get best bang for my buck on a GPU for 350$ or cheaper if its better.  I am wondering, how much os a difference is there between the 4gb GTX 960 and the 4GB GTX 970?

 

The 970 is a shitload better.

[SkilledRebuilds]

but u wont be able to use all of its vram without games lagging

Not true, I play at 1440p and I'm fine...like many others I've talked to who do the same.

When using 8xMSAA @ 1440p its a given, but we can agree thats a stupid move to make anyway.

 

Some games ARE worse than others though, but nowhere near unplayable or stuttery mess's people think its gunna be like.

The 970 is a sweet 1440p card. Only NOT when its an unoptimized piece of shit... like Batman 

[cheeze_tartz]

 

What?

with the R9 390, you can't use all of its 8 gigs of vram in games without it lagging. Same with the GTX 960

[cheeze_tartz]

Not true, I play at 1440p and I'm fine...like many others I've talked to who do the same.

When using 8xMSAA @ 1440p its a given, but we can agree thats a stupid move to make anyway.

 

Some games ARE worse than others though, but nowhere near unplayable or stuttery mess's people think its gunna be like.

The 970 is a sweet 1440p card. Only NOT when its an unoptimized piece of shit... like Batman 

so you can use ALL 8 gigs and have acceptable framerates?

[Sam Z Man]

Huh? I think he means that you'll never actually use up all 4GB on the 960 because you'll run out of GPU power with one card before you run out of VRAM.

 

Neither variant of the 960 suffers from the 970 "vramgate" issue

Why cant you take a joke Aniallation

[SkilledRebuilds]

so you can use ALL 8 gigs and have acceptable framerates?

I'm talking about the GTX 970 bud, 3.6GB+