R9 380.... buy it over a 960, seriously.

[Mikjul]

AMD do not have driver problems, i can't say much for Nvidia, not owned a NV card since the G92 core.

 

I also have no idea why people consider this GPU AT ALL.

 

 

Minds will be blown by the price/performance of the R9 380.

 

You are also dealing with a 2GB capable GPU vs one with 4GB it can fully use, yes 960 comes with 4GB editions, but good luck pushing enough frames to use it.

 

Apples to Apples Vram choice below.

 

Also higher end models with nice coolers.

 

R9 380 Nitro Sapphire 4G

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-363-SP

 

GTX 960 4G 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-171-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2379

 

 

 

 

TPU have never done a R9 300 series Review, so they are not included, but the R9 380 is basically like a 7970/280x.

 

 

 

[don_svetlio]

-snip-

It's actually better than the 280X - has 4 more pipelines for A-sync compute (4 vs 8) and handles Tessellation worlds better.

[NicekillBGtheSecond]

yes get the god damn amd

[Opeth747]

It's actually better than the 280X - has 4 more pipelines for A-sync compute (4 vs 8) and handles Tessellation worlds better.

280x pulls more frames. That's what matters.

[don_svetlio]

280x pulls more frames. That's what matters.

Not always - when you have lots of tessellation it falls behind - 380 also supports Free-Sync, True Audio, Audio over HDMI, Texture Compression on par with Maxwell's - GCN 1.2 vs GCN 1.0 - simply a newer card - Also 180W TDP vs 250W TDP

[Gofspar]

Is this the AMD fanboy club house?

 

Anyway you also need to remember it draws 2x the power and puts out 2x the heat. Also deez nuts.

[Mikjul]

Is this the AMD fanboy club house?

 

Anyway you also need to remember it draws 2x the power and puts out 2x the heat. Also the Nvidia card WILL have more overclocking potential.

At 1465mhz boost?

 

 

That pot must be strong.

[don_svetlio]

Is this the AMD fanboy club house?

 

Anyway you also need to remember it draws 2x the power and puts out 2x the heat. Also the Nvidia card WILL have more overclocking potential.

ACTUALLY! - it's TDP is only 70W higher and power draw is only 38W higher - FACT!

PROOF

[Opeth747]

Is this the AMD fanboy club house?

 

Anyway you also need to remember it draws 2x the power and puts out 2x the heat. Also the Nvidia card WILL have more overclocking potential.

Ignorance at it's finest.  :lol:

 

[Tim Drake]

Is this the AMD fanboy club house?

 

Anyway you also need to remember it draws 2x the power and puts out 2x the heat. Also the Nvidia card WILL have more overclocking potential.

Lol, overclocking potential doesn't mean a huge amount if you oc both cards, the 380 will still win.

 

Power + heat complaint is just stupid considering what does that even effect performance wise?

[don_svetlio]

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2637/geforce-gtx-960.html - 120W TDP
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/2734/radeon-r9-380.html - 190W TDP

[Gofspar]

At 1465mhz boost?

 

 

That pot must be strong.

Implying boost clock means anything?

 

Im not standing upto the 960 either, Im just saying the card has its uses.

[Mikjul]

Implying boost clock means anything?

 

Im not standing upto the 960 either, Im just saying the card has its uses.

You won't be given 1550mhz on every card as well it's pure luck, but the 960 stock is incredibly high clocked... it has very little headroom.

[don_svetlio]

Implying boost clock means anything?

 

Im not standing upto the 960 either, Im just saying the card has its uses.

look at my charts - please

[Opeth747]

ACTUALLY! - it's TDP is only 70W higher and power draw is only 38W higher - FACT!

PROOF

Good compensation for a more powerful card.

[don_svetlio]

You won't be given 1550mhz on every card as well it's pure luck, but the 960 stock is incredibly high clocked... it has very little headroom.

I know a guy on the forums who has a 280X @ 1500 MHz stable on air - he's currently working on water - wonder how that will end - currently it's better than a 780

[Tim Drake]

Implying boost clock means anything?

 

Im not standing upto the 960 either, Im just saying the card has its uses.

You claimed one had more overclocking potential which is raising the boost clock..

[don_svetlio]

I stuck up for NV Fermi in a different thread here... ask Don... i was having the conjecture/argument with him...

yup - not sure who won though - doesn't matter really - at least we had a sophisticated discussion

[Gofspar]

I know a guy on the forums who has a 280X @ 1500 MHz stable on air - he's currently working on water - wonder how that will end - currently it's better than a 780

If thats the case tell him to go do some hwbot.

 

http://hwbot.org/submission/2793832_matthewgt86_3dmark___fire_strike_radeon_r9_280x_10860_marks

[don_svetlio]

If thats the case tell him to go do some hwbot.

 

http://hwbot.org/submission/2793832_matthewgt86_3dmark___fire_strike_radeon_r9_280x_10860_marks

Tell him yourself - do I look like your secretary?

[Gofspar]

Tell him yourself - do I look like your secretary?

You are telling me to tell him, when I dont know his username.. nice one m8

[don_svetlio]

You are telling me to tell him, when I dont know his username.. nice one m8

Ask around? Do some digging? What makes you think I remember it?

[Gofspar]

Ask around? Do some digging? What makes you think I remember it?

The fact that I think you are blowing it out of your ass, not even a 280 on single stage will do that, lmao.

[don_svetlio]

The fact that I think you are blowing it out of your ass, not even a 280 on single stage will do that, lmao.

@007agentHP - I dug it up for you miss, I guess that was too much work

[007agentHP]

280x still crushes, especially mine 

but honestly amd > nvidia in this round. the 960 loses to the r9 380 quite a lot of the time and more vram, same with the r9 390