GTX 760 Upgrade to what 900 series?

[TiniestCosine65]

I currently have the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 (2GB version) in my gaming pc. I really want to upgrade my card to a new 900 series card. Originally I was going to save up for the Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming, but for that same price I could buy a Gigabyte GTX 960 G1 Gaming (4GB version), buy a new case, and get a liquid cooler for my cpu. Would the 960 be a noticeable upgrade from my 760, or would it even be worth it. I'm on a tight budget so the cheaper the better.

[The_Stig]

You should upgrade to a 390

[ThatOneRussian]

Upgrade to  a 380 a 390 is too expensive

[//FTP]

Save up for the 980, you will see a big noticeable performance upgrade. Honestly, I don't think the 760 to the 960 will be noticeable, but I am not a graphics card person.

[buddy_boyo]

are you going to look at your case all day?

sure its nice but in the end you are using it for gaming and i bet you are gonna sit there, and just wishing you had those massive power advantage of 980 G1 Gaming instead of "pretty case"

Get aesthetics when you can spend more, until then just make sure your gaming experience is nice

760 > 980 G1 gaming is a HUGE leap in performance, make sure you have quality power supply though and make sure your current case fits it and so on

whats your CPU?

[TheKDub]

I currently have the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 (2GB version) in my gaming pc. I really want to upgrade my card to a new 900 series card. Originally I was going to save up for the Gigabyte GTX 980 G1 Gaming, but for that same price I could buy a Gigabyte GTX 960 G1 Gaming (4GB version), buy a new case, and get a liquid cooler for my cpu. Would the 960 be a noticeable upgrade from my 760, or would it even be worth it. I'm on a tight budget so the cheaper the better.

Perhaps consider a 970?

[spartaman64]

the r9 390 is a good card and if you really need an nvidia card a 970 is a good bang for the buck card though in my opinion the r9 390 is slightly better because it beats the 970 in most games and has 8GB of ram

 

the 960 actually doesnt give too much of an improvement

[Mikjul]

390.. 980 makes zero sense at 1080 and if the 970 is cheaper then go for that.

[Muz]

390 > 970 > 380 > 960

 

It may run hotter, but you know it's cheaper

 

Between the 970 and 390, go for the cheaper one in your area.

[buddy_boyo]

980 G1 Gaming is much more powerful than 390 though, and you will get a huge performance boost with that , as you say you have option to buy it

dont get 960, its not worth it from your 760

[Mikjul]

980 G1 Gaming is much more powerful than 390 though, and you will get a huge performance boost with that , as you say you have option to buy it

dont get 960, its not worth it from your 760

980Ti at HD res??? Not sute if serious.

[buddy_boyo]

980Ti at HD res??? Not sute if serious.

 

and? imagine how long its gonna last for him

and he didnt even mention what resolution hes going to play at 

[Mikjul]

and? imagine how long its gonna last for him

and he didnt even mention what resolution hes going to play at

No one with a 760 is above 1080 res for gaming. And i am going to write you off as a troll due to your reply in a different topic aimed at a 980Ti at 1440p 144hz.. "Human eye cannot see more than 60FPS"

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[buddy_boyo]

No one with a 760 is above 1080 res for gaming. And i am going to write you off as a troll due to your reply in a different topic aimed at a 980Ti at 1440p 144hz.. "Human eye cannot see more than 60FPS"

...........

 

didnt know we started assuming now what OP is playing with but whatever

[Mikjul]

Anyway R9 390 or the GTX 970 for 1080P.

Get whichever is cheaper.

[Guest]

960 is not enough of an improvement from a 760 imo. Go with 970 if you don't want to pay for a 980

[Weak1ings]

Consider waiting.  I think that the GTX 760 is still powerful enough to play everything at alright settings and good FPS.  And whatever comes next will be worth more per $$ than what is current although....    it will take some time. 

[AfricanWarlord]

980 G1 Gaming is much more powerful than 390 though, and you will get a huge performance boost with that , as you say you have option to buy it

dont get 960, its not worth it from your 760

It's not that much more powerful.

[TiniestCosine65]

I really like my 760, it is a beast of an older card. The only game it has been struggling on recently is GTA V. I have my graphics turned down pretty far, and after about 30 minutes of playing its starts lagging like crazy untill I reboot the game. Im guessing this is due to me running out of vram? Here is my current setup for anyone wondering...

CPU- Intel Core i5-4670K, 3.4GHZ, I want to get a liquid cooler soon to get to overclock it.

GPU- Geforce GTX 760

RAM- 8 GB

Mobo- MSI Z87-G45

PSU- EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B

And I am only playing on 1080p at 60Hz, need to also upgrade my monitor in the future.

[don_svetlio]

I really like my 760, it is a beast of an older card. The only game it has been struggling on recently is GTA V. I have my graphics turned down pretty far, and after about 30 minutes of playing its starts lagging like crazy untill I reboot the game. Im guessing this is due to me running out of vram? Here is my current setup for anyone wondering...

CPU- Intel Core i5-4670K, 3.4GHZ, I want to get a liquid cooler soon to get to overclock it.

GPU- Geforce GTX 760

RAM- 8 GB

Mobo- MSI Z87-G45

PSU- EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B

And I am only playing on 1080p at 60Hz, need to also upgrade my monitor in the future.

VRAM is probably the reason - when I run out in TitanFall the game just closes itself. I'd say 4G R9 380 is a good option if you're fine with a 20-25% performance increase but if you want all the Jigawatts and farts per second then the R9 390 is optimal.

[Guest]

I really like my 760, it is a beast of an older card. The only game it has been struggling on recently is GTA V. I have my graphics turned down pretty far, and after about 30 minutes of playing its starts lagging like crazy untill I reboot the game. Im guessing this is due to me running out of vram? Here is my current setup for anyone wondering...

CPU- Intel Core i5-4670K, 3.4GHZ, I want to get a liquid cooler soon to get to overclock it.

GPU- Geforce GTX 760

RAM- 8 GB

Mobo- MSI Z87-G45

PSU- EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B

And I am only playing on 1080p at 60Hz, need to also upgrade my monitor in the future.

 

I'm still happy with my 760. I was really impressed with the optimization of MGSV as it looks great and I can hold a solid 1080p60 on it. Not too happy to hear that GTA 5 doesn't work too well (I was waiting for a good sale to buy it), but I don't mind lowering fps below 60 if I need to. Shadow of Mordor was surprisingly smooth at 45 fps and my settings were quite high.

 

I am looking at a GPU as my next upgrade for sure but I think I'll try and wait for pascal and I personally want to move to the next tier. So instead of "1060", I would buy the "1070". I doubt they'll stick to that naming convention but you get the idea. I did consider the 970 for a while, but the price has remained stubbornly high for it so if I'm going to pay $450 (canadian) I might as well spend it on the newest generation cards. I'm quite disappointed with the 960 actually, I have seen a few (poorly optimized games) that actually had higher benchmarks on the 760 than the 960 because they rely heavily on 760's memory bandwidth. I just don't feel that the 960 was ever as powerful as it should have been. The 760 rocked 1080p in it's own generation.  

[don_svetlio]

I'm still happy with my 760. I was really impressed with the optimization of MGSV as it looks great and I can hold a solid 1080p60 on it. Not too happy to hear that GTA 5 doesn't work too well (I was waiting for a good sale to buy it), but I don't mind lowering fps below 60 if I need to. Shadow of Mordor was surprisingly smooth at 45 fps and my settings were quite high.

 

I am looking at a GPU as my next upgrade for sure but I think I'll try and wait for pascal and I personally want to move to the next tier. So instead of "1060", I would buy the "1070". I doubt they'll stick to that naming convention but you get the idea. I did consider the 970 for a while, but the price has remained stubbornly high for it so if I'm going to pay $450 (canadian) I might as well spend it on the newest generation cards. I'm quite disappointed with the 960 actually, I have seen a few (poorly optimized games) that actually had higher benchmarks on the 760 than the 960 because they rely heavily on 760's memory bandwidth. I just don't feel that the 960 was ever as powerful as it should have been. The 760 rocked 1080p in it's own generation.  

960 should have been a 192-bit, 3GB card. If it were like that I'd probably have bought one

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

You could shoot for a 380 instead. 

[TiniestCosine65]

VRAM is probably the reason - when I run out in TitanFall the game just closes itself. I'd say 4G R9 380 is a good option if you're fine with a 20-25% performance increase but if you want all the Jigawatts and farts per second then the R9 390 is optimal.

 

I love that you said "all the Jigawatts and farts per second" That really made my day lol

[don_svetlio]

I love that you said "all the Jigawatts and farts per second" That really made my day lol

Hehe, welcome