GTX 960 MSI GAMING 4G

[Mchedlo]

so I was surfing through Amazon (as always) and found GTX 960 4GB for 200$. im planning on buying this card like two month but I have 150$ at this moment so im saving up more (1$=2.4x my currency). this one as you can see from picture, is REFUBRISHED. my question is, can i trust refurbished product? whats the pros or cons? i wanted to buy 960 with 2GB, but this refurbished costs same as 2GB and why shouldn't i buy with 4GB of Vram instead? ) P.S bonus question: does any1 know how can i see details of item when im in "USED" category? cuz i only can ADD TO CARD and nothing else, cant see item or pics of it.

 

[ShadowCaptain]

so I was surfing through Amazon

 

 

Refurbished should work and look exactly the same as a new product, however as it says, you only get 180 days of warranty not a full year (or more sometimes)

 

 

Where are you from?

[Aytex]

get a 380

[don_svetlio]

A new R9 380 4G would be cheaper and last longer

[Mchedlo]

Refurbished should work and look exactly the same as a new product, however as it says, you only get 180 days of warranty not a full year (or more sometimes)

 

 

Where are you from?

well about warranty i don't care cuz i don't live in US soo ) so it wont have any problems?

[Mchedlo]

A new R9 380 4G would be cheaper and last longer

how much does it cost?

[ShadowCaptain]

well about warranty i don't care cuz i don't live in US soo ) so it wont have any problems?

 

Refurbished means restored - so it should be restored to how it comes out of the box, but obviously has been used so is not guaranteed as long

 

Where are you from? you should buy from your local country where possible, bear in mind you might pay import tax/vat/duties etc and increased shipping costs

[Mchedlo]

Refurbished means restored - so it should be restored to how it comes out of the box, but obviously has been used so is not guaranteed as long

 

Where are you from? you should buy from your local country where possible, bear in mind you might pay import tax/vat/duties etc and increased shipping costs

im from Georgia (not in uS ). no its always cheaper from Amazon believe me. this exact card (2GB version) costs 800GEL which is 330$ soo shipping costs like 10$ maximum (though it costs 40$ minimum to send from here)

[don_svetlio]

how much does it cost?

usually around 170-180$ - check with PCpartpicker to get the cheapest posible price

[Mchedlo]

usually around 170-180$ - check with PCpartpicker to get the cheapest posible price

i can only from amazon, and i checked price and its same 200$ (used) for 4G version. so i will go with Nvidia then, i like Nvidia features better

[don_svetlio]

i can only from amazon, and i checked price and its same 200$ (used) for 4G version. so i will go with Nvidia then, i like Nvidia features better

The 380 is 15% faster on average and properly supports DX12 giving it a bonus anwhere from 5-30% demending on game. Any Nvidia feature has an AMD equivalent not to mention the 128-bit bus is a massive bottleneck for the 960.

[Mchedlo]

The 380 is 15% faster on average and properly supports DX12 giving it a bonus anwhere from 5-30% demending on game. Any Nvidia feature has an AMD equivalent not to mention the 128-bit bus is a massive bottleneck for the 960.

can i ask you what you mean by properly supporting DX12?  i meant like Geforce Experience and new feature which they offered with 950, (they said it will be on 960 too) which allows you to stream games and ur friend for example can play it from distance (PS vita stuff)

[Mchedlo]

oh i found EVGA 960GTX 4GB for 178$, condition Used-Very Good.. hmm and has 88% positive reviews

[don_svetlio]

can i ask you what you mean by properly supporting DX12?  i meant like Geforce Experience and new feature which they offered with 950, (they said it will be on 960 too) which allows you to stream games and ur friend for example can play it from distance (PS vita stuff)

 

oh i found EVGA 960GTX 4GB for 178$, condition Used-Very Good.. hmm and has 88% positive reviews

Nvidia chips except GM200 don't support A-sync compute - the feature in DX12 that gives AMD roughly 30% more frames during games. As for those features - they're probably going to take some more time and unless you have a shield device you don't really need an Nvidia GPU.