GTX 960 2GB or 4GB (Small Price Difference)

[W E S T V I R G I N I A]

I am planning on buying a GTX 960 in a month or so when I have enough money and at the moment I am torn between a Gigabyte GTX 960 Windforce 2x 4GB model and a KFA2 (Galax, for all you Americans out there) GTX 960 EXOC Black.

 

The Gigabyte 4GB is £170 and the KFA2 card is £160.

 

Gigabyte: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5401#ov

KFA2: http://galax.net/KFA2/960exoc.html

 

Which do you guys think I should go for? All opinions wanted (except you, Mr. 'Oh the R9 380 is sooo much better, just get that'; I don't want it!!!)

[79wjd]

The 4gb version, but prices change a lot in a month 

[Atmos]

4gb makes no difference. Get a 380 instead, same price, and actually better performance across the board.

save a buck and get the 2gb variant.

[i_build_nanosuits]

4GB...

[Moondrelor]

I am planning on buying a GTX 960 in a month or so when I have enough money and at the moment I am torn between a Gigabyte GTX 960 Windforce 2x 4GB model and a KFA2 (Galax, for all you Americans out there) GTX 960 EXOC Black.

 

The Gigabyte 4GB is £170 and the KFA2 card is £160.

 

Gigabyte: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5401#ov

KFA2: http://galax.net/KFA2/960exoc.html

 

Which do you guys think I should go for? All opinions wanted (except you, Mr. 'Oh the R9 380 is sooo much better, just get that'; I don't want it!!!)

 

I would say the Gigabyte no questions asked. 

[79wjd]

Which do you guys think I should go for? All opinions wanted (except you, Mr. 'Oh the R9 380 is sooo much better, just get that'; I don't want it!!!)

 

 

4gb makes no difference. Get a 380 instead, same price, and actually better performance across the board.

save a buck and get the 2gb variant.

Also, for such a small difference he may as well go with the 4gb variant giving him extra VRAM should a game need it, plus it makes SLI more feasible. 

[ZetZet]

4gb is worth it.

 

 

 

4gb makes no difference. Get a 380 instead, same price, and actually better performance across the board.

save a buck and get the 2gb variant.

actually does.

[W E S T V I R G I N I A]

4gb makes no difference. Get a 380 instead, same price, and actually better performance across the board.

I know but I want the low power consumption and generally better drivers etc. that NVidia has.

[Tedster]

If you don't want a 380, the 4GB option makes sense if you're going to be SLI'ing down the road.

[i_build_nanosuits]

 Get a 380 instead, same price, and actually better performance across the board.

HE SAID HE DOES NOT WANT IT !!!

[Moondrelor]

4gb makes no difference. Get a 380 instead, same price, and actually better performance across the board.

save a buck and get the 2gb variant.

 

All opinions wanted (except you, Mr. 'Oh the R9 380 is sooo much better, just get that'; I don't want it!!!)

 

Lel x0x

[PlayStation 2]

Why don't you want a 380.

[don_svetlio]

I know but I want the low power consumption and generally better drivers etc. that NVidia has.

Power consumption is identical - drivers are fine.

[Moondrelor]

Why don't you want a 380.

 

AMD Pleb Just kidding 

[RazrLeaf]

For 10, I'd just get the 4GB. It's a cheap enough upgrade. Additionally, Gigabyte's card has a superior I/O configuration, and looks better (imo).  I would pay 10 just to have all the additional I/O options.

[W E S T V I R G I N I A]

Why don't you want a 380.

Bad power usage, bad driver support (comparatively) and I have some friends who have had bad experiences with Radeon cards (degradation etc)

[ZetZet]

I know but I want the low power consumption and generally better drivers etc. that NVidia has.

sadly both teams have had shit drivers this last while. amd was actually better, nvidia messed up w10 sli hard, don't know if they even fixed it yet.

[TomvanWijnen]

If you want to ge the 960, at these prices definitely get the 4GB version.

[don_svetlio]

Bad power usage, bad driver support (comparatively) and I have some friends who have had bad experiences with Radeon cards (degradation etc)

Power usage is almost the same - 960 uses 160-170W (Not TDP - that's different), 380 uses 190W. That's negligible as it will save you a grand total of 10$ after 3 years.

Drivers are fine - have been fine since 2012 - the 2009 horror stories are long over. It's an urban legend at this point

Degradation happens with all cards - Nvidia are not immune to it by no stretch of the imagination.

960 is heavily bottlenecked by the 128-bit memory bus making the 4GB more or less pointless @D2ultima has a guide about VRAM and will agree with me here.

R9 380 is 15% faster on average and has a proper 256-bit bus to utilize all 4GB of VRAM at full speed

 

[PlayStation 2]

Bad power usage, bad driver support (comparatively) and I have some friends who have had bad experiences with Radeon cards (degradation etc)

That's not really good to base AMD off of. Their drivers have really gotten better, the 380 uses 15watts more than the 960 MAXIMUM, and it's normally the same price for better performance.

[Guest Kloaked]

HE SAID HE DOES NOT WANT IT !!!

 

Doesn't matter, mate. Either you buy AMD video cards or you're a non-tech savvy Nvidiot.

 

 

I'm speaking sarcastically.

[W E S T V I R G I N I A]

Power usage is almost the same - 960 uses 160-170W (Not TDP - that's different), 380 uses 190W. That's negligible as it will save you a grand total of 10$ after 3 years.

Drivers are fine - have been fine since 2012 - the 2009 horror stories are long over. It's an urban legend at this point

Degradation happens with all cards - Nvidia are not immune to it by no stretch of the imagination.

960 is heavily bottlenecked by the 128-bit memory bus making the 4GB more or less pointless @D2ultima has a guide about VRAM and will agree with me here.

R9 380 is 15% faster on average and has a proper 256-bit bus to utilize all 4GB of VRAM at full speed

 

 

That's not really good to base AMD off of. Their drivers have really gotten better, the 380 uses 15watts more than the 960 MAXIMUM, and it's normally the same price for better performance.

But there's features like FXAA which just isn't there on AMD and given that I'm planning on overclocking the 960 looks far better.

[PlayStation 2]

But there's features like FXAA which just isn't there on AMD and given that I'm planning on overclocking the 960 looks far better.

Wait what?

What PSU do you have.

[Atmos]

I know but I want the low power consumption and generally better drivers etc. that NVidia has.

 

The power consumption is a completely valid point, even though the 380 doesn't use that much more at all

, however the title of worst drivers bounces back and forth between amd and nvidia every couple of weeks or so. And in the last few weeks, that tile has actually been nvidia's.

 

 

Which do you guys think I should go for? All opinions wanted (except you, Mr. 'Oh the R9 380 is sooo much better, just get that'; I don't want it!!!)

 

Desperate throws of a fanboy, not getting the performance that his money is worth.

 

HE SAID HE DOES NOT WANT IT !!!

 

I have to rec the best card for the budget and purpose, out of morals. I don't believe anyone should waste money, and for just gaming sorry to say (actually not sorry) the 960 is a waste of money. the 380 costs the same, and performs better across the board. You are literally vouching for getting a WORSE product, just because it is green. And my first statement was the 2gb variant is completely fine, the difference between 2gbs and 4gbs on the 960 is menial.

[don_svetlio]

But there's features like FXAA which just isn't there on AMD and given that I'm planning on overclocking the 960 looks far better.

OCed 960 manages to reach a stock 380. OC a 380 and it's faster again. As for FXAA - it's available I believe.