Graphics Card Oppinion

[EquibleHat]

Hi there, I'm looking to upgrade my GPU in the next days, and I narrowed it down to 3 options. My top choice is the MSI GTX960 Gaming Edition, but if I won't be able to get it I'm looking at the ASUS R9 380 STRIX, and the ASUS GTX950 STRIX. All of them are 2GB cards.

Between the R9 380 and the GTX950 what would you guys recommend?

 

[Arwanell]

380 also beats 960 just so you know

[c_marriott]

Don't get the Strix version, for a similar price you can get the MSI or Sapphire version which is generally better.

That's for the 380, which as Arwanell said is better for the price

[thekeemo]

MSI 380

[KemoKa]

380, because, well, it's waaaaaay faster.

 

I can't believe we're at the point where people are comparing Tahiti cards with x50 series Nvidia cards... the 7970 was supposed to compete with the 770 and 680! What happened?

[Senzelian]

MSI 380

NOSCOPE 720

 

I can't believe we're at the point where people are comparing Tahiti cards with x50 series Nvidia cards... the 7970 was supposed to compete with the 770 and 680! What happened?

The GTX 950 delivers a great value. The point of comparing things is to find out differences. There is no point in comparing two identical objects.

So if I compare a GTX 950 at 150$ and a R9 380 for 200$, then I should quickly see the advantages and disadvantages that come with a card in a lower price point. For a lot of gamers a GTX 950 is a good choice and saving 50$ if possible is a good idea, don't you think so?

[jaffacakes]

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Back to what you asked, the 380 will beat the 960. In a little time the 380x will be out, and if you could afford it, that would be the way to go.

[GodSpoon]

First off, I'm a dick but *Opinion not Oppinion ;D You can fix that in the full editor 

 

But definitely the 380, it would smash the 950 as far as raw performance goes

 

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I can't believe we're at the point where people are comparing Tahiti cards with x50 series Nvidia cards... the 7970 was supposed to compete with the 770 and 680! What happened?

 

 

Its crazy honestly, I don't understand why it happened, but it did

#RebadgeAllTheCards

[thekeemo]

380, because, well, it's waaaaaay faster.

I can't believe we're at the point where people are comparing Tahiti cards with x50 series Nvidia cards... the 7970 was supposed to compete with the 770 and 680! What happened?

680~770~960 in performance but not in price

Besides the 380 is not a 7970 or a 7950

[KemoKa]

First off, I'm a dick but *Opinion not Oppinion ;D You can fix that in the full editor 

 

But definitely the 380, it would smash the 950 as far as raw performance goes

 

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Its crazy honestly, I don't understand why it happened, but it did

#RebadgeAllTheCards

what's really crazy is that in terms of raw power, the 280X* should be within spitting distance of a GTX 980. It certainly destroys it in terms of OpenCL hardware acceleration. But... DX11 is trash.

[EquibleHat]

So from what I get the R9 is definetly the way to go.

[KemoKa]

680~770~960 in performance but not in price

Besides the 380 is not a 7970 or a 7950

It's in between the two. It's a Tonga card.

[thekeemo]

It's in between the two. It's a Tonga card.

exactly it never competed with the 680

[KemoKa]

exactly it never competed with the 680

Granted, but people are still comparing that tier of cards to the 950 series cards. How does that even work?

[TheRandomness]

So from what I get the R9 is definetly the way to go.

Powercolor PCS+ R9 380 4GB VRAM is the cheapest 4GB 380 (That I know of) at $190~

[TheRandomness]

Granted, but people are still comparing that tier of cards to the 950 series cards. How does that even work?

680 = 770 = 960 according to various sources. I like the way it counts down c:

[thekeemo]

Granted, but people are still comparing that tier of cards to the 950 series cards. How does that even work?

they are priced closely

[KemoKa]

680 = 770 = 960 according to various sources. I like the way it counts down c:

Unfortunately they don't scale like that. 960 was made to replace the 760, 970 with the 770 and so on.  Though the performance brackets are relatively close, remember a 7970 beats a 770 but not a 680. It's not a direct relationship.

[KemoKa]

they are priced closely

For a reason that people don't understand until we explain it to them.

[thekeemo]

For a reason that people don't understand until we explain it to them.

you lost me

[KemoKa]

you lost me

AMD keeps rebadging their cards to keep sales up but keep the cost of manufacturing where it is, because so far, in the mid-tier price range, Nvidia has nothing competitive. The 960 barely keeps up with a 380, can't keep up with a 280X, can't keep up with a 7970, despite the Tahiti XT architecture being 3 years old. the 390 outperforms the 970 to a similar degree. Beyond that price range, there relatively few sales.

 

But none of this is explained to the average consumer, so they don't know that the 380 stomps all over the similarly-priced 950 until we explain that it does.

 

Nvidia had better get their 960Ti out before Friday or it's only going to get worse with the 380X, which will be a full Tonga GPU.

 

 

[don_svetlio]

AMD keeps rebadging their cards to keep sales up but keep the cost of manufacturing where it is, because so far, in the mid-tier price range, Nvidia has nothing competitive. The 960 barely keeps up with a 380, can't keep up with a 280X, can't keep up with a 7970, despite the Tahiti XT architecture being 3 years old. the 390 outperforms the 970 to a similar degree. Beyond that price range, there relatively few sales.

 

But none of this is explained to the average consumer, so they don't know that the 380 stomps all over the similarly-priced 950 until we explain that it does.

 

Nvidia had better get their 960Ti out before Friday or it's only going to get worse with the 380X, which will be a full Tonga GPU.

 

 

380X is bae

[KemoKa]

380X is bae

Can't wait for it X3

[don_svetlio]

Can't wait for it X3

Sadly I'm a laptop user now

[KemoKa]

Sadly I'm a laptop user now

Nuuuuuuuu wat happened to your beloved Lisette? D: