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Hey my friend just gave me his EVGA GTX 960 4GB as he has just uprgraded and wondering if it worth swapping out my GTX 660ti for it? 

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yeah

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Hey my friend just gave me his EVGA GTX 960 4GB as he has just uprgraded and wondering if it worth swapping out my GTX 660ti for it? 

The 960 performs similarly to a 680 from what I've seen. It's worth it. And then more VRAM.

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yea it is, like 40 percent better 

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The 960 performs similarly to a 680 from what I've seen. It's worth it. And then more VRAM.

ok thank you :D will swap it out now

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You have a good friend! Definitely swap them like the people up there said. It really packs a punch.

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marginally better - The 960 performs the same as a 670

 

yea it is, like 40 percent better 

nope

 

The 960 performs similarly to a 680 from what I've seen. It's worth it. And then more VRAM.

680 is a better and the 128-bit bus is a bottleneck

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marginally better - The 960 performs the same as a 670

 

nope

 

680 is a better and the 128-bit bus is a bottleneck

sorry i misread it, i thought it said 680 instead of 960 

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