960 vs 380

[netherbawss235]

One of my goals is to build a better computer than my friend. He has a 960 and i'm planning to get a 380, which is better?

[WebPlayz]

One of my goals is to build a better computer than my friend. He has a 960 and i'm planning to get a 380, which is better?

i have this card 4gb msi gtx 960 stays cool and is a great overclocker i got 50 + on memory and 250+ on core

[WebPlayz]

its a good card

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

Before the war starts, they perform essentially the same in every title trading off a few frames depending on whether or not a title is optimized more for one brand or another. Also both GPU's can fully use all 4GB's of VRAM.

Also the GTX 960 from experience overclocks much better than the R9 380.

[ivan134]

One of my goals is to build a better computer than my friend. He has a 960 and i'm planning to get a 380, which is better?

380

[007agentHP]

the 380 4G beats the 960 in almost every benchmark. its a better card and worth the investment

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

i have this card 4gb msi gtx 960 stays cool and is a great overclocker i got 50 + on memory and 250+ on core

You should easily be able to do 150-200Mhz on the memory.

[Shoob]

Interesting goal. The 380 4GB beats the 960 in almost every benchmark. The 960 needs to be overclocked in order to match it. If you can spend $20-30 extra, go for the 380x.

[Darth-Marius]

380, get the 4gb msi or sapphire version

[DominicNikon]

One of my goals is to build a better computer than my friend. He has a 960 and i'm planning to get a 380, which is better?

GTX 960 because of the maxwell core lower power usage and maxwell is a better overclocker 

[ToniBamboni]

Before the war starts, they perform essentially the same in every title trading off a few frames depending on whether or not a title is optimized more for one brand or another. Also both GPU's can fully use all 4GB's of VRAM.

Also the GTX 960 from experience overclocks much better than the R9 380.

How about a 970?

[ThinkWithPortals]

R9 380 4GB, from Sapphire, XFX, MSI or Powercolor.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

Interesting goal. The 380 4GB beats the 960 in almost every benchmark. The 960 needs to be overclocked in order to match it. If you can spend $20-30 extra, go for the 380x.

The 960 beats the 380 when overclocked and is 1-2 frames below in certain titles when not.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

How about a 970?

What do you mean?

[ivan134]

Before the war starts, they perform essentially the same in every title trading off a few frames depending on whether or not a title is optimized more for one brand or another. Also both GPU's can fully use all 4GB's of VRAM.

Also the GTX 960 from experience overclocks much better than the R9 380.

 

 

GTX 960 because of the maxwell core lower power usage and maxwell is a better overclocker 

No. A 960 needs to be overclocked to match a 380 in some games, and it games where it does better, the 380 can still be overclocked. Maxwell's big numbers =/= huge performance increase.

[Shoob]

The 960 beats the 380 when overclocked and is 1-2 frames below in certain titles when not.

Yeah, it needs to be overclocked in order to trade blows with a 380. The Radeon can be overclocked too though.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

Yeah, it needs to be overclocked in order to trade blows with a 380. The Radeon can be overclocked too though.

When overclocked as you can see the GTX 960 is several frames above the 380, and the 380 doesn't OC nearly as well as the 960.

[weez]

I would go with whatever is significantly cheaper. As for your need to have a better pc then your friend, why? Just enjoy gaming and hanging with your friend. Getting a few more fps then your friend will not get you laid

[xAcid9]

One of my goals is to build a better computer than my friend. He has a 960 and i'm planning to get a 380, which is better?

If you're going spend most of your times playing games like pCars/Fallout4, the 960 will do a better job. Else the 380 will fare much better just don't get a crappy one.

 

960 will give you more jigahertz when overclock but it'll still lose to an oc 380 with much less jigahertz.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

No. A 960 needs to be overclocked to match a 380 in some games, and it games where it does better, the 380 can still be overclocked. Maxwell's big numbers =/= huge performance increase.

And in some games the 960 is just naturally above the 380 without overclocking, like I said depending on the game either the 960 or the 380 will be ahead. It depends on the game.

[theereal]

The 380 Is a better card, but Its not better to the point where you brag about It (not sure why you would do that anyways).

[ivan134]

And in some games the 960 is just naturally above the 380 without overclocking, like I said depending on the game either the 960 or the 380 will be ahead. It depends on the game.

It happens in only 2 games which are both buggy GameWorks titles. That means the 960 beats the 380 in 0.00000001% of games.

[WebPlayz]

Before the war starts, they perform essentially the same in every title trading off a few frames depending on whether or not a title is optimized more for one brand or another. Also both GPU's can fully use all 4GB's of VRAM.

Also the GTX 960 from experience overclocks much better than the R9 380.

yea it overclocks better the msi i think is best

[don_svetlio]

R9 380 is a good 15% faster and the 380X about 25%

[Shoob]

When overclocked as you can see the GTX 960 is several frames above the 380, and the 380 doesn't OC nearly as well as the 960.

The 960 in the video I posted is overclocked to 1450Mhz. If the 380 was overclocked too, it would have surpassed it, even if doesn't overclock well.

 

Also the 380X is currently $220 at newegg. I see no reason why would anyone want a 960 over it, except someone wants to save those few watts that will make their electricity bill skyrocket.