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So I looked at the GTX 960s and I am confronted with this page with several graphics cards on it, which one do you think I should get for my uses?

 

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-960/buy-gpu

 

I do not want the cheapest card that barely meets my needs, I want one that can handle whatever I throw at it for a max of $300.

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=04G-P4-3969-KR this one is good

Budget: Nice if it would be $200 (USD) but my max is $300

 

I want to play Minecraft 720P while screen recording, do some blender, GIMP and video editing.

 

I would prefer a graphics card with an Nvidea GPU.

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Get the GTX 960 and use Shadow Play for high quality video recording with low file sizes. The CUDA cores on the GPU will also help accelerate rending video / 3d depending on the application you use.

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The AMDs cards are better at the price point, but yeah, if you really want to get nvidia anyway, so get the GTX 960.

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and how is 2gb of vram garbage? 

Don't know if he knows what he's talking about. 2GB's of VRAM is fine for gaming at 1080p and will probably be fine for another year or two at which the sheer power the GTX 960 will begin to become obsolete anyways.

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GTX 960 4GB.

 

Price range b/w 2GB and 4GB is similar.

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Don't know if he knows what he's talking about. 2GB's of VRAM is fine for gaming at 1080p and will probably be fine for another year or two at which the sheer power the GTX 960 will begin to become obsolete anyways.

but fallout 4 max settings at 1080p uses 3.2gb out of my 4gb vram on my 980

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Usually when someone say thay want Nvidia they have no idea why.

"features" bro.

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but fallout 4 max settings at 1080p uses 3.2gb out of my 4gb vram on my 980

Fallout 4 on Max settings at 1080p uses 1.9 on my 960 and I get like 55+ FPS and with SLI I get like 85-90FPS. 

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Why only 720p with a 960 you can play it 1080p no problem! Don't do what I did and get the 2gb its garbage. Get the 4gb model. 

 

Will the 4GB go above $300? And will I be able to play Minecraft 1080p and screen record?

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"features" bro.

There are a lot of features on the NVIDIA side, Shadowplay, Gameworks, DSR, Shield Streaming, NVIDIA Grid, VR SLI, G-Sync, and likely, more to come.

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im on 1 card at 100+fps and using 3.2gb vram how is your 960 getting lower?

Can I see screenshots? because even my brothers 980ti uses 1.9GB's of VRAM at 1080p and he gets around 90+ish FPS. 

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There are a lot of features on the NVIDIA side, Shadowplay, Gameworks, DSR, Shield Streaming, NVIDIA Grid, VR SLI, G-Sync, and likely, more to come.

The only one of the list that is nice is shadowplay, the rest either AMD has the equivalent or is not important for most.

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The only one of the list that is nice is shadowplay, the rest either AMD has the equivalent or is not important for most.

I use Shadowplay, DSR, and Shield Streaming all the time- and I can argue that Shadowplay and DSR are better than their AMD counterparts. The other features like VR SLI and G-Sync will be continue to become more important going into the future.

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I use Shadowplay, DSR, and Shield Streaming all the time- and I can argue that Shadowplay and DSR are better than their AMD counterparts. The other features like VR SLI and G-Sync will be continue to become more important going into the future.

AMD has freesync too, which will be more popular than Gsync

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