960vs R9380

[hman123467]

so im stuck between 2 gpu's (and a HDD place! sorry about the pun)

the MSI R9 380

(https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=32279&cPath=877&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=export_feed&gclid=CMf7x97h7MoCFQsQvQodNa0DpQ&gclsrc=aw.ds#googlebase

 

and the GIGABYTE 960 G1 Gaming (http://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Graphics_Cards/NVIDIA/57797-GV-N960G1_GAMING-2GD/exdemo)

 

i mainly play war thunder and Fallout 4 so which one would be the better option?

 

cheers,

hman out

[don_svetlio]

R9 380 is simply a more powerful GPU by about 15%. It's also go the MSI TFV cooler which is superior to the Gigabrick one.

[ozziestig]

Well your difference is that the 960 you are looking at is a 2GB card and the 380 is a 4GB.

A 380 most of the time is more powerful than a 960.

[Ostwind]

The 380 is faster but if you want to get the 960 instead be sure to get a 4GB version.

[ybriK]

R9 380 is the better card and thanks to the Fallout 4 v1.3 patch AMD cards has gained a nice performance boost meaning the 380 is able to beat the 960 as it should've been.

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_980_Ti_Lightning/23.html

 

 

 

 

Before FO4 Patch:

 

 

 

FO4 Patch v1.3:

 

[ZetZet]

1 minute ago, ybriK said:

R9 380 is the better card and thanks to the Fallout 4 v1.3 patch AMD cards has gained a nice performance boost meaning the 380 is able to beat the 960 as it should've been.

 

FO4 Patch v1.3:

 

970 is still ways ahead of 390 lolz

[ybriK]

1 minute ago, ZetZet said:

970 is still ways ahead of 390 lolz

Launch? Yes, V1.3? No, looks about 2-3 FPS average difference.

[ZetZet]

1 minute ago, ybriK said:

Launch? Yes, V1.3? No, looks about 2-3 FPS average difference.

that's stock benchmarks tho. 970 loves overclocking.

[ybriK]

9 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

that's stock benchmarks tho. 970 loves overclocking.

Yea sure but you're going to need to probably hit 1600-1700+ MHz (GPU Boost 2.0) to beat a 1150-1200MHz R9 390.

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_970_gaming_review,26.html

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/powercolor_radeon_r9_390_pcs_8gb_review,26.html

 

 

 

[ZetZet]

1 minute ago, ybriK said:

Yea sure but you're going to need to probably hit 1600-1700+ MHz (GPU Boost 2.0) to beat a 1150-1200MHz R9 390.

 

 

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_970_gaming_review,26.html

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/powercolor_radeon_r9_390_pcs_8gb_review,26.html

 

hm. guess 390 overclocks more than 390x

[Majestic]

23 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

hm. guess 390 overclocks more than 390x

No, jay compared a turd 970 against a golden 390. And the differences were still within error.

 

We still doing 970 vs 390 and comparing performance? It's moot...

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

44 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

that's stock benchmarks tho. 970 loves overclocking.

 

Nehhhhh that myths been busted, the 390 and 970 will perform the same with the corresponding OC. 

Here's a 1550mhz core 970 and a 1140mhz core 390. Same performance, really. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Majestic]

Compare them by consumer value.

 

And nvidia delivers a better product, with benefits that are more tangible than "it has the 8GB's". Like proper driver support with new games.

And recording/streaming functionality with (actual) zero impact on performance.

 

AMD's CPU overhead continues to be a problem with new releases. Fury X trading blows with 970's and 980's should never happen. Regardless of the settings.

And yes, they eventually fix it. But that doesn't make the performance bad for months after release.