r9 380 4g5dt oc VS r9 380 gaming 4g

JulianConnorWong · February 21, 2016

Hi i'am new to building gaming PC's or PC's in general. right now I'am looking at a r9 380, but i don't know why the gaming card also from msi is so much more expensive for a lower clock speed. If anyone know's why and could tell me which is the better buy it would be a great help.

r9 380 4g5dt oc:

https://www.msi.com/product/graphics-card/R9-380-4GD5T-OC.html#hero-specification

r9 380 gaming 4g:

https://ca.msi.com/product/graphics-card/R9-380-GAMING-4G.html#hero-specification

Aytex · February 21, 2016

gaming one has games which comes with it

i'd go with the black and red one, comes with a backplate too

Amazingasian · February 21, 2016

I think it's a different cooler on the Gaming model so you can overclock it more. Plus, it's gaming branded so that makes it better of course.

JebKerman · February 21, 2016

the cooler on the Gaming is better, and it does actually have a higher clockspeed (in OC mode which you should run it in, if you don't dial in your own speed)