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1 minute ago, SlipperyPete said:

Hey guys. i have turned to the forums infinite wisdom for this one. Im thinking about an upgrade. I have a gtx 960 now. should i get a second 960 or sell it and get either a gtx 970 or a r9 390. nvidias cards have better driver support BUT 8 GIGS OF VRAM. please help. ill be eternally greatful

Might have been true in the past, but it sure isn't now. Both companies' drivers seem to be as good as each other's.

I have the MSI R9 390 and I would wholeheartedly recommend it, unless you specifically need NVIDIA CUDA or your case has bad airflow.

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Hey guys. i have turned to the forums infinite wisdom for this one. Im thinking about an upgrade. I have a gtx 960 now. should i get a second 960 or sell it and get either a gtx 970 or a r9 390. nvidias cards have better driver support BUT 8 GIGS OF VRAM. please help. ill be eternally greatful

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1 minute ago, SlipperyPete said:

Hey guys. i have turned to the forums infinite wisdom for this one. Im thinking about an upgrade. I have a gtx 960 now. should i get a second 960 or sell it and get either a gtx 970 or a r9 390. nvidias cards have better driver support BUT 8 GIGS OF VRAM. please help. ill be eternally greatful

Might have been true in the past, but it sure isn't now. Both companies' drivers seem to be as good as each other's.

I have the MSI R9 390 and I would wholeheartedly recommend it, unless you specifically need NVIDIA CUDA or your case has bad airflow.

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1 minute ago, SlipperyPete said:

Hey guys. i have turned to the forums infinite wisdom for this one. Im thinking about an upgrade. I have a gtx 960 now. should i get a second 960 or sell it and get either a gtx 970 or a r9 390. nvidias cards have better driver support BUT 8 GIGS OF VRAM. please help. ill be eternally greatful

I have an R9 390, I don't think SLI or Crossfire is very stable. So I'd recommend upgrading to an R9 390. But I've been off the forum for a while so you might want somebody elses input first.

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12 hours ago, SlipperyPete said:

Hey guys. i have turned to the forums infinite wisdom for this one. Im thinking about an upgrade. I have a gtx 960 now. should i get a second 960 or sell it and get either a gtx 970 or a r9 390. nvidias cards have better driver support BUT 8 GIGS OF VRAM. please help. ill be eternally greatful

 

11 hours ago, Ghostay1 said:

I have an R9 390, I don't think SLI or Crossfire is very stable. So I'd recommend upgrading to an R9 390. But I've been off the forum for a while so you might want somebody elses input first.

thanks for the response guys. i was leaning that way to begin with. if i upgrade that is what i will do

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Always avoid SLI/crossfire if you can get a single more powerful GPU, its more efficient and avoids issues, and in this case, the 390 is a better card than the 970.

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1 minute ago, SlipperyPete said:

 

thanks for the response guys. i was leaning that way to begin with. if i upgrade that is what i will do

heads up the sapphire cards are the best ones 

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7 minutes ago, SlipperyPete said:

Hey guys. i have turned to the forums infinite wisdom for this one. Im thinking about an upgrade. I have a gtx 960 now. should i get a second 960 or sell it and get either a gtx 970 or a r9 390. nvidias cards have better driver support BUT 8 GIGS OF VRAM. please help. ill be eternally greatful

I am in the same situation and will pick up another 960 (I have 4gb of Vram, might be important). The 8gb of the 390 are a bit overkill, 4 gb are enough für these mid-budget-cards. And it isn't that expensive and looks badass ;)

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Just now, Mobby Dick said:

I am in the same situation and will pick up another 960 (I have 4gb of Vram, might be important). The 8gb of the 390 are a bit overkill, 4 gb are enough für these mid-budget-cards. And it isn't that expensive and looks badass ;)

yea not really depending on the games or if you want to mod the game I have maxed out all 8gb before so more isnt really that bad

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1 minute ago, Agent181 said:

yea not really depending on the games or if you want to mod the game I have maxed out all 8gb before so more isnt really that bad

True. But for many games 4gb are enough + the higher gpu speed is also a nice thing to have. But in the end all these numbers are useless, just benchmarks are important...

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Just now, Mobby Dick said:

True. But for many games 4gb are enough + the higher gpu speed is also a nice thing to have. But in the end all these numbers are useless, just benchmarks are important...

yea, well its not up to use were just here to help :D

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390 all the way

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HTPC

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MSi Cubi $200 2016

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The 970 or the 390. Whichever is cheaper, since they both perform the same.

You can usually get a 970 for cheap on EVGA Bstock.

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