rx 480 vs gtx 960

[Darkgun3396]

im looking to buy graphics card and the rx 480 is only like 30 bucks more and its says its vr ready which luke agrees with so should i buy it and how much performance from the 960 can i expect

[Imakuni]

3 minutes ago, Darkgun3396 said:

im looking to buy graphics card and the rx 480 is only like 30 bucks more and its says its vr ready which luke agrees with so should i buy it and how much performance from the 960 can i expect

Wait... are you seriously thinking of spending ~230$ on budget GPU (and presumably CPU as well) for VR? Really??

 

That aside, the 480 is in the 970's league of performance. It's not comparable to the 960 in the slightest.

[Darkgun3396]

no i need a budget gpu and if its 200 bucks and vr ready its clearly better so i thought i would go amd

 

[Enderman]

The 480 is slightly behind the 1060 but much better than a 960.

960 is last gen.

[TheGamingFedora]

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-960-vs-AMD-RX-480/3165vs3634

[Darkgun3396]

im going kinda high end with my cpu

[arch_linuxos]

4 minutes ago, Darkgun3396 said:

im looking to buy graphics card and the rx 480 is only like 30 bucks more and its says its vr ready which luke agrees with so should i buy it and how much performance from the 960 can i expect

480 is loads better - new generation. But for VR, that'll struggle. Look at a 1070 or wait for RX 490.

[Ophidio]

A 480 is far better than a 960 and only slightly better than a 970. The 960 was honestly a terrible card considering a 760 could beat it half the time in performance.

[mekanikku]

RX 480 is faster, has more VRAM and better architecture compared to GTX 970. Only downside is 480 runs hotter (If it's refrence card than it's normal).

[Darkgun3396]

but linus's new video says its vr ready and thats not my plan for the card its just a bonus

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

For VR I would rather have a 1060 but a 960 is almost beaten by a 480 by almost 2x in a lot of games

[Darkgun3396]

where should i buy my 480 newegg or other site

[lonleh kitty]

480

[Darkgun3396]

thanks for all your help im definetly going with the rx 480 now or if i can spring the 1060 but probably not

[handymanshandle]

9 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Wait... are you seriously thinking of spending ~230$ on budget GPU (and presumably CPU as well) for VR? Really??

 

That aside, the 480 is in the 970's league of performance. It's not comparable to the 960 in the slightest.

The RX 480 can do VR apparently just fine. As long as he has an Ivy Bridge or later i5 he should be fine.

I mean unless I'm wrong and even an i5 6600K wouldn't be enough, to which I may need to change my plans a bit because I was also interested in getting into VR some time shortly after I end up building my PC.

 

Though yeah the 480 wins hands down/no contest.

[lonleh kitty]

whichever site gives you the best price and shipping

[samcool55]

2 minutes ago, Darkgun3396 said:

thanks for all your help im definetly going with the rx 480 now or if i can spring the 1060 but probably not

Well if you can't decide between then 2 for now picking one is quite easy.

Get whatever is available for a good price where you buy your pc stuff.

Both cards have supply issues so you have to be lucky to get one of them.

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

A 980 provides a great experience in VR (RX 480 would be even better than that) not sure why people are saying you need 1070 level performance... 

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, Darkgun3396 said:

im looking to buy graphics card and the rx 480 is only like 30 bucks more and its says its vr ready which luke agrees with so should i buy it and how much performance from the 960 can i expect

rx 480

[Darkgun3396]

will a amd fx 8350 cpu with overclock to like 4.5 work for vr with a rx 480

[AceTaker]

 End. Of. Story.

[i_build_nanosuits]

4 minutes ago, Darkgun3396 said:

will a amd fx 8350 cpu with overclock to like 4.5 work for vr with a rx 480

yeah sure it'll work that's like the number 1 vomit comet combo