R9 280x xfx or the GTX 960 g1 which one shall I get??

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Hay! I need your help. I'm looking for a PC GPU I have chosen 2gpus but I don't know which one to get? I will be playing games on 1 moniter such as (bf4, battlefield harline, minecraft, far cry 4 and many more..) I will have a another moniter just for internet and all that. But my choices are the r9 280x xfx or the gtx 960 windforce g1. I want aomthing that is quite but not loud while not recording. I don't care about power so which one shall I get.

A huge thx.
George
 
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Looking at the frame rates in 1080p in the Tom's review of the 960 Strix, the 280x reference card looks to be a good 15 to 20% better in that selection of games, one of which is arguably the most demanding GPU game out right now (AC unity) and another which is an "Nvidia, the way its meant to be played" game (Far Cry 4). Unless you really want GPU based Physx, they don't look even at all. The 280x has 1 GB more memory and 384-bit bus vs a very puny crippled 128-bit bus on the 960. Besides the newer architecture, lower power consumption and some useless eye candy features, the 960 doesn't have much on the 280x. Both will support DX 12 (all GCN will supposedly) and both are around $220-230. And apparently, the XFX 280x has lifetime...
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They're pretty much the same in terms of performance, maybe with the GTX 960 edgind out..... It's a matter of which company you want to support/which card you think looks better/the least expensive one. At least for me it'd be :).
 
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Looking at the frame rates in 1080p in the Tom's review of the 960 Strix, the 280x reference card looks to be a good 15 to 20% better in that selection of games, one of which is arguably the most demanding GPU game out right now (AC unity) and another which is an "Nvidia, the way its meant to be played" game (Far Cry 4). Unless you really want GPU based Physx, they don't look even at all. The 280x has 1 GB more memory and 384-bit bus vs a very puny crippled 128-bit bus on the 960. Besides the newer architecture, lower power consumption and some useless eye candy features, the 960 doesn't have much on the 280x. Both will support DX 12 (all GCN will supposedly) and both are around $220-230. And apparently, the XFX 280x has lifetime warranty? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150678 I'd pick it just for that...
 
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