MSI Radeon R9 380 OC 2GD5T or ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo OC-Edition 2.0 GB?

Arthur_S

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Hello. I am building my pc. Here's what I bought already
1. athlon x4 860k
2. 8gb 1600 mhz Crucical Sport CL9
3. Gigabyte FA88XM
4. Cooler Master N200 case
5. Thermaltake SE 530W (I already know it was not the best idea)

Now I can't decive which one to buy
1. MSI Radeon R9 380 OC 2GD5T (not gaming edition)
2. ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Turbo OC-Edition 2.0 GB
3. Gainward GTX 960 OC-Edition 2.0 GB

The MIS and ASUS cost EXACTLY the same (cent in cent). But I don't like cooling on the MIS. I've read that MIS is doing well on Gaming edition and messes up the normal edition. Is it true? WHat can you tell about ASUS 960? I want a cool graphics card. The Gainward costs 3 euros more than ASUS, would it be a good choise?

I know 380 outperform 860 in some cases, but I'd better go with cooling and durability. Which one should i get? Thanks.
 

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? How did "I" fail? I linked something that showed them to be mostly equal. Your link shows the 380 ahead in six games. Even the techpowerup review shows the 285 ahead of the 960 in some games. (at 1080 of course.)

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_960_OC/23.html Watch Dogs has the 285 ahead by ~3FPS.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Gigabyte/GTX_960_OC/22.html Tomb Raider ahead by ~2FPS.

Even the Toms review shows them close. It's not like the 380 was ahead by double digit frame rates. In GTA 5 the 380 was ahead by 3FPS. Again, these are all mostly the same speed. 10% difference here and there. It's not like one is giving you 45FPS and the other is topping 60.