Will I be well off with a GTX 960 4gb? Are games being more customized for console nowadays?

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I hear that games are not even being well suited for pc as they're being made more for consoles nowadays.

I want to get a GTX 960 4gb to play all the latest games. I have an i5 4690K with 8 gb gaming ram and a 550W Gold Power Supply along with a Z97 G45 Gaming Motherboard.

I also hear Bo3 is not well on PC so I really don't know if I should spend my money.

Thank you for the tips, God bless!

 
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DO NOT GET THE 960! The R9 380 easily beats it for the same $, the R9 280X CRUSHES it for around the same $, and the R9 380X which will be released sometime within the next few days (this week) will be even better than the 280X. The 960 is horrible value and not a good performer. A 280X/380X will play pretty much every game you throw at it at 50 to 60 fps at 1080p.
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Games on a console vs on a PC is always a hot topic for discussion/argument.

Games that are released for/on a console are, in general, more stable. There is only 1 set of hardware they have to make it compatible with. Add another console or two and they need to check 3 sets, but still very simple to do and easier to make a stable game when a lot of the variables can be controlled.

PC gaming on the other hand introduces a TON of variables. The hardware variable alone is staggering when you think about the various CPUs, graphics cards, RAM, Motherboards, Hard drives/SSDs, keyboards, mice, etc ... that can all cause a game to not work for a particular user/group of users. It therefore becomes much harder to build a stable game for PC versus for a console.

That said, it does not mean that many studios don't put out awesome PC games, because they do, and in bountiful amount, far more than you will find on any console. Plus on the PC you can get so much more quality and performance out of the game (depending on your computer) than you could from a console.

Will a new graphics card increase your capability to play new games vs what you have now? Possibly, we don't actually know what you are running to know how big a jump you're talking about. If Black Ops 3 is what you're mainly wanting to play and it's not optimized very well for the PC, then no, maybe buying a new graphics card isn't the right move and you should pick up a console (or the game for the console you have). If you're wanting to play more than just BO3, if you're wanting to get better FPS and quality than you can from a console, then yeah, maybe a new graphics card is just the right ticket for you.

For what it's worth, if you get a new graphics card, you will probably need a new PSU too.
 
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DO NOT GET THE 960! The R9 380 easily beats it for the same $, the R9 280X CRUSHES it for around the same $, and the R9 380X which will be released sometime within the next few days (this week) will be even better than the 280X. The 960 is horrible value and not a good performer. A 280X/380X will play pretty much every game you throw at it at 50 to 60 fps at 1080p.
 
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