ASUS Strix GTX 960 or Sapphire R9 380 Nitro (4GB)

phoenix061992 · Apr 27, 2016

I am just going to update my GPU but as usual i am confused. Went through a lot of options and finally saw that either ASUS Strix GTX 960 or Sapphire R9 380 Nitro (4GB) will be pocket friendly for me.
My existing setup has:
corsair gs 600 psu
gigabyte 78lmt-usb3 motherboard
amd fx-8320 processor
12 gigs of ram
and 2tb hard disk (1+1)
Which will be a better option for me and why?
Thanks in advance

smorizio · Apr 27, 2016

the amd 960 lower wattage gpu tops out at 170w. if you have a good gpu now i would wait till after june for the newer amd and nvidia gpu. both are going to be faster then the older gpu and use less power for people with lower wattage power supply.

Gnuffi · Apr 27, 2016

this is how i rank them
Nr1 R9 380x (note the x)
nr2 gtx 960
n3 R9 380 (no x)
some will argue the 380(non x) will be better than the gtx 960, because of DX 12, i will argue we dont have enough dx12 yet to take advantage of it,
however, the R9 380x wins over both of them even when not DX12, so see if you can get the x version instead,
so would be Sapphire R9 380x Nitro

phoenix061992 · Apr 27, 2016

smorizio :

i currently have a r9 270x vapour edition 2gb. will my psu be not efficient to run my config with the new card?

Gnuffi · Apr 27, 2016

you have a 600w PSU more than enough for the new card

phoenix061992 · Apr 27, 2016

Gnuffi :

but all these cards are direct x 12 enabled :??:

aren't they?

Gnuffi · Apr 27, 2016

yes they are DX12 enabled, but at this moment, right now, amd cards have a slight performance increase in DX12,
but like i said, we dont have many DX12 games yet,
thats why i dont recommend teh 380, i do recommend teh 380x tho, because that will do better in both DX12 and DX11
the gtx 960 will do better than R9 380 in DX11 games,
but the 380 will do better than teh GTX 960 in DX 12 games(only a few),
but R9 380x will do better than both in both dx11 and dx12, so get that if you can find it at a decent price over teh 2 others

ATi RaDEoN · Apr 27, 2016

GTX 960.

Low power consumption, runs cooler, more Nvidia features, better drivers, better overclocking etc. The benefits of a GTX 960 are more compared to small perform gain in R9 380 which would be compensated in the near future by new Nvidia drivers.

phoenix061992 · Apr 27, 2016

ATi RaDEoN :

But i saw that 380 is beating the 960 in almost every game by atleast 5-7 fps in 1080p. can that really be compensated by upcoming nvida drivers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1_1gW-NxEU

Gnuffi · Apr 27, 2016

nope, not if you buy the 380x

the regular 380 is a bit more "maybe" ,
because it was pretty equal with 960 before, only advantage was dx12,. and IF but only IF Nvidia truly can change that final performance difference with drivers, teh 960 will be overall better than teh regular 380, but nothing is certain, since there is a limit to how much drivers can increase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJpy9hlfIkA

ATi RaDEoN · Apr 27, 2016

960 will overclock much better than R9 380, that's also an important point.
I think 4-5 FPS difference doesn't matter considering the fact that Nvidia is much more power efficient and supported in most AAA titles.

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