960 vs 380

380 is faster and atleast where I live, cheaper.
960 has (subjectively) better drivers, physx and uses less power.

Neither is definitely better, pick the card that suits your priorities best.

960.
Consumes less power, higher frequency, is shorter, has more ports and is cheaper.
AMD is known for problems while Nvidia just weeks.

>>52601742
Price depends where you live, in the uk it's around £20 cheaper to buy the 380 than the 960.

>>52601789
They're the same price here in Sweden if you get the cheapest versions, but the Asus 960 is £21.68 cheaper than the Gigabyte 380.

>>52601691
I've got a 380x which is basically a 10-15% more powerful 380 and its pretty good, I can run every game I own max settings 1080p 60fps.

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>>52601691
>>52601738
unusual that the first response is the correct one.

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>>52602132
I have the short single fan 960's SC. This is the benchmark with SLI disabled.

>>52602132
>SLI of a shit card
If you got a single 980 or 390x, you would have much better performance for the same price and less problems with the pile of shit that is SLI.

You're fucking retarded.

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>>52601691
>>52602132
This is with SLI and overclocking the card +160/+510

>>52602211
Yeah I got the 2nd card for $150 so total in for me was only ~$360 anyway. I have a 980ti in the other PC and yeah, it's way better, not even gonna try to cover that up.

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>>52602211
Just to make you feel better since clearly you are suffering from some abnormal anal intrusion, here's the ti score. But this thread is about the 960...

>>52601691
380 is the better card. 380x would be even better but only if you can get it without paying much more.

the power and heat arguments are valid but the 380 scores noticably better on benchmarks and at the end that's what counts most.

>>52601691
In that size, I'd say the 960, it can get away with two fans far better than the 380 can, which would struggle to keep cool with just two.

>>52601738
>nvidia
>better drivers

Other than that you were correct.

>>52602582
>the power and heat arguments are valid but the 380 scores noticably better on benchmarks and at the end that's what counts most.
Not when you have to buy a new PSU as well.

>>52602874
Why would you need a new psu?

>>52602915
>500W
I have a 430W PSU.

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>>52602997
>literally $5 more for a 550w psu
You disgust me.

the 960 is subpar to the 380 at stock clocks when paired with a high end CPU, if you pair it with a budget CPU then the 960 will beat it even at stock clocks to AMD's crippled DX11 drivers

http://www.techspot.com/review/1017-best-budget-gaming-cpu/page2.html

keep in mind that all maxwell based chips can overclock ~500mhz above their stock clocks with no voltage increase, so you get a free 20-30% performance boost on top of,this that you won't get on AMD

also, considering AMD's primary shareholders and investment all come from saudi arabia these days it's very morally questionable as to whether you even should be buying their products.

you are likely helping ISIS indirectly by giving money to AMD.

>>52603055
Maxwell overclocks higher, but scales worse than GCN when overclocking.
Plus with the silicon lottery, overclocking shouldn't factor in your decision to buy a card.

>>52603140
By that logic, you assist ISIS every time you pump gas into your car.

>>52601969
What games do you have?

>>52603166
>Plus with the silicon lottery, overclocking shouldn't factor in your decision to buy a card.

it's not a lottery, every maxwell card can reach 1500mhz core clock. the lottery is what you can get after that point.

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>>52601742
>higher frequency
I guess the 9590 is the best CPU on the market then, since it has a 4.7GHz base clock and 5GHz turbo. Intel BTFO.

>is shorter
Nice meme.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/sapphire-itx-compact-r9-380,review-33295.html

>has more ports
*has different ports. And a poorfag looking at either of these cards is hardly going to be running five monitors.

>is cheaper
Maybe in whatever shithole country you live in.

>>52603055
Overclocking the 960 only brings it in line with a stock 380.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJpy9hlfIkA

Any more shills?

>>52603171
>By that logic, you assist ISIS every time you pump gas into your car.

no it isn't you retard, because ISIS oil isn't being sold in the west and is in extremely small quantities

AMD is literally being bankrolled by the same people who bankroll ISIS. their interests obviously align, which is what makes it so shady and explains why AMD isn't focused on making good products.

>>52603221
Saudi oil

>>52603196

spotted the ISIS supporter

>>52603140
>saudi arabia
>ISIS
Are you retarded? Or did you not get basic primary education that includes geography in whatever shithole of a country you live in?

>Get Nvidia because it uses less power
>It's slower than AMD equivalent
>Overclock Nvidia so it matches AMD card
>It now uses more power than the AMD card

The only Nvidia card worth getting is the 980TI. At every other price point AMD cards are the clearly superior choice.

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>>52602997
>I have a 430W PSU.

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>>52603302

ISIS was created and funded by saudi arabia

>The only Nvidia card worth getting is the 980TI. At every other price point AMD cards are the clearly superior choice.

lol, nice try shill, here's a $250 GPU beating $500 rebranded trash

the only reason anyone would buy AMD is if they're a victim of shady marketing by shills like you or if they support ISIS

>>52603188
>inb4 he lists shitty indie games

>>52603379
>gta v

>>52603438
>implying

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>>52603355
>one graph with one game on one resolution
>"$250 GPU" actual MSRP is $300
>"$500" AMD GPU actually costs $370
>forgets to mention that the $300 "$250 GPU" is also beating Nvidia's own $420 GPU, so this is clearly not a normal scenario
>all averages shown in the test are within a range of less than 5 FPS from each other

>refer to techpowerup's performance summary for actual representation of how the cards perform on average across multiple games
>surprise, 390X wipes the floor with 970 when fanboy bias is removed

Nice try, faggot.

>>52603591
>>"$250 GPU" actual MSRP is $300

the 970 has been $250 for over 6 months now

>>"$500" AMD GPU actually costs $370

at the time of lauch and of the review the bench is from it was $500

>>forgets to mention that the $300 "$250 GPU" is also beating Nvidia's own $420 GPU, so this is clearly not a normal scenario

it's a factory OCed card being compared to a reference card, nothing abnormal about it

>>all averages shown in the test are within a range of less than 5 FPS from each other

and? NVIDIA achieves that performance using half the power and costing half the money.

>>refer to techpowerup's performance summary for actual representation of how the cards perform on average across multiple games

actually, TPU is incredibly biased. their results aren't corroborated by any other review and they have a history of shilling AMD (nano incident).

>Nice try, faggot.

you're an ISIS supporter.

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>>52603662
>the 970 is $250
How much is nvidia paying you to lie on the internet?

>>52603662
>the 970 has been $250 for over 6 months now
Care to show me where you can get a GTX 970 for $250 because I can't find one for any less than $300

>NVIDIA achieves that performance using half the power and costing half the money.
[Citation Needed]

>>52603662
>the 970 has been $250 for over 6 months now
Why do you keep lying like this when anybody can go on Newegg and PCPartPicker at any time and see that's a lie?

>at the time of lauch and of the review the bench is from it was $500
Are you retarded? The 390X was never $500, it's launch price was $430. Also, back then the 970 was $330.

>NVIDIA achieves that performance using half the power and costing half the money
First, $330 vs. $430 was not half the money then, and $300 vs. $370 is not half the money today.
Second, even at stock the 970 does not consume half the power of a 390X (see pic related). Let alone after throwing the power efficiency out the window by overclocking.

>TPU is incredibly biased. their results aren't corroborated by any other review
Source?
I see the same kinds of results on both Anandtech and TechSpot, the two other sites I follow. Also, what /g/ has always told me was that techpowerup is biased towards Nvidia, this is the first time I'm hearing anyone say the contrary. And if you want to take aledged bias into account, I always hear HardOCP is heavily Nvidia-biased, so your graph would be bullshit too.

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>>52603662
Forgot pic related...
From http://www.techspot.com/review/1019-radeon-r9-390x-390-380/page7.html
The difference between load consumption on the worst case scenario is about 50W. So unless the 970 consumes only 50W and the 390X consumes 100W, the "consumes half the power" thing is entirely bullshit.

>>52603196
>any more shills
Jesus, you could not be more of an amd shill. And before you sperg out about how I am a shill, i don't use video cards because I don't play gaymes

What is faster, a 7970 overclocked to 1 ghz, a 380 or a gtx 960?

>>52604164
7970

>>52604164
Without much tesselation, 7970 overclocked.
With substantial tesselation, 380, due to improved tesselation engine in Tonga.

>>52604204
>>52604232
I recently got the 7970 and I hadn't tested it yet (I'm still waiting for the power supply).
Is it a good card? What should I expect from it?

>>52602211
I have 770 4gb sli and it run perfectly
And basically, the retarded one is you

>>52604277
When overclocked it will outperform the 380 in most (current) games, and obviously the 960 as well. 3 GB is enough for 1080p for the time being.

Compared to Tonga (380/380X) you're getting 1 GB less VRAM, lower tesselation performance and a bit worse DX12 support. If you got it for a low enough price, it was a good deal.

>>52604352
>SLI'ing a non-flagship card, ever
>when you could just buy the tier above it, and likely get the same or better performance for less money, less power consumption and less problems

Okay kid. Come back when you learn something about computers.

>>52604393
I got it for about 135 bucks in a country where it usually costs 350, so I guess it was good.

>>52604416
Did i say that i bought them together? No retarded faggot, i bought the first 770 3 years ago, and the last one two months ago for 150€ from a friend

>>52604617
Doesn't mean that you didn't waste your money.

>>52604640
I doubled my performarce with less than half the money, no i didn't waste money
Your parents wasted money trying to get you an education

>>52602997
I have a 430 watt PSU as well. A 4.5GHz 7850k and a 380 work brilliantly, no power related shutdowns so far.

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>>52601691
How is this even a question?
The 960 is closer to a 270 than a 380.

>>52604713
>doubled performance
>with SLI
Lmao, no you didn't, faggot

>>52603196
How much is AMD paying you?

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>>52601691
970 for a couple more bucks.