Gtx 960 graphics advice!

[Richieheavens]

Gigabtye gtx 960 o.c 2gb at $299 can buy? Any diff from other gtx960? Any butties can advice? Need to upgrade from my old gtx660

What does o.c means? Sorry newbie here

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[Hairyworm]

Gigabtye gtx 960 o.c 2gb at $299 can buy? Any diff from other gtx960? Any butties can advice? Need to upgrade from my old gtx660

What does o.c means? Sorry newbie here

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OC stands for overclock.

For e.g. Nvidia release GTX960 @ 500mhz. Brands (Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, etc) created better coolers and raise the clocks speed to 550mhz.

 

[Richieheavens]

Is the card im buying advisable?

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[MoneyFace =p]

Frankly speaking $299 is cheap for Gigabyte, but currently Sapphire & PowerColor R9-280 3GB offers much better performance to price ratio for similar performance level.

 

[Richieheavens]

Frankly speaking $299 is cheap for Gigabyte, but currently Sapphire & PowerColor R9-280 3GB offers much better performance to price ratio for similar performance level.

i heard R9 cards heats up much more than gtx cards

if im wrong, i dun mind going for R9 cards tho

 

[zenniz]

R9 is not as power efficient as their competitor but they win them in price to performance ratio.

If you are on budget, R9 is the best.

 

[royfrosty]

If you dont mind. The price gtx960 comes with a free witcher 3 game. Thus making it on par with r9 280 pricing.

If you buy the msi version they have it with metal gear solid. And yet redeemable witcher 3. Making it even more worth it.

Lets say you buying with msi h97 gaming 3 mobo, you get $30 ntuc voucher.

 

[Richieheavens]

I just did a comparison on the performance between r9 280 and gtx 960.. 280 is more powerful.. Now dilemma on which to buy...

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