960 2GB vs 4GB

[Alesia]

I want to upgrade my GPU and I am going for the 960. But I am not quite sure if I should go with 2GB or 4GB vram. I am tempted to go with the 2GB version.

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4GB doesn't offer much more as far as performance goes unless you're planning on playing with a higher resolution than FHD. Even then, you're better off with a GTX 970, GTX 980, or GTX TITAN for better higher resolution performance.

Go with the 2GB version, or spend a bit more for the GTX 970.

[Alesia]

Thank you. I thought as much. Yep I only have 1920 x 1200. So not much more. If anyone else has an opinion I am happy to hear it.

[Inspector Sands]

I would go for the 4gb version. Just to future proof the gpu a little more for a small extra price.
I mean, games being released these days are using more and more vram that I think you need at least 3gb for 1920x1200 :)

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Publicado originalmente por Inspector Sands:

I would go for the 4gb version. Just to future proof the gpu a little more for a small extra price.
I mean, games being released these days are using more and more vram that I think you need at least 3gb for 1920x1200 :)

No, the performance difference between the 2GB and 4GB version of the GTX 960 are nearly negligible, as I said above.

If you want to do any sort of "future proofing", don't bother with the GTX 960. It's a great card, but you're not going to be maxing AAA titles out.

[˜lokkandload˜™]

yes for future proofing the 4Gb will be the route to go. Soon enough 2Gb will no longer be relevant in gaming.

[Alesia]

Thank you.

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Publicado originalmente por ~Dirt Na$ty~™:

yes for future proofing the 4Gb will be the route to go. Soon enough 2Gb will no longer be relevant in gaming.

No, you're totally right! You must know a lot about hardware and technology.[media.gamersnexus.net]

[˜lokkandload˜™]

More and more titles are requiring more resources, that's just a fact, genius. I'd like to see what a 960 2gb or 4Gb would do on Unigine or 3Dmark benchmarks...compared to a R9 290X and GTX 970.

The 960 is a mid level under $200 budget card at best, for a reason.

[Ensimilia]

Go for the GTX 960 4GB so you can play with higher AA settings. More eye candy is always a plus in my book.

[˜lokkandload˜™]

Save your money and go up to a 970 instead. Don't settle for middle of the road performance in games. There's about a $100 dollar difference, you'll thank me later. BTW I originally had the 960 4Gb in my sons PC..I moved him to one of my 980 FTWs and traded the other 980 FTW in the Nvidia step up program to a 980Ti...so ya I do know what the card can and can't do.

[spreest]

Publicado originalmente por ~Dirt Na$ty~™:

More and more titles are requiring more resources, that's just a fact, genius. I'd like to see what a 960 2gb or 4Gb would do on Unigine or 3Dmark benchmarks...compared to a R9 290X and GTX 970.

The 960 is a mid level under $200 budget card at best, for a reason.

can you not read?

nobody is saying the 960 isn't a good budget card

but good luck "future proofing" with a gtx 960 because as Herman said the 960 2gb and 4gb have little to no differences between them, the 4gb of memory is kind of useless when you have ♥♥♥♥♥♥ bandwidth anyway genius kek

but yes op you shouldn't bother with a 960 nvidia circumsized it, get a 970 instead

[˜lokkandload˜™]

The point is, due to the actual crutch of the 960's 128 bit memory address it is in essence a substandard card whether it's a 2 or 4Gb GPU. I've seen the 4Gb 960 in action and I know its not all that ,learned from that mistake. Benchmarks and gaming was horrible. A 290x or 970 would smoke it's azz.

The person is better off going to a 290x or 970, than trying either of those two he asked about. All I'm saying is look at better cards than those two period...I CAN FKN READ JUST FINE.

[Alesia]

Thank you very much for each comment. You guys have given me a lot to think about.

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the 4g 960 will allow for higher settings, but it will not be able to hold 60+ fps at 1080p at those settings

if you want a 4g gpu, save up the extra $100 for a gtx970

[Maul Scarreign]

Publicado originalmente por Relott:

Publicado originalmente por ~Dirt Na$ty~™:

yes for future proofing the 4Gb will be the route to go. Soon enough 2Gb will no longer be relevant in gaming.

No, you're totally right! You must know a lot about hardware and technology.[media.gamersnexus.net]

Proof is in the pudding. My 960 2GB SSC was getting about 5-10 FPS in unpopulated areas in Unity on Very High settings. I put my 680 4GB FTW+ in and got 45-50 FPS in unpopulated areas on Very High. Please explain. If the fact I was using a newer chip didn't help, then why would the difference from 2GB to 4GB matter if you claim 2GB is better, or just as good?