Nvidia GTX 960

[captain1ma]

anyone have anything good or bad to say about this card, im thinking about getting one  to replace my radeon 4890.

comments? opinions?

[Chalenge]

It's three times the power of your previous card. You might want to sort out any system issues before you move forward though, as they will likely be magnified as you demand more power and heat out of your system.

[captain1ma]

what do you mean, I think its a card issue, not a system issue

[SJ001]

Just make sure you have enough power supply to run the card and enough cooling fans in the PC. Even then, shadows off is a big boost to even these high end cards.

[FLS]

The 4890 is a dual GPU card. The PS should be fine.

Unless you've already updated DX9 I suggest you try that since it can only help, regardless of which video card you end up with.

[RotBaron]

Hey Jaeger, when I made my decision a couple of years ago, I believe I used Tom's hardware site to compare video cards.

It showed specs, pros/cons of one vs another, up to 5 comparisons at same time iirc. I ultimately chose a different brand (MSI) because of the minute details provided. I went with a 660 TI, but as I could see not all 660 TI's were created equal.

Hope that helps and see you in FSO (hopefully this week).

 

And as mentioned, I needed a PSU upgrade, went with a Corsair 800w. Absolutely no complaints with my choices so far after 2yrs. Purchased from Frys.com iirc, because NewEgg has restocking fee.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

The 960 has received some disappointed reviews, especially performance above full-hd resolutions. It gets beaten in benchmarks by old cards like GTX670, 770 etc.

For 220 bucks it can provide playable speed on full-hd screens though. But so can many other cards.

[Bizman]

A thing to think about is that Radeon 4890 was the flagship of the 4800 series whereas 960 is the weakest of the 900 series. So although it's new and powerful it lacks some of the features and much of the power of the best model of the series.

[morfiend]

 Jag,


   I know you're made of money so just pony up for a 970,if I had your cash I'd get a 980 but I think the 970 might be a better bang for the buck!

    Not that it matters with all the cash you're sitting on......


   You should be good with your PSU,these new cards actually use less power than the previous series cards!



   

[RotBaron]

^ also, Morfiend was a great help and resource in helping me to choose my card.

 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

The 970 is definitely the way to go atm. Sweet spot of performance vs price.

[Chalenge]

The 4890 is a dual GPU card. The PS should be fine.

PSUs get old. In some cases badly, so . . .

The reduction in single die size from 282mm2 to 214mm2 should result in less heat (especially since 2 GPUs vs a single), but just like the PSU will age so will the cooling solutions.

[captain1ma]

guys, thank you all for your advice. for the record I have the following:

I7-266
18gigs of ram
Radeon 4890--which is why I'm asking
3.5TB of space-- 1TB RAID, 1TB backup, 500Gig Backup
Full tower with 2X250mm side fans
850W power supply

morfiend is right, I have the money, its just a question of do I want to spend it! LOL

[The Fugitive]

An old friend of mine told me way back when, when it comes to building your computer build it as big as you can afford. The idea was that as technology moves along what you build today is out dated tomorrow. By building a big as you can afford you don't put yourself in the hole, but you get the biggest computer you can and it will last the longest technology wise.

If you can afford to go big, then Id go big, or in 6 months you'll wish you had   

[Bino]

GTX980 here, and very happy with it.