The GTX 960 is going to be competing more closely with the R9 380, and will beat the 270 across the board in games. The only motivation for needing that vram is probably some crazy multimonitor setup if you are using it for productivity since the 270 won't be playing much in eyefinity or if you planned to crossfire which is a worse value than just getting a better card I think, so probably go with the 960 of those 2, although maybe check R9 380 pricing and if that can save you $30 or $40 or maybe even a secondhand GTX 780 or R9 290 if you are cool with that.
EDIT: maybe pricing and performance of the 380 vs 960 are more similar than I thought if the 380 is more powerful
The GTX 970 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest Maxwell 2.0 set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the GTX 960 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 199. NVIDIA ’s xx60 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Maxwell 2.0 graphics card inside the GTX 960, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The GTX 960 is much more cheaper than the GTX 760 as it costs $ 199. Compare this to the GTX 760, which came originally at a price of $ 249. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the R9 280 which costs $ 279. Unfortunately, gaming performance was not quite as impressive. Even if the GTX 960 consistently delivers frame rate increases over the GTX 760, the gain is not much to justify an upgrade.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Valorant at 74 fps to 74 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 74 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Valorant at 61 fps to 61 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 61 fps.
The R9 380 might be the high-end flagship of the latest GCN 1.0 set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most mid-range PC gamers. On the other hand, the R7 370 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 149. AMD ’s xx70 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the GCN 1.0 graphics card inside the R7 370, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
The R7 370 is much more cheaper than the R9 270 as it costs $ 149. Compare this to the R9 270, which came originally at a price of $ 179. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the GTX 760 which costs $ 249.
Select any two Graphics Cards for comparison
Game FPS Benchmarks On Ultra
GPU Architecture
| 1050 Mhz | 925 Mhz |
| 1178 Mhz | 975 Mhz |
| Maxwell GM204-200-KD | GCN 1.0 Pitcairn PRO |
| - | - |
| No | No |
Resolution Performance
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GPU Memory
| 4096 MB | 2048 MB |
| 1753 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| - | - |
| 224.4GB/sec | 179.2GB/sec |
GPU Display
| 1536 | 1024 |
| 28nm | 28nm |
GPU Outputs
| 4096x2160 | 4096x2160 |
| - | - |
| 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 |
| - | - |
GPU Power Requirements
| 140 Watts | 150 Watts |
| 450 Watts | 500 Watts |
GPU Supporting Hardware
| Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz | Core i5-4460 3.2GHz |
| 8 GB | 8 GB |
| 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 |
GPU Recommended Hardware
Intel Core i7-4770T 4-Core 2.5GHz AMD Opteron 6272 Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz | Intel Pentium Gold G6505 2-Core 4.2GHz Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz AMD FX-8370E Intel Core i5-3570S 3.1GHz AMD FX-8320 |
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