Worth buying a GTX 950?

[escrow4]

Scratch that, a 950 here is 60% cheaper than a 1060 and 40% cheaper than a 470. Worth it for a basic medium ish 1080p card?

 

[Headfoot]

I'd spend the 40% and go to the 470, or if you can swing it, the 1060. The 950 is absolutely dead in the water in a 16nm world. It's false economy because it will have to be replaced years sooner than a 1060 or 470/480 would. It's just spending less today to spend more tomorrow.

 

[Hitman928]

What's the price of a 380(x)?

 

[obidamnkenobi]

I'd spend the 40% and go to the 470, or if you can swing it, the 1060. The 950 is absolutely dead in the water in a 16nm world. It's false economy because it will have to be replaced years sooner than a 1060 or 470/480 would. It's just spending less today to spend more tomorrow.

If a 950 is 40% cheaper he'd have to spend 66% more to get a 470.

But yes I do agree with you. I went through the same thought process and ended up with a 470 myself. For low end-ish 1080. It's overkill, but hopefully will last longer.

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[AtenRa]

How about a 4GB RX 460, what prices do you get them in your country ??

 

[Mondozei]

The 460 was just launched today. Wait for reviews and keep in mind that AMD GPUs age much better.

Then make up your mind.

 

[sm625]

The 950 is basically a 460 that pulls an extra 20 watts or so. So it is still perfectly relevant today. In theory the 460 makes it totally obsolete, but in reality I think the pricing and availability is going to take quite a while to filter out into the market.

 

[happy medium]

Scratch that, a 950 here is 60% cheaper than a 1060 and 40% cheaper than a 470. Worth it for a basic medium ish 1080p card?

Yes it well worth it, and don't forget the gtx950 will give you 20% more performance when overclocked.

 

[Mikeduffy]

Yes it well worth it, and don't forget the gtx950 will give you 20% more performance when overclocked.

The 950 is dead in the new APIs - no point considering Maxwell going further. I would use the TimeSpy benches as indicative of future worst-case GCN performance and Forza/GOW/QuantumBreak as typical console port performance.

Almost every game released in 2016 has had a Vulkan/dx12 codepath - this will only improve as time goes forward.

 

[tweakboy]

What is the price of this. great card for mild gaming.. good luck,

 

[escrow4]

A 950 is 200 local or 160 USD. A 1060 is $430 or $320 USD. I could buy a 1080 (its 1200 local) but the prices are ridiculous here. The just released RX 460 is 250 local or around 200 USD. Tired of getting a cop out for a GPU deal. There is also barely remaining stock of a 390 for $360 local or 260 USD. Bleh.

EDIT: Narrowed it down - the R9 390 is $30 more local than a 470, the 390X is $60 more than a 470. An RX 480 is $30 more than a 390X, a 1060 is also $30 more for a basic Gainward model. Is a 390X worth buying now?

 

[Zstream]

Microcenter has a TON of open-box 280's on the cheap.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Microcenter has a TON of open-box 280's on the cheap.

Don't think that they have MC in .au. Could be wrong, of course.

 

[boozzer]

Don't think that they have MC in .au. Could be wrong, of course.

OP should list his country + prices if not usa. would save alot of time and allow people to help him better.

 

[escrow4]

OP should list his country + prices if not usa. would save alot of time and allow people to help him better.

At those prices it could only be Australia. Regardless I give up, these prices are disgusting as is the lack of stock on AMDs part. Useless miners. Not buying anything until prices fall. Heavily.

 

[nerp]

The 950 isn't a bad card. It is easily outclassed. But it has some usefulness. It supports HDCP, often comes with multiple DisplayPort pots, and is actually surprisingly decent for mid- to low-end gaming. If you're OK playing at lower resolutions, you can play pretty much anything and it's not a massive sacrifice. I actually used one before my 1070 came along and I was blown away by how well it played DOOM and the Forza beta.

 

[Insomniator]

With those prices, buy a console.