That said for gaming at 1080p or lower.
Sapphire r9 280x 3gb vs gtx 960.
At present the gtx 960 171 offers 25 better performance for just 7 more money.
Comparing the rx 470 and 3gb 1060 shows that for pre dx12 games the 1060 edges ahead by 11.
We only have one sample of the r9 380 so far and comparing benchmarks between the r9 380 and r9 285 shows that the two cards are indeed very close.
Comparing the gtx 960 and 970 shows that the 970 is around 70 faster and a comparison of the gtx 960 and 980 shows that gtx 980 is almost exactly twice as fast as the 960.
Gaming performance for the gtx 950 at resolutions up to 1080p on high ultra settings will be satisfactory most of the time.
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The amd r9 380 succeeds the tonga based r9 285.
R9 280x vs gtx 1050 ti benchmark 12 games tested 1080p 00 00 pc spec 00 05 red dead redemption 2 01 12 witcher 3 02 12 borderlands 3 03 16 pubg 04 16 far c.
The rx 470 is able to match the 3gb 1060 in dx12 games but this will remain a corner case until most games are optimized for dx12 likely to take several years.
The gtx 1060 is nvidia s answer to amd s new polaris based rx 470.
Of the three cards the gtx 970 offers the best bang for your buck in fact the gtx 970 is still one of best value cards available.
Based on 1 045 370 user benchmarks for the amd r9 280x and the nvidia gtx 1060 6gb we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 643 gpus.
The only difference between the two cards is a tiny 2 gpu clock increase on the r9 380 but for the most part the r9 380 is identical to the r9 285.