R9 280x or GTX 960 ?

[TiernO97]

I will have around 200 euro at Christmas and I am tied up in which GPU to get.
There is this GPU on ebay brand new for €200:
http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Vers...c&ie=UTF8&qid=1450654425&sr=1-3&keywords=280x


or I can get this for €265:
http://www.dabs.ie/products/msi-gef...ozr-v-gtx960-gaming-4g-B66Z.html?q=960&src=16

I am leaning more towards the 280x because of the price but I don't know which is better in terms of performance for price. I will be playing games like Assassins Creed, GTA, Watchdogs, Crysis, Battlefield, and alot more recent games. I have an i5 4460 and an Akasa 750W Venom PSU.
Also my case only supports a GPU with a maximum length of 290mm and I will be playing on a 1360 x 768 monitor but plan to upgrade to a 1080p one.

Any advice ?
Thanks in advanced

 

[Zodiark1593]

280X, no question.

 

[fourdegrees11]

Your links dont work. If the 280x is cheaper, it's an easy choice because it out performs the 960.

 

[TiernO97]

Your links dont work. If the 280x is cheaper, it's an easy choice because it out performs the 960.

updated the links

 

[Mercennarius]

280X no doubt... Had one before my 290X and it performs great even in newer games.

 

[b-mac]

280x for sure.

 

[master_shake_]

280x.

 

[ZGR]

380 4gb. Sure it benches a little slower, but the extra gb will help and so does the newer feature set.

 

[RussianSensation]

After-market 290 > 380X > 280X > 380 > 960.

If your budget stretches to 265 Euro, you may be able to find a used after-market 290/390/970.

 

[Arachnotronic]

Gonna have to throw my hat in the 280X ring

 

[3DVagabond]

The 380X does offer a fuller feature set and better tessellation performance. Not sure if that will translate into any better performance in the future or not.

 

[AtenRa]

neither,

Get this XFX R9 380X for 231.00 euro.

 

[Mondozei]

The 280X performs around 30% better than the 960 according to leading performance indexes(TPU & SweC).

Also, both GPUs OC very well. So it's really a no-brainer: 280X.

 

[Shmee]

280x, though if you can get a used/cheap 290 with a decent cooler, even better.

 

[Seba]

Again?

 

[AtenRa]

Again?

yea, one every week

 

[Gikaseixas]

280x, though if you can get a used/cheap 290 with a decent cooler, even better.

Exactly this

 

[Techhog]

How many times are you going to post the same thread? What is wrong with you?

 

[Teizo]

neither,

Get this XFX R9 380X for 231.00 euro.

This^

Any Nvidia product below the 970 takes the backseat to the Radeon counterpart.

 

[BeauCharles]

yea, one every week

Seems to me the question has been thoroughly answered over the last two months.

 

[MrTeal]

Seems to me the question has been thoroughly answered over the last two months.

Oh, but there's so many more he could ask. I look forward to these threads popping up in the next couple weeks.

Should I get Asus or MSI?
Should I get it shipped regular or express?
RMA insurance: Worth the extra cost?
Should I take the bus to go pick up my card at the post office, or bike?
Is it safe to use a knife to open my GPU box?

 

[Timmah!]

Again?

third time's the charm

 

[MrTeal]

third time's the charm

Third?
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2451617&highlight=
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2452452&highlight=
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2452766&highlight=
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2452942&highlight=
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2457141&highlight=
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2457497&highlight=

And this one.

 

[kagui]

Give him a breack, how else is he going to get marketing data

 

[Mercennarius]

I guess we should go ahead and lock this thread now. Mods?