Could asus strix gtx 960 last 5 years?

[RussianSensation]

Its slower than my 780 Ti GHz and my 780 Ti is barely keeping up in recent titles, and its not all VRAM.

You must have a strict requirement for everything maxed out with MSAA or run DSR? 780Ti flies in modern PC games and it's literally a matter of turning down a couple settings and overclocking it to 1.2Ghz before it's at 60 fps at 1080P.

DAI - 2xMSAA VHQ = 51 fps
FC4 - Ultra - 71 fps
Dying Light - Maxed - 70 fps
Evolve - 78 fps
BF Hardline - 4xMSAA - 76 fps

That's your idea of "barely keeping up"? That's a stock 780Ti, not even overclocked to 1.2Ghz. If you are the type of gamer who needs all settings on Ultra and MSAA/DSR, sure, 780Ti is slow, but otherwise that card is good for another 2 years+.

Even in recent reviews, 980 barely pulls away from 780Ti.

It will be another 2-3 years before we see a $200 x60 series card from NV that can beat or match a 780Ti considering 780Ti is nearly 2X faster than the 960. That means according to you, there will be no $200-250 cards worth buying for 1080P for at least another 2 years because they won't be fast enough? :biggrin:

Even in GTA V, with FXAA and turning grass from Ultra, 780Ti flies considering 970 is almost getting 60 fps.

If according to you, 780Ti is barely enough for 1080P, how are 95% of PC gamers in the world playing games then? :hmm: Most gamers aren't going to go out and spend $700-1000 on a new GPU just to go from FXAA to MSAA or to run Ultra grass in GTA V.

 

[escrow4]

My 780 Ti is at 1215MHz in game and I still need to turn down grass, and can't up the advanced sliders all the way up, never mind high resolution shadows. Grass areas dip to 40s in V. Dying Light still has dips down to 40ish although I haven't updated it much and its not all maxed (maybe 90% of the way). Draw distance still hammers it. I also disable AA and only run FXAA in any game. Inquisition also dipped down to 50s with mild MSAA (x2 I think). I never touch DSR. Point is even basic settings can't be cranked at a smooth 60, there are still on and off dips, and I bought this card Feb 2014. I'd upgrade to an X here except its $1600 which is rather substantial. This 780 Ti was less than a $1K.