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Worth buying a GTX 950?

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escrow4

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

Then make up your mind.
 
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.
 
escrow4 said:
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?
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Yes it well worth it, and don't forget the gtx950 will give you 20% more performance when overclocked.

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happy medium said:
Yes it well worth it, and don't forget the gtx950 will give you 20% more performance when overclocked.
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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.
 
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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?
 
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boozzer said:
OP should list his country + prices if not usa. would save alot of time and allow people to help him better.
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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.
 
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.
 
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