3DMark and Unigine Heaven
Now that we have taken a look at our gaming tests using our Frame Rating metrics and testing methods, we are including a set of tests from more standard benchmarks like 3DMark and Unigine Heaven.
I consider these tests to be somewhat of a "best case" for all the cards in our comparison. We aren't using our frame capture system, we aren't measuring frame latency, nothing like that; I think this should give you an idea of graphics performance if each vendor had the best result for each game.
As much as any other results in our quick review today, the 3DMark scores show us how close in performance the GTX 960 and GTX 950 can be as well as how much more distant the other two card combined performance looks. Even though the GTX 960 is faster than the GTX 950 by about 14%, that pales in comparison to the 34% gap that exists between the R7 370 and the GTX 950, in NVIDIA’s favor. Clearly there are some performance per dollar concerns for AMD with its 300-series of products.
Wonder how my 2012 era GTX
Wonder how my 2012 era GTX 660Ti compares in performance to these new cards……
Yo! eh Yo yo! Know what i’m
Yo! eh Yo yo! Know what i’m sayin! I got one for free from a Nvidia BOSS I party with yo yo! Yeah! So I did not have to pay 4 shiz! And you do! But check it yo! I does it big with my 980 Ti I gots 4 free at the same party yo! Yeah! YO! YO YO YO YO YO YO YO YO!
The generosity must have been
The generosity must have been prompted by your contribution to the english language.
Small correction.
“The GTX
Small correction.
“The GTX 950 drops the GM206 from 1024 CUDA cores to 768, a decrease of 33%”
768 is 3/4 of 1024. So going from 4 to 3 is a decrease of 25%. From 3 to 4 (768 to 1024) would be an increase of 33%.
Why was the 4GB version of
Why was the 4GB version of the 370 tested as opposed to the 2GB version? The price point that you are showing for the 4GB version is probably where the 370X with 2 GB will be sitting and it will probably perform at a level above the 950 to make it worthy of that price point. Just saying.
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Another nail in the coffin for AMD it seems. They’re finished.
Ah, no. Not once DX12 picks
Ah, no. Not once DX12 picks up some steam. AMD CPUs and GPUs are dramatically boosted by that API. People are in for a rude awakening once they see how much faster Radeons are in DX12. They’re probably gonna be pretty annoyed that they forked out for nVidia cards just in time to see them performing equally or even slower than AMD cards that were supposedly inferior.
Where are the DX12
Where are the DX12 benchmarks? Anyone buying a new graphics card at this point deserves to know how much faster Radeon cards are in DX12 compared to nVidia. Buying on the basis of DX11 alone is extremely misleading, and will lead to tremendous resentment.
I agree, DX11 is on its way
I agree, DX11 is on its way out. Anyone who buys a card now will probably keep it for the next 1-3 years. DX12 benchmarks are very relevant with this in mind.
There are only benchmarks
There are only benchmarks available though. That’s not going to give you any sort of idea of what that’s going to translate to in FPS for any given game.
Planing for future growth isn’t a bad idea, but I’d imagine anyone buying one of these plans to use it today, and showcasing what it can do with today’s software makes a heck of a lot more sense. DX12 seems to show minor improvements all around. At most you can expect games to perform marginally better down the road.
I agree, DX11 is on its way
I agree, DX11 is on its way out. Anyone who buys a card now will probably keep it for the next 1-3 years. DX12 benchmarks are very relevant with this in mind.
“A slightly cut down GM206
“A slightly cut down GM206 allows NVIDIA to take better advantage of its supply pipeline”
My translation-Allows Nvidia to utilize broken 960 dies.
AMD has me really confused at the moment-We had
270X full die-270 cut down/broken die
280X full die-280 cut down/broken die
Where are the 370X and 380X-Are we only getting
broken/cut down dies?????????????????????
Jeez…for +$20 I’ll get the
Jeez…for +$20 I’ll get the 960