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having just looked at how AMD's current-generation product staff measures up when it comes to 1080p gaming we're now gonna do the same with nvidia geforce 900 series if you haven't already watched that video I strongly suggest you check it out first from the red team we found that the Radeon r9 380 or r9 390 with the best value options for 1080p gaming thanks to their superior performance to price ratio the r7 370 also did very well though we feel it's just a little too slow for high quality settings at 1080p the i-93 ATX wasn't bad either but with a higher cost per frame than both the 380 and 390 we decided against recommending it at this point today we'll be revisiting the second installment of our 1080p gaming video with the same nine games this means the 2013's most hyped first-person shooter has been included as 2015 least hype shooter and after the adventure for just blowing things up the best game ever created based on a blockbuster movie series a nuked console port that made everyone talk about The Witcher threes graphics a game based on a bonkers 1979 Australian film the only game that we know of that was officially released twice a game that was legitimately good at dozen versions ago and the game that one big of this year's Game Awards testing takes place exclusively at 1080p using a core i5 6600 K processor with the latest graphics card and system drivers under Windows 10 for almost all of the games fraps was used to measure framerate performance when we recorded 90 seconds of gameplay in each game during the game where we didn't use fraps was Rainbow six siege as the built-in benchmark works nicely finally all graphics cards used were clocked according to the default and video specifications and overclocking performance won't be taken into account here the gtx 960 average 55 FPS in battlefield 4 at 1080p and with a minimum of 45 fps it was very playable even the 950 did well as to manage to keep the framerate above 41 fps and to average 48 fps still the jump up in performance from the 950 or 960 to the 970 is massive as it managed to averaged 92 FPS and never dropped below the 76 FPS mark the GTX 980 was faster again but it was the gtx 980ti that delivers the next significant performance boost Batman Arkham Knight played really well on the gtx 960 with an average of 60 FPS and a minimum of 49 FPS the two gigabyte models while the 4 gigabyte version only afforded us a single extra frame despite the 960 s doing better in batman the 950 struggle with a rather low 37 FPS minimum frame rate which is surprising given the reasonably strong 50 FPS average doubling the average frame rate from the 950 is 970 with 100 frames per second the GTX 980 you might have been on average 9 frames faster than the 970 but it was just 2 frames faster when comparing the minimum frame rate call of duty black ops 3 is another game where we see around the 50 FPS average for the GTX 960 and again the 2 gigabyte and 4 gigabyte models deliver the same result moreover the 950 does surprisingly well once again as never dipped below 39 PS which is impressive given the quality settings still for twice the price roughly twice as much performance can be had the GTX 970 is average the silky smooth 84 PS and never dipped below 71 fps despite the large open world environments fallout 4 plays nicely with the 960 allowing for an average of 54 FPS with frame drops no lower than 47 fps the 950 also never drop below 42 fps and was good for 48 FPS on average if some 60 FPS performance isn't your thing then perhaps the GTX 970 will impress at 1080p is that average 95 frames never drop below 79 frames the GTX 980 wasn't much faster than the 970 and it was the gtx 980ti that gave us our next big performance boost Just Cause 3 is one of the more visually impressive and exciting games to come out of 2015 despite the huge open world and impressive bitch the gameplays quite well under 960 at 1080p granted we're well short of a 60fps average here Just Cause 3 plays very nicely with the 40 FPS average though still 4 console crashing performance the 970 delivered 67 FPS on average well the 980 was noticeably faster with 76 FPS the 980ti went on to rendered 91 frames per second on average and the Titan X made an impressive 102 F yes unlike Just Cause 3 we found Mad Max to be one of the least demanding big-name releases of 2015 here we see that the 950 can average 55 FPS without dropping below 48 fps at 1080p with all the in-game quality settings maxed out in fact the 950 does surprisingly well in this title as it was just 9 frames per second slower than the 2 gigabyte 960 speaking of which we do see a reasonably large difference between the 2 gigabyte and 4 gigabyte 960 models here on our bridge to the larger 4 gigabyte card was 5 frames per second faster as expected the 970 is still delivered a huge leap forward as the never drop below 101 frames per second which is well above the 69 FPS average of the 960 Tom Clancy's Rainbow six siege plays quite well in the 960 though at times the framerate does drop as low as 39 FPS interestingly while the 2 gigabyte and 4 gigabyte versions of the 960 delivered the same 39 frames per second minimum frame rate the 4 gigabyte model was 5 FPS faster when comparing the average frame rate perhaps the most stunning game of 2015 is also one of the most optimized as the 960 is able to average 50 FPS while never dipping below 46 fps at 1080p using the maximum in-game quality settings even the 950 performs well with the 44 FPS average and a 40 FPS minimum still serious gamers were much prefer the 970 as an average 83 fps and never dropped below 77 fps making it only slightly slower than the 980 The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt is without question the most demanding game we have tested now as a result even at 1080p the 950 and 960 aren't really able to deliver a playable performance of course hair works and turning it off will see the 960 returned to playable performance those wanting to enjoy all the eye candy will be better off with the 970 you with an average of 48 fps well the 980 was much faster rendering 57 FPS on average the power consumption figures are aligned with the performance numbers seen when testing with fallout 4 the 950 was only slightly slower than the 960 and as you can see it consumed only slightly less power the big jump from the 960 to the 970 in terms of performance translate to a lot more power consumption on the 970 s behalf that said the jump from the 970 and 980 to the 980 TI isn't as significant as you might have expected the Star Wars Battlefront power consumption figures back up what we saw in testing with fallout 4 keep in mind these are entire system consumption figures so contrary to what some might believe a good quality 500 watt power supply is ample for powering the latest Intel skylake i7 6700 K processor and the my GeForce GTX Titan next graphics card before we look at the cost per frame numbers let's just summarize the performance seen in the nine games tested on average the GTX 950 was good for 44 FPS which is surprisingly fast considering we tested using the maximum quality settings still for smoother gaming experience you want the 960 u which averaged a healthier 51 FPS for the 2 gigabyte model and 53 FPS for the 4 gigabyte model of the nine games tested the 4 gigabyte 960 was noticeably faster than the 2 gigabyte model in just two of them Rainbow six siege and Mad Max as was the case with the r9 380 the 4 gigabyte 960 model cost just $20 more so it's probably worth getting over the 2 gigabyte model though be aware for the most part there's little to be gained at 1080p but of course this could change in the future the jump in performance from the 960 to the 970 is massive on average 62 percent more performance was had when compared to the 4 gigabyte 960 and this is a staggering figure taking all the pricing data into account which graphics cards represent the best value of 1080p as you can see despite being slow the 950 actually represents quite a strong price per frame ratio so for those of us Hart budget this is your best option just be prepared to scale down a few quality settings the 2 gigabyte 960 also represents excellent value as we found previously and with an average of just over 50 fps it comes into the cost of $3 72 per frame while the 4 gigabyte model cost $3 96 per frame despite being 130 dollars cheaper the 960 2 gigabyte actually cost slightly more than the 970 per frame thanks to the 970 is vastly superior performance in fact the 970 turned out to deliver the best price per frame ratio of any current generation NVIDIA GPU as was the case of the high-end AMD GPUs such as the 390x fury of fury X we found that the 980 980ti and Titan s all come in a price premium that makes the rather poor value at the 1080p resolution therefore this leaves us with the 960 and 970 is the best value options in in videos products stack both work really well with all the triple-a titles released over the past few months NVIDIA has been quick with their game ready drivers providing their customers with excellent support that said and video can be quick to love and leave their customers as Kepler based GPUs are often forgotten when it comes to game optimization these days leaving mighty graphics cards such as the geforce gtx 780 Ti much slower than they ought to be not great if you invested 700 u.s. dollars just two years ago now that we've collected all the 1080p data from AMD our new videos current generation GP used I bet you'd like to know how they compare leaving out the low-end GTX 950 and r7 370 as we feel they're a bit too slow along with the higher tier products that reached a point of diminishing returns leaves us with the gtx 960 in gtx 970 along with the i9 380 and 390 bang for your buck there's no going past the 2 gigabyte r9 380 though surprisingly the GTX 970 does very well in our tests coming in ahead of the 4 gigabyte r9 380 390 the cheaper gtx 960 sorted by performance were again surprised to find the GTX 970 just a fraction ahead of the 390 which comes at a slightly better cost per frame the results really aren't that different to our in-depth 22-game GTX 970 versus Iron Dome 390 comparison published a few months ago that said back then we did look at 1440p performance and Judah AMD's driver overhead they are at a slight disadvantage when testing at lower resolutions such as 1080p even with the support of a skylight core i5 processor in that particular comparison each card won the same number of games and the overall average frame rates worked out to be exactly the same to the dismay of many we went with the GTX 970 though quick to point out gamers could happily go either way therefore the i9 380 is the clear winner of the $200 graphics card battle while we still feel the GTX 970 gets the nod is the best $300 graphics card though this battle isn't nearly as clear-cut finally for those of you want to study the graphs in a more practical format we've uploaded them all in a forum at Hardware on box com so be sure to check that out I'll provide a direct link in the video description thanks for watching another Hardware unbox comparison I'm your host Matt and I'd love to hear what you guys think in the comments don't forget to hit like hit subscribe and I'll see you next time