ASUS Strix 960 at it's lowest ever price on Amazon. Price is US$188.99 + postage which brought it up to US$200.44 to WA. Cheapest on StaticIce is $296.80 from ARC Computers.
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IMO this graphics card doesn't really represent good value. Unless someone can tell me what a 960 can do to justify the $300 price tag, when a 660ti has similar performance and was ~$280 3 years ago
~$300 is the same price as the older card was, but can give around 10-20% better frame rate at 1920x1080 vs the 660Ti. Seems reasonable to me. US$200 is thus a good deal (they price for the global market, whether or not Australia decides our money is not worth as much as it was 3 years ago), but if you already have a 660Ti, it would be reasonable to wait for the next generation.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Palit/GeForce_GTX_960_Sup…
Palit says it's a 14% improvement over the GTX 660 Ti.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Palit/GeForce_GTX_960_Sup…
I'd only consider it if it were 30%+ improvement. If I were to buy a new GPU, it should feel outdated and worthy of replacing. Blowing $300 on a new GPU that provides 14% improvement hardly constitutes a good value return. But that's me and I'll bet some people who are thinking of buying this probably have a 660 or worse
Even in the review you linked, they are calling the improvement from the 760 to 960 'disappointing'.
Not sure why I got negged, pretty sure some reviewers are feeling the same way about the performance compared to the 760
I think this graphics card is good value, even better than the 660 Ti or the 760, which were both good value cards. But you are right, it's not a good value if you already have a decent card that's three years old or less. You can always overclock your older card or add a cheap second hand one for SLI. I see no reason to spend $300 when you can get a second 660Ti on eBay for $140.
Well, the aussie dollar has dropped.
Price and performance is pretty similar to the 280 and 285, I'd only call the $300+ models bad for value, the <$300 models are fine.
reminds me of the owl ads on Twitch tv.
![[Amazon] Asus Strix 960 USD $200.41 (Delivered) + Free Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Code](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/45/191545.jpg?h=c7c482d7)
This comes to $257Au Approximately.
Would it be worth saving the $43 or spending the extra to get local warranty?