GTX 950 is out but

270x is still better choice and 370x has not shown up yet

early review pc world

"With all else being equal, I’d probably personally give the GeForce card the nod over the R7 370/R9 270X due to Nvidia’s constant onslaught of Game Ready drivers and slick software ecosystem."

There you have it, sonny. I'd personally go for GTX 750 too.

i agree

GTX950 is better than R9 270X and R9 370.

It has more performance (due to the better factory o/c of the models) and its doing that with requiring only 1x 6pin PCI-E molex.

GTX 750ti and GTX 750 are not even close...

This is just a low factory o/c card:

The real problem in my opinion here is the price. They should be $150 models and not $159 with the factory models to $170....

ps: This is a better factory o/c model that reaches GTX960 performance with just $5 more than the ASUS model.

If I were to make a new build, I wouldn't have anything less than a r9 380. It's the sweet spot right now imo.

Been looking at getting a GPU of this caliber since I promised to help a friend build a budget PC for ~600 bucks (Canadian). I've only been getting higher end GPU's myself for a while now, but my god when did entry level GPU's get so expensive? I fully expect this will cost ~$200+ here for most models. Most 750ti models are around $175-200. I remember when 'mid-range' GPU's (the good ol' 6600GT) were like 150 bucks here and the entry level ones cost less than 100.

"all else being equal" all else is not equal. when the reviewer downlclocked the 950 to stock speeds nvidia contacted him and basically told him not to do so, the fact is, stock speeds 950 won 2 games, 270x won 3. the oc 950 won 4. adding massive overclocks with game ready drivers, newer chip tech, higher dx feature levels nvidia most would choose nvidia. true, but I notice a lot of caveats to get a brand new card to only just beat a 3 year old one with poor driver support. thats the kind of benefit of the doubt nvidia gets.

@Coseniath: in the chart the r9 270x 2gb and gtx950 2gb are tied at 95%, but a win is a win and the asus 950 strix 2gb is at 100% that is a win.

@urbangamez: I said it before and I will say it again. There is no reference card. Only factory o/c ones.

And the factory oc/ed ones are faster than R9 270X factory o/c models:

I just linked one of the lowest clocked ones.

Can you link me a factory oc/ed R9 270X with performance 13,6% better than R9 270X reference?

@Coseniath: in your 1st post on topic you presented a set of facts, if you don't think I understand them, then at least have confidence in them, or if you think I should clarify a response then say so otherwise you are going to keep repeating yourself "I said it before and I will say it again. " and eventually you will go off on a tangent that doesn't even " Can you link me a factory oc/ed R9 270X with performance 13,6% better than R9 270X reference? " see what I mean :P

Priced at 215$ in Canada....you can grab a R9 280 for 15$ more

These compromised-ass video cards just don't interest me.

I prefer to get the cards right at the top of the price range.

@urbangamez: I found my mistake and I see that I shouldn't respond since you somewhat agreed. It was just awake and I didn't read it well. xD

Although what I type I admit was irrelevant to our conversation (I didn't read clearly the "but a win is a win and the asus 950 strix 2gb is at 100% that is a win." part), this forums is not only about you and me and if the extra info (about the Zotac card) I provided helped someone to make a better choice (for any reason), then its a win for me.

@MonsieurX: Thats the problem I noticed from the begining. Although the o/c models might be near R9 280 in performance, R9 280 has 3GB VRAM, making it a better choice.

I think the most proper price for this should be in the same price of GTX750ti aka $150 (us dollars).