rx480 vs gtx1060

[Zlokob]

which is better performance-wise? im thingking about upgrading, these 2 are tops how i can go with price atm. also which model/manufacturer is the best option? tnx.

[SoldierScar]

If you are going with gtx 1060, wait for the new version with faster vram.

[Kaihekoa]

MossyRathalos님이 먼저 게시:

This time around AMD is better in the low to mid range, while Nvidia is better than AMD in the high range.

You say this in every thread, but the 1050 Ti is better than a 460, and despite your claims the GTX 1060 and RX 480 are pretty evenly matched. There is such a small difference in price between the 470 and 480 that there really isn't a point in buying the 470. There are refreshes of both cards coming out soon, so unless the need is dire, people should just wait for those reviews and buy whichever is cheapest.

[Mossy Snake]

Kaihekoa님이 먼저 게시:

MossyRathalos님이 먼저 게시:

This time around AMD is better in the low to mid range, while Nvidia is better than AMD in the high range.

You say this in every thread, but the 1050 Ti is better than a 460, and despite your claims the GTX 1060 and RX 480 are pretty evenly matched. There is such a small difference in price between the 470 and 480 that there really isn't a point in buying the 470. There are refreshes of both cards coming out soon, so unless the need is dire, people should just wait for those reviews and buy whichever is cheapest.

I said in all of my previous posts that the 1060 and 480 are evenly matched, but that AMD supports their cards longer.

The 1050 ti is also more powerful than a 460. The 460 competes with the regular 1050, while the ti variant competes with the 470. The 470 is good as a between-point for the 1050ti and 480, but the 4GB 480 does make it kinda redundant.

[upcoast]

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/73945-gtx-1060-vs-rx-480-updated-review-3.html

Depends on the game, DX 11/12 Vulkan / Open GL and res ^.

[Zlokob]

tnx for the replies guys, im gonna wait a bit to see these refreshes release.

[carl]

Had issues finding the right Linux driver for my RX 480 when I first bought it back in October as standard non-Ubuntu/SteamOS Linux distributions hadn't caught up with AMD GPU support. Driver support was only provided at the time with rolling distributions (beta) like OpenSUSE Tumbleweed and Arch.

I want to give AMD a chance due to the possibilites with Vulkan.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/234140/discussions/0/135512931353818770/

[SmollBrain 🏹]

rx 480 typically has better drivers and has more VRAM, but gtx 1060 usually has more features. Peroformance wise they are very close. In the end you should just pick which ever one is cheaper at the time. I would never suggest the 1060 3gb tho, since 3gb is not nearly enough for new games coming up

[Zlokob]

Ƥ€ƤƤ€ŘΜƗŇŦ💙님이 먼저 게시:

rx 480 typically has better drivers and has more VRAM, but gtx 1060 usually has more features. Peroformance wise they are very close. In the end you should just pick which ever one is cheaper at the time. I would never suggest the 1060 3gb tho, since 3gb is not nearly enough for new games coming up

thing is 480 is a bit cheaper than 1060 in my area, some 40 bucks. im talking about full versions with 8GB/6GB vram.

[Mossy Snake]

a.Sh weedian님이 먼저 게시:

Ƥ€ƤƤ€ŘΜƗŇŦ💙님이 먼저 게시:

rx 480 typically has better drivers and has more VRAM, but gtx 1060 usually has more features. Peroformance wise they are very close. In the end you should just pick which ever one is cheaper at the time. I would never suggest the 1060 3gb tho, since 3gb is not nearly enough for new games coming up

thing is 480 is a bit cheaper than 1060 in my area, some 40 bucks. im talking about full versions with 8GB/6GB vram.

I'd go with the 480 due to price/performance, but it's best to wait for the 580 along with it's driver updates

[SoldierScar]

Honestly you should just check youtube benchmarks and then buy the one that performs better in the games you wants to play, generally RX480 is a better bang for buck, but GTX1060 is still better in more games, even the new ones like Watch Dogs 2, Ghost Recon Wildlands or Mass Effect Andromeda (only a bit tho). You pay a bit more, but it is also a better overclocker, has lower tdp, better temps and a really nice control panel full of features, AMD has better dx12 and vulkan support sure, but that is still a future, there is one vulkan game and like 5 dx12 games where amd wins, so in the end you should check benchmarks on youtube and then decide but if you want it longer than 2-3 years go with AMD. Also everyone is talking about AMD's better drivers but Nvidia is taking care too, they recently released a driver that boosts fps in dx12.

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

In performance they may be pretty similar.

GTX 1060 have higher quality video encoding for streaming (if it's the same as the higher end cards at-least) and likely take less damage from stuff like God rays(?), heavy tessalation(?), PhysX and support the MSAO (shading?).

RX 480 allow you to use FreeSync which make the monitor cost less / have it included "for no extra cost" whereas a G-sync monitor cost 100-200 dollar extra.

Since it's this class of graphics cards I assume price of stuff is an issue. So.. will you buy a monitor or stream? (the later become irrelevant if you encode the video on the CPU anyway but assuming you don't.)

[Zlokob]

no, i dont or plan to stream, also i will not change monitor at this point, maybe in future, but not for now.