Asus strix gtx 970 OC vs gtx 1060

[Drago]

The facts are more evident that the 970 is better yet other people are riding the 1060's ♥♥♥♥.

[_I_]

1060 3g is about gtx 970 performance
1060 6g is slightly better

[Drago]

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1060 3g is about gtx 970 performance
1060 6g is slightly better

♥♥♥♥ it ill get it, which brand is the best?

[_I_]

any, just get one with aftermarket cooling (not refrence or founders blower)

[Drago]

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any, just get one with aftermarket cooling (not refrence or founders blower)

do you know if the i5 4690k will bottleneck with a 1060?

[Chompman]

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1060 3g is about gtx 970 performance
1060 6g is slightly better

♥♥♥♥ it ill get it, which brand is the best?

They are for the most part minor differences as some of the overclocked ones will be slightly faster while others will be cooler or quieter so you need to look at what one of these options matters to most for you and pick one of those.

Just don't go for the founders editions ever and it will be all good.

[Zireth]

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any, just get one with aftermarket cooling (not refrence or founders blower)

do you know if the i5 4690k will bottleneck with a 1060?

It will do fine are you getting 6gb or 3gb? I'd recommend 6 gb always

[Chompman]

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any, just get one with aftermarket cooling (not refrence or founders blower)

do you know if the i5 4690k will bottleneck with a 1060?

A decent i5 like that will not have issues with any of the current gens cards and that includes the new titan.

[Drago]

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do you know if the i5 4690k will bottleneck with a 1060?

It will do fine are you getting 6gb or 3gb? I'd recommend 6 gb always

yeah 6gb

[banzaigtv]

Your 4690k should do fine with a GTX 1060.

[Drago]

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Your 4690k should do fine with a GTX 1060.

probably gonna go with the msi one on newegg.

[_I_]

just get the 6g ver, its about 10% faster than the 3g, and more vram is good for future games or higher res

[sebo]

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1060 3g is about gtx 970 performance
1060 6g is slightly better

1060 gtx = 980 gtx and in some games the 1060 actually beats the 980.

nvidia actually did a comparison a couple months ago
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060

and the 1070 is faster than a Ttitan X. O_o
1080 about 3 times faster than a 980 and twice as fast as a 980Ti
just shows how much performance gain there is from last generation..

if only it were like this every year.. we'd all be upgrading yearly lol..

[Azza ☠]

GTX 1060 = approx GTX 980
GTX 1070 = GTX 980 Ti / Titan X (previous version)
GTX 1080 = 2x GTX 980 SLI performance levels or better

Of course it depends on the model versions...

If you can get a second hand GTX 970 (optimal for 1080p) or GTX 980 (optimal for 1440p) for cheap... then go for those, however if getting brand new, you will be much better off with the Nvidia Pascal series GTX 1060 or above.

Consider the GTX 970 as a remake of the GTX 780 3GB card. It's had an additional 1GB video memory thrown in for free, but 0.5GB of that is a slower last reserve memory pool. Therefore treat it as 3.5GB (which is still fine for 1080p) - avoid maxing out 4GB.

GTX 1060 has two versions (3GB or 6GB). 3GB is similar to the GTX 970 without that additional freebee 1GB video memory (0.5GB of which was a slower pool). 6GB is better performance (getting to GTX 980 performance) and twice the memory, more ideal for future proofing SLI and multiple monitors, etc. A single monitor @ 1080p with a single card, will leave some of that video memory just sitting idle (and therefore wasted), but it's there for future stuff (depending on your plans).

As for model, comes down to your own taste... however I highly recommend Asus Rog STRIX DirectCUIII (factory overclock, but also cooler and quieter - has a good warranty too).