GTX 1060 or GTX 970

[Obaid Ur Rehman]

Hello Guyz..

 

I m having a bit of a confusion on the selection of the graphics card.

My current PC configuration is

Asus H97 Pro

Kingston hyperx fury 8gb

intel i5 4460

samsung 850 evo 120 gb

corsair cx430

 

i was going to buy the ASUS gtx 970 strix but the new 10 series card lunch had made me a little confused

ASUS GTX 1060 strix looks fine to me, or do i go for the GTX 970 STRIX.

[AHaskin14]

Go with the 1060. New design, more RAM, more power efficient.

[Limecat86]

Just now, AHaskin14 said:

Go with the 960. New design, more RAM, more power efficient.

You mean the 1060 right?

[karix]

Get the 1060... its faster than the 970, or save for the 1070... 

[Obaid Ur Rehman]

960?

[Obaid Ur Rehman]

Do i have to change my PSU?

[karix]

5 minutes ago, Obaid Ur Rehman said:

Do i have to change my PSU?

You should be fine with the current one if your not gonna overclock

[AHaskin14]

10 minutes ago, Limecat86 said:

You mean the 1060 right?

lol oops. yes i do. Gotta get my fingers typing with current times.

[Obaid Ur Rehman]

great

another question , do i save up and go for gtx 1070, how much performance m i going to gain with respect to price

[Superspeed07]

18 minutes ago, Obaid Ur Rehman said:

Do i have to change my PSU?

No, but the cx series psu's are very hit and miss I would suggest changing to something that is better quality.

[karix]

1 minute ago, Obaid Ur Rehman said:

great

another question , do i save up and go for gtx 1070, how much performance m i going to gain with respect to price

If i remember right the gtx 1070 is approximately 25% more powerful than the 1060... but it costs 190$ more (from amazon, anyways)...

 

[Obaid Ur Rehman]

1 minute ago, karix said:

If i remember right the gtx 1070 is approximately 25% more powerful than the 1060... but it costs 190$ more (from amazon, anyways)...

 

Thats what i was thinking it is quite expensive compare to the gtx 1060.

so gtx 1060 is better?

[typographie]

2 minutes ago, Obaid Ur Rehman said:

great

another question , do i save up and go for gtx 1070, how much performance m i going to gain with respect to price

The GTX 1070 is a lot faster than the 1060, but for way more money. If you're asking if the performance difference matches the price difference, it does not.

 

But whether you actually need that much performance for the type of gaming you're going to be doing is the question. What resolution are you using? What games are you planning to play? What framerate do you want to maintain? How long before you're willing to start dropping settings to stay at that resolution & framerate?

[Obaid Ur Rehman]

4 minutes ago, Superspeed07 said:

No, but the cx series psu's are very hit and miss I would suggest changing to something that is better quality.

which PSU do u suggest?

[karix]

Just now, Obaid Ur Rehman said:

Thats what i was thinking it is quite expensive compare to the gtx 1060.

so gtx 1060 is better?

Just did the math... the 1070 is 60% more expensive, but only gives 25% boost in performance from a 1060... i'll let you be the judge if its worth it

[Obaid Ur Rehman]

7 minutes ago, typographie said:

The GTX 1070 is a lot faster than the 1060, but for way more money. If you're asking if the performance difference matches the price difference, it does not.

 

But whether you actually need that much performance for the type of gaming you're going to be doing is the question. What resolution are you using? What games are you planning to play? What framerate do you want to maintain? How long before you're willing to start dropping settings to stay at that resolution & framerate?

currently using 1080p monitor, i will upgrade it to a 4k monitor in the future. so i just want to buy a future proof graphics card

games battlefield 4

gta 5

crysis etc

i m also a graphics designer so i use Adobe After effect

[Obaid Ur Rehman]

8 minutes ago, karix said:

Just did the math... the 1070 is 60% more expensive, but only gives 25% boost in performance from a 1060... i'll let you be the judge if its worth it

i  guess 1060 has much better performance per dollar

thanks

[karix]

1 minute ago, Obaid Ur Rehman said:

i  guess 1060 has much better performance per dollar

thanks

No problem

[arch_linuxos]

17 minutes ago, Obaid Ur Rehman said:

currently using 1080p monitor, i will upgrade it to a 4k monitor in the future. so i just want to buy a future proof graphics card

games battlefield 4

gta 5

crysis etc

i m also a graphics designer so i use Adobe After effect

If you're only running 1080p, definitely go for the 1060. I have the 1070 and it's totally overkill (don't get me wrong, I love it, but it's definitely overkill). If you're going to move to 4k, you'll need a 1080 though, or two 1070s. Your options are to buy 1060 now, sell it later, and buy new card, or buy 1070 now and then buy another once you have 4k monitor. More expensive that way though.

 

EDIT: 1060 is power of a 980 and cheaper/same price as 970, so definitely get it over a 970 (there's literally no reason to get the 970 at all). 

[n00bmlg]

1 hour ago, Obaid Ur Rehman said:

960?

He meant 1060

1060 has 6GB VRAM vs 3.5GB for the 970

The 1060 is more powerful and more power efficient

And it's only $250