GTX 1060, GTX 980 or RX 480?

[somerandomguy12]

The question is in the title as all of them are just above the £200 mark. with the GTX 1060 I would only want the 6GB model and I am not sure for which model to go for in the case of the RX 480 Should should I buy?

 

[1Reshiram12]

980 is the most powerful of the 3, but the best value for performance is probably the 1060.

[Starelementpoke]

2 minutes ago, somerandomguy12 said:

The question is in the title as all of them are just above the £200 mark. with the GTX 1060 I would only want the 6GB model and I am not sure for which model to go for in the case of the RX 480 Should should I buy?

 

If they all are so close, then 1060.

[somerandomguy12]

Just now, 1Reshiram12 said:

980 is the most powerful of the 3, but the best value for performance is probably the 1060.

They are all the same price so should I go for the GTX 980

Just now, Starelementpoke said:

If they all are so close, then 1060.

Why 1060?

[PCMR Ricos]

It depends on your CPU, what is it?

I wouldn't pick up the 980 because of older generation.

If you don't want to upgrade a lot the rx480 will be more future proof that the 1060 as nvidia bumps perfomance with drivers and amd improves it.

[aisle9]

1060.

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, somerandomguy12 said:

They are all the same price so should I go for the GTX 980

Why 1060?

Bit stronger than the 980/just as strong with more VRAM.

[somerandomguy12]

Just now, PCMR Ricos said:

It depends on your CPU, what is it?

I wouldn't pick up the 980 because of older generation.

If you don't want to upgrade a lot the rx480 will be more future proof that the 1060 as nvidia bumps perfomance with drivers and amd improves it.

 

Intel i5 4460 Haswell.

With the RX 480 do you think it is worth getting the 8gb for future proofing?

[somerandomguy12]

1 minute ago, aisle9 said:

1060.

 

Just now, Starelementpoke said:

Bit stronger than the 980/just as strong with more VRAM.

Thanks guys.

[PCMR Ricos]

Just now, aisle9 said:

1060.

 

2 minutes ago, Starelementpoke said:

If they all are so close, then 1060.

 

2 minutes ago, 1Reshiram12 said:

980 is the most powerful of the 3, but the best value for performance is probably the 1060.

You guys forgot AMD optimizes their cards with drivers, so it would be more future proof and AMD has better drivers/programms

[PCMR Ricos]

Just now, somerandomguy12 said:

 

Thanks guys.

Good luck with the programms of Nvidia everyone was complaining of drivers and bugs. 

[somerandomguy12]

Just now, PCMR Ricos said:

Good luck with the programms of Nvidia everyone was complaining of drivers and bugs. 

So I'm guessing your choosing the RX 480. Should I get the 8GB?

[PCMR Ricos]

Just now, somerandomguy12 said:

So I'm guessing your choosing the RX 480. Should I get the 8GB?

I would recommend if you play AAA games and do some video editing, would be very usefull

[somerandomguy12]

3 minutes ago, PCMR Ricos said:

I would recommend if you play AAA games and do some video editing, would be very usefull

Gotcha

[aisle9]

5 minutes ago, PCMR Ricos said:

Good luck with the programms of Nvidia everyone was complaining of drivers and bugs. 

Judging by your PCMR name, I'm going to guess that you're (a.) new to building computers and (b.) just parroting off what's cool. AMD's drivers were as bad as NVIDIA's are now just six short months ago.

[iRileyx]

The 480 will be better if you have a freesync monitor.

[PCMR Ricos]

Just now, somerandomguy12 said:

Gotcha

So 8GB would be more future proof too, hope I helped and enjoy your gaming!

Just one thing, what is your CPU? (Just to check if there will be bottleneck)

[somerandomguy12]

Just now, RKRiley said:

The 480 will be better if you have a freesync monitor.

Don't have one.

[somerandomguy12]

1 minute ago, PCMR Ricos said:

So 8GB would be more future proof too, hope I helped and enjoy your gaming!

Just one thing, what is your CPU? (Just to check if there will be bottleneck)

 

i5 4460 Haswell. Bottle-neck Free!

[MorganO]

3 minutes ago, somerandomguy12 said:

Don't have one.

the advantage of the rx480 is that high hz freesync monitors dont come at as much of a premium than their g sync equivalent also alot more choice in the freesync market

[smokefest]

42 minutes ago, somerandomguy12 said:

i5 4460 Haswell. Bottle-neck Free!

get the 1060... it performs better than a 980... and its newwer, and has more vram

[i_build_nanosuits]

58 minutes ago, somerandomguy12 said:

The question is in the title as all of them are just above the £200 mark. with the GTX 1060 I would only want the 6GB model and I am not sure for which model to go for in the case of the RX 480 Should should I buy?

 

GTX 1060 6GB

The cheapest one that is not a blower style card, is not a mini (unless you want a mini) and has a backplate (if you don't care, ignore backplate)

 

EDIT: This would be the better 1060 to get in the states and probably other places as well:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7RKhP6/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1060-6gb-windforce-oc-6g-video-card-gv-n1060wf2oc-6gd

 

But if you can get a deal on a R9 Fury and you have a good 650W + PSU i would get this instead:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/M2mxFT/sapphire-video-card-112470340g

[NuclearKing]

Get the 1060, which is about equivalent to the 980, and it works with less power (so you can use a smaller PSU) and its more efficient than the RX 480. I bought the 1060 and I'm extremely happy.

[just tilt]

Just now, somerandomguy12 said:

The question is in the title as all of them are just above the £200 mark. with the GTX 1060 I would only want the 6GB model and I am not sure for which model to go for in the case of the RX 480 Should should I buy?

 

if you can afford a 980 why not buy a 1070?

[somerandomguy12]

1 minute ago, just tilt said:

if you can afford a 980 why not buy a 1070?

They are selling for £220