1060 3gb vs 6gb?

[WoofyDaTechHound]

So ive heard things that its better to get a 3gb over a 6gb with price/gb and price/performance. Im wanting to know which should i get to maximize performance in a budget build

[TheKDub]

Get the 6GB, not only does it have more VRAM, but it's also a more powerful card.

[DrMacintosh]

RX 580 would be better than either. Although they are a little expensive atm due to low stock. 

[WoofyDaTechHound]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

RX 580 would be better than either. Although they are a little expensive atm due to low stock. 

I do not associate myself with non Nvidia products. For Nvidia is god, Nvidia great, Nvidia is best lol. The pascal architecture and the coming volta i think will put a stomping on vega. 

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, Sgt. ShadoWolf said:

I do not associate myself with non Nvidia products. For Nvidia is god, Nvidia great, Nvidia is best lol. The pascal architecture and the coming volta i think will put a stomping on vega. 

Uhhh what? 

[Zando_]

Just now, Sgt. ShadoWolf said:

I do not associate myself with non Nvidia products. For Nvidia is god, Nvidia great, Nvidia is best lol. The pascal architecture and the coming volta i think will put a stomping on vega. 

He isn't talking about Vega though. Just Polaris or whatever AMD's RX 580 architecture is. And it puts a stomping on Nvidia's 1060s. 

[MaxBunny]

2 minutes ago, Sgt. ShadoWolf said:

I do not associate myself with non Nvidia products. For Nvidia is god, Nvidia great, Nvidia is best lol. The pascal architecture and the coming volta i think will put a stomping on vega. 

If you can afford a 1060 3gb you can push for the 6gb. The real budget card is the 1050 ti. Skip the 3gb altogether.

[WoofyDaTechHound]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

He isn't talking about Vega though. Just Polaris or whatever AMD's RX 580 architecture is. And it puts a stomping on Nvidia's 1060s. 

Ik but with looking at RX 580 vs 1060 6gb you will pay a higher price for 2gb more of vram but a decrease of anywhere from 500-600 mhz clock speeds. 

[WoofyDaTechHound]

Just now, MaxBunny said:

If you can afford a 1060 3gb you can push for the 6gb. The real budget card is the 1050 ti. Skip the 3gb altogether.

I was thinking of a 1050 ti but made room in my budget for a step up to 1060

[Zando_]

Just now, Sgt. ShadoWolf said:

Ik but with looking at RX 580 vs 1060 6gb you will pay a higher price for 2gb more of vram but a decrease of anywhere from 500-600 mhz clock speeds. 

Clock speed isn't king. That's why a Ryzen 5 1600 can meet or beat an i5 with a much higher clock, depending on whether the application is optimized for it. API's are generally well optimized for GPUs (Especially Vulcan for AMD), since they are specialized unlike CPUs which have to do everything. So GPU clock speed isn't king. My 980 Ti kicks butt compared to my 1050 Ti, but the 1050 Ti has much higher clocks. 

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, Sgt. ShadoWolf said:

I was thinking of a 1050 ti but made room in my budget for a step up to 1060

Look at the RX 570 and 580. I know it's not Nvidia but this price bracket is where AMD shines. 

 

 

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

Look at the RX 570 and 580. I know it's not Nvidia but this price bracket is where AMD shines. 

Yup. AMD is king in the reasonable price/ great performance market. 

[WoofyDaTechHound]

@DrMacintosh I just looked and RX 570 4gb starts at 315 im seeing on pcpartpicker. For the same price you can get the 1060 6gb. For a 4gb card the 1050 ti is way better priced for a low end card that can do 1080p gaming

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, Sgt. ShadoWolf said:

@DrMacintosh I just looked and RX 570 4gb starts at 315 im seeing on pcpartpicker. For the same price you can get the 1060 6gb. For a 4gb card the 1050 ti is way better priced for a low end card that can do 1080p gaming

Like I said, pricing is messed up due to mining. $315 is very high. 

[WoofyDaTechHound]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

Like I said, pricing is messed up due to mining. $315 is very high. 

It will be a few more months before i start buying the parts so we will see pricing then. Black Friday will probably be the big factor for what i will buy

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, Sgt. ShadoWolf said:

It will be a few more months before i start buying the parts so we will see pricing then. Black Friday will probably be the big factor for what i will buy

Probably. Just don't make up your mind until its actually time for you to buy. Deals and stock could come up at any point. 

[WoofyDaTechHound]

Just now, DrMacintosh said:

Probably. Just don't make up your mind until its actually time for you to buy. Deals and stock could come up at any point. 

Id think they will hold some cards and other products in reserve for the sale. 

 

[Megah3rtz]

20 minutes ago, Sgt. ShadoWolf said:

I do not associate myself with non Nvidia products. For Nvidia is god, Nvidia great, Nvidia is best lol. The pascal architecture and the coming volta i think will put a stomping on vega. 

what a confusing creature. fascinating

[WoofyDaTechHound]

Im seeing Dx12 and Vulcan(of course being a AMD software) performs better with AMD gpu's. Ive seen Dx11 performs well with Nvidia and they are currently working on a huge Dx12 driver update and also will have the Volta come with full updated support for Dx12. Vulcan currently doesnt intertest me at all since it has  been implemented in only about 7-8 games and i dont like any of them

[MadOver]

1 hour ago, DrMacintosh said:

RX 580 would be better than either. Although they are a little expensive atm due to low stock. 

True, just wait a bit longer, looks like the prices are going down slowly.

Special versions like PowerColor's Red Devil are faster than 1060.