should I upgrade 1060 3G to 6G GDDR5x?

[js_C]

As topic, I am upgrading my system, my old Zotec GTX 1060 has been struggling for 15 months, the new 1060 6G with GDDR5X memory seems to be a good deal. But i am still hesitating. I play 3A single player games like Assassin's Creed, COD.....I need some help making the dicision. so pros and cons:

 

Pro: 1, not that expensive;

        2, a reasonable improvement on performance

 

Con: 1, very small performance improvement

         2, the only GDDR5x (in my country) comes with Galax, a brand i am not familiar with

 

I am also considering 1070, but what is the point of choosing 1070 while 2070 is out? 2070 is above my budget. I am hoping this card can run cyberpunk 2077, as least 30fps on middle settings with 1080p ultrawide.

or maybe I should hold my old 1060 3G until  cyberpunk 2077 is out....

 

ideas

[Jurrunio]

If you can get that for $200 then sure, since that's what the RX 580 8G cost. However the performance jump still wont be big since all that does is remove constraints by VRAM capacity, GPU core difference is small.

[amusedschrodinger]

If you can save up more and wait, spend more for better cards.

[leo1798]

No, not worth the upgrade in any capacity

[Streetguru]

41 minutes ago, js_C said:

 

That's not even an upgrade, why would you bother? save your money

Maybe find someone who wants to trade for an RX 470/570 or something if you really need a bit more VRAM

[SupaKomputa]

you only get 5-10 fps gain. the most contributing factors is the gpu chip not the vram.

unless you change it to at least 1070 it won't have a noticeable boost.

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

you only get 5-10 fps gain. the most contributing factors is the gpu chip not the vram.

unless you change it to at least 1070 it won't have a noticeable boost.

If he's constantly going over the 3GB VRAM limit in some game that would cause issues as it would try to use the system memory next to keep from crashing I think.

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, campy said:

performance difference would be minimal

comparable to moving from a 4c i5 to a 4c i7 on the same platform, almost unnoticeable

There's a pretty decent difference depending on the game between an i5 and i7

[SupaKomputa]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

If he's constantly going over the 3GB VRAM limit in some game that would cause issues as it would try to use the system memory next to keep from crashing I think.

Yeah using system memory is not that bad, from what i see in some benchmark, the result is still consistent.

But if he only have 8gb system memory that will be a problem if the system memory is out, then it will use pagefile, the performance will be butchered.

[Streetguru]

17 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

Yeah using system memory is not that bad, from what i see in some benchmark, the result is still consistent.

But if he only have 8gb system memory that will be a problem if the system memory is out, then it will use pagefile, the performance will be butchered.

System memory is an order of magnitude slower than GDDR5, not to mention travel time as well

It's why AMD's APUs are pretty much always memory bottlenecked.

[RogueLizard]

2 hours ago, js_C said:

ideas

Get a 1070. I've owned three total and am now on a 1070 Ti. You'll love it. Get the best your budget fan get.

[js_C]

Thanks guys, I think I will skip the 1060 6Gddr5x and save some money for a more powerful card.....