Rx480 8g vs 1060 3g for 1080p

[LauriHimself]

Hey

 

Going to build the first 1080p gaming rig for my bosses 10yo son.

 

I got a 480 8gb and a 1060 3gb on hand. Just don't know wich one to choose.

Also, what would be a fair price for either one of those? 

[MrP6k]

give em the 1060. it's a lot more reasonably priced in the second hand market, around $200 iirc

[jaslion]

The 480 8gb will be the much better card here as you won't already run out of vram like on the gtx 1060. As for price try to stay under 250.

[YoungBlade]

4 minutes ago, jaslion said:

The 480 8gb will be the much better card here as you won't already run out of vram like on the gtx 1060. As for price try to stay under 250.

The RX 480 8GB is selling in the $350 range right now. That's not a fair price for the OP.

 

The 1060 3GB is going for around $225, so selling it for under $250 is fair.

[mariushm]

The 10 year old son is not gonna play games that really need more than 3 GB vram ... let him play fortnite and other crap at low-medium or medium-high or whatever can do with 3 gb vram.

 

Keep the rx 480 with 8 gigs for yourself  ... a bit more power hungry but it could handle even 1440p without chocking due to vram.