GTX 1070 Vs RX 480 CF

[energylightning]

Hey guys !

I want to upgrade to something more powerful. Im coming from a GTX 960 4gb and to be honest im kinda getting bored of lowering the settings everytime I play a demanding games like Witcher 3 etc. The new GTX 1070 caught my eye but also the rumour about 2 RX 480's that would "beat" the 1080 in performance. Now the problem is i have a 600w PSU which is gold certified but AMD crossfire approved. I dont know if that would be enough for 2 RX 480's . I calculated everything and power draw was 540w.

This is my PSU http://www.bequiet.com/de/powersupply/521

So my question is , what do you guys think is the best option 1070 or a RX 480 CF maybe even a GTX 980 Ti since prices are lowering ?
Sry for the long post
my system:
i5 4690k
MSI Gaming 3 mobo (Crossfire Supported)
1 SSD 850 Evo 256 gb
2x 4gb Corsair vengence
GTX 960 4GB
Be Quiet! Straight power 10 80+ gold.

[reptileexperts]

1070 to avoid the crossfire and AMD issues that may arise. The 480 crossfire may bench better, but in many games the 1070 will have better optimization IMO

[Dionyz]

2 minutes ago, energylightning said:

Hey guys !

I want to upgrade to something more powerful. Im coming from a GTX 960 4gb and to be honest im kinda getting bored of lowering the settings everytime I play a demanding games like Witcher 3 etc. The new GTX 1070 caught my eye but also the rumour about 2 RX 480's that would "beat" the 1080 in performance. Now the problem is i have a 600w PSU which is gold certified but AMD crossfire approved. I dont know if that would be enough for 2 RX 480's . I calculated everything and power draw was 540w.

This is my PSU http://www.bequiet.com/de/powersupply/521

So my question is , what do you guys think is the best option 1070 or a RX 480 CF maybe even a GTX 980 Ti since prices are lowering ?
Sry for the long post
my system:
i5 4690k
MSI Gaming 3 mobo (Crossfire Supported)
1 SSD 850 Evo 256 gb
2x 4gb Corsair vengence
GTX 960 4GB
Be Quiet! Straight power 10 80+ gold.

CF, and SLI uses a lot of bandwidth. It will bottleneck your CPU, so I would go with a more powerful card or just buy one.

[V4Rdot50]

Sure crossfire its better but its more problematic if i was you il go for the 1070

[App4that]

2 RX480s beat a 1080 in one heavily biased game with AMD at the controls. And AotS doesn't use crossfire, but a multi gpu feature of DX12.

 

The 1070 is the more reliable option as it is the stronger single card, and leave you room for upgrading to 1070s in SLI. But if you're at 1080p, get the RX 480. Better value.

 

Your PSU is fine.

[ThatCarlosGuy]

Theres other things to consider other than performance. Two cards will introduce more heat, noise, higher energy usage and incompatibility with some (if not most) games. Not worth it in my opinion. Just get a strong single card

[suchamoneypit]

6 minutes ago, Dionyz said:

CF, and SLI uses a lot of bandwidth. It will bottleneck your CPU, so I would go with a more powerful card or just buy one.

Sure it does, but there is no way 2 GPUs will bottleneck his 4690k. Three, yeah.

[App4that]

8 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

Sure it does, but there is no way 2 GPUs will bottleneck his 4690k. Three, yeah.

What happens is you lose lanes for M.2 if they have it or sound cards. Or anything else that uses lanes.

[suchamoneypit]

1 minute ago, App4that said:

What happens is you lose lanes for M.2 if they have it or sound cards. Or anything else that uses lanes.

He never listed he had any. And when your talking about whether something will bottleneck something else, your usually assuming its about just the two devices and nothing else. 4960k will not bottleneck 2 GPUs if nothing else is affecting it.

[App4that]

2 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

He never listed he had any. And when your talking about whether something will bottleneck something else, your usually assuming its about just the two devices and nothing else. 4960k will not bottleneck 2 GPUs if nothing else is affecting it.

I ran two 390s in crossfire with a 4690k, no worries. But I lost my M.2 slot and you never know what someone has planned lol

[reptileexperts]

Depends on mobo...

[energylightning]

Big thanks for the replies guys I was just wondering if my PSU can actually handle 2 150W cards but based from the replies im considering the 1070 

[i_build_nanosuits]

6 minutes ago, energylightning said:

Big thanks for the replies guys I was just wondering if my PSU can actually handle 2 150W cards but based from the replies im considering the 1070 

single more powerful card is always better. indeed.

[Morgan MLGman]

25 minutes ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

single more powerful card is always better. indeed.

Assuming that the 1070 will be actually that much better, as some early benchmarks reported an overclocked RX 480 to beat a stock Fury X, I'd advise OP to wait two weeks and see whether any of those benches are true, it's not a long time to wait imho, might be worth it

[Big-G]

Remember, all current 10x0 benchmarks are being done on fairly immature drivers... driver maturity will increase performance a lot more...

[Morgan MLGman]

7 minutes ago, GidonsClaw said:

Remember, all current 10x0 benchmarks are being done on fairly immature drivers... driver maturity will increase performance a lot more...

Well, same goes for every other new card on the market, so it's a weird thing to say. Also, AMD has shown us so far that their drivers tend to "mature" more over the years than Nvidia's

[Big-G]

4 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Well, same goes for every other new card on the market, so it's a weird thing to say. Also, AMD has shown us so far that their drivers tend to "mature" more over the years than Nvidia's

Because they actually figured out how to driver?

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, GidonsClaw said:

Because they actually figured out how to driver?

There's more to it than that.

[clementk]

7 hours ago, Dionyz said:

CF, and SLI uses a lot of bandwidth. It will bottleneck your CPU, so I would go with a more powerful card or just buy one.

no it would i have i5 4690k with 2x 780's Overclocked gets around 13000 each Firestike or 23000 sli score more then 480 is according to leaks and it does not bottle neck the i5..

[alphaproject]

1070 over the xfire for sure.

[App4that]

48 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Assuming that the 1070 will be actually that much better, as some early benchmarks reported an overclocked RX 480 to beat a stock Fury X, I'd advise OP to wait two weeks and see whether any of those benches are true, it's not a long time to wait imho, might be worth it

I really don't see why you're saying this. The VR benchmark at E3 has the RX 480 score lower than a 390. You're going to look silly when the benchmarks do hit and it's no where near the hype you're pushing.

[Morgan MLGman]

2 minutes ago, App4that said:

I really don't see why you're saying this. The VR benchmark at E3 has the RX 480 score lower than a 390. You're going to look silly when the benchmarks do hit and it's no where near the hype you're pushing.

Nah, I don't really believe it, I expect the 480 to be above the GTX 980 and R9 390X in performance. I doubt it's below a 390, as the 470 is supposedly going to deliver R9 290-like performance, "5% slower than a GTX 970", I hope it's true but I doubt it tbh
 

I hope the "VR Benchmark" wasn't the SteamVR benchmark, as my older 8350+R9 290X setup beat many 5820k + R9 Fury scores in it for some reason, it's very inconsistent and inconclusive.

[App4that]

2 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Nah, I don't really believe it, I expect the 480 to be above the GTX 980 and R9 390X in performance. I doubt it's below a 390, as the 470 is supposedly going to deliver R9 290-like performance, "5% slower than a GTX 970", I hope it's true but I doubt it tbh
 

I hope the "VR Benchmark" wasn't the SteamVR benchmark, as my older 8350+R9 290X setup beat many 5820k + R9 Fury scores in it for some reason, it's very inconsistent and inconclusive.

Funny how anything that shows the RX 480 to not be the hype is dubbed "inconsistent". Ivan said the same thing. But here's the link, and this isn't a leak to be taken as such but from AMD.

 

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/52621/radeon-rx-480-scores-6-3-steam-vr-benchmark-thrashes-r9-380/index.html

[Suika]

Let me just pull out my crystal ball to predict the future...

 

 

It says you should wait for third party reviewers to get a hold of the RX 480s and taking their word over the company that wants to see their own product succeed (and on that note, try to avoid "leaks" as they might not be accurate), although common practice suggests that you should avoid multi-card configs and focus on the single, more powerful card because of the issues that arise with multiple cards.

 

The crystal ball has spoken. You should seriously consider its advice.

[Morgan MLGman]

4 minutes ago, App4that said:

Funny how anything that shows the RX 480 to not be the hype is dubbed "inconsistent". Ivan said the same thing. But here's the link, and this isn't a leak to be taken as such but from AMD.

 

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/52621/radeon-rx-480-scores-6-3-steam-vr-benchmark-thrashes-r9-380/index.html

It's not that it's "not to be the hype", but would you call this consistent? I wonder what the score would be with my current i7-3770.