1060 or 1070

[RadiatingLight]

With this GPU, I will only play 1080p at 60fps. However I want all of the settings cranked to maximum. Will be 1060 be good enough to do that for two years? Or is the 1070 a better choice

 

(i will most likely be replacing my gpu with a 1170 when the 1170 comes out in the future

[Skiiwee29]

4 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

With this GPU, I will only play 1080p at 60fps. However I want all of the settings cranked to maximum. Will be 1060 be good enough to do that for two years? Or is the 1070 a better choice

 

(i will most likely be replacing my gpu with a 1170 when the 1170 comes out in the future

1070 easily for best future proofing.

[ERSCreeper]

10 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

With this GPU, I will only play 1080p at 60fps. However I want all of the settings cranked to maximum. Will be 1060 be good enough to do that for two years? Or is the 1070 a better choice

 

(i will most likely be replacing my gpu with a 1170 when the 1170 comes out in the future

Well since there are no official benchmarks for the GTX 1060 I would say wait till they are out before you jump ship. Nvidia says it runs like a GTX 980 since is more than enough for 1080P 60FPS.

[RadiatingLight]

2 minutes ago, Nicholas Marzio said:

Well since they are no official benchmarks for the GTX 1060 I would say wait till they are out before you jump ship. Nvidia says it runs like a GTX 980 since is more than enough for 1080P 60FPS.

Im assuming that the 1060 is at 980 level performance. 

 

In 2 years, will a 980 still be good enough for max settings? 

[HKZeroFive]

Even though we don't even know the performance of the GTX 1060 (seriously, wait for benchmarks), I doubt it'll run all titles maxed out at 60FPS for the next two years.

 

GTX 1070 is the way to go.

[ERSCreeper]

1 minute ago, RadiatingLight said:

Im assuming that the 1060 is at 980 level performance. 

 

In 2 years, will a 980 still be good enough for max settings? 

I have had one (GTX 980) since launch day and I still feel that it is more than enough for 1080P 60FPS in almost all new games. BF1 will be the new test for me.

[SteveGrabowski0]

I doubt the 1070 will be good enough to do that for two years.

[SteveGrabowski0]

44 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Im assuming that the 1060 is at 980 level performance. 

 

In 2 years, will a 980 still be good enough for max settings? 

It's not good enough now.

 

  

[LizardsAreOP]

9 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

I doubt the 1070 will be good enough to do that for two years.

It would be able to handle games at 1080 max settings @60 for 2 years , its not like in 2 years there will be games with Real Life graphics...

[SteveGrabowski0]

7 minutes ago, LizardsAreOP said:

It would be able to handle games at 1080 max settings @60 for 2 years , its not like in 2 years there will be games with Real Life graphics...

Can it even handle GTA V at max settings at a locked 60 fps right now? There is often a gulf in performance between max settings and ultra settings.

[LizardsAreOP]

1 hour ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Can it even handle GTA V at max settings at a locked 60 fps right now? There is often a gulf in performance between max settings and ultra settings.

Yes with a good CPU a GTX 660 can handle GTA 5 on high settings 40 fps