gtx 1060 or gtx 1070 for 1080p widescreen

[RacA]

Hello.

I am having a tough dillema. I am planing to upgrade my r9 280x to either gtx 1060 or gtx 1070.

My display is eizo cg241w 1920x1200 86hz display and I do not plan to upgrade very soon.

Budget is not a concern. 

My logic is: Of course I could get 1070 but 1060 seems sufficient for maxed out gta v, eve online, world of tanks, or pretty much anything else as long as i do not run full aa, and it is not so much worse than 1070 (960 had only half of what 970 offered, 1060 has 75% of what 1070 offers). Where I live 1060 costs 62% of what 1070 costs.

 

Should I choose 1070 just for sake of futureproofing or roll with 1060?

 

Just in case, my rig is:

Mobo: Asus h-81m plus

Ram: Kingston: 2x4gb ddr3 hyperx blu 1600mhz cl9

Cpu: i5-4430 3.0 ghz 3,2 ghz boost

PSU: some OCZ 500w bronze (can't remember :P)

 

[racer243l]

1070 gives you more headroom for future titles to come and if money is not an issue go for a 1070 once again

[MVPernula]

Just keep in mind that you'll bottleneck those GPU's (maybe the 1060 too, not quite sure but possibly) with your current CPU.

[Bofrostmann]

I have the exact same decision to make. The difference in price is 160 € for me. Theoretically I could afford the GTX 1070 but I don't know if the plus in performance really makes it that "futureproof" and worth the extra money. I want to keep it for maybe 5 years and still be able to play new games at least at any settings (even low) and 30-40 fps then. I just don't want something that I need to replace in 2 years, but I still give a lot on the price/performance ratio.

 

In the next 2 years I will definitely stick to 1080p, but my CPU is a bit stronger than OP's. I have a i5-6600K overclocked to 4 Ghz but still perfectly stable at 4,4 if needed.

[RacA]

As far as I am aware the only scenario when my i5-4430 would be a bottleneck is if I would get myself a 144hz display or am I wrong?

[Delicieuxz]

My thread should help you, since your CPU will be about the same as mine, and I also was upgrading my GPU from an R9 280X:

I think a 1060 is a much smaller upgrade, and that you should go for the 1070.

[RacA]

Could you please give me some more comments on i5-4430 bottlenecking 1070? Seems that opinions all over the internet are very different. Games I see myself playing soon are world of tanks, gta v and then maybe overwatch, eve online, witcher 3.

[Delicieuxz]

A 4790k will also bottleneck a 1070, compared to a 6700k. But a 4790k will still get much more FPS with a 1070 than with a 1060. So, opinions all over can be anything, and the end result will still be that you'll be seeing 15 - 25+ more FPS in games with a 1070 than you will with a 1060 with your CPU.

 

If a 1070 will be bottlenecked and give you only 65 - 80 FPS in a game, rather than 70 - 90, would you rather be getting 38 - 65 FPS from a 1060, just so you could say that it isn't being bottlenecked as much?

[david cassar]

23 hours ago, MVPernula said:

Just keep in mind that you'll bottleneck those GPU's (maybe the 1060 too, not quite sure but possibly) with your current CPU.

The i5 4430 won't bottleneck the 1060. It would bottleneck the 1070 however nothing too major.

[MVPernula]

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[RacA]

The nerd in me was leaning towards gtx 1070, but after I did small research and I have found rumors of volta coming out in 2018 (2017 for HPC) with quite possible scenario of HBM2 released on those cards (nvidia rushing with new titan x announcement makes sense now) I decided that getting good 1060 should keep me going until 2018. Also in every game I am playing atm besides GTA 5, 1060 should give me stable 100 fps on max settings.

[App4that]

On ‎7‎/‎21‎/‎2016 at 5:26 AM, Delicieuxz said:

A 4790k will also bottleneck a 1070, compared to a 6700k. But a 4790k will still get much more FPS with a 1070 than with a 1060. So, opinions all over can be anything, and the end result will still be that you'll be seeing 15 - 25+ more FPS in games with a 1070 than you will with a 1060 with your CPU.

 

If a 1070 will be bottlenecked and give you only 65 - 80 FPS in a game, rather than 70 - 90, would you rather be getting 38 - 65 FPS from a 1060, just so you could say that it isn't being bottlenecked as much?

What? A 4790k and 6700k will perform almost identically if the RAM is equalized. The bottleneck with Haswell is RAM, not CPU.

 

Just a clarification for the OP.

[Delicieuxz]

5 minutes ago, App4that said:

What? A 4790k and 6700k will perform almost identically if the RAM is equalized. The bottleneck with Haswell is RAM, not CPU.

 

Just a clarification for the OP.

There's up to 40 FPS of difference between a 4790K and a non-OC 6700K in these benchmarks:

 

 

[App4that]

12 minutes ago, Delicieuxz said:

There's up to 40 FPS of difference between a 4790K and a non-OC 6700K in these benchmarks:

 

 

That's the RAM as I said, not the CPU. Look what happens when you set the RAM speed equal.

 

 

[ilidene]

hey guys, in my country GTX is 1060 (the one i would pick) costs 340 and GTX 1070 costs 520   (prices include shipping and tax). My CPU is 4930k@4,6GHz so it's not a bottle neck.

The question is which GPU gives more fps per dollar ?

(RX 480 reference design is exactly the same price as a custom 1060 in my country + i actually have a shield tablet)

[Delicieuxz]

3 hours ago, ilidene said:

hey guys, in my country GTX is 1060 (the one i would pick) costs 340 and GTX 1070 costs 520   (prices include shipping and tax). My CPU is 4930k@4,6GHz so it's not a bottle neck.

The question is which GPU gives more fps per dollar ?

(RX 480 reference design is exactly the same price as a custom 1060 in my country + i actually have a shield tablet)

 

Here you go. Got these here: http://www.hardwareunboxed.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-benchmark-review-25-games-tested/

 

 

 

 

[ilidene]

So basicly with the prices I have 1060 is hands down the best option.