GPU for 1080p

[RyeIII]

Can someone suggest a GPU for a 1080p non g-sync/freesync panel which is not overkill and waste of money.

gtx 1060 is almost 400$ here in my country.RX 480 reference is around 270$.Is gtx 970 still worthy to get?

Thank you!

[ripper101]

4 minutes ago, RyeIII said:

Can someone suggest a GPU for a 1080p non g-sync/freesync panel which is not overkill and waste of money.

gtx 1060 is almost 400$ here in my country.RX 480 reference is around 270$.Is gtx 970 still worthy to get?

Thank you!

GTX 970 is not good anymore and you should probably get 480 if it's that cheap. But you could also look into getting something like a used 980ti

[Indus Monk]

GTX 970 is long dead. 1060 is ahead of the 970 and RX 480... Get a 1060, as the AMD GPU's have driver issues

[TheGreatPlane]

Whats you budget if you have one but, 1060 is the way to go unless that's too expensive. In my opinion

 

 

[GirlFromYonder]

16 minutes ago, RyeIII said:

Can someone suggest a GPU for a 1080p non g-sync/freesync panel which is not overkill and waste of money.

gtx 1060 is almost 400$ here in my country.RX 480 reference is around 270$.Is gtx 970 still worthy to get?

Thank you!

try for the r9 390 but the gtx 970 is still good, just use older drivers

[ripper101]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

try for the r9 390 but the gtx 970 is still good, just use older drivers

390 is ew

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, ripper101 said:

390 is ew

why

[TheGreatPlane]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

try for the r9 390 but the gtx 970 is still good, just use older drivers

if you can afford the difference the gtx 1060 is better than the 970 in my opinion 

 

 

[TheGreatPlane]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

why

The r9 390 has decent performance its just its heat and power draw it think, but at the same price point the gtx 970 out performs the r9 390 

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, TheGreatPlane said:

The r9 390 has decent performance its just its heat and power draw it think, but at the same price point the gtx 970 out performs the r9 390 

not really the 390 is better. google it

[RuLeZ]

18 minutes ago, AmbarChakrabarti said:

GTX 970 is long dead. 1060 is ahead of the 970 and RX 480... Get a 1060, as the AMD GPU's have driver issues

Stop spreading misinformation, AMD Drivers are fine right now, they were bad for a time in the past.

[TheGreatPlane]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

not really the 390 is better. google it

yeah sorry did not realize what benchmarks i was looking at 

 

[demonaii]

The Maxwell architecture will become obsolete in a few years. If your budget is in  the 200-300 range than I would go for the RX480, the 1060 is really a dissapointment because of the SLI and it's low performance gains.

[LordLeewee]

1060 all the way

[ripper101]

2 hours ago, DeezNoNos said:

why

Mainly heat and noise, and somewhat power consumption is what makes it in my opinion a bad graphics card from personal experience.

[ripper101]

2 hours ago, RuLeZ said:

Stop spreading misinformation, AMD Drivers are fine right now, they were bad for a time in the past.

This is true. I think it's just the herd of nvidia users that read or hear about amd having drivers issues at some point in time and since they have geforce cards they don't know when the temporary driver problem has been fixed. 

[GirlFromYonder]

3 minutes ago, ripper101 said:

Mainly heat and noise, and somewhat power consumption is what makes it in my opinion a bad graphics card from personal experience.

well for me (using sapphire it is not really a problem. i want want fps)

[ripper101]

14 minutes ago, DeezNoNos said:

well for me (using sapphire it is not really a problem. i want want fps)

Well looking at your bio you have a sapphire 380 which uses a different architecture as the 390 and it runs a lot cooler. 

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, ripper101 said:

Well looking at your bio you have a sapphire 380 which uses a different architecture as the 390 and it runs a lot cooler. 

I did not have the money for the 390, that was what i wanted

[ripper101]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

I did not have the money for the 390, that was what i wanted

Well from personal experience I can tell you the MSI 390X at 100% fan speed and 80 degrees was not an enjoyable experience 

[GirlFromYonder]

3 minutes ago, ripper101 said:

Well from personal experience I can tell you the MSI 390X at 100% fan speed and 80 degrees was not an enjoyable experience 

i would buy sapphire or XFX

[YongKang]

If there's RX 480 that's cheap as you mentioned, make sure to look if it's a 8gb version or a 4 gb version and is it reference or not. 

By now, you should wait for AIB RX 480 vs gtx 1060 benchmarks.

You need to know that if a gtx 1060 go past the ~260$ USD mark, it loses its value and become hard to justify when you have a lower priced RX 480, especially when AIB are coming with their models.

[DrMacintosh]

RX 480 or GTX 1060. The 480 will last longer because Nvidia does not have dedicated Async compute hardware and is unable to keep up and offer real performance improvements in DX12. The 1060 is good for now, but a year from now you would probably regret it tbh. AMD has fixed their driver issues and the experience is pretty great. I plan on picking up an RX 480 myself. 

[totjup5]

5 hours ago, RuLeZ said:

Stop spreading misinformation, AMD Drivers are fine right now, they were bad for a time in the past.

True. Honestly these days I have more issues with Nvidia drivers than AMD drivers.