asus strix, gtx 960 Upgrading from a STRIX 960

FurdTurgeson · July 21, 2016

Hello all!

In the next few weeks, I plan to upgrade to either a 1060 or a 1070. I am doing this because my strix 960 isn't cutting it anymore because I upgraded to a 1440p monitor. It can handle titles like Grand Theft Auto V on medium at 64 FPS but it can hardly run Rainbow Six Siege on medium, hovering at about 48 fps. I don't have a lot of room in my case because it is a prebuilt Dell computer, and the hard drive enclosure is taking up most of the space for where the graphics card needs to go. The card is about eight and a half inches in length, and I have only about an inch of headroom left. Is there a card that you would recommend from AMD or Nvidia that is no longer than nine inches? I would love to stay ewithNvidia because of the rreliability of the driver updates and the card itself. I was recently looking at the Zotac mini 1060 and wondering if it had the same performance as the MSI 1060 that doesn't fit in my case. I also saw the Zotac amp addition of the 1060 and when I compared it on NewEgg, my strix 960 and the Zotac amp 1060 were the exact same size, give or take a few millimeters. The cards themselves look the exact same, and it would be really nice to upgrade from a 960 to a 1060. Would the Zotac amp Edition have the same performance as the MSI 1060 and is that the card you would recommend? I have Asus laptops, Asus monitors, and I would love to stick with an Asus graphics card, but all of the 1060s that they released are all too big to fit in my case.

The other thing I could do is get the MSI 1060, but I would have to get a new case. Is there any case you would recommend that could fit the MSI 1060 that is under $60? Doesn't have to be anything fancy, but I would like it from a major brand like Corsair, not from a brand like Rosewill or DIYPC.

Thanks,

WSAD

david cassar · July 21, 2016

The zotac 1060 amp would have the same performance as the msi 1060. You could also try to look at an amd rx 480 but for the games you play (gt v especially) the gtx 1060 would be the better choice.