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GTX 970 vs 1060

Astino
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I'm wanting to upgrade my GPU and I found a used Gigabyte 970 for $250. Is it worth it or should I wait for the 1060 to come back in stock and pay about $450 after tax? 

I'm currently using a Zotac 550Ti and I mostly play GTA V, Ark, Dirt 3.

 

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Considering the 480 is 450$, get the RX 480. It crushes the 970 and costs a lot less than the 1060 for similar performance.

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2 minutes ago, Johners said:

You could buy the 8GB RX 480 and get the higher performance at a lower price.

What are you talking about? the 390,480,970 is so similar in preformance

5 minutes ago, Astino said:

I'm wanting to upgrade my GPU and I found a used Gigabyte 970 for $250. Is it worth it or should I wait for the 1060 to come back in stock and pay about $450 after tax? 

I'm currently using a Zotac 550Ti and I mostly play GTA V, Ark, Dirt 3.

 

i5 4690k

8GB RAM

750W PSU

@Astino you can get 980 ti's for $360 or lower than $450 right now...

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1060 is not worth it if u can buy used cards and be fine with it.

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All of the benchmarks I've seen have put the 1060 right between the 980 and 970 so for twice as much money I would say no.

 

If you can grab one of those mini 1060s for about $150 US then it would be a much better deal. The 1060 doesn't seem to be a very hot card anyway.

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2 minutes ago, DragonTamer1 said:

All of the benchmarks I've seen have put the 1060 right between the 980 and 970 so for twice as much money I would say no.

 

If you can grab one of those mini 1060s for about $150 US then it would be a much better deal. The 1060 doesn't seem to be a very hot card anyway.

At stock, no. Once you OC things may get toasty real quick with the small ones.

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Just found at Newegg.ca that they have the Evga GTX 1060 SC for $340, might end up going with that. 

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