Best 1080p video card

[Lolcrokn]

Im playing only in 1080p and I want to be able to run pretty much any game in 60 fps ... 

What is the best option for that ?

Rx 480, gtx 1060 gtx 970 

Or

Are those to weak so i should buy like 1070 or something like that

[Vegetable]

My 970 is great BUT the RX480 is just as good in DX11 and better in DX12. Just get a 4gb RX480 and you're good to go. 

[DocSwag]

Just now, Vegetable said:

My 970 is great BUT the RX480 is just as good in DX11 and better in DX12. Just get a 4gb RX480 and you're good to go. 

Or perhaps wait for the 470. 

[Vegetable]

Just now, DocSwag said:

Or perhaps wait for the 470. 

Ehhhh it should be in between a 960 and 970 in performance. That MIGHT not be enough in 2 years honestly. My 970 doesn't run GTA V on ultra, just high settings. Depending on the OP's preferences this may not suffice. 

[GirlFromYonder]

4 minutes ago, Lolcrokn said:

Im playing only in 1080p and I want to be able to run pretty much any game in 60 fps ... 

What is the best option for that ?

Rx 480, gtx 1060 gtx 970 

Or

Are those to weak so i should buy like 1070 or something like that

rx 480

[SeanAngelo]

4 minutes ago, Lolcrokn said:

Im playing only in 1080p and I want to be able to run pretty much any game in 60 fps ... 

What is the best option for that ?

Rx 480, gtx 1060 gtx 970 

Or

Are those to weak so i should buy like 1070 or something like that

RX480.

 

if you can afford the 1070, go for that.

[Lolcrokn]

1 minute ago, Vegetable said:

My 970 is great BUT the RX480 is just as good in DX11 and better in DX12. Just get a 4gb RX480 and you're good to go. 

I was thinking about 8gb bcs there is no 4gb in town where i live and amazon and stuff like that would be too much of shipping 

[SteveGrabowski0]

If you want to spend $200 then the RX 480 4GB is excellent. If you can stretch to $250 the GTX 1060 is better. If you can stretch to $430 the GTX 1070 is outstanding. If you can stretch to $700 for the GTX 1080 don't do it, buy the 1070 and upgrade your monitor to 1440p.

[Vegetable]

Just now, Lolcrokn said:

I was thinking about 8gb bcs there is no 4gb in town where i live and amazon and stuff like that would be too much of shipping 

If it isn't out of your budget just go for it then. Won't hurt at all.

[Lolcrokn]

So pretty much u guys think rx 480 is better than 1060? 

Just now, Lolcrokn said:

I was thinking about 8gb bcs there is no 4gb in town where i live and amazon and stuff like that would be too much of shipping 

 

Just now, SeanAngelo said:

RX480.

 

if you can afford the 1070, go for that.

 

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

rx 480

 

2 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

Ehhhh it should be in between a 960 and 970 in performance. That MIGHT not be enough in 2 years honestly. My 970 doesn't run GTA V on ultra, just high settings. Depending on the OP's preferences this may not suffice. 

 

3 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Or perhaps wait for the 470. 

 

4 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

My 970 is great BUT the RX480 is just as good in DX11 and better in DX12. Just get a 4gb RX480 and you're good to go. 

 

[Vegetable]

Just now, Lolcrokn said:

So pretty much u guys think rx 480 is better than 1060? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 1060 is a little better, but the price/performance is WORSE. So you're getting less for your money with a gtx 1060. And when it comes down to it, price to performance is the only thing that REALLY matters. 

[SteveGrabowski0]

2 minutes ago, Lolcrokn said:

I was thinking about 8gb bcs there is no 4gb in town where i live and amazon and stuff like that would be too much of shipping 

What's the price difference between the RX 480 8GB and the GTX 1060? If it's only $10 like it is online I'd probably go GTX 1060, especially if the RX 480 8GB is reference.

[Lolcrokn]

Yea im either going for rx 480 8 gb or 1060

[SteveGrabowski0]

1 minute ago, Lolcrokn said:

Yea im either going for rx 480 8 gb or 1060

Do you have access to aftermarket RX 480 or only the reference card?

[Lolcrokn]

Its 10-20 dollar difference where i live

Just now, SteveGrabowski0 said:

What's the price difference between the RX 480 8GB and the GTX 1060? If it's only $10 like it is online I'd probably go GTX 1060, especially if the RX 480 8GB is reference.

 

[Lolcrokn]

Just now, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Do you have access to aftermarket RX 480 or only the reference card?

I can get asus rx 480 8gb for like 260-270, i could afford that abd get 8 more gigs of ram instead of spendong on msi 1060 and sticking with 8 gb of ram

[GirlFromYonder]

3 minutes ago, Lolcrokn said:

I can get asus rx 480 8gb for like 260-270, i could afford that abd get 8 more gigs of ram instead of spendong on msi 1060 and sticking with 8 gb of ram

Better furture proof and a chance for xfire later on

[SteveGrabowski0]

6 minutes ago, Lolcrokn said:

I can get asus rx 480 8gb for like 260-270, i could afford that abd get 8 more gigs of ram instead of spendong on msi 1060 and sticking with 8 gb of ram

Any other OEMs? I hate Asus for video cards. Sapphire and MSI are usually better for AMD cards. Asus' quality control and especially RMA can be a real problem.

 

480 8GB vs 1060 is a tough call at roughly the same price. With AMD you get more vram but probably the biggest thing is their cards usually age better than Nvidia's equivalents. So in two years the RX 480 might be 10% ahead of the GTX 1060 even though the 1060 is 10% ahead right now. But the Nvidia card is more powerful right now, and their drivers are usually optimized for new games more quickly. I'd go for the here and now myself and take the 1060, but there is a good argument taking the 480 for how it is likely to age better.

[Lolcrokn]

Just now, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Any other OEMs? I hate Asus for video cards. Sapphire and MSI are usually better for AMD cards. Asus' quality control and especially RMA can be a real problem.

 

480 8GB vs 1060 is a tough call at the same price. With AMD you get more vram but probably the biggest thing is their cards usually age a lot better than Nvidia's equivalents. So in two years the RX 480 might be 10% ahead of the GTX 1060 even though the 1060 is 10% ahead right now. But the Nvidia card is more powerful right now, and their drivers are usually optimized for new games more quickly.

I will look for msi and sapphire if i find one if not... if you were in my place would you get asus and 8 gb of ram extra or 1060

[atxcyclist]

I get scores equal to a GTX 980 in Unigen Heaven 4 with my PNY 1060, running at "standard" clock speeds. I use the parentheses, because while doing the aforementioned test, it boosted up to 1911mhz without me doing anything. For $249, I'd say it's worth it.

[Lolcrokn]

Just now, atxcyclist said:

I get scores equal to a GTX 980 in Unigen Heaven 4 with my PNY 1060, running at "standard" clock speeds. I use the parentheses, because while doing the aforementioned test, it boosted up to 1911mhz without me doing anything. For $249, I'd say it's worth it.

So your saying gtx 1060 over rx 480??

[atxcyclist]

7 minutes ago, Lolcrokn said:

So your saying gtx 1060 over rx 480??

I have no experience with the RX 480, I'm just relaying what I've seen personally. I have no doubt the 480 is a really good card, and might be better for DX12 titles in the future. The 1060 seems to be doing well in tests, getting 60 FPS (within reason and at common resolutions) in a lot of titles. 

 

The main benefit, for me at least, was that I was able to walk into a Fry's Electronics in my city and buy a 1060; I've yet to spot an RX 480 on a shelf anywhere.

[GirlFromYonder]

4 minutes ago, Lolcrokn said:

So your saying gtx 1060 over rx 480??

Well the gtx 1060 is only worth it in older games (dx11 and older titles) for newer titles like doom and upcoming ones(dx12 or vulkan) the rx 480 is actually faster. Thus i would say go amd. as it will last u alteast 2 years unlike the gtx 1060 with will be obsolete in 2 years. That is because nvidia unoptimizes there older gpus so u are forced to buy new ones while amd makes then better over time. 

 

 

And also as AMD has its tech in all the consoles it has the gaming market by the balls. It shows as amd performs better in dx12 and vulkan( AMD indirectly forced game makers to optimize games more for their hardware. A much sneaker gameworks i would say)

[handymanshandle]

1 hour ago, Vegetable said:

Ehhhh it should be in between a 960 and 970 in performance. That MIGHT not be enough in 2 years honestly. My 970 doesn't run GTA V on ultra, just high settings. Depending on the OP's preferences this may not suffice. 

Ultra and High Settings don't really have much of a difference though.

[handymanshandle]

12 minutes ago, atxcyclist said:

The main benefit, for me at least, was that I was able to walk into a Fry's Electronics in my city and buy a 1060; I've yet to spot an RX 480 on a shelf anywhere.

It's the over-hyping and subsequent high demand that hasn't been too friendly towards the launch of the RX 480. Many stores seemed to have very good stock of the 480s but now they've been sold out everywhere for so long. Which also delayed the AIB cards. Though the AIB cards also weren't launched alongside the reference 480 so that hasn't helped. But even for older games the RX 480 will still be able to play them just fine.