Switching from GTX 960 to "RX480 or 1060"?

[Stuttgart]

Guys i need help.

I dont know which card i should get.

Wich one would you buy?

Pros RX 480:
More VRAM

Future proof 

Crossfire Rdy

Cheaper

 

Pros 1060:
Better Drivers

Shadowplay

Never had problems with Nvidia lol

Better Performance atm

 

 

Please help meeee

[Jack02]

I'd go with the RX 480 because AMD cards increase in performance over time, while Nvidia fucks you over. (coming from a Kepler owner)

[HKZeroFive]

'Better drivers' is not exactly right. Both AMD and NVIDIA are basically the same in terms of driver quality at this point.

 

IIRC, both are similarly priced. If the price gap isn't too big, I'd shoot for the GTX 1060.

[XplosiveNoctua99]

I hat a 960

and i then got a 480

so i can only "really" recommend the RX480

I love it

The 1060 is a great card but i don't have any experience with it so.

Im sorry i wasn't helpful

[XplosiveNoctua99]

8 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

'Better drivers' is not exactly right. Both AMD and NVIDIA are basically the same in terms of driver quality at this point.

 

IIRC, both are similarly priced. If the price gap isn't too big, I'd shoot for the GTX 1060.

Yes the Price gap is VERY IMPORTANT.

[Stuttgart]

So at the moment the GTX 1060 is ~300€, 279€ for the lower end models like the ZOTAC 1060 and 320€ for the higher end models like G1 Gaming.

The RX 480 is ~275€ but in reference design. Im still waiting for the Sapphire Nitro RX 480 to arrive in Germany. (Out of stock everywhere damn)

 

The point is that i dont want to upgrade next year again. 

I just bought myself the 960 last year and im not planning to waste 300€ every year for a new GPU.

Beside that i think the fact that the RX480 can crossfire is also a big point for the future. 

 

EDIT:

I could then use my 960 for my 2nd budget rig, and throw that useless GTX 750 out

 

 

[Stuttgart]

On 16.8.2016 at 10:20 AM, huilun02 said:

I don't think Nvidia having better drivers is a valid argument anymore.

If one day Crossfire/SLI becomes more viable, or you in the market for a new display, you will probably regret getting the 1060.

How much more does it cost anyway?

 

So at the moment the GTX 1060 is ~300€, 279€ for the lower end models like the ZOTAC 1060 and 320€ for the higher end models like G1 Gaming.

The RX 480 is ~275€ but in reference design. Im still waiting for the Sapphire Nitro RX 480 to arrive in Germany. (Out of stock everywhere damn)

 

The point is that i dont want to upgrade next year again. 

I just bought myself the 960 last year and im not planning to waste 300€ every year for a new GPU.

Beside that i think the fact that the RX480 can crossfire is also a big point for the future. 

 

EDIT:

I could then use my 960 for my 2nd budget rig, and throw that useless GTX 750 out 

[Nena Trinity]

If you have Windows 10 and/or plan to play DX12 titles I advice you to go for the RX 480, the amount of driver crashes in DX12 games with Nvidia is annoying. (sure some are more lucky than others and claim they have no crashes lol)

[Stuttgart]

3 hours ago, Nena360 said:

If you have Windows 10 and/or plan to play DX12 titles I advice you to go for the RX 480, the amount of driver crashes in DX12 games with Nvidia is annoying. (sure some are more lucky than others and claim they have no crashes lol)

well im running W10, and im going to be running DX12 titles sooner or later.

I did not know that Nvidia has problems with DX12 right now, interesting to hear.

In summary - its  AMD 5 : 3 Nvidia.

Ill get myself the RX480 8GB as soon as they are available for an affordable price.

 

Thank you guys for helping me out

[Nena Trinity]

1 minute ago, Stuttgart said:

well im running W10, and im going to be running DX12 titles sooner or later.

I did not know that Nvidia has problems with DX12 right now, interesting to hear.

In summary - its  AMD 5 : 3 Nvidia.

Ill get myself the RX480 8GB as soon as they are available for an affordable price.

 

Thank you guys for helping me out

Also you can XFire later, if DX12 mGPU delivers then dual GPU will be awesome, but there is no guarantee mGPU will be widely supported sadly...

[Stuttgart]

Guys i just found something very interesting:

 

http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2506-how-to-flash-rx-480-vbios-from-4gb-to-8gb

 

The 4GB model of the RX480 is flashable to 8gb.

Does this still affect the for e.g. Sapphire Nitro + 4GB?

Or just the reference cards of the 4gb rx480? (which are completely sold atm)