VRAM?

[Mohitb]

It all depends on what you want. if you want top of the line 1080p performance, get the 1060. if you can settle for slightly lower performance, the 480 will be good. If you want to run everything on medium to low settings and struggle to get 60fps, the 470 is for you.

[MajorGoob]

18 minutes ago, Ostwind said:

PCPP is showing that the cheapest 8GB 470 is 238.99 with the cheapest 480 8GB that doesn't have the reference cooler is 269. There's not a lot of performance difference between the 470 and the 480 so you could save a bit and get the 8GB 470 but you'll only be saving about $30. I think the performance difference is like 10% but dont quote me on that

That.

[Ostwind]

18 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

There is quite a bit of difference between them. Go with either the 470 4GB or the 480 8GB. I wouldn't go with the 470 8GB since the 480 can perform much better for a marginal cost.

They are pretty close, like 10% close.

 

The extra $30 isn't worth imo considering how close they are at both 1080 and 1440, or as you said you could completely forgo the 8GB versions completely and get a 4GB version of the 470 which would still be fine perf and VRAM wise and be even cheaper around $200 rather than $240 for the 8GB 470 or $270 for the 8GB 480. I just dont see a reason to get a 480 of any kind with how close the perf is on the 470.