Am I making a wrong choice?

[Grovers1]

I don't know what Graphics card to get.

Im thinking the EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SC for 350AUD or the Sapphire RX480 4GB NITRO+ for 309AUD.

 

I have been thinking a lot about Nvidia cards like Intel and AMD processors If you can afford a i3/5/7 cpu it will be better than AMDs CPUs. And so Iv found myself avoiding AMD, But Iv seen that AMD has something like Shadowplay, its freesync monitors are cheaper and if I need more GPU power one day I can just get a 2nd for crossfire.

 

Am I making a wrong choice if I go for the Nvidia card?

 

~ Grover

 

[paprikman]

Long story short, you're just starting a holy war topic (nvidia vs amd). Just look at some tests results and start from here. I'd say, if you're on a tight budget - get rx480, otherwise go with 1060.

[Daniel644]

ultimately it comes down to what games you play between these cards, the 1060 wins in DX11 but in DX12 the 480 starts to pull ahead and in Vulkan the 480 absolutely obliterates the 1060, so if you will be playing games that use the vulkan API more then anything else the answer is easy.

[MaxBunny]

9 minutes ago, Grovers1 said:

Am I making a wrong choice if I go for the Nvidia card?

Go with the 1060. You'll be fine and you won't have to worry about it. You're not going to crossfire anyway.

[Space Reptile]

7 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

ultimately it comes down to what games you play between these cards, the 1060 wins in DX11 but in DX12 the 480 starts to pull ahead and in Vulkan the 480 absolutely obliterates the 1060, so if you will be playing games that use the vulkan API more then anything else the answer is easy.

pretty much , both are good cards , but the amd card just destroyes in vulcan , its ridiculous , meanwhile in DX11 the 1060 has about 7% more performance 

[TrigrH]

id get the AMD card, you will get more life out of it.

[The Potato]

I believe that you should get the AMD card, crossfire may become very important and overall AMD is just cheaper, and arguably better for the price.

also you should definitely NOT get the: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply. you should at least get 750W, that way you do not need to worry about upgrading the PSU for anything i would recommend the EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 

[Nena Trinity]

RX 480 because free-sync is cheaper and well there is Vulkan and DX12 not to mention it is cheaper!

[PRTI]

RX 480

30 minutes ago, Grovers1 said:

 

Iv found myself avoiding AMD, But Iv seen that AMD has something like Shadowplay

Shadowplay is a Nvidia technology...

[Gonio]

It depends on games and for future games how well it is implemented. DX12 AMD currently has a small edge, but still this is very dependant on the gamemaker how well it actually performs. The edge AMD has here is catched up by the better performance of the 1060, so that really depends on what title you look. Also those games are only a small ammount for now, but they will grow into the future, but to what extend is harder to say. Both cards deliver 1080 ultra gaming at an very good price point, but overall the Nvidia performs  better but is more expensive. The RX480  is a bit cheaper but might not always be able to deliver smooth1080 ultra  gaming but if the settings are tweaked a bit you can play most fine I would say.

 

As for the future: Avoid multi GPU. Single card is always better then dual GPU since it then really depends on how well multi GPU support is implemented. Even with higher performance the the game might not run as smooth as suspected or even underperform. So if a bit futureproof is an heavy factor for you, then forget both cards and take an 1070. Can't imagine that card running into probs for 1080 gaming for coming years.

 

If not it's a personal choice. With games I currently play and overall rather have the currently better performing card in most cases, what for me leans towards Nvidia then. Of what future games might bring that heavy depends on creator, my overall opinion on trackrecord for them isn't that positivly set in stone. But thats just my 2 cents on the matter.

 

For the comment about the PSU, you don't need anything more then 500-650 range even with dual gpu.