Pros or cons?

[Morbidos]

so... I'm currently running 2x GTX570 DCII's in SLI, but it's just not enough, the cards are too old I am afraid, so I have put together a little list of cards I like, Has anyone got any pro's or cons on these?

 

1080

1070

1060

980

R9 Fury

XFX Radeon RX 480 8GB RS

 

Now I should note, that I plan on watercooling the card(s) I end up with, and I know that is not possible with the 1060 but I threw it in there based on price actually... 

oh and if someone has a different card to recommend, shout!

 

I do alot of gaming and rendering on high end games so that's what I need it for!

[MVPernula]

I Believe the 1070 has the best bang for the buck atm.

[don_svetlio]

What CPU do you have?

[Morbidos]

8 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

What CPU do you have?

AMD FX-9590

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Morbidos said:

AMD FX-9590

1060 or 480 max. Anything more will get severely bottlenecked

[Morbidos]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

1060 or 480 max. Anything more will get severely bottlenecked

care to elaborate on why?

[porina]

If you can afford it, the 1080 will give the most general performance of the lot. Obviously check if the specific card in question has a waterblock available as required.

 

Only if the budget limits you lower down does the arguments arise from AMD vs nvidia, where you have to guess if the possible longer term benefit  AMD may have in DX12/Vulkan outweighs nvidia's lower power consumption for the price or performance level.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Morbidos said:

care to elaborate on why?

9590 is not powerful enough to keep a 1070/1080/980 Ti/Fury X fed

[Morbidos]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

9590 is not powerful enough to keep a 1070/1080/980 Ti/Fury X fed

Really? hmmh... so then that means all AMD cpus are too weak then? 

did not see that one coming... 

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Morbidos said:

Really? hmmh... so then that means all AMD cpus are too weak then? 

did not see that one coming... 

It's an old CPU. That's just how things go.

[Morbidos]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

It's an old CPU. That's just how things go.

Old.... hmmh how old is too old? was'nt that long ago since I got it... it feels like atleast.. not arguing, just sucking up info...

[Space Reptile]

bulldozer and piledriver might have fantastic clockspeed and a nice and cheap w/ alot of cores , but there old (2011) and the IPC was mediocre back then , if you can afford it , got for an I5 6600k + 1070 , as much as i love amd , FX is dead , lets hope zen will be gud (maybe wait for zen eh? , get a 1070 now , upgrade next year to zen ) 

[Morbidos]

Just now, Morbidos said:

Old.... hmmh how old is too old? was'nt that long ago since I got it... it feels like atleast.. not arguing, just sucking up info...

ok... wow... time flies... 

Introduction date

June 11, 2013

 

[Morbidos]

1 minute ago, Space Reptile said:

bulldozer and piledriver might have fantastic clockspeed and a nice and cheap w/ alot of cores , but there old (2011) and the IPC was mediocre back then , if you can afford it , got for an I5 6600k + 1070 , as much as i love amd , FX is dead , lets hope zen will be gud (maybe wait for zen eh? , get a 1070 now , upgrade next year to zen ) 

Hold your horses... 2011 is a bit steep... it's not the old FX series...

[Space Reptile]

Just now, Morbidos said:

Hold your horses... 2011 is a bit steep... it's not the old FX series...

eh still the same thing really , performance wise  http://semiaccurate.com/2012/11/05/amds-bulldozer-core-compared-with-piledriver/

[Morbidos]

Just now, Space Reptile said:

eh still the same thing really , performance wise  http://semiaccurate.com/2012/11/05/amds-bulldozer-core-compared-with-piledriver/

Mine is a Vishera

[Morbidos]

Oh never mind... just realized Vishera is Piledriver... my bad

 

been to long since i looked at this...

[Space Reptile]

as i sayd , sadly a bit lackluster nowadays , 2 things you can do , get a 1070 now AND an 6600k  OR wait for zen and run the 1070 in the 9590 , ( i always wanted one of those , how the hell do you keep it cool tho? ) 

[bughtoo]

Just now, Morbidos said:

Mine is a Vishera

It has been a trend the past few years, wanna go high end Video cards, never go with AMD. Its sad, but thats how it is.

 

When on a budget you dont buy high end video cards, you might go with amd(not everytime the best bank/buck option) and in that case you dont buy 300$ video card  

 

You might wanna consider buying only 1060/480 and using the difference in price between those 2 and 1080 to upgrade to intel :-/ I know its like a punch in the gut when you find out you dont need to only change gpu, but thats how it is sadly. 

 

I myself have one Main PC with Intel and high end gpu. And one small 500$ super small build with AMD 7890k with integrated GPU when i want a desktop PC and very very small build  

[Morbidos]

1 minute ago, Space Reptile said:

as i sayd , sadly a bit lackluster nowadays , 2 things you can do , get a 1070 now AND an 6600k  OR wait for zen and run the 1070 in the 9590 , ( i always wanted one of those , how the hell do you keep it cool tho? ) 

This thread will make me eat my words, I'm sure of it... I have said I will never buy Intel.... I might have to switch after 16 years of being an AMD fanboy... DOOH!

 

This is how I keep it cool... 

 

[Morbidos]

3 minutes ago, bughtoo said:

It has been a trend the past few years, wanna go high end Video cards, never go with AMD. Its sad, but thats how it is.

 

When on a budget you dont buy high end video cards, you might go with amd(not everytime the best bank/buck option) and in that case you dont buy 300$ video card  

 

You might wanna consider buying only 1060/480 and using the difference in price between those 2 and 1080 to upgrade to intel :-/ I know its like a punch in the gut when you find out you dont need to only change gpu, but thats how it is sadly. 

 

I myself have one Main PC with Intel and high end gpu. And one small 500$ super small build with AMD 7890k with integrated GPU when i want a desktop PC and very very small build  

More like knuckle to my teeth having swore to AMD... but thanx for good info, and for saving me from buying a 1080... now I just need to conjur up a waterblock for the 1060:P any good magicians on here?

[Space Reptile]

2 minutes ago, Morbidos said:

This thread will make me eat my words, I'm sure of it... I have said I will never buy Intel.... I might have to switch after 16 years of being an AMD fanboy... DOOH!

 

This is how I keep it cool... 

 

just wait for zen then , its only a few months away , buy a 1070 now , wait to zen , wont hurt 

[Morbidos]

3 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

just wait for zen then , its only a few months away , buy a 1070 now , wait to zen , wont hurt 

Yea but... do we know the zen will be any good or are we going to trust AMD on that? having struggled with the latest CPU/GPU's they have put out...(now also including mine apparently)

 

[Space Reptile]

Just now, Morbidos said:

Yea but... do we know the zen will be any good or are we going to trust AMD on that? having struggled with the latest CPU/GPU's they have put out...(now also including mine apparently)

 

its seems to be good so all we have to do is belive 

 

aslo dont wanna break that 16 year run  on red eh ? 

[bughtoo]

1 minute ago, Morbidos said:

Yea but... do we know the zen will be any good or are we going to trust AMD on that? having struggled with the latest CPU/GPU's they have put out...(now also including mine apparently)

 

They shown in the showcase i think that it is as fast or faster as an "unknown intel CPU" which was from what i remember very similar to 6600k or 6700k dont know now :-/