1060 or 1070?

[Armakar]

Currently have a 980 but selling that PC and need a new card for the new pc.

 

I was origionally going for a  1070, but that seems like massive overkill for a 1080p.

 

I stream, record, edit videos and play laot of demanding games. Will the 1060 serve me okay? I want to be able to play ANY game on 1080p with a minimum of 60fps, also considering a vive.

 

Any insight would be appriciated!

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, Armakar said:

Currently have a 980 but selling that PC and need a new card for the new pc.

 

I was origionally going for a  1070, but that seems like massive overkill for a 1080p.

 

I stream, record, edit videos and play laot of demanding games. Will the 1060 serve me okay? I want to be able to play ANY game on 1080p with a minimum of 60fps, also considering a vive.

 

Any insight would be appriciated!

You'll want the 1070.

[DocSwag]

3 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

You'll want the 1070.

1070 is overkill for 1080p 60fps, it's more suited for 1440p 60fps maxed settings.

 

I recommend 1060 unless OP plans on keeping the card for a while and/or is probably gonna go get VR.

[ARikozuM]

Just now, DocSwag said:

1070 is overkill for 1080p 60fps, it's more suited for 1440p 60fps maxed settings.

 

I recommend 1060 unless OP plans on keeping the card for a while and/or is probably gonna go get VR.

 

7 minutes ago, Armakar said:

Currently have a 980 but selling that PC and need a new card for the new pc.

 

I was origionally going for a  1070, but that seems like massive overkill for a 1080p.

 

I stream, record, edit videos and play laot of demanding games. Will the 1060 serve me okay? I want to be able to play ANY game on 1080p with a minimum of 60fps, also considering a vive.

 

Any insight would be appriciated!

 

[DocSwag]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

 

 

A 1070 is capable of maxed settings 1440p 60fps on basically any game.

 

It kinda depends on workload tho. If the OP is mostly gaming I'd say 1060 but if they do a fair amount of editing and streaming and whatnot 1070.

[Armakar]

3 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

1070 is overkill for 1080p 60fps, it's more suited for 1440p 60fps maxed settings.

 

I recommend 1060 unless OP plans on keeping the card for a while and/or is probably gonna go get VR.

I am planning on VR. Isn't the 970 minimum for VR? If so, the 1060  would breeze through it right? The 1060 outperforms even the 980 doesn't it?

[Armakar]

1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

A 1070 is capable of maxed settings 1440p 60fps on basically any game.

 

It kinda depends on workload tho. If the OP is mostly gaming I'd say 1060 but if they do a fair amount of editing and streaming and whatnot 1070.

Well, here's where i'm stumped. I've litertally only in the past 5 minutes been considering the 1060. If i'm not mistaken, the 1060 outperforms my current 980 right? My  980 maxes anything on 1080p including stremaingm, so wouldn't it be fine for streaming etc?

[ARikozuM]

7 minutes ago, Armakar said:

Well, here's where i'm stumped. I've litertally only in the past 5 minutes been considering the 1060. If i'm not mistaken, the 1060 outperforms my current 980 right? My  980 maxes anything on 1080p including stremaingm, so wouldn't it be fine for streaming etc?

Will you be getting a 1060 6GB? I don't know what recording program you'll be using but more VRAM is better for VR with some of the games taking 4.5GB or more.

[Armakar]

2 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Will you be getting a 1060 6GB? I don't know what recording program you'll be using but more VRAM is better for VR with some of the games taking 4.5GB or more.

Most likely would be the 6GB MSI version

[ARikozuM]

Just now, Armakar said:

Most likely would be the 6GB MSI version

You should be fine then, but if you do streaming constantly you might appreciate the extra horsepower.

[Gonio]

The 1060 6Gb is normally enough to run all on 1080p 60 Hz. Not really sure how big the impact is of streaming on the GPU though. Could go save and take a 1070. Gives you also the option to switch to higher refreshrate or 1440p if current screen dies

[Omon_Ra]

1 minute ago, Gonio said:

The 1060 6Gb is normally enough to run all on 1080p 60 Hz. Not really sure how big the impact is of streaming on the GPU though. Could go save and take a 1070. Gives you also the option to switch to higher refreshrate or 1440p if current screen dies

Depending on what you're using to encode the video, it has either little (NVEC) or no (CPU/x.264) effect on gaming performance/GPU overhead while you stream. IMO, your internet speed (upload in particular) has a much bigger impact on the quality of your stream more than any of your actual PC components.

[SteveGrabowski0]

The 1060 and 980 trade blows, it wouldn't be an upgrade. I'd go 1070 for VR.

[DocSwag]

35 minutes ago, Armakar said:

I am planning on VR. Isn't the 970 minimum for VR? If so, the 1060  would breeze through it right? The 1060 outperforms even the 980 doesn't it?

The 1060 doesn't necessarily "breeze through it" but yes, you could probably play nearly every game maxed out in VR. Nvidia claims the 1060 outperforms the 980 but in reality it's on par with it.

 

34 minutes ago, Armakar said:

Well, here's where i'm stumped. I've litertally only in the past 5 minutes been considering the 1060. If i'm not mistaken, the 1060 outperforms my current 980 right? My  980 maxes anything on 1080p including stremaingm, so wouldn't it be fine for streaming etc?

If the 980 is fine for you, a 1060 will be too. They're perform extremely similarily.

[Gonio]

A missed that part of VR. Gogo 1070. Future updated VR will have atleast more resolution and maybe also higher refresh rate. Remember that current VR is a first consumer release. Expect a good bump in performance once a second gen is released. The 1070 should give you that headroom for that scenario.

[ARikozuM]

44 minutes ago, Armakar said:

Most likely would be the 6GB MSI version

The 10-series has SMP which will help with VR.

 

 

[Darkseth]

1060 is fine for 1080p / 60 Hz. Almost every game maxed out, smooth 60 fps.

Of course, just reduce some "heavy crap", like Nvidia Hairworks in Witcher 3, and Object distance (because on ultra, it takes like 20-30% more performance compared to High).

Or just stick to FXAA/MSAA in Rise of the Tomb Raider, instead of SSAA x4 (that doesn't even do a good job here).

 

Just some fine tweaking with settings, and you can EASY hold 60+ fps: That's what i do, VSync on, and perfectly smooth 60 fps without any drops, and synced 16,67ms Frametimes.

 

However, if you are thinking about a Vive... VR is a differnt Story.

Here you want more fps than 60, to prevent "Motion sickness", or reduce it as much as possible. 90 fps should be your Target here, since that looks a bit more smooth, compared to 60 and below. Too less can feel off there.

That's what i read, didn't tried it before.

 

So for VR i would rather go one step further and take a good 1070, if you like it as much ultra as possible. If you're fine with reducing settings (i think most VR Games are not such heavy AAA titles yet), a 1060 is fine.

[Deivan8]

On 9/18/2016 at 7:31 PM, Armakar said:

Currently have a 980 but selling that PC and need a new card for the new pc.

 

I was origionally going for a  1070, but that seems like massive overkill for a 1080p.

 

I stream, record, edit videos and play laot of demanding games. Will the 1060 serve me okay? I want to be able to play ANY game on 1080p with a minimum of 60fps, also considering a vive.

 

Any insight would be appriciated!

GTX 1060 is not enough for 1080p ultra gaming. I just saw it myself, turned on everything on max in GTA V (render distance on 75-80 percn and long shadows... etc. )and I even have noticed, that I was getting below 30 fps. So get GTX 1070 if you want to be sure. It is very close to GTX 1060 in terms of value.

[aisle9]

2 hours ago, Armakar said:

Currently have a 980 but selling that PC and need a new card for the new pc.

 

I was origionally going for a  1070, but that seems like massive overkill for a 1080p.

 

I stream, record, edit videos and play laot of demanding games. Will the 1060 serve me okay? I want to be able to play ANY game on 1080p with a minimum of 60fps, also considering a vive.

 

Any insight would be appriciated!

A 1060 is right about on par with a 980, so if you were happy with the 980, you'll probably enjoy the 1060.

 

I'm using a 1070 for ultrawide 21:9 1080p. Do I need that much power? No, but I've got some futureproofing built in now, and it is amazing to see a damn-near photorealistic world in The Witcher 3 at 60 FPS.

[Delicieuxz]

3 hours ago, Armakar said:

Currently have a 980 but selling that PC and need a new card for the new pc.

 

I was origionally going for a  1070, but that seems like massive overkill for a 1080p.

 

I stream, record, edit videos and play laot of demanding games. Will the 1060 serve me okay? I want to be able to play ANY game on 1080p with a minimum of 60fps, also considering a vive.

 

Any insight would be appriciated!

 

3 hours ago, DocSwag said:

1070 is overkill for 1080p 60fps, it's more suited for 1440p 60fps maxed settings.

 

I recommend 1060 unless OP plans on keeping the card for a while and/or is probably gonna go get VR.

3 hours ago, DocSwag said:

A 1070 is capable of maxed settings 1440p 60fps on basically any game.

 

It kinda depends on workload tho. If the OP is mostly gaming I'd say 1060 but if they do a fair amount of editing and streaming and whatnot 1070.

 

There are many games in which a GTX 1060 doesn't reach 60 FPS, or maintain 60 FPS, at 1080p. For example, the 1060 doesn't stay completely above 60 FPS in any of the games in this benchmark, except for Witcher 3 - but there's no Hairworks enabled in that benchmark, and with Hairworks enabled, the 1060 would be well below 60 FPS in Witcher 3:

 

Even a GTX 1070 doesn't get 60 FPS in every game at 1080p with settings maxed. But, if wanting a minimum of 60 FPS at 1080p, settings maxed, in graphically-intensive games, then a 1070 is about the minimum level of performance to consider. I think a GTX 1070 is a great 1080p card, and is only suited for 1440p if graphical settings are lowered. For 1440p, 60 FPS, maxed settings, a person will want a GTX 1080, because a GTX 1070 generally isn't enough for 60 FPS 1440p: