GTX 1060 3GB vs RX 470

[Freezanator]

On my local online store, the RX 470 is about 20 USD more than the GTX 1060 3GB model. Which one has better VALUE? 

[Vegetable]

The 1060 3gb is faster than even a 480. Not being biased when I say you should go ahead and grab the 1060.

[SnowyMus]

The 1060 3 GB is consistently faster and better. Now, if it was the 470 that was $20 less than the 1060, then there lies your better value.

[Sahil10416]

7 minutes ago, Freezanator said:

On my local online store, the RX 470 is about 20 USD more than the GTX 1060 3GB model. Which one has better VALUE? 

Go for a rx 480 4gb version....Both cards performs almost identical but the extra 1gb memory + better support for dx12 by rx480 makes it future proof.

[Lawliet93]

Don´t get the 3GB 1060... just don´t and everyone, who says, you should do so is not right. Get the 470, overclock the core to 1350MHz and the memory to 8GHz and you have 1060 performance with 4GB of memory. 3GB of VRAM is not enough even for 1080p. 4GB are barely enough, with 6-8GB being the sweet-spot (doom 2016, rise of the tomb raider and even shadow of mordor use more than 4GB, with RoTR using almost 6GB).

[PRTI]

While its like a RX 480, but that 3gb of VRAM man...

[Morgan MLGman]

Do not get 3GB 1060, 3GB of VRAM will be a limiting factor in current games and games to come, 4GB is an absolute minimum atm. But 20$ more for RX 470 isn't right either.

 

Gather some more money to afford the 6GB version of the 1060.

[PRTI]

2 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Do not get 3GB 1060, 3GB of VRAM will be a limiting factor in current games and games to come, 4GB is an absolute minimum atm. But 20$ more for RX 470 isn't right either.

 

Gather some more money to afford the 6GB version of the 1060.

Or sell your kidney and buy a Titan XP SLI Setup with a gold bar on the side.

[MaxBunny]

40 minutes ago, Freezanator said:

On my local online store, the RX 470 is about 20 USD more than the GTX 1060 3GB model. Which one has better VALUE? 

The 470 does just because 4GB VRAM is the minimum for modern games. That 3gb 1060 was a mistake by NVIDIA that they want to screw people over with.

 

A 1GB 1060 has more raw computing power than a 470 or 480 but saying it's better  would be idiotic.

[Freezanator]

27 minutes ago, Lawliet93 said:

Don´t get the 3GB 1060... just don´t and everyone, who says, you should do so is not right. Get the 470, overclock the core to 1350MHz and the memory to 8GHz and you have 1060 performance with 4GB of memory. 3GB of VRAM is not enough even for 1080p. 4GB are barely enough, with 6-8GB being the sweet-spot (doom 2016, rise of the tomb raider and even shadow of mordor use more than 4GB, with RoTR using almost 6GB).

I'm on a 1355x768 monitor.

[Freezanator]

19 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

Do not get 3GB 1060, 3GB of VRAM will be a limiting factor in current games and games to come, 4GB is an absolute minimum atm. But 20$ more for RX 470 isn't right either.

 

Gather some more money to afford the 6GB version of the 1060.

I understand that 3GB isn;t enough for 1080p, but is it enough for 1366x768? (768p)

[Freezanator]

14 minutes ago, MaxBunny said:

The 470 does just because 4GB VRAM is the minimum for modern games. That 3gb 1060 was a mistake by NVIDIA that they want to screw people over with.

 

A 1GB 1060 has more raw computing power than a 470 or 480 but saying it's better  would be idiotic.

Why?

[MaxBunny]

9 hours ago, Freezanator said:

Why?

Because you won't meet the minimum requirements to even run demanding games at quality settings. And good luck running mods in Skyrim/Fallout 4 without memory. A Titan X Pascal with 1GB VRAM is useless