What GPU shall I go for?

[Commedi]

I'm selling quite a lot of toys which I had in my childhood to make some major upgrades for my computer. And I want the GPU to be one of my biggest steps forward for my PC. I currently have an MSI GTX770 lightning with 2GB VRAM and I am unsure what I should go to next. Anyone have any ideas? I would say my budget would be under £250 (310$). Regardless of how old the GPU I currently have is, I'll probably throw in that GPU with the £250, 

 

EDIT:

 

My GPU is kind of a hit and miss on UK Ebay. It can go from around £70 to £160.. Soooooo anything within a £320 to £410 area for a GPU would be great.

Edited October 9, 2016 by Commedi

[ThinkWithPortals]

3 minutes ago, Commedi said:

I'm selling quite a lot of toys which I had in my childhood to make some major upgrades for my computer. And I want the GPU to be one of my biggest steps forward for my PC. I currently have an MSI GTX770 lightning with 2GB VRAM and I am unsure what I should go to next. Anyone have any ideas? I would say my budget would be under £250 (310$). Regardless of how old the GPU I currently have is, I'll probably throw in that GPU with the £250, 

A GTX 1060 6GB or RX 480 8GB sounds perfect.

[Commedi]

1 hour ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

A GTX 1060 6GB or RX 480 8GB sounds perfect.

I've been looking at those, seriously. I mean those are the two I've been literally thinking about and I've been trying to look at legitimate benchmarking YouTube videos to see how it runs on gaming. So which one would you personally say would be better? I mean the 480 (perhaps) would be better because it has 2GB of extra VRAM, but more VRAM isn't always better. 

 

Since my thread is quite vague, I'll tell you what I do in my meantime to make more of an accurate choice (that is if you can make one, or if you'd like to make one):

Gaming 

Video editing (processing/rendering).

Graphic work (processing/rendering).

 

Not that it's a big requirement, but I do want a dual monitor display (not included in budget... Then again I could perhaps sell my GPU for £160 (if it still goes for that then) and get two cheap monitors in 1080p quality). So.. Yeah. Regardless I believe either GPU would be powerful to run two monitor displays.

 

1 hour ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

Yup. 

Jesus, the things people will do for PC parts. BUT I SOLD MY SOUL for an i7 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... ha... ha... *cries in corner*

Pretty much off-topic, but yeah, my whole childhood was filled with Hot Wheels and I have pretty much over 500 Hot Wheels Cars, more or less around the 1000 mark so I'm selling around 20 cars in a pack one by one because bulk is usually cheaper for what you're selling.. So... Yeah.  I don't play or collect them anymore and I'm giving them to my nephew, so it's a winwin especially because I love computing. I'd rather give-away my childhood collection or sell it to what I seriously love doing now. 

 

[Canada EH]

1080ti is good

[Commedi]

1 hour ago, Canada EH said:

1080ti is good

It is no such thing (until 2017 of course). The 1080 itself though is £600 so I would assume it would be higher. Regardless it hits my £250 by more than double the price but thanks for the suggestion.

 

1 hour ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

The 1060 performs better in games (some people say that's just because AMD's slow with drivers but meh) and your programs, especially video editing, will benefit from the 1060's CUDA support

That's coincidentally great since I only do them specific tasks on my computer.

[Canada EH]

Just saw some vid title on it, thought it was out. Same with the 1050.

[ForumTryhard]

Look for a 1060 or a used 1070?

[Commedi]

1 hour ago, Canada EH said:

Just saw some vid title on it, thought it was out. Same with the 1050.

Oh okay, but I'm honestly going off one source only so I'm unsure either. Thanks for letting me know still

[ThinkWithPortals]

12 minutes ago, Commedi said:

 

The answer is a pretty enormous "it depends".

- Right now, irrespective of price, the 1060 is the faster card, by about 15% on average. However the evidence is strong that in next-gen APIs like DirectX 12 and Vulkan the RX 480 has the edge. So in terms of performance it depends: if you want the faster card now, get the 1060, if you want the faster card for the future, get the 480.

- As for clockspeeds, temperatures), 1060 wins. The 480 isn't a great overclocker, consumes more power, tends to run hotter and runs slower at stock.

- NVIDIA's software is generally better then AMDs (NVIDIA Shadowplay is great) although their drivers are both good as bad as each other.

- When it comes to price, if the 480 is cheaper, get the 480. It often provides better fps/money through being cheaper then the equivalent 1060 a lot of the time.

 

TLDR: Unless the 480 is considerably cheaper (£30-£50) the 1060 is the better buy, unless you're counting on DirectX 12 and Vulkan.

[Commedi]

1 hour ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

The answer is a pretty enormous "it depends".

- Right now, irrespective of price, the 1060 is the faster card, by about 15% on average. However the evidence is strong that in next-gen APIs like DirectX 12 and Vulkan the RX 480 has the edge. So in terms of performance it depends: if you want the faster card now, get the 1060, if you want the faster card for the future, get the 480.

- As for clockspeeds, temperatures), 1060 wins. The 480 isn't a great overclocker, consumes more power, tends to run hotter and runs slower at stock.

- NVIDIA's software is generally better then AMDs (NVIDIA Shadowplay is great) although their drivers are both good as bad as each other.

- When it comes to price, if the 480 is cheaper, get the 480. It often provides better fps/money through being cheaper then the equivalent 1060 a lot of the time.

 

TLDR: Unless the 480 is considerably cheaper (£30-£50) the 1060 is the better buy, unless you're counting on DirectX 12 and Vulkan.

 

 

I appreciate the conclusion whether or not to go for both the cards in different situations. 

[Commedi]

1 hour ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

The answer is a pretty enormous "it depends".

- Right now, irrespective of price, the 1060 is the faster card, by about 15% on average. However the evidence is strong that in next-gen APIs like DirectX 12 and Vulkan the RX 480 has the edge. So in terms of performance it depends: if you want the faster card now, get the 1060, if you want the faster card for the future, get the 480.

- As for clockspeeds, temperatures), 1060 wins. The 480 isn't a great overclocker, consumes more power, tends to run hotter and runs slower at stock.

- NVIDIA's software is generally better then AMDs (NVIDIA Shadowplay is great) although their drivers are both good as bad as each other.

- When it comes to price, if the 480 is cheaper, get the 480. It often provides better fps/money through being cheaper then the equivalent 1060 a lot of the time.

 

TLDR: Unless the 480 is considerably cheaper (£30-£50) the 1060 is the better buy, unless you're counting on DirectX 12 and Vulkan.

I just thought, does it matter which company I go for in a matter of graphics cards, I mean for example, there's the MSI, Zotac, Asus, is there a much difference in terms of style, size, or performance in general? Or is the performance literally the same?

[ThinkWithPortals]

5 minutes ago, Commedi said:

I just thought, does it matter which company I go for in a matter of graphics cards, I mean for example, there's the MSI, Zotac, Asus, is there a much difference in terms of style, size, or performance in general? Or is the performance literally the same?

They'll be within a few FPS of each other, but some run cooler and quieter than others, different factory overclocks, different looks, etc.

 

For a 480 look at the MSI Gaming X, the ASUS Strix, the Powercolor Red Devil, the Sapphire NITRO or the XFX GTR. Stay away from the Gigabyte G1 and the reference cards.

 

For a 1060 look at the MSI Gaming X, ASUS Strix, the MSI Armour, the EVGA FTW or the Gigabyte G1. Stay away from the ASUS TURBO, MSI Aero and the reference cards.

[Commedi]

2 hours ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

They'll be within a few FPS of each other, but some run cooler and quieter than others, different factory overclocks, different looks, etc.

 

For a 480 look at the MSI Gaming X, the ASUS Strix, the Powercolor Red Devil, the Sapphire NITRO or the XFX GTR. Stay away from the Gigabyte G1 and the reference cards.

 

For a 1060 look at the MSI Gaming X, ASUS Strix, the MSI Armour, the EVGA FTW or the Gigabyte G1. Stay away from the ASUS TURBO, MSI Aero and the reference cards.

Alright, thanks for the help a bunch.

[FRN]

11 hours ago, Commedi said:

 

I'm selling quite a lot of toys which I had in my childhood to make some major upgrades for my computer.

 

This got me thinking.. I have a dozen of Gunplas collecting dust in my parents' house.

[Commedi]

On 09/10/2016 at 8:30 PM, ThinkWithPortals said:

A GTX 1060 6GB or RX 480 8GB sounds perfect.

Hey, sorry for reviving this topic especially because it's nearly a month old, but I am thinking off getting the RX480 8GB version because it's much cheaper if I go Ebay's way than anywhere else.

 

I was wondering would you think it would be better getting the RX over the GTX especially as I want to get another RX in the future or would it not be worth it in the end?

 

[Commedi]

2 hours ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

If you intend on Crossfiring in the future then the 480's probably a good idea. But how much cheaper are we talking @Commedi?

On eBay it goes for £210 roughly for the 8gb VRAM version (not Nitro+)
 

I would get maybe £210 to spend on in estimately two weeks and this is from a new source (on eBay) therefore they have more of these GPUs so time isn't a problem. In comparison to the GTX1060 price though, estimately £40 cheaper.

[ThinkWithPortals]

4 hours ago, Commedi said:

On eBay it goes for £210 roughly for the 8gb VRAM version (not Nitro+)
 

I would get maybe £210 to spend on in estimately two weeks and this is from a new source (on eBay) therefore they have more of these GPUs so time isn't a problem. In comparison to the GTX1060 price though, estimately £40 cheaper.

If the RX 480 is that much cheaper than go for it. It's not far at all behind the 1060, is possibly ahead of it in DX12, supports Freesync (my personal reason for picking an RX 480 over a GTX 1060) and supports Crossfire for the future. Go for it.

[Commedi]

5 hours ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

If the RX 480 is that much cheaper than go for it. It's not far at all behind the 1060, is possibly ahead of it in DX12, supports Freesync (my personal reason for picking an RX 480 over a GTX 1060) and supports Crossfire for the future. Go for it.

Alright, thanks bro <3

[Commedi]

Alright, sorry for bumping this thread but I wanted to update you all.

 

My birthday is nearly a week away (22nd of November) and I decided that out of anything I wanted a new GPU, and I had to pay a fraction of it (most of it) so I could get it for my birthday. I decided that I went for the Sapphire RX480 Nitro+ 8GB instead of the casual version of the RX480, or the competitor GTX.

 

Reason being? I did a lot of research, I actually paid more than expected over a GTX 1060 (still cheaper than that card though) because of numerous things.

 

Firstly, the Nitro+ is an overclock card and it has the feature to only use its fans when it needs to, which is great for noise reduction and also power reduction. Also, 8GB of VRAM is overkill, but overkill (in my opinion) is never bad. Especially as I want to do a lot of GPU intensive things such as rendering and gaming. Additionally, you can SLI two 480s together, as long as you have PCIE 3.0 on your motherboard (I don't have) and that would be better than a single GTX1080 founders edition. Regardless, I would need a motherboard upgrade sometime soon in the future so it's not a big deal for me that I just have one slot. Also, the RX has Direct12 and Vulkan support which new games are coming with. So it's a great feature to have, especially if it's more developed for the future.

 

Cheaper and imo, better. I hope it's great next week  Thanks all for suggesting a few cards for me.