Replacement for R9 280

[Moress]

So with the holidays coming around I would like to pick my brother up a new GPU since his died about a month ago. The current one was an XFX R9 280. I don't have a ton of money to spend but for sure don't want to pick up anything that isnt at least slightly more powerful than that one was since it was my old card and I gave it to him when it was on its last leg after all. 

Right now I was thinking about either the GTX 1060 3gb or the Rx 470 4gb. They are both identical prices (199 USD), so what I want to know is if either of these are reasonably more powerful than the 280 and which one is a better value at $200.

[TheRandomness]

470 4GB because the extra GB of VRAM actually helps. Plus, you will regret getting a 3GB graphics card nowadays.

[EPPHO]

1060 3GB is more powerful

[Moress]

6 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

1060 3GB is more powerful

Is the 3gb vram going to be an issue though?

[EPPHO]

3 minutes ago, Moress said:

Is the 3gb vram going to be an issue though?

For 1080p monitor it won't

[EPPHO]

4 minutes ago, Moress said:

Is the 3gb vram going to be an issue though?

You can also wait for GTX 1050 as i think it will be more powerful than RX470  And it will have 4GB RAM .

[TheRandomness]

43 minutes ago, Moress said:

Is the 3gb vram going to be an issue though?

 

39 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

For 1080p monitor it won't

Depends on the game. A few games at 1080 are starting to push over the 4GB limit, so 3GB really isn't enough.