GTX 1060 6gb VS RX 480 4gb

[rumandmonkey]

Hey guys, which one would you think is best for value between these two cards?

Thanks for the help

[Freezanator]

Obviously the GTX 1060 6GB as it comes with 2GB more VRAM and has more horsepower than the RX480 4GB.  

[Sir Asvald]

7 minutes ago, rumandmonkey said:

Hey guys, which one would you think is best for value between these two cards?

Thanks for the help

It depends on your system specs..What are they?

[rwaalph]

1060 best performance

480 while having less performance by a margin i say 5-10 fps difference 1060 is more expensive 50-60$

Your choice if spending that extra 60$ is worth the performance

[Droidbot]

Depends what games you want to play.

GTX1060 = DirectX 11/10/9 games. Shit that's already out. 

RX480 = DirectX12/Vulcun. Shit that's coming out. 

[Gonio]

1060 6GB is even better then the 8GB version of the 480. People will come with the DX 12 support, what is true and AMD catches up or sometimes goes beyond with a few fps. But DX 12 is overall performing less then DX11 and there the gap between the 1060 6GB and 480 8GB is much bigger. So overall the 1060 is the better performer + much more energy efficient if thats a factor for you.

 

True that more Vram is overall prefered, but if a card is fast enough to deal with the performance for it's intended purpose (what is the case when comparing these 2) you get in the old situation that where you would encounter the Vram issue with thse cards you would need a better tier card anyway. Also there is more to the story of performance then just looking at total ammount of Vram.

Around here pricing is close enough together that the choice is easy enough.

[rumandmonkey]

8 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

It depends on your system specs..What are they?

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($45.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($254.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Aerocool Xpredator Cube MicroATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 

[Floris_Heinen]

If you can afford the price premium for the 1060 go for it.

[Sir Asvald]

2 minutes ago, rumandmonkey said:

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($45.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($254.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Aerocool Xpredator Cube MicroATX Mid Tower Case 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($33.99 @ Newegg) 

Go for the 1060.

[rumandmonkey]

Thanks guys for the help and quick respond

 

[SCHISCHKA]

whats your CPU?

[SCHISCHKA]

3 minutes ago, rumandmonkey said:

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

get the 1060

[Simon771]

10 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

Depends what games you want to play.

GTX1060 = DirectX 11/10/9 games. Shit that's already out. 

RX480 = DirectX12/Vulcun. Shit that's coming out. 

You forgot to mention that "Shit that's comming out" will have bad optimisation for DX12 and will be still better to play in DX 11.

 

Get the GTX 1060 6GB version and you are golden.

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, Simon771 said:

You forgot to mention that "Shit that's comming out" will have bad optimisation for DX12 and will be still better to play in DX 11.

 

Get the GTX 1060 6GB version and you are golden.

true. it's like early dx11 games I guess, devs don't know how to use it yet

[Simon771]

1 minute ago, Droidbot said:

true. it's like early dx11 games I guess, devs don't know how to use it yet

Yap, that's why I think GTX 1060 is still better.

DX12 will take few years ebfore it will be well optimised and acctually perform better than DX11.

[bochi]

and how about these?

1060 6gb vs rx 480 8gb

 

[F60Outrunn]

7 minutes ago, bochi said:

and how about these?

1060 6gb vs rx 480 8gb

 

The RX 480 8GB is a very good option here, either way you are getting a very good card no matter which one you choose

[Gonio]

Both are great. It depends most on what the price difference is for where you live. The 1060 is the better overall choice, but it's no huge difference of day and night. If either of these cards would not suffice for something, then also won't the other and you would need a better tier card anyway. Some people wil come up with the fact that AMD does DX12 more efficient. This makes it come on par for many situations or only slightly ahead and currently most DX12 supported games run better on DX11 anyway. It will be some years before we can really make good use fo the potential of DX12 (like it also was with earlier DX changes). By then both these cards are already replaced by newer gens.