gpu GPU Upgrade!

[Ruo94]

Hello!
So my good'ol R9 270x is really dead. I'm planning on upgrading it and I need some suggestions. My computer usage mainly consist of gaming and rendering/graphic design. I am not a heavy gamer, so I do not think that I need a super high end GPU. I'm really looking for a middle-of-the-pack kind of card. Budget wise, I was thinking around 200-350 CAD.
Currently, I have a few consideration in my mind:
GTX 1060 6gb GDDR
GTX 1060 3gb GDDR
RX 480, 4gb GDDR
my friends' GTX 970 that I can bargain with :>

Here are the few games and programs that I use
Games:

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Overwatch
League of Legend
Skyrim
Dota2
CS:GO
Minecraft

Programs:

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CAD
Revit
3D Studio Max
Sketchup
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign

Current system info:

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GPU: ded 

CPU: Intel i7 4770K
Mobo: ASUS Z97-A ATX LGA1150 DDR3
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 750W Bronze
RAM: Patriot Viper 3 8GB

Storage: ADATA SX900 2.5" 128GB + Western Digital Red 1TB

any kind of suggestions are appreciate!
Thanks in advance!
R.Y.Zhang

EDIT: Forgot to mention, that I will be getting a 144hz monitor soon.

[Sreno1]

1060 6GB 

[1Reshiram12]

Well for starters avoid the 480 less powerful than both the 970 and 1060, if your friend will give you the 970 for $180 or less go with that. Considering the games you're playing the 1060 6gb is pointless as well, so the 1060 3gb or 970.

[Daveeede]

I think the 970 is a great card if you can get a deal on it. It also has more cuda cores than the 1060 so it may help with rendering in certain scenarios.

 

Otherwise the 1060 6GB is what I'd get. I saw one for 289.99 CAD on black friday. But that sale is probably over now.

[yavuz650]

53 minutes ago, 1Reshiram12 said:

Well for starters avoid the 480 less powerful than both the 970 and 1060, if your friend will give you the 970 for $180 or less go with that. Considering the games you're playing the 1060 6gb is pointless as well, so the 1060 3gb or 970.

480 less powerful than 970 ? Which 480 are we talking about lol

[1Reshiram12]

6 minutes ago, yavuz650 said:

480 less powerful than 970 ? Which 480 are we talking about lol

The rx 480 is less powerful than gtx 970. Well actually it depends on the benchmark site, some say the 970 is better others say the 480.

[yavuz650]

3 minutes ago, 1Reshiram12 said:

The rx 480 is less powerful than gtx 970.

Whatever you do, don't listen to this guy lmao 

[1Reshiram12]

9 minutes ago, yavuz650 said:

Whatever you do, don't listen to this guy lmao 

It depends on the benchmark site. I use PassMark which has the 970 beating the 480 by 1000 points, but apparently UserBenchmark says the rx 480 is better by 6%.

GeForce GTX 970	8,625	$259.00
Quadro M5000	8,412	$1,759.99
Radeon R9 Fury + Fury X	8,314	$259.99
Radeon R9 390X	8,080	NA
GeForce GTX 780	8,008	$353.33
GeForce GTX TITAN Z	7,936	$1,299.99
GeForce GTX Titan	7,904	$799.99
Radeon RX 480	7,758	$179.99

 

[Qwweb]

If you are using Autodesk Revit, CAD, photoshop and other programs that use rendering on a daily basis or for a job (depending on your file sizes) you may want to sacrifice the gaming power for productivity and get a Quadro M2000 as a compute card (Quadros are validated for using as rendering accelerators unlike Geforce cards). But if you are still in school or don't use those applications with large-scale or complex renders a GTX 970 or GTX 1060 would work fine. Also as a side question; what do you do with those programs?

[Ruo94]

1 hour ago, Qwweb said:

If you are using Autodesk Revit, CAD, photoshop and other programs that use rendering on a daily basis or for a job (depending on your file sizes) you may want to sacrifice the gaming power for productivity and get a Quadro M2000 as a compute card (Quadros are validated for using as rendering accelerators unlike Geforce cards). But if you are still in school or don't use those applications with large-scale or complex renders a GTX 970 or GTX 1060 would work fine. Also as a side question; what do you do with those programs?

im an architectural student, so its mostly for my school work. I draw stuff from time to time too. 
I dont think i really need the Quadro.