nvidia vs amd

[sahadeo]

what gpu should i get its between the gtx 1060 mini 6gb from zotac or the 8gb rx 480 armor from msi. my budget is 700 canadian. i plan on doing 1080p max and 1440p gaming at above 60fps

[Princess Luna]

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Look there are topics of the rx480 vs the gtx 1060 every single day in here, if you want actual deep and constructive advising from both sides of this fence you should add way more information such as what do you plan on doing, your budget, your other components, what do you expect from the GPU and so on, without knowing this stuff say go for Red or go for Green will be no more than just fanaticism speaking.

 

GTX 1060 6gb has more horse power however the RX 480 8gb has currently more optimized drivers for DX12 which is becoming mainstream, slowly but it is, what could happen is nVidia fix their drivers and get the lead again, though this could take quite a while, definitely only after 1080ti release. So at the end you'll not be losing sleep for going with one or the other, you'll have close to the same performance and the money saving are not that huge by going AMD, especially if you live in a county where both cards are imported.

 

Little trivia, the RX480 Does not have DVI input, if your monitor uses it then you'll be forced to get a HDMI to DVI adapter and that can sometimes be a little troublesome. The GTX 1060 has it.

[Guest Kloaked]

Is there a reason you picked those two specific brands? I would personally recommend EVGA for Nvidia and Sapphire for AMD cards.

 

The 1060 and 480 trade blows iirc, so you'll need to look up what games will run better on whichever card - if one card will perform the best in the games that you'll be playing, get that one.

[captain cactus]

They trade blows. In properly optimised titles with the new APIs, the RX480 is the way to go. If you're playing some older titles, nVidia is still king at DX11/DX9 performance. AMD's ReLive driver update did rectify that somewhat though.

 

Basically, go for what's cheaper. I'd personally go for the 480 though. But that's personal preference.

[RadiatingLight]

I would go for the 480 due to better drivers for DX12. it's more built for the future.

I would like to think that in 3 or so years, the 480 will handily beat the 1060 because as of today (not trying to start a flame ware here pls) AMD has optimized their 200 and 300 series a lot after their initial launch, while Nvidia has not done so with their 700 series and 900 series.

Neither card is bad though, and if one is cheaper than the other, then get the cheaper one.