Time for a new Graphics card...Thoughts?

[ItsMinJunLol]

38 minutes ago, kofman13 said:

hi all.

My Visiontek 290x 4GB is biting the dust, overheating in one minute under load, warranty won't cover it. So i am looking to upgrade in the next month or so perhaps. I game on a ultrawide 2560 x 1080 LG freeesync monitor. (I really couldnt care less about free sync when i compared at home with v sync hence the following options).

I have had my eye on the ASUS GTX 1060 Strix 6GB recently as a possible option because of really impressive benchmarks vs other nvidia cards in same bracket and the rx480, and also it looks awesome and I am super impressed with the temperatures under load. (i am now super focused on cool temps because my last card's demise was that it was 90-92c under load for 2 years), i am reading that it's the coolest 1060? and lastly because it fits my budget.

But then I also heard good things about the EVGA 1060 6GB FTW, which is slightly cheaper but around the same price area ($280-300 at microcenter). But im worried that cooling might not be as good as the Strix since the FTW has two fans vs 3 in the Strix.

I have a lot of asus products like their network adapters, router, etc and always had great experience with the products. but i heard about some bad customer service stories with Asus.

So, Strix 1060 or 1060 FTW? or are there other better cards in that price range? Max. $300-$320ish.

 

 

Maybe if you're going to pay 320$ or so for a 1060, why don't u just get around 30-50$ more and go for a reference gtx 1070? I'm not so sure but I found a strix gtx 1070 for 360 bucks, and most people suggest get the 1070 instead of a strix 1060, so I suggest saving up around 40$ more, and going for the 1070, or just follow the deal I found at http://www.hotukdeals.com/tag/gtx-1070. Sellign strix 1070 for 360$. I think that's a good deal.

 

Link to Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01HMDRY7E/?tag=ho01f-21

[n00bmlg]

2 minutes ago, ItsMinJunLol said:

Maybe if you're going to pay 320$ or so for a 1060, why don't u just get around 30-50$ more and go for a reference gtx 1070? I'm not so sure but I found a strix gtx 1070 for 360 bucks, and most people suggest get the 1070 instead of a strix 1060, so I suggest saving up around 40$ more, and going for the 1070, or just follow the deal I found at http://www.hotukdeals.com/tag/gtx-1070. Sellign strix 1070 for 360$. I think that's a good deal.

 

Link to Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01HMDRY7E/?tag=ho01f-21

Especially since he's playing at 1440p, as the 1060 is more for 1080p

[ItsMinJunLol]

1 minute ago, n00bmlg said:

Especially since he's playing at 1440p, as the 1060 is more for 1080p

Ofc, also, that triple fan will really help with the cooling, and will probs run Battlefield 1 or Titanfall 2 too.(at high-epic settings)

[kofman13]

2 minutes ago, n00bmlg said:

Especially since he's playing at 1440p, as the 1060 is more for 1080p

im not playing 1440 im playing 1080.. so maybe i dont need 1060, but 1070 future proofing could be good too

[MIXFUSED]

I have an asus card, the turbo gtx 970 and it works fine for me, I have oc'd it and everything, the only thing is there customer support isn't the best. 

[kofman13]

5 minutes ago, ItsMinJunLol said:

Maybe if you're going to pay 320$ or so for a 1060, why don't u just get around 30-50$ more and go for a reference gtx 1070? I'm not so sure but I found a strix gtx 1070 for 360 bucks, and most people suggest get the 1070 instead of a strix 1060, so I suggest saving up around 40$ more, and going for the 1070, or just follow the deal I found at http://www.hotukdeals.com/tag/gtx-1070. Sellign strix 1070 for 360$. I think that's a good deal.

 

Link to Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01HMDRY7E/?tag=ho01f-21

that deal is 360 pounds, so thats $440 for me ,, more than $100 over what i wanted to pay

[kofman13]

1 minute ago, MIXFUSED said:

I have an asus card, the turbo gtx 970 and it works fine for me, I have oc'd it and everything, the only thing is there customer support isn't the best. 

ah, i was curious about this. what exactly wasnt good with customer support?

[ItsMinJunLol]

1 minute ago, kofman13 said:

that deal is 360 pounds, so thats $440 for me ,, more than $100 over what i wanted to pay

oh shat didn't see the Euro sign... soz.

 

3 minutes ago, kofman13 said:

im not playing 1440 im playing 1080.. so maybe i dont need 1060, but 1070 future proofing could be good too

Yeah, the 1070 will really help a lot for future but if is really aimed at budget right now, go for the 1060.

[n00bmlg]

4 minutes ago, kofman13 said:

im not playing 1440 im playing 1080.. so maybe i dont need 1060, but 1070 future proofing could be good too

Oh oops I thought it was 1440p not ultrawide, my mistake

[Morgan MLGman]

6 minutes ago, kofman13 said:

ah, i was curious about this. what exactly wasnt good with customer support?

Get either this:

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/BZJkcf/powercolor-radeon-rx-480-8gb-red-devil-video-card-axrx-480-8gbd5-3dhoc for 230$

or this:

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/M2mxFT/sapphire-video-card-112470340g for 260$ (It's 12% faster at 1080p and 21% faster at 1440p than an RX 480) so it's worth it considering that it also has excellent cooling & acoustic performance

 

or if you want to splash some more cash, then this:

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/ph38TW/evga-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-sc-gaming-video-card-08g-p4-5173-kr for 390$

[MIXFUSED]

2 hours ago, kofman13 said:

ah, i was curious about this. what exactly wasnt good with customer support?

They kind of throw you under the bus, and they don't respect you too much. It almost as if they don't care. 

[Nena Trinity]

I heard much good about the XFX RX 480 GTR!

[doomsriker]

Cooling is not a real issue on the 1060 due to it's low tdp. You could run one with an Intel stock heatsink zip tied on with no issues. 

[doomsriker]

This should work great 

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01IPVSGEC/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1484255069&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=1060+6gb&dpPl=1&dpID=51pKcy00N-L&ref=plSrch