gtx 1060 or rx 480

[budgetguy]

i can't choose between an rx 480 or gtx 1060.

i found the gigabyte g1 gaming for a good price on both sides

rx 480: 260 euro

gtx 1060: 310 euro

are these card good?

what schould i take amd or nvidia i want to be good for like 4/5 years.

i play cs:go now but i want to play overwatch and maby titanfall 2 when i have my pc.

specs(i don't have them yet):

i5 7600

msi b150 pc mate atx mobo

seasonic m12ll evo 520w psu

corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 2133mhz cl 13

 

WD blue 1tb hdd

 

[EmoChipmonk]

I would get the 1060 as it should keep you good for quite a while. Maybe not 4 or 5 years but long enough. Just dont try any thing past 1080p

[Mr.Meerkat]

3GB 1060<4GB RX480

8GB RX480=6GB 1060

 

Sooooo yeah, get which ever one is cheaper (in the case of the 8GB RX480 and 6GB 1060)

 

3 minutes ago, budgetguy said:

gigabyte g1 gaming

That's probably either the worst or the second worst custom RX480 but if it's much cheaper than other RX480 then why not eh?  

[JoaoPRSousa]

Is the RX480 the 4GB version or the 8GB?

And the 1060, 3GB or 6GB? (VRAM)

[EmoChipmonk]

2 minutes ago, EmoChipmonk said:

I would get the 1060 as it should keep you good for quite a while. Maybe not 4 or 5 years but long enough. Just dont try any thing past 1080p

Also consider getting another kid of that ram at some point later down the line.

[Mike87]

If you are talking about the RX 480 (8GB) go with that. Unless you have a g-sync monitor

 

[Shoob]

RX480, but don't get Gigabyte, since it's pretty much the worst 480 out there.

What other options do you have?

[Energycore]

8 minutes ago, budgetguy said:

rx 480: 260 euro

gtx 1060: 310 euro

That's a no brainer, one is 50 EUR cheaper!

[Mike87]

3 minutes ago, Pandalf said:

RX480, but don't get Gigabyte, since it's pretty much the worst 480 out there.

What other options do you have?

out of curiosity, may I ask why the Gigabyte is bad?

[cj09beira]

I wold say get the rx480 it will probably age better and because its better at dx12/vulkan which is going to matter in 2 years if you can get the 8gb version so you can still have high resolution textures in a few years

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

That's a no brainer, one is 50 EUR cheaper!

Unless it's 4GB RX480 vs 6GB 1060...

 

I mean the 4GB RX480 performs more or less the same as the 8GB RX480 but 2GB may be the difference between ultra for an extra year rather than dropping down to high to remove some of the issues caused by not enough vRAM  

[roylapoutre]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Unless it's 4GB RX480 vs 6GB 1060...

 

I mean the 4GB RX480 performs more or less the same as the 8GB RX480 but 2GB may be the difference between ultra for an extra year rather than dropping down to high to remove some of the issues caused by not enough vRAM  

Unlikely to be a problem since the 480/1060 won't be able to sustain ultra settings at 1080p for a long time imo, so taking 6 or 8GB seems a bit pointless. In one or two years, you won't be able to crack up antialiasing and shadow resolution on those cards anyway, regardless of the VRAM amount, just due to the limited processing power. And the one likely to age better is the RX 480. 4GB of VRAM isn't bad even for the couple of years ahead (at 1080p ofc)

[Morgan MLGman]

13 minutes ago, EmoChipmonk said:

I would get the 1060 as it should keep you good for quite a while. Maybe not 4 or 5 years but long enough. Just dont try any thing past 1080p

But... But why? I'd choose the RX 480 over the 1060 even at an equal price, but when a 1060 is 50 Euro more then... WTF?

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, roylapoutre said:

Unlikely to be a problem since the 480/1060 won't be able to sustain ultra settings at 1080p for a long time imo, so taking 6 or 8GB seems a bit pointless. In one or two years, you won't be able to crack up antialiasing and shadow resolution on those cards anyway, regardless of the VRAM amount, just due to the limited processing power. And the one likely to age better is the RX 480. 4GB of VRAM isn't bad even for the couple of years ahead (at 1080p ofc)

Hmmmmm...Even the esport title R6S disagrees with this comment...

3.7GB~ utilised while at medium and high settings@1080p...(and getting 130fps~)

[roylapoutre]

2 minutes ago, Morgan MLGman said:

But... But why? I'd choose the RX 480 over the 1060 even at an equal price, but when a 1060 is 50 Euro more then... WTF?

You know... Because Nvidia that's why  

[EmoChipmonk]

6 minutes ago, roylapoutre said:

You know... Because Nvidia that's why  

I was at the understanding that the 1060 our preforms the 480. And since he wants it to last as long as possable and he can afford it then  as much preformance as possable to last as along as possable.

[Herman Mcpootis]

3 minutes ago, EmoChipmonk said:

I was at the understanding that the 1060 our preforms the 480. And since he wants it to last as long as possable and he can afford it then  as much preformance as possable to last as along as possable.

not anymore, they're dead even now.

and AMD's graphics cards tend to age better than nvidia's graphics cards.

 

[roylapoutre]

5 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Hmmmmm...Even the esport title R6S disagrees with this comment...

3.7GB~ utilised while at medium and high settings@1080p...(and getting 130fps~)

Yeah... 'Cause it's totally normal a game so average-looking, not even open world with crappy textures consumes that much VRAM... Getting an 8GB card because one game is using much more VRAM than it should be isn't the right answer for everyone imo. For someone playing a lot of R6S it may enter into consideration sure, but otherwise, it doesn't matter. My girlfriend still has her "old" GTX980 with 4G of VRAM and guess what ? Only one of the really demanding game she plays goes past 4G on ultra, WD2. Other games barely reach 3GB ! And don't forget that VRAM usage is hugely impacted by the use of MSAA/TXAA which are power-hungry in most games in terms of processing power and usually can't be enabled anyway due to the huge hit on fps.

 

It won't be a huge issue imo. You don't "future-proof" only with VRAM, processing power is the key, and VRAM comes after that. And the RX 480 is overall better than the 1060 and might keep going in that direction, even with 4G vs 6G.

[Deli]

10 minutes ago, EmoChipmonk said:

I was at the understanding that the 1060 our preforms the 480. And since he wants it to last as long as possable and he can afford it then  as much preformance as possable to last as along as possable.

Keep yourself up to date please.

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, roylapoutre said:

Yeah... 'Cause it's totally normal a game so average-looking, not even open world with crappy textures consumes that much VRAM... Getting an 8GB card because one game is using much more VRAM than it should be isn't the right answer for everyone imo. For someone playing a lot of R6S it may enter into consideration sure, but otherwise, it doesn't matter. My girlfriend still has her "old" GTX980 with 4G of VRAM and guess what ? Only one of the really demanding game she plays goes past 4G on ultra, WD2. Other games barely reach 3GB ! And don't forget that VRAM usage is hugely impacted by the use of MSAA/TXAA which are power-hungry in most games in terms of processing power and usually can't be enabled anyway due to the huge hit on fps.

 

It won't be a huge issue imo. You don't "future-proof" only with VRAM, processing power is the key, and VRAM comes after that. And the RX 480 is overall better than the 1060 and might keep going in that direction, even with 4G vs 6G.

There are multiple games that utilise close or over 4GB at 1080p ultra settings and no, both the RX480 and 1060 can push over 60fps most triple As at ultra so you know  

[roylapoutre]

6 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

There are multiple games that utilise close or over 4GB at 1080p ultra settings and no, both the RX480 and 1060 can push over 60fps most triple As at ultra so you know  

Yes, that was my whole point, they can push ultra NOW, but they won't be able to do so in a couple of months maybe, making the huge amount of VRAM virtually useless. Do you think a GTX 960 4G is helped by its amount of VRAM ? Absolutely not, it doesn't help it push ultra on current titles because it simply isn't powerful enough. This is an extreme case because the GTX 960 is substentialy less powerful than a GTX 980/GTX 1060/RX 480, but you get the idea. 6 or 8G won't help those cards push all games to ultra settings in 1 or 2 years, so for someone who needs to spend the least amount of money on his/her brand new GPU, I feel like saving 40-50$/€ to get a 4G RX 480 can be totally worth it. And who knows, maybe one day games will stop using more and more VRAM  

[Shoob]

29 minutes ago, Mike87 said:

out of curiosity, may I ask why the Gigabyte is bad?

Inefficient cooling, mediocre PCB components (Buildzoid did a detailed review on the PCB). On default settings it gets to 80+℃. You can make a custom fan curve, but then it gets loud.

 

I don't know why Gigabyte puts better coolers on Nvidia GPUs with lower TDP like the 1060 G1.

 

[budgetguy]

42 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

Is the RX480 the 4GB version or the 8GB?

And the 1060, 3GB or 6GB? (VRAM)

gtx 1060 6gb or rx 480 8gb

[budgetguy]

42 minutes ago, EmoChipmonk said:

Also consider getting another kid of that ram at some point later down the line.

what is rong with the ram?

[Mr.Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, roylapoutre said:

Yes, that was my whole point, they can push ultra NOW, but they won't be able to do so in a couple of months maybe, making the huge amount of VRAM virtually useless. Do you think a GTX 960 4G is helped by its amount of VRAM ? Absolutely not, it doesn't help it push ultra on current titles because it simply isn't powerful enough. This is an extreme case because the GTX 960 is substentialy less powerful than a GTX 980/GTX 1060/RX 480, but you get the idea. 6 or 8G won't help those cards push all games to ultra settings in 1 or 2 years, so for someone who needs to spend the least amount of money on his/her brand new GPU, I feel like saving 40-50$/€ to get a 4G RX 480 can be totally worth it. And who knows, maybe one day games will stop using more and more VRAM  

Ermmmm...considering that the RX480 can push 60fps in like 2/3 of the triple As that are being benchmarked at 1440p ultra, what makes you think it's not gonna be able to push 60fps at 1080p?