GTX 1060 3gb vs rx480 4gb

[BROmoT]

I'm thinking about upgrading my gtx 660, and the 2 gpus I listed in the title fit my budget. which one should I get? (the rx 480 is a gigabyte g1 gaming and the gtx 1060 is a gigabyte mini itx version)

[MVPernula]

I'd say the 480 is better if it fits!

[Nena Trinity]

4GB FTW!

[Beddah]

RX480 4GB > GTX1060 3GB. Definitly is better to go with the RX480.

[BROmoT]

31 minutes ago, Beddah said:

RX480 4GB > GTX1060 3GB. Definitly is better to go with the RX480.

 

57 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

4GB FTW!

 

3 hours ago, MVPernula said:

I'd say the 480 is better if it fits!

ok thanks but can you detail why is the 480 better?

[Nena Trinity]

Just now, BROmoT said:

 

 

ok thanks but can you detail why is the 480 better?

4GB VRAM?

[BROmoT]

1 minute ago, Nena360 said:

4GB VRAM?

thats not how gpus work...

[MVPernula]

12 minutes ago, BROmoT said:

thats not how gpus work...

Hahah well in this case it is.

 

The 1060 and 480 are par in performance, except that the 480 has an extra GB VRAM!

Overall the 480 beats the 1060 due to DirectX 12 favoring it.

[KyleNecz]

17 minutes ago, MVPernula said:

Hahah well in this case it is.

 

The 1060 and 480 are par in performance, except that the 480 has an extra GB VRAM!

Overall the 480 beats the 1060 due to DirectX 12 favoring it.

But most games still utilise Dx11 more 

[MVPernula]

Just now, KyleNecz said:

But most games still utilise Dx11 more 

That is true, but generally the 480 is cheaper and offers more.

It's the better buy atm.

[KyleNecz]

7 minutes ago, MVPernula said:

That is true, but generally the 480 is cheaper and offers more.

It's the better buy atm.

Only problem I've seen with the pricing is in the the U.K. The rx 470 cost the same as the rx 480 and the gtx 1060 so personally I would get the gtx 1060

[MVPernula]

3 minutes ago, KyleNecz said:

Only problem I've seen with the pricing is in the the U.K. The rx 470 cost the same as the rx 480 and the gtx 1060 so personally I would get the gtx 1060

..Wait what how's that logical.

 

If the 470, 480 and 1060 costs the same and the 480 is the one that ultimately offers the most horsepower why would you pick the 1060?
Edit:
Just looked all those cards up and the 480 and 1060 are basically the same price on Amazon UK, the 480 dips lower in some cases in terms of price.

[KyleNecz]

35 minutes ago, MVPernula said:

..Wait what how's that logical.

 

If the 470, 480 and 1060 costs the same and the 480 is the one that ultimately offers the most horsepower why would you pick the 1060?
Edit:
Just looked all those cards up and the 480 and 1060 are basically the same price on Amazon UK, the 480 dips lower in some cases in terms of price.

In some cases more vram doesn't mean anything I personally would look YouTube to see which ones better because back when the 970 came out with 4gb of vram only 3 of it was usable. But I think In this case the 480 and 1060 are the exact same so it's up to whoever wants it

edit: such as if someone has an intel cpu the 1060 would be better but if someone has a amd cpu the rx 480 would be better

[ivan134]

Gigabyte 480 is garbage. Don't get it.

[Shakaza]

1 hour ago, BROmoT said:

 

 

ok thanks but can you detail why is the 480 better?

The GTX 1060 6 GB is a bit better than or on par with the RX 480(In DirectX 11), but the 3 GB version is a bit weaker because it has 1 fewer SM, which means fewer shading units, texture mapping units, and render output units, which in turn results in lower performance. I would also feel a bit iffy about the 3 GB of VRAM, which is slowly becoming insufficient, though it'll more than likely be fine if you turn down some VRAM-eating settings like texture quality.

[BROmoT]

On 2/25/2017 at 6:36 PM, ivan134 said:

Gigabyte 480 is garbage. Don't get it.

and why is that?

because where i live most of the gpus available are gigabyte versions and the gigabyte version is cheaper than others

[FiveNine]

27 minutes ago, BROmoT said:

and why is that?

because where i live most of the gpus available are gigabyte versions and the gigabyte version is cheaper than others

Why do you think it's cheaper?

[Guest]

35 minutes ago, BROmoT said:

and why is that?

because where i live most of the gpus available are gigabyte versions and the gigabyte version is cheaper than others

Because it have horrible heat issues. 

[MVPernula]

On 2017-02-25 at 5:31 PM, KyleNecz said:

In some cases more vram doesn't mean anything I personally would look YouTube to see which ones better because back when the 970 came out with 4gb of vram only 3 of it was usable. But I think In this case the 480 and 1060 are the exact same so it's up to whoever wants it

edit: such as if someone has an intel cpu the 1060 would be better but if someone has a amd cpu the rx 480 would be better

That was specifically for the 970 though.. And VRAM really matters now since games tend to EAT it.

And about that intel-ati stuff.. Yeah 10 years ago you would be right, but there's really no difference anymore. 

You can WITH EASE use an Intel CPU with an AMD GPU and vice versa without having any problems, limitations or whatever. 

On 2017-02-25 at 5:46 PM, Shakaza said:

The GTX 1060 6 GB is a bit better than or on par with the RX 480(In DirectX 11), but the 3 GB version is a bit weaker because it has 1 fewer SM, which means fewer shading units, texture mapping units, and render output units, which in turn results in lower performance. I would also feel a bit iffy about the 3 GB of VRAM, which is slowly becoming insufficient, though it'll more than likely be fine if you turn down some VRAM-eating settings like texture quality.

Yeah and since this is between the 4GB 480 and the 3GB 1060 I don't really see what the hiccup is about.

 

They are on par in performance, but the 480 wins due to having a gigabyte more. Getting a 1060 seems like stupid fanboyism to me, there's no logical reason.

Even if the 1060 beats the 480 in DX11 it's just MARGINALLY, and that's IF it beats it. They're trading blows in different titles with 2-5 fps AT THE MOST but the 480 leaps off when it comes to DX12 titles. 

2 hours ago, BROmoT said:

and why is that?

because where i live most of the gpus available are gigabyte versions and the gigabyte version is cheaper than others

This I'm also quite curious about. Gigabyte usually knows their shit, do you have a link?

[Ultra_Man52]

Let me quote from tomshardware " The RX 480 without a doubt. While it's the same chip as it's 8GB counterpart, the 1060 3gb is a gimped version of the 6gb one." http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3162207/gtx-1060-3gb-480-4gb.html

[just tilt]

So, this is how it goes:
RX 480 (4 GB) > GTX 1060 (3 GB) *in most cases
However the Gigabyte G1 RX 480 sucks. Please don't buy it. Buy any other aftermarket except for Gigabyte.
On the NVIDIA side of things, the 3 GB variant doesn't have enough VRAM for modern gaming, and it has less CUDA cores than the 6 GB variant, around 5-10% drop in performance if I remember correctly.
*If you intend to play only GTA V, then I'd maybe, only in that circumstance suggest a GTX 1060. Maybe not even then, because it lacks VRAM and because the RX 480 is just a better choice.
DX 12 and Vulkan APIs are the future of the gaming scene, and the RX 480 heavily beats the GTX 1060 in that category.

My recommendation: RX 480 all the way.
Good luck!

[Shakaza]

4 hours ago, MVPernula said:

Yeah and since this is between the 4GB 480 and the 3GB 1060 I don't really see what the hiccup is about.

 

They are on par in performance, but the 480 wins due to having a gigabyte more. Getting a 1060 seems like stupid fanboyism to me, there's no logical reason.

Even if the 1060 beats the 480 in DX11 it's just MARGINALLY, and that's IF it beats it. They're trading blows in different titles with 2-5 fps AT THE MOST but the 480 leaps off when it comes to DX12 titles. 

I mentioned the GTX 1060 6 GB because I was explaining why the RX 480 is better than the 3 GB version of the 1060, and I needed a reference point. I didn't think that previous people's explanations of the extra 1 GB of VRAM was why the 480 was better, because I feel that is minor in comparison to its lower performance. From the benchmarks I'm looking at, I would prefer the RX 480 to the GTX 1060 3 GB for pretty much any game because of the former's higher performance, I would almost always choose the 1060 6 GB for DirectX 11 titles, and I don't really have a preference for DirectX 12 titles, because the 1060 6 GB wins a few, and the 480 wins some as well, so it would depend on which games I played, and the difference isn't much anyway for most, so it would likely come down to brand preference.