which one out of these graphics cards would you choose

[xplanenutter]

Hi

 

I currently have a GTX 750TI 2GB and I'm looking to upgrade.

 

My pc is an i5-4590 16GB DDR3 of RAM.

 

Which one would you go for of these ?  Is there any point going for the 6GB or 8GB cards?

 

£230  - RX 480 8GB

vs

£199 - RX 480 4GB

vs
£189 - GTX 1060 3GB

vs

£228 - GTX 1060 6 GB

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, xplanenutter said:

Hi

 

I currently have a GTX 750TI 2GB and I'm looking to upgrade.

 

My pc is an i5-4590 16GB DDR3 of RAM.

 

Which one would you go for of these ?  Is there any point going for the 6GB or 8GB cards?

 

£230  - RX 480 8GB

vs

£199 - RX 480 4GB

vs
£189 - GTX 1060 3GB

vs

£228 - GTX 1060 6 GB

Which models specifically?

[Damascus]

I'd suggest cutting the 3GB model in that price range a 480 4 GB is much much better

[Guest]

1060 3gb<rx 480 4gb<1060 6gb/480 8gb

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, xplanenutter said:

Is there any point going for the 6GB or 8GB cards?

Considering the increase in vram required over the last years i would say getting more vram is preferable.

[Cracklingice]

I'm personally a fan of the 480 over the 1060.  4gb is enough for todays 1080p games but may be an issue in a year or two and/or with VR.  I'd get the 8gb if it fit the budget.

 

The rx 480 can do crossfire if you want to toss in another one later if you get one for a deal.  The 1060 cannot do SLI.  DX12 multi GPU may be a different story.

[VVoltor]

Overclockers UK has a good deal on some 480s, you should check them out. The Asus ones include a free game as well I think.

[xplanenutter]

 

Hi,

 

Specifically these models.

£230 - ASUS AMD Radeon RX 480 STRIX 08G 8 GB 8000 MHz GDDR5 256 Bit Memory PCI-Express 3 DVI/HDMI/DP Graphics Card - Black

£ 199  - Sapphire AMD RX480 Nitro+ 4 GB GDDR5 Memory Polaris FinFET DX 12 Vulkan FreeSync PCI-Express Graphics Card

£189 Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 1152 NVIDIA CUDA Cores Mini 3 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card - Black

£228Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Mini GDDR5 Graphics Card - Black

[emtproject]

If you are not over clocking get the MSI Radeon RX 480 8GB ARMOR 8G OC Video Card 220$ May not look good but it is a monster 

 

On 3/11/2017 at 4:58 PM, xplanenutter said:

Hi,

Specifically these models.
£230 - ASUS AMD Radeon RX 480 STRIX 08G 8 GB 8000 MHz GDDR5 256 Bit Memory PCI-Express 3 DVI/HDMI/DP Graphics Card - Black

£ 199  - Sapphire AMD RX480 Nitro+ 4 GB GDDR5 Memory Polaris FinFET DX 12 Vulkan FreeSync PCI-Express Graphics Card

£189 Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 1152 NVIDIA CUDA Cores Mini 3 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card - Black

£228Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Mini GDDR5 Graphics Card - Black

 

Mini's are not worth it if you dont need smaller form factor for the price id rather go for the Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC Edition Video Card 150$

[Starelementpoke]

6 minutes ago, xplanenutter said:

 

Hi,

 

Specifically these models.

£230 - ASUS AMD Radeon RX 480 STRIX 08G 8 GB 8000 MHz GDDR5 256 Bit Memory PCI-Express 3 DVI/HDMI/DP Graphics Card - Black

£ 199  - Sapphire AMD RX480 Nitro+ 4 GB GDDR5 Memory Polaris FinFET DX 12 Vulkan FreeSync PCI-Express Graphics Card

£189 Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 1152 NVIDIA CUDA Cores Mini 3 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card - Black

£228Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Mini GDDR5 Graphics Card - Black

8GB 480.

[xplanenutter]

Hi,

 

Thanks for all the replies. .

 

What are the reasons for going with AMD over Nvidia other than larger memory capacity?  

 

when I look up gpu benchmark, the 1060 has a slight edge on the RX480's.

 

Many thanks.

 

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, xplanenutter said:

 

Hi,

 

Specifically these models.

£230 - ASUS AMD Radeon RX 480 STRIX 08G 8 GB 8000 MHz GDDR5 256 Bit Memory PCI-Express 3 DVI/HDMI/DP Graphics Card - Black

£ 199  - Sapphire AMD RX480 Nitro+ 4 GB GDDR5 Memory Polaris FinFET DX 12 Vulkan FreeSync PCI-Express Graphics Card

£189 Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 1152 NVIDIA CUDA Cores Mini 3 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card - Black

£228Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Mini GDDR5 Graphics Card - Black

480 8gb strix no question if you can afford it

[Guest]

Just now, xplanenutter said:

Hi,

 

Thanks for all the replies. .

 

What are the reasons for going with AMD over Nvidia other than larger memory capacity?  

 

when I look up gpu benchmark, the 1060 has a slight edge on the RX480's.

 

Many thanks.

 

Look up new benchmark 

Strix has a superb cooling conoared to a mini card

[Starelementpoke]

4 minutes ago, xplanenutter said:

Hi,

 

Thanks for all the replies. .

 

What are the reasons for going with AMD over Nvidia other than larger memory capacity?  

 

when I look up gpu benchmark, the 1060 has a slight edge on the RX480's.

 

Many thanks.

 

Old benchmarks then. 480 should have the slight edge now. 

[xplanenutter]

Ok. Great thanks for the info.

Where do you guys go to get up to date benchmarks?

 

I guess, it's a choice between these two now.

 

 

£233 - MSI RX 480 ARMOR 8G OC Radeon RX 480 8GB GDDR5 graphics card - graphics cards (AMD, Radeon RX 480, 1291 MHz, 2-Way CrossFireX, 1291 MHz, 8 GB) by MSI

vs

 

£230 - ASUS AMD Radeon RX 480 STRIX 08G 8 GB 8000 MHz GDDR5 256 Bit Memory PCI-Express 3 DVI/HDMI/DP Graphics Card - Black by ASUS

 

 

[xplanenutter]

In the end I bought the ASUS AMD RX480 8GB dual fan with the white colour.

 

the strix tri fan would have fitted but not as easily, and the price was really good on the dual fan.  Got it for £193 in the UK. (free copy of doom included as well!)

 

I went for the AMD because my favourite game is x-plane 11, and it will be ported over to vulkan over the next few years, so I should be future proof for 4 or 5 years, at least until the next release of xplane 12 or whatever they call it. 

 

card is coming later this week, can't wait to give it a run.

 

Thanks for your help.