which 1060 do you prefer?

[Asus4theWinz]

In the market for building a budget pc, and I want to build it round the 1060 series graphic card line up. So what 1060 series and why should I consider that perticular card?

Wanting best FPS, not so worried about how loud the cards may be under load.

[RadiatingLight]

The best one is the RX 480.

 

RX 480 > 1060 basically every time, unless the GTX 1060 is cheaper (which it probably is not)

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[WereCat]

Cheapest one with at least 2 fans.

[Ultra_Man52]

Sorry to be that guy, but if you are really doing a budget PC then you should really go with the rx 480.  Almost always cheaper, and has similar/better performance.

[shadowbyte]

the best 1060 is probably the EVGA FTW or ASUS Strix

but don't buy either of those

buy an RX 480

[Asus4theWinz]

All I know about the rx480 as of yet, I have seen it can come with 8GB ofmemory which has to be ?.  I will keep that card in mind. But I want to hear about spec and what you all have achieved with these cards. ?

[Droidbot]

as @shadowbyte said, the best cards are the ASUS Strix and the EVGA FTW

both run nice and cool and have very good OC headroom

 

if you are going 480 look for either strix or XFX GTR, they're both very nice cards with good OC potential and very good cooling solutions.

[Energycore]

2 minutes ago, Asus4theWinz said:

All I know about the rx480 as of yet, I have seen it can come with 8GB ofmemory which has to be ?.  I will keep that card in mind. But I want to hear about spec and what you all have achieved with these cards. ?

I like my 480, because you can hit great OCs if you try hard enough. I hit 1450MHz on mine and 2310 memory. For gaming my notion is that both cards tend to be on par with each other, and given that the 480 is cheaper overall, get it.

 

Also I like AMD's Virtual Super Resolution better than Nvidia's DSR (have tried both)

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

I like my 480, because you can hit great OCs if you try hard enough. I hit 1450MHz on mine and 2310 memory. For gaming my notion is that both cards tend to be on par with each other, and given that the 480 is cheaper overall, get it.

 

Also I like AMD's Virtual Super Resolution better than Nvidia's DSR (have tried both)

DSR is nice but the input lag involved is a huge no no

A Y Y M D drivers are better IMO also. 

[Energycore]

Just now, Droidbot said:

DSR is nice but the input lag involved is a huge no no

A Y Y M D drivers are better IMO also. 

AMD drivers are pretty good, I just wish they wouldn't reset GPU settings every time I crash. It was a pain in the ass to deal with

[Aytex]

9 minutes ago, Asus4theWinz said:

All I know about the rx480 as of yet, I have seen it can come with 8GB ofmemory which has to be ?.  I will keep that card in mind. But I want to hear about spec and what you all have achieved with these cards. ?

1060 6gig and 480 8gig are on par, 480 has a edge in dx12 games and fresync monitors are cheaper.

 

Just get whats cheapest or the one you want the most, they both have shitty drivers.

[Asus4theWinz]

that sounds like a respectable Oc in my book for a card under 190.  I'm going to see if I can find some videos on the dsr lag. Never herd of this stuff. Thanks for everyone's comments. Keep them rolling in. ?

[RadiatingLight]

6 minutes ago, Aytex said:

Just get whats cheapest or the one you want the most, they both have shitty drivers.

Both have shitty drivers?

what makes you think that?

[Himommies]

I like EVGA

[Kd4lif3]

39 minutes ago, Asus4theWinz said:

In the market for building a budget pc, and I want to build it round the 1060 series graphic card line up. So what 1060 series and why should I consider that perticular card?

Wanting best FPS, not so worried about how loud the cards may be under load.

The strix 1060 shares a cooler with the 1070 and 1080 so it's a beefy cooler for a lighter card. My friends say that their strix 1070 fans never have to turn on. If you force the fans on with the strix 1060 your temps would probably never reach very far past the 40-50 range.

[Aytex]

37 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Both have shitty drivers?

what makes you think that?

The only way to not trigger each side..

And its true.. Both Drivers have their ups and down, one isn't superior towards the other.

[RadiatingLight]

Just now, Aytex said:

The only way to not trigger each side..

And its true.. Both Drivers have their ups and down, one isn't superior towards the other.

that's not to say that they're both shit though. both are comparable, and you can't say something is 'shit' unless there's something better, and since there are only 2 GPU manufacturers, there's nothing better.

[RadiatingLight]

23 minutes ago, Kd4lif3 said:

My friends say that their strix 1070 fans never have to turn on

False.

 

fans turn on at 60c, and my fans totally turn on in AAA titles.

 

furmark brings my temps up to 71c, but that's furmark.

 

unigine heaven/valley bring temps to 66c

 

but keep In mind I've overvolted +100mv

[Kd4lif3]

4 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

False.

 

fans turn on at 60c, and my fans totally turn on in AAA titles.

 

furmark brings my temps up to 71c, but that's furmark.

 

unigine heaven/valley bring temps to 66c

 

but keep In mind I've overvolted +100mv

Ya I relish the probably turn on under a good load but he hasn't used it much and I don't really know what games he plays. Still 60c is a higher fan curve than other cards

[RadiatingLight]

5 minutes ago, Kd4lif3 said:

Ya I relish the probably turn on under a good load but he hasn't used it much and I don't really know what games he plays. Still 60c is a higher fan curve than other cards

yeah lol.

I locked my fans at 0RPM and ran unigine heaven. went to 88c and climbing when I decided to shut it off.

[Aytex]

16 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

that's not to say that they're both shit though. both are comparable, and you can't say something is 'shit' unless there's something better, and since there are only 2 GPU manufacturers, there's nothing better.

I can get behind that but my point was not to trigger either side.

[Asus4theWinz]

13 hours ago, Energycore said:

I like my 480, because you can hit great OCs if you try hard enough. I hit 1450MHz on mine and 2310 memory. For gaming my notion is that both cards tend to be on par with each other, and given that the 480 is cheaper overall, get it.

 

Also I like AMD's Virtual Super Resolution better than Nvidia's DSR (have tried both)

Yeah dsr seems silly unless you rock a 4K monitor. I never had amd products but always wanted to dip into the amd jar of goodness.