970 vs 1060

[114350_1454180236]

1060 (https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1060-3GT-OC.html#hero-overview) for 224euro

970 (https://www.zotac.com/us/product/graphics_card/gtx-970) for 189euro

 

I even don't know which card is better, but from several benchmarks 1060 seems a little bit faster. But is it worth the extra money? Which one has better price/performance? I will be gaming (mostly csgo) at FullHD

 

Thanks

 

P.S. both of these cards are cheapest 1060 and 970 in my area.

[Guest]

How much for a RX 480?

[Vegetable]

1060 3GB's are a scam straight from the factory, don't waste your time. An RX 480 is faster and cheaper than both of these cards. 

[Spenser1337]

Rx 480 is the same card as the 1060 with more vram and generally cheaper, get that

[114350_1454180236]

7 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

How much for a RX 480?

 

5 minutes ago, Vegetable said:

1060 3GB's are a scam straight from the factory, don't waste your time. An RX 480 is faster and cheaper than both of these cards. 

 

5 minutes ago, Spenser1337 said:

Rx 480 is the same card as the 1060 with more vram and generally cheaper, get that

 

Cheapest RX 480 is 214euro.

 

I guess the question is 970 for 189euro vs RX 480 for 214euro. Is RX 480 worth extra money?

[Guest]

Just now, 114350_1454180236 said:

 

 

 

Cheapest RX 480 is 214euro.

 

I guess the question is 970 for 189euro vs RX 480 for 214euro. Is RX 480 worth extra money?

only for cs go: no

for all other games that are demanding: yes

[Spenser1337]

3 minutes ago, 114350_1454180236 said:

 

 

 

Cheapest RX 480 is 214euro.

 

I guess the question is 970 for 189euro vs RX 480 for 214euro. Is RX 480 worth extra money?

Rx 480 you get a warranty and it's new which is a plus. It's also a decent bit faster, I'd go for the 480 but it's obviously your decision to make. 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-AMD-RX-480/2577vs3634

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, Spenser1337 said:

Rx 480 you get a warranty and it's new which is a plus. It's also a decent bit faster, I'd go for the 480 but it's obviously your decision to make. 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-AMD-RX-480/2577vs3634

Plz don't use those sites they're utter trash. Sites like Anandtech or Tom's hardware are way better.

[114350_1454180236]

Just now, Spenser1337 said:

Rx 480 you get a warranty and it's new which is a plus. It's also a decent bit faster, I'd go for the 480 but it's obviously your decision to make. 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-AMD-RX-480/2577vs3634

well in my case 970 is also new card with warranty 

[typographie]

10 minutes ago, 114350_1454180236 said:

Cheapest RX 480 is 214euro.

 

I guess the question is 970 for 189euro vs RX 480 for 214euro. Is RX 480 worth extra money?

Well, it's a much faster card and worth extra money as a result. Both the RX 480 and the GTX 1060 are usually closer to the GTX 980 than the 970. It's just a question of whether or not you actually need a card faster than a 970. If you're only playing CS:GO with it, you may not.

[Spenser1337]

3 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Plz don't use those sites they're utter trash. Sites like Anandtech or Tom's hardware are way better.

I agree, it isn't very good. It does give you a general overview of the card though, and it is good as a reference point. The benchmark is good but the way it distributes points skews results.

[Herman Mcpootis]

the gtx 970 performs just a few fps worse but has 512mb more usuable vram than the gtx 1060 3gb. if you can find an rx 470 that's the same price or slightly more expensive/cheaper or an rx 480 i'd get that instead but otherwise i'd go for the 970.

[DocSwag]

32 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

the gtx 970 performs just a few fps worse but has 512mb more usuable vram. if you can find an rx 470 that's the same price or slightly more expensive/cheaper or an rx 480 i'd get that instead but otherwise i'd go for the 970.

? rx 480 4gb and gtx 970 have the same amount of usable VRAM.

[Spenser1337]

2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

? rx 480 4gb and gtx 970 have the same amount of usable VRAM.

False, 970 has 3.5

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

? rx 480 4gb and gtx 970 have the same amount of usable VRAM.

Well, usable is a relative term.....

[TVwazhere]

Just now, Spenser1337 said:

False, 970 has 3.5

To be fair, its has 4GB of Vram.... the last 1/2 gig is just incredibly slow

 

at 1920x1080p though this doesnt matter too much fortunately 

[Spenser1337]

Just now, TVwazhere said:

To be fair, its has 4GB of Vram.... the last 1/2 gig is just incredibly slow

 

at 1920x1080p though this doesnt matter too much fortunately 

Still a point of reference when comparing it with other options that actually have 4gb

[Castdeath97]

3 minutes ago, Spenser1337 said:

False, 970 has 3.5

It's "usable", just not usable enough to be very useful really.

[DocSwag]

6 minutes ago, Spenser1337 said:

False, 970 has 3.5

His sentence phrased it in a way so that it sounded like the 970 had 1/2 gb more VRAM than the rx 480. Anyhow, there is 4gb, the last 1/2 gb is just slower.

[Herman Mcpootis]

9 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

? rx 480 4gb and gtx 970 have the same amount of usable VRAM.

i was referring to the gtx 970 and gtx 1060 3gb. the gtx 970 had 1gb more vram but 512mb of it was much slower.

 

2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

His sentence phrased it in a way so that it sounded like the 970 had 1/2 gb more VRAM than the rx 480. Anyhow, there is 4gb, the last 1/2 gb is just slower.

dude i was answering OP's question, i didn't say anything about the rx 480 4gb until later.