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Hey guys, 

 

I've been thinking about doing a GPU upgrade, and I currently have a 960. I was thinking of either getting a 1060 or a 1070. I prefer the price of the 1060, but I know the 1070 will give me better performance for time to come. Which would be best for price to performance in the long run? I also don't know which brand to go with. I love EVGA because of their customer service and warranties, but I know a lot of people have had problems with overheating on those cards. I would like to be able to max or close to max out some demanding games.

 

Thanks! :)

 

Edit: I'm not opposed to looking into AMD cards either. Give me your thoughts!

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1 minute ago, Emilyraexo said:

Hey guys, 

 

I've been thinking about doing a GPU upgrade, and I currently have a 960. I was thinking of either getting a 1060 or a 1070. I prefer the price of the 1060, but I know the 1070 will give me better performance for time to come. Which would be best for price to performance in the long run? I also don't know which brand to go with. I love EVGA because of their customer service and warranties, but I know a lot of people have had problems with overheating on those cards. I would like to be able to max or close to max out some demanding games.

 

Thanks! :)

Looks like for the monitor you got a 1070 would meet your need of maxing out your games if we're aiming for 60+ fps.  

 

What games are we talking about?

 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Emilyraexo said:

Hey guys, 

 

I've been thinking about doing a GPU upgrade, and I currently have a 960. I was thinking of either getting a 1060 or a 1070. I prefer the price of the 1060, but I know the 1070 will give me better performance for time to come. Which would be best for price to performance in the long run? I also don't know which brand to go with. I love EVGA because of their customer service and warranties, but I know a lot of people have had problems with overheating on those cards. I would like to be able to max or close to max out some demanding games.

 

Thanks! :)

 

Edit: I'm not opposed to looking into AMD cards either. Give me your thoughts!

Hi, first off, what settings do you run, resolution. Furthermore i woulöd say just wait for AMD RX Vega which is coming really soon. That can be either a better GPU or is going to shake the price range up for the GPU market.

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Just now, Spudbilly said:

Looks like for the monitor you got a 1070 would meet your need of maxing out your games if we're aiming for 60+ fps.  

 

What games are we talking about?

 

 

 

GTA V, DOOM, Fallout 4 and future demanding games. I also may want to look into VR at some point, so I was thinking at least 1070 too.

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Just now, Emilyraexo said:

GTA V, DOOM, Fallout 4 and future demanding games. I also may want to look into VR at some point, so I was thinking at least 1070 too.

The advice to wait for vega is not bad depending on its release date. 

 

For those games and vr. You will want a 1070. Imho

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1 minute ago, Frode said:

Hi, first off, what settings do you run, resolution. Furthermore i woulöd say just wait for AMD RX Vega which is coming really soon. That can be either a better GPU or is going to shake the price range up for the GPU market.

My resolution is 1080p, and others details of my setup are in my signature. Alright, I'll look into that before I make any decisions.

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Just now, Emilyraexo said:

My resolution is 1080p, and others details of my setup are in my signature. Alright, I'll look into that before I make any decisions.

For 1080p right now the 1060 is enough for steady 60 fps at max. But the 1070 is a much faster card and is really good in the long run. Good card now, good card in about two  years aswell.

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2 minutes ago, Spudbilly said:

The advice to wait for vega is not bad depending on its release date. 

 

For those games and vr. You will want a 1070. Imho

Is anyone sure what the Vega performance will be like? Or it's NVIDIA competitor card? 

 

1 minute ago, Brooksie359 said:

The 1070 for sure. The 1060 wouldn't even be much of an upgrade Tbh. With the 1070 you are at least getting a performance increase that is worth spending money on.

That's what I thought as well. I definitely want a noticeable increase or it's not worth it.

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1 minute ago, Emilyraexo said:

Is anyone sure what the Vega performance will be like? Or it's NVIDIA competitor card? 

 

That's what I thought as well. I definitely want a noticeable increase or it's not worth it.

Well Amd has been wery silent about performance, sdomething they were not about Ryzen...

But experct a card performing between the titan x and 1080 ti, a card ahead with like 10 % faster than both 1080 and 1070 in each class. But with the pressure Nvidia has them they must deliver, both now and if Nvidia does a refresh from 16 Nm to 14 Nm. Price and performance are going to be keys for AMD. 

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51 minutes ago, Frode said:

Well Amd has been wery silent about performance, sdomething they were not about Ryzen...

But experct a card performing between the titan x and 1080 ti, a card ahead with like 10 % faster than both 1080 and 1070 in each class. But with the pressure Nvidia has them they must deliver, both now and if Nvidia does a refresh from 16 Nm to 14 Nm. Price and performance are going to be keys for AMD. 

 

There was a Ryzen Ask Me Anything recently in which AMD rep called Vega's performance comparative to a Titan Xp, or 1080 Ti "really nice".


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-ama,5018-11.html

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PandaNation: Why are FreeSync monitors so much cheaper than their G-Sync counterparts? I know you won't be able to say much, but how does Vega compare to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and the Nvidia Titan Xp? Big fan of AMD, thinking of doing a Mini-ITX Ryzen 5 build. Keep up the good work!


DON WOLIGROSKI: FreeSync is cheaper because it's an open standard. In many cases a panel manufacturer can make a FreeSync panel by changing their monitor's firmware and having it meet the spec. For G-Sync, Nvidia charges a licensing fee. Because of this differentiation alone, I think the inevitable future is FreeSync.

 

(re Vega): It looks really nice.


I am also waiting for my MiniITX Ryzen board!

 

No details on what "really nice" means, though.

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1 hour ago, Emilyraexo said:

Hey guys, 

 

I've been thinking about doing a GPU upgrade, and I currently have a 960. I was thinking of either getting a 1060 or a 1070. I prefer the price of the 1060, but I know the 1070 will give me better performance for time to come. Which would be best for price to performance in the long run? I also don't know which brand to go with. I love EVGA because of their customer service and warranties, but I know a lot of people have had problems with overheating on those cards. I would like to be able to max or close to max out some demanding games.

 

Thanks! :)

 

Edit: I'm not opposed to looking into AMD cards either. Give me your thoughts!

I was asking myself the same question but then Msi gtx 1070 Quicksilver came out and i said: Yup i'm waiting one more month and buying that immediately.

The one EVGA has is really good as well and also sexy but they had that whole thing with the missing thermal pads so i choose not to take the risk.

If you happen to buy or own a card that has missing pads they will send them to you along with a guide on how to install them but i live in Hungary so i wasn't sure if they would send them this far if that happened.

 

Honestly they probably recalled all those cards so you should be fine if you are buying from any good store.

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3 hours ago, Emilyraexo said:

That's what I thought as well. I definitely want a noticeable increase or it's not worth it.

The 1060 is an enormous upgrade over the 960. In the most recent techpowerup testsuite of games we're talking a 93% gain in average framerate at 1080p. Of course the gain is about 159% with the 1070 over the 960 in that same testsuite. Either though is a complete night and day difference. The 960 was really weak for a midrange gpu in the $200-250 price range, I mean it was barely an upgrade over the 760. The 1060 though is really awesome in that bracket. It's easily the best 60 series card Nvidia has released since at least the 660 (which was really awesome for its time).

 

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Of course the RX 480/580 are also cards you should check out. In your shoes I probably would buy a 580 or 480. They seem a little better than the 1060 and the 1070 is overpriced right now IMO. If I was buying an Nvidia gpu it would be 1060 for 1080p, 1080 for 1440p, or 1080 Ti for 4k.

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12 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Of course the RX 480/580 are also cards you should check out. In your shoes I probably would buy a 580 or 480. They seem a little better than the 1060 and the 1070 is overpriced right now IMO. If I was buying an Nvidia gpu it would be 1060 for 1080p, 1080 for 1440p, or 1080 Ti for 4k.

Well i dont really agree that the 1070 and 1080 is overpriced. Sure the 1070 has still not reached the set MSRP from the launch last year. But in my opinion many great cards right now like from Zotac can be held for a great bargain. Anyways, the 580 is a good card, good refresh for a better price, but i dont believe it has as good longevity as the 1070. Still better than the 1060, both the 480 and 580.

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50 minutes ago, Frode said:

Well i dont really agree that the 1070 and 1080 is overpriced. Sure the 1070 has still not reached the set MSRP from the launch last year. But in my opinion many great cards right now like from Zotac can be held for a great bargain. Anyways, the 580 is a good card, good refresh for a better price, but i dont believe it has as good longevity as the 1070. Still better than the 1060, both the 480 and 580.

I don't think the 1080 is overpriced. I think the 1070 is overpriced at $400 when the 1080 is $500 and significantly faster.

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@Emilyraexo

 

I recently got an Asus Strix 1070 , cant fault it for the price and performance im getting at 1080p 

 

as we built your pc together im sire a 1070 is the best fit , and will last a LONG time 

 

Happy Gaming !

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