Which Graphics card

[Legend Scar]

For 1080p should I get the gtx 1060 6gb or the RX 580 4gb or RX 580 8gb

[Legend Scar]

paired with the R5 1600 

[Jurrunio]

Price?

[mmCharles]

580 8GB if it’s less than £300

[Hiya!]

Rx 580 8GB if :

-A bit more expensive than 1060 6GB or 580 4GB version

-You already own or will buy a free-sync monitor to deal with screen tearing

 

1060 6GB if :

-Cheaper than the rest of those card or a bit more expensive than 580 4GB

-You have no problem with tearing or you are planning to buy/already own 144hz monitor because with more refresh rate tearing will become less noticeable

[Princess Luna]

RX 580 4gb, the 4gb vs 8gb MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE IN 1080P and it will continue to never make a difference since by the time a game actually requires to use more than 4gb simply to run at 1080p the processing chip on it will be already too weak either ways, we're talking about another 7 ish years from today.

 

With that said, having in mind the RX 580 and GTX 1060 are on pair and trade blows across the board I'd simply advise going with the cheapest alternative that still features decent enough cooling.

[Legend Scar]

So if I have a free sync monitor I should get the RX 580 for screen tearing only?

 

but what about the difference in performance between it and the gtx 1060 is it better 

[Legend Scar]

And my monitor is fhd 60hz 

[just tilt]

11 minutes ago, Legend Scar said:

And my monitor is fhd 60hz 

wdym?

[just tilt]

13 minutes ago, Legend Scar said:

So if I have a free sync monitor I should get the RX 580 for screen tearing only?

 

but what about the difference in performance between it and the gtx 1060 is it better 

You can look at the benchmarks online, but the difference is not that big, and in some games even negligible.
But, when we switch to DX12/Vulkan, the RX 580 wins. (EXCLUDING NVIDIA SPONSORED DX12 TITLES)
Considering game developers will switch to DX12/Vulkan I would say an RX 580 is a better buy if it's not 30+ USD more expensive that the 1060 6GB.

[Legend Scar]

So can I run all the games on DX12 or just some games that support this api 

[just tilt]

5 minutes ago, Legend Scar said:

So can I run all the games on DX12 or just some games that support this api 

Your questions are really unspecific and are confusing me.
You can run DX11, DX12 and Vulkan games on both the 1060 and the 580. Usually the DX11 games run better on the 1060, and the DX12 and Vulkan games run better on the 580.

EDIT: Mb, didn't read the question correctly.
You can only run games in DX12 mode that support it, yes. But in the future, more and more games will be DX12 and Vulkan compatible.

[Legend Scar]

3 minutes ago, just tilt said:

Your questions are really unspecific and are confusing me.
You can run DX11, DX12 and Vulkan games on both the 1060 and the 580. Usually the DX11 games run better on the 1060, and the DX12 and Vulkan games run better on the 580.

EDIT: Mb, didn't read the question correctly.
You can only run games in DX12 mode that support it, yes. But in the future, more and more games will be DX12 and Vulkan compatible.

But the current number of games that support DX12 is minimal 

[Legend Scar]

Or is the RX 580 supports dx 12 and 11 and vulkan or dx12 and vulkan only

 

[iva10syatov]

1 minute ago, Legend Scar said:

Or is the RX 580 supports dx 12 and 11 and vulkan or dx12 and vulkan only

 

It supports all three of those. If you can get your hands on a 580 at a reasonable price, it will be arguably more futureproof because of the better DX12/Vulcan performance. Even though right now not that many games supprot these apis, in the future there will be more, so its arguably a better choice than the 1060.

[iva10syatov]

1 hour ago, Legend Scar said:

So if I have a free sync monitor I should get the RX 580 for screen tearing only?

 

but what about the difference in performance between it and the gtx 1060 is it better 

This will make a difference mostly in first person shooters and other fast paced games. The other way is to use classical V-Sync which is available for anyone, but it introduces input lag (a delay between mouse movement or key presses and the movement showing on the screen). That's why the 580 with a freesync monitor would be a better choice in my opinion.

[Legend Scar]

3 minutes ago, iva10syatov said:

This will make a difference mostly in first person shooters and other fast paced games. The other way is to use classical V-Sync which is available for anyone, but it introduces input lag (a delay between mouse movement or key presses and the movement showing on the screen). That's why the 580 with a freesync monitor would be a better choice in my opinion.

So to sum it up I am better off with a FreeSync monitor paired with the RX 580 instead of the GTX 1060  

[just tilt]

1 hour ago, Legend Scar said:

So to sum it up I am better off with a FreeSync monitor paired with the RX 580 instead of the GTX 1060  

Yup.
If you want to "future proof" get the 8GB version if you can.