Amd or nvidia

[chukhu69]

Best mid range graphics card for the combo - asus h170 mobo and intel i5-6500 (skylake) processor.

 

[iyzik]

I'd vote GTX 1060

 

[kansaw]

Prefer RX 480 8GB

 

[kansaw]

With your motherboard you can add a second RX 480 with Crossfire later on if you need more power.

 

[iyzik]

http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2518-nvidia-gtx-1060-review-and-benchmark-vs-rx-480/page-5

1060 outperforms the RX 480 in every bench I've seen. Same price too.

 

[spdragoo]

http://www.techspot.com/review/1209-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060/page10.html

The 1060 outperforms on average the 480 (except in DOOM, where the 480 beats it), but the performance is pretty close (maybe an 11% edge).

That would be fine if the price was about the same range, except...

http://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=373,370&sort=a8&page=1

If it's not even available, then it doesn't matter how much better it performs than the 480. Or, to put it another way, you can wait for the 1060 to become available, but you can purchase a 480 now & know that you're getting a card with almost the same performance now.

EDIT: And, it seems that Tom's Hardware has decided that, for the money, the RX 480 is the better choice:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gpus,4380.html#p5

They recommend the 4GB model for "Best @ FHD (1080p) & Playable @ QHD (1440p)" (although they do mention that for those wanting more VRAM, they get the GTX 1060 instead of the 8GB RX 480).