For FREESYNC 1080p 75hz monitor: RX 480 4GB or GTX 1060 3GB?

[yokubasu]

I bought all of my PC parts and my freesync monitor before buying a GPU because at the time i was almost 100% sure i will get an AMD card but now i'm not sure anymore because according to JayzTwoCents benchmarks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5A63poy4yo) 1060 3gb is better than a RX 480 (except in DX12). I can only afford the cheapest 4gb rx 480 (and even that is pushing my budget) but gtx 1060 3GB is cheaper than that (at least in my country).
My monitor model is AOC G2260VWQ6 and it has some weird driver issue that runs freesync only at <60FPS even though it's 75hz.
I'll mostly be playing Dragon age, Mass Effect, Crysis, Assassin's Creed and Star Citizen.
I'm not planing to change any hardware for the next 3 years and might play other games too

TL;DR
I'd like advice which card i should get, 3gb 1060 which is cheaper and more powerful or 4gb 480 which would let me use freesync and has advantage in DirectX12?

 

[genthug]

Imo the 3GB on the 1060 is a bit of a hold up. I'd get the 4GB 480 and hope devs code for dx12, as a lot of the larger companies already are. NVidia has always had the raw power advantage, but as DX12 becomes more popular the 480 will be up to that standard. I'd also get the AMD card because yknow... you have a freesync monitor. And those ain't exactly cheap compared to normal monitors.

 

[TechyInAZ]

Buy the 480. If your getting into freesync, use it.

Even though the gtx 1060 is "faster" than the rx 480, that is only true when the vram frame buffers are below 3GB of usage, once they spike higher than that (which you will get in the latest titles), the 1060 becomes slower than an rx 470.

Plus, once more drivers start coming out, I believe the RX 480 will inch a bit closer to the 1060 overall.

 

[genthug]

I don't know that drivers are going to make up for the difference in raw power between the 480-1060. DX12 definitely does as has been shown in benchmarks, but would drivers really make a difference in DX11?

 

[TechyInAZ]

I don't know that drivers are going to make up for the difference in raw power between the 480-1060. DX12 definitely does as has been shown in benchmarks, but would drivers really make a difference in DX11?

I'm saying minutely. Like 5fps increases. But that's just guesswork on my end.