Gtx 1060 3 gb or rx 570 4gb?

[drmrsircaptainkevin]

I went to a pc store yesterday and I wanted to buy a gtx 1060 3 gb, but they told me that if I want a good graphis card that will last atleast 3 years I shouls get the rx 370, it costed more so I though it was good. When I came home I sawon the internet that the gtx 1060 3 gb had better performance. The graphics card I had before was a gtx 960, so which one is better for me? The gtx 1060 3 gb or rx 570?

 

[EquineHero]

1060 is like 20% faster. vRAM be damned, most games can be contained within 2gb, which is why the old GTX 960 is still good.

If it were my choice to make, I'd get the 1060.

 

[TechyInAZ]

RX 570 4GB for me personally, all of today's titles use at least 3GB of vram. Now you can use the 1060 3GB, but you will get vram bottlenecking which results in lower fps, so the GPU can't even operate at it's full capacity.

Without a vram bottleneck the 1060 is faster, but if the 1060 gets vram bottlenecked ESPECIALLY in a DX12 title the 570 pulls ahead.

 

[rhoban]

Well it really depends.

Some games run better on the RX 570. Rainbow Six Siege would be one example.
Other games runs a bit better on the GTX 1060.

The GTX 1060 leads in most games, but by about 10 FPS.

 

[EquineHero]

Well it really depends.

Some games run better on the RX 570. Rainbow Six Siege would be one example.
Other games runs a bit better on the GTX 1060.

The GTX 1060 leads in most games, but by about 10 FPS.

10fps makes a huge difference between playable and unplayable. 20fps vs 30fps, take your pick.

A LOT of titles are nVidia Optimized, like Fallout 4 and Hitman, even The Witcher 3 runs better on nVidia cards/

R6 is a bad example because it was partly funded by AMD.

 

[4745454b]

Here is the conclusion page on our review of the 570.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-570-4gb,5028-18.html

What we end up with, then, is a competition between Radeon RX 570 4GB (in our case, Asus’ $185 ROG Strix version) and a more expensive GeForce GTX 1060 3GB that ranges from $190 to $230. Given what we saw in our benchmarks, there’s just no way we’d recommend the 1060 for maxed-out quality at FHD.

The 6GB 1060 is the clear performance winner against the 570. The 3GB has the less ram, but also 10% less shaders as well. From what I saw of the 1060 3GB in the review was it was ok if the game was DX 11, but any DX12 game it was behind. I didn't see a single DX12 game where the 1060 3GB was faster. Looking at games now and the future, I'd take the 570.