GTX 1060 3GB or GTX 950 2GB

[mati_motorloco]

Hi everyone, thank you for reading, first of all, my set up is:

ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0
FX 6300 @3.5GHz
8GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz
R7 250X 1GB DDR5
THERMALTAKE SMART 650W

I'm planning on updating my GPU, I don't want to change my CPU and MOBO for the time being, just the GPU

my options

GTX 950 2GB
GTX 1060 3GB

in my country, the 1060 is 35% more expensive than the 950, do you think the 1060 is worth the extra money?

I play Witcher 3, GTA V, MAFIA III, FALLOUT4, etc

I expect to get 1080p and 50-60fps on HIGH settings, some ULTRA, some NORMAL, you know, finding the balance

so, any suggestions? please lets just compare these two cards for those are the ones available here

I have ruled out RX 460, or RX 470 because I preffer the GTXs mentioned low profile versions (single fan) because it fits my rig better, also, I think both GTX mentioned are better than the RXs, would you agree?

thank you all!

 

[esco_sid]

go for 1060 it will run a lot faster and last you longer.

 

[manddy123]

Yes, absolutely.
The 1060 is much faster than the 950 overall

Although the 3GB version of the 1060 is just a crippled version of the 6GB it will still perform much better than the 950. It will be worth the extra money

It will probably still max-out many games without problems, even though it has a limited VRAM available. But keep in mind that as game go more demanding, this limit will start to be even more noticeable

But if you can put a little more, do yourself a favor and get the 6GB version it will be even better and will hold on for much longer

 

[john TJ]

the 1060 should out perform the 950 really hard, especially in games like mafia 3 and witcher 3,which are very demanding
so in all manner saving up for 1060 would be a good decesion

 

[mati_motorloco]

isn't the 1060 3GB way better than the RX 460?

 

[mati_motorloco]

spending more cash on the GTX 1060 is a bad idea. your CPU may bottleneck it even though its the 'crippled' version of the GTX 1060. a GTX 1050ti or the RX 470 will be better.

the RX 470 is more expensive than the 1060 3GB where I live, that's way I opted for the 1060, do you think bottleneck would be an issue? I could always play at 900p

 

[mati_motorloco]

isn't the 1060 3GB way better than the RX 460?

spending more cash on the GTX 1060 is a bad idea. your CPU may bottleneck it even though its the 'crippled' version of the GTX 1060. a GTX 1050ti or the RX 470 will be better.

the RX 470 is more expensive than the 1060 3GB where I live, that's way I opted for the 1060, do you think bottleneck would be an issue? I could always play at 900p

well, then a GTX 1050ti will be a good choice for 900p. dont buy the GTX 1060 3GB unless you will be upgrading to an intel CPU or AMD's Zen CPU.

the cost of the 1050ti and the 1060 3GB is the same (plus, the 1050ti has not arrived here yet) I'm planning on jumping to Intel 1151, i5 for 2017 christmas

 

[manddy123]

the cost of the 1050ti and the 1060 3GB is the same (plus, the 1050ti has not arrived here yet) I'm planning on jumping to Intel 1151, i5 for 2017 christmas

Reviews have shown that the 1050 is not worth at all. As it's worse than the RX470. If you wanna opt for cheaper cards, go with the 470.

Even though that your CPU will bottleneck a better GPU it doesn't mean you should buy worse GPUs. No point in going bad now just to have to upgrade that again whenever you want to upgrade your CPU.

Thats because you can even overclock your current 6300 to decrease even further this bottleneck between CPU and GPU without problems.

I'd recommend no doubts getting the 1060 6GB version instead of anything lower than that. It will certainly keep your graphic needs full until you get your hands on a new CPU.

 

[mati_motorloco]

the 6GB version seems a bit better, the 6GB is 60 dollars more expensive though, ain't this hard?! lol

 

[hdgaming]

Ignore the gtx 1050 etc, just get the gtx 1060, it's far superior over the gtx 950/rx 460/rx 470 and even rx 480. If they are all in the same price category there is only one option, the gtx 1060. It's not that hard of a decision really

 

[Ameno_S]

Get the GTX 1060, will last you much longer in the long run. If anything though, 3GB is a little iffy by todays standards, quite a few games use 4-6GB VRAM now.