GTX 1060 or RX 480

[harsh10raman]

So I was thinking to go for GTX 1070 but that got me off my budget. SO now I was wondering whether I should buy GTX 1060 or RX 480. I'll be playing in 1080p and be sticking to titles like FIFA, Battlefield, GTA, Call of Duty,Fallout, Sniper Elite and maybe Titanfall. RX 480 has got huge performance dips but has Crossfiring option so maybe just maybe in future I'd pair it up with another one. I just wanna be futureproof for like 2-3 years from now, to be able to run games in the coming 2 years time on 1080p with 50fps+ atleast. If either of these GPUs won't be good enough for that (next 2yrs 1080p/50fps+) I could consider going off my budget and grabbing myself a GTX 1070 (but then I'll have to cut down on some of the games I was gonna buy to balance the budget.)

PS- Whatever GPU I'd be buying I'll pair it up with a Ryzen CPU when it launches. Please help me out here. I'm really really confused here. OR maybe I'll just end up buying a PS4 Pro.
Will appreciate you guys' say on this ! !

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Both are great options , I went with the 1060 6GB.

 

[boosted1g]

Both are good cards, the 480 8gb is a little stronger of a card if ONLY gaming.
If you are doing photoshop, handbrake (or other program from video rendering/editing) or 3d modeling then the 1060 is the better choice because the software will use CUDA cores in the GTX to offload some of the work onto so your GPU will help with those tasks.

 

[SgtScream]

List the rest of your specs please.

 

[harsh10raman]

List the rest of your specs please.

Intel i5 6500@ 3.2Ghz
8GB DDR4 RAM @ 2133Mhz
Gigabyte B150
Corsair CX 600W

 

[harsh10raman]

Both are good cards, the 480 8gb is a little stronger of a card if ONLY gaming.
If you are doing photoshop, handbrake (or other program from video rendering/editing) or 3d modeling then the 1060 is the better choice because the software will use CUDA cores in the GTX to offload some of the work onto so your GPU will help with those tasks.

I'll be just gaming and just a little bit of video rendering and all for my YouTube channel

 

[harsh10raman]

Both are great options , I went with the 1060 6GB.

I read that R9 Fury is better than both. But it has 4GB VRAM though it got HBM memory so that won't be an issue. Should I go for it rather?

 

[SgtScream]

The r9 fury draws an insane amount of power which will raise temperatures inside your computer along with your internal components. It simply isn't worth it based on the power/heat to performance ratio.

 

[Tanoxil]

The rx 480 is a little bit cheaper, has 8gb instead of 6, supports freesync (doesn't really matter if you don't have a freesync monitor) and has better frame rates for DX 12. Although the gtx 1060 is a little bit better in DX 11. It really depends if in 2 years DX 12 would be the norm.

 

[SgtScream]

For your build, i'd go with a gtx 1070. I'd choose the gtx 1060 out of the two if you can't swing the 1070. What card do you have now?

 

[harsh10raman]

For your build, i'd go with a gtx 1070. I'd choose the gtx 1060 out of the two if you can't swing the 1070. What card do you have now?

I got shitty GT 210. Though I got a month's time before whatever card I buy. If GTX 1070's price drop then maybe I could go for it,but I don't see that happening anytime soon. So I either gotta go with GTX 1060, RX 480 or R9 Fury as these only fit my budget. The thing is I just want to be set for the next 2 years before I upgrade my system again and GTX 1060 would serve that well. But I thought maybe Crossfiring RX 480 would be good enough too. R9 Fury is better than both of these and HBM memory so 4GB VRAM shouldn't be issue for next 2 years I guess?

 

[harsh10raman]

The rx 480 is a little bit cheaper, has 8gb instead of 6, supports freesync (doesn't really matter if you don't have a freesync monitor) and has better frame rates for DX 12. Although the gtx 1060 is a little bit better in DX 11. It really depends if in 2 years DX 12 would be the norm.

Well I'm buying a new monitor too so getting a Freesync one won't be an issue as they ain't as expensive as Gsync ones and would be just right. Confusion is just the cards !

 

[Tanoxil]

The rx 480 is a little bit cheaper, has 8gb instead of 6, supports freesync (doesn't really matter if you don't have a freesync monitor) and has better frame rates for DX 12. Although the gtx 1060 is a little bit better in DX 11. It really depends if in 2 years DX 12 would be the norm.

Well I'm buying a new monitor too so getting a Freesync one won't be an issue as they ain't as expensive as Gsync ones and would be just right. Confusion is just the cards !

Since they are both almost equal in performance just look into the features

 

[SgtScream]

For your build, i'd go with a gtx 1070. I'd choose the gtx 1060 out of the two if you can't swing the 1070. What card do you have now?

I got shitty GT 210. Though I got a month's time before whatever card I buy. If GTX 1070's price drop then maybe I could go for it,but I don't see that happening anytime soon. So I either gotta go with GTX 1060, RX 480 or R9 Fury as these only fit my budget. The thing is I just want to be set for the next 2 years before I upgrade my system again and GTX 1060 would serve that well. But I thought maybe Crossfiring RX 480 would be good enough too. R9 Fury is better than both of these and HBM memory so 4GB VRAM shouldn't be issue for next 2 years I guess?

Vega is right around the corner and so is Ryzen. Right now really isn't a good time to buy or build. It would be better to wait and see what the price to performance offerings are in about a month.