Gtx 1080 or rx480?

[msproject251]

I want to upgrade my graphics card i'm not sure if I should go for the 1080 or the rx 480? how good is the rx480? The vram puts me off.

 

[Sakkura]

The GTX 1080 is significantly more powerful but also FAR more expensive. It really depends how much money you have.

 

[why_wolf]

The 1080 is far more powerful comparing it to the 480 does not make sense. The 1070 is also more powerful than the 480.

If you want top tier and don't care about the price get the 1080. If you want the best bang for your buck get the 480.

 

[Math Geek]

since the card does not come out for 2 more weeks we don't really know how ti performs. but leaks and rumors put it around a 980 in performance.

not even in the same league as the 1080. nor the same price range. sit tight for a few more weeks and let's see how they all perform then we can have the what to get conversations

 

[Davinlevey]

Agreed with Sakkura. It depends on several things, such as availability, power supply requirements, so on and so forth. The 480 is a budget minded powerhouse but the 1080 will blow it away.

 

[sizzling]

What odd combination to choose from? The 1080 is a high end, market leading gpu while the 480 is a performance at a reasonable price card. As there are no 480 benchmarks yet we can't say how much better the 1080 is but I'm expecting the 480 to be around 970 or 980 performance which are just over 1/2 the power of a 1080

 

[king3pj]

Like others have said these are a completely different class of GPU. The RX 480 will probably compete with the GTX 1060 in performance and price range just like the GTX 960 and R9 380 competed. The 1080 is two performance levels (and price levels) ahead of the the 1060 and 480.

The answer to your question comes down to your budget and resolution. If you are playing at 1080p the RX 480 and GTX 1060 will probably be great choices. The GTX 1070 should be able to max everything out at 1440p with 60 FPS.

I think the GTX 1080 makes sense if you want 4K or if you are shooting for 144 FPS at 1440p. It's also a good choice at 1080p/1440p for people who don't want to upgrade again for several years.

 

[firefoxx04]

I think AMD dropped the ball by naming it the 480 considering it is obviously not their top tier card for this generation.

 

[jtk2515]

just posted this on another post when i saw this one get bumped to the top so here you go.

I just saw the leaked benchmark for the 480 in crossfire. It did 5 more fps in ashes of the singularity vs the 1080. Give me one second and i will put the link up. Hard to find cuss it came from a germen site.

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/AMD-Polaris-Hardware-261587/Specials/Radeon-RX-480-Preis-Spezifikationen-Computex-1196990/

scroll down the video is in english.

GPU Fps
2x Radeon RX 480 62.5
1x GTX 1080 58.7

 

[inspector71]

Go with either a gtx 1080 or 1070.

Cheers

 

[Davinlevey]

I think AMD dropped the ball by naming it the 480 considering it is obviously not their top tier card for this generation.

The x80 cards have been mid-range (200ish) for AMD the entire time. This is their normal naming schema.

 

[Sakkura]

I think AMD dropped the ball by naming it the 480 considering it is obviously not their top tier card for this generation.

In the 300 series, the 380 was their 7th single-GPU card from the top; Fury X > Fury > Nano > 390X > 390 > 380X > 380.

Very midrange.