Is GTX 1060 a worthy upgrade from GTX 770?

[nmch55]

Hi all,

Below is my system. For games like Rainbow Six: Siege I'm finding myself having to run it on low settings. And for games like H1Z1, I feel like the picture is not as clear as it should be.

Curious if the GTX 1060 is worth the upgrade? Basically I feel like I can get a 1060 for $200ish, which I'm not looking to spend, but comfortable doing if it's 'worth it'. Whereas the 1070 is probably the preferred upgrade, but they are $400 which I do not see myself spending anytime soon.

So is the $200 for a 1060 a big enough upgrade - will I (a PC noob) see the difference? Is it worth it? Or is it so minor an upgrade that I should stick with my 770?

CPU - Intel I5-2400

CPU Cooler - Deepcool GAMMAXX 400

Mobo - Intel DQ67SWB

Memory - G.Skill Ripjaws X Series

Storage - ADATA 256 GB SSD

Video Card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770

Power Supply - SeaSonic 550W

Monitor - ASUS VH238H

 

[genthug]

As long as the game is not CPU dependent, you will see a heavy increase in GPU power from the 770 to the 1060. In CPU bound titles, you might not see that benefit quite so much though, as the 2400 is getting a bit old & doesn't have a high base frequency.

 

[greens]

[strike]http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB/2577vs3639

Nope, not at all.

Save your money.[/strike]

770 is a pretty decent card and has held up quite well.

 

[greens]

[strike]I personally do not consider a barely 10% gain for $200 "heavy increase"[/strike]

WTF my link failed me.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-770-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB/2174vs3639

40% increase aint bad at all for $200. my bad.

 

[genthug]

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-770-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB/2174vs3639
Proper link
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-770/performance
NVidia's own benchmarks

It's not a 970 he's comparing. Check your links.

 

[ko888]

The GeForce GTX 1060 has 1.85X the performance of a GeForce GTX 770.

 

[panathas]

I hope you are thinking about buying the GTX1060 6GB and not the 3GB version which is also a bit slower. Generally speaking, the GTX 1060 6GB should be about 2x faster vs the GTX 770 but you should also not forget that it has 3x the amount of VRAM. Which means that you can game at higher resolutions and play future games that demand more GPU RAM.

 

[Dan_44]

I use a MSi 1060 3GB Gaming X model and it's a very quiet, cool and perfect for 1080p gaming on max/ultra settings @ 60fps. It's overclocks well if you need to and only Deus Ex:MD has 2-3 settings set to high instead of very high/ultra but I still have all the other bell and whistles on, in my opinion the visuals don't suffer at all as I can't tell the difference when these setting are dialled down a notch unless I study a screenshot and the difference is very minimal. Lastly only GTAV and DE:MD have just hit the 3000MB of vRAM out of the 3072MB available, with GTAV you can see how much vRAM each setting will use and can turn on/off the limiter option.
I think it is worth it as the gap for a 6GB card is around the $100 mark for the same brand but it depends if you want to use it for 1080p or 1440p which a 1070 would be the go if you can afford it!