Question Is upgrading to 1060 3gb a good idea?

[Krdza]

I wanna upgrade my PC, but don't know if a gtx1060 3gb is a good idea considering that I have an i5 3570. My concern is bottlenecking, do you think I should go for gtx960 instead? Money is definitely a factor.

 

[stacielovesmalphite]

What purpose is the gpu meant for?

 

[ElectrO_90]

960 is old
1060 - less power, more modern - 30% better performance than 960
https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-960-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-3GB/3165vs3646

What's your budget and what country?
There will be no bottleneck

 

[Krdza]

What purpose is the gpu meant for?

Gaming on 1080p, mostly RUST

 

[stacielovesmalphite]

Gaming on 1080p, mostly RUST

Both 1060 3gb and rx 570 will do the job, the latter being slightly better, get whichever is cheaper in your country, but going for the 6gb and 8gb versions is worth if they aren't much more expensive where you live.
Preferably sapphire for the rx and msi gaming X or zotac for the 1060.

Neither will bottleneck your cpu.

 

[Krdza]

960 is old
1060 - less power, more modern - 30% better performance than 960
https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-960-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-3GB/3165vs3646

What's your budget and what country?
There will be no bottleneck

150$, Serbia. Tnx btw

 

[Krdza]

Both 1060 3gb and rx 570 will do the job, the latter being slightly better, get whichever is cheaper in your country, but going for the 6gb and 8gb versions is worth if they aren't much more expensive where you live.
Preferably sapphire for the rx and msi gaming X or zotac for the 1060.

Neither will bottleneck your cpu.

Thanks a lot, I'm not concerned about them bottlenecking the cpu though, It's the other way around

 

[rolli59]

Thanks a lot, I'm not concerned about them bottlenecking the cpu though, It's the other way around

Your CPU and cards at that performance level are a good match.

 

[stacielovesmalphite]

Search them on www.game-debate.com, their power is very close, CPUs a 7.5/10 and both 1060 and rx 570 are 8/10

 

[Krdza]

Your CPU and cards at that performance level are a good match.

How much of 1600Mhz ddr3 should I have to avoid any sort of bottleneck, I currently have 12

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

How much of 1600Mhz ddr3 should I have to avoid any sort of bottleneck, I currently have 12

12GB of RAM is plenty. Matched with an RX 570 or GTX 1060 and your CPU it will make for a good midrange gaming machine.

 

[stacielovesmalphite]

Hey man, I got some news. Get the 1060 6gb. Nvidia announced today that they'll enable Ray tracing on gtx's from the 1060 6gb to titan. In April. Owners of those cards will get it as a new version of drivers upgrade.
So it should be working close to rtx (a low to mid range rtx) and it's slightly more pricey than the ones we recommended.
But I think you should get it before they enable that, their prices may go up.

 

[RobCrezz]

Hey man, I got some news. Get the 1060 6gb. Nvidia announced today that they'll enable Ray tracing on gtx's from the 1060 6gb to titan. In April. Owners of those cards will get it as a new version of drivers upgrade.
So it should be working close to rtx (a low to mid range rtx) and it's slightly more pricey than the ones we recommended.
But I think you should get it before they enable that, their prices may go up.

Its a much lower end version than what you get with RTX (if that bothers you), and the performance hit is higher than it is on the RTX cards.

D3D raytracing no longer exclusive to 2080, as Nvidia brings it to GeForce 10, 16

RTX cards will still offer the best experience, but GTX cards will support simple effects.

arstechnica.com