R9 390x or gtx 1060 or rx 480

[AGiLE KiTTY]

Which one should I buy? Thank you

390x is about 120$ more expensive than gtx 1060

Rx 480 is the cheapest one around

 

[elbert]

In performance they are all 3 about the same so really it depends on which you can get for the better deal.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Go FOR THE 1060 6 gb or 480 8 gb. Both are great performers and draw a lot less power.

 

[burgessanthony]

1060 6gb is king in this cateogry now. Draws so little power and performs more like a 980....the 480 good If on budget and it coats less in your area.

The 390x will keep up with then both depending in game and bea the 480 in some, at the cost of 2x the power draw.

 

[elbert]

Here is the basic performance differances. This is a stock 480 vs a overclock(founders addition) 1060. basically a $250 480 vs about a $300 1060. The 390X tho will cost you the most from what I see online right now.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1748?vs=1771
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1748?vs=1746

 

[AGiLE KiTTY]

I was also thinking about the gtx 1060. And then i heard about this direct x 12 and vulkan thing which makes amd cards more powerful.

And I actually don't like to pick Amd because they got no option to force direct x triple buffering.

Should i be worried about the directx 12 thing?

 

[amtseung]

There are about 5 games in the world that run DX12 and/or Vulkan. There are hundreds, if not thousands of games that run DX11 and older, or Open GL.

Newegg is having a "sales event" right now, and I'm seeing a lot of GTX1060's right around the $240-$260 mark. Much better than the $400 GTX1060's I was seeing two weeks ago. The cheapest 390x is still around $450, and the RX480's are right around the $250-260 range as well.

My vote goes to a GTX1060 if you're going to buy one in the next 3-4 days.

 

[elbert]

I was also thinking about the gtx 1060. And then i heard about this direct x 12 and vulkan thing which makes amd cards more powerful.

And I actually don't like to pick Amd because they got no option to force direct x triple buffering.

Should i be worried about the directx 12 thing?

Yup DX12 is coming so expect the 480 to get some advantages. Probably wouldn't be enough to overtake the 1060 but again if the price is better its something to think about. There is also the fact that the 480 can crossfire but the 1060 cant SLI.

 

[burgessanthony]

Sli won't matter. I'd dx12 is done properly by devs we should be able to pool gpus regardless of model/make. Makes sli null.

There are like 4 multi gpu modes dx12 brings but it'll be totally up to the developers as To which is implemented per game.

 

[burgessanthony]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A91BPapLK38

Worth a watch. Called mda mode.

 

[elbert]

That of course depends on if the pci-e can handle the demand without a crossover or sli bridge. At this level of performance on PCI-E 3.0 it really needs the bridge. If not for this everyone would just buy 2 1060's making a 1080 worthless. Basically the MDA and other sounds like multi sli with each sli going to differant monitors. The PCI-E 3.0 cant keep up. Same goes ofr a 1060 so yup if you have 2 monitors you can run 2 1060's fine not in sli mode. Now I have seen a few 1060 sli tests but most look bottlenecked.