RX 480 or GTX 1060 for AMD FX 6300 ???

[tedi53]

which card will be the best for this processor. i have benq 144hz 1080p and dell 1440p 60 hz

 

[Rogue Leader]

Either one would be fine. At this point for DX 12 optimized stuff the RX 480 seems to have the edge but in most cases its a tossup.

 

[mrtoast72]

Id say go with the 1060 or if you can spend the extra money the 1070. thats going to run those monitors the best.

 

[spentshells]

Are you gaming on both monitors? I would look to the higher cards. If gaming on just the higher rez screen please go ahead and choose the 1060 the performance should be good enough for that resolution... the 480 was aimed at 1080 perfromance

 

[tedi53]

Are you gaming on both monitors? I would look to the higher cards. If gaming on just the higher rez screen please go ahead and choose the 1060 the performance should be good enough for that resolution... the 480 was aimed at 1080 perfromance

i game only on the dell.i use the benq for videos,chat,music

 

[Naplam]

Both will be bottlenecked by fx 6300 so prepare to overclock ur cpu to 4.5 ghz
In case of gpu,dx11 games runs better on 1060
But in case of vulkan and dx12 the rx 480 can challange gtx 1070

 

[Hawkshot]

Either one would be fine. At this point for DX 12 optimized stuff the RX 480 seems to have the edge but in most cases its a tossup.

from the tests ive seen on DX12 games the RX 480 seems to have about a 1-2% fps increase over the GTX 1060 but when it comes to DX11 games the GTX 1060 is about 10-15% ahead so due to that and bad experience with AMD drivers in the past I would opt for to 1060 personally.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Both will be bottlenecked by fx 6300 so prepare to overclock ur cpu to 4.5 ghz

Naplam is right to a degree. Whilst neither the 480 nor 1060 will be completely bottlenecked, they certainly won't be able to reach their full potential without a substantial CPU overclock.

The DirectX argument isn't all that relevant right now. What matters more is how developers optimise their games. Rise of the Tomb Raider is a DX12 game, but because Square Enix partnered with Nvidia, the GTX 1060 shows considerable gains over the RX 480.

 

[madmatt30]

He's gaming on a 1440p screen here, the fx6300 isn't going to be an issue at that res with either card.

Swings & roundabouts between the 2.
I'd take the 480 personally but at 1440p you really want to be looking at an 8gb model IMO.