RX 480 or GTX 1060?

[Thetommygun]

I can't decide which one to get. It's either the:

MSI RX 480 8GB Gaming X $280
or
MSI GTX 1060 6GB Gaming X $290

$10 price difference between the two
Any suggestions?

 

[jeffredo]

The GTX 1060 will perform better overall, but if you have certain titles that are AMD favored you might want to take that into consideration.

 

[Justiceinacan]

I would go with the 1060 as there's also the added benefit of shadowplay and all those NVIDIA goodies in there, hehe

There's probably a small framerate difference between the two, with the 1060 on top, to be honest.

 

[Thetommygun]

I would go with the 1060 as there's also the added benefit of shadowplay and all those NVIDIA goodies in there, hehe

There's probably a small framerate difference between the two, with the 1060 on top, to be honest.

You're right, in benchmarks on directx 12 titles, they are usually the same or have a 5-10 fps difference over 60 fps

 

[nitrium]

The extra 2 GB of VRAM is a bonus in the 480. I just finished Rise of the Tomb Raider, and on max settings it consumed 6.5 GB of VRAM at 1920x1200. So there's that. Performance-wise there is practically nothing in it. Efficiency of the 1060 is better. It's really up to you.

 

[renz496]

if you can't decide then look at the game you will be playing. see which card perform better in games you want to play.

 

[kansaw]

If you're using a 1080p 60hz monitor both cards will play games at max game settings with no problems.

I agree with renz496, do some personal investigation and see which card plays your favorite games the best.

If you want a dual gpu upgrade path, this is available thru crossfire with the rx480.

Future/new games which use Windows 10 and dx12 work better with the rx480.

Gpus Vram requirements keep going up (almost monthly). Shadow of Mordor at 1440P and ultra settings can consume 7GB Vram.