RX480 vs GTX1060 (who wins now???)

[Shicklin01]

I am looking for a card for 1080p gaming at the highest settings. (I am looking into getting triple monitors or a nice 4k monitor later on but by the time i have saved up for that even buying something more expensive like a gtx1070 would be pointless) I have done so much research trying to figure out which card is better but all of the benchmarks i have found have been rendered basically useless because they are outdated and AMD has been catching up with their drivers. I want to know which card would be best for gaming with the best and most consistent performance across the board and if it would be better to save a little cash and get the lower end model of one of the cards with less vram and get a better cooler or go for the 8 or 6gb version of the 1060 or rx480 for 1080p?

 

[Supahos]

There is no right answer someone will say "Rx 480 is better dx12 so it" but it'll be many years before everything is DX 12. There is no wrong choice. Pick a card you like and go for it. Both are great cards this time around.

 

[Math Geek]

yup pretty much equal overall. grab the one you like and is priced rigth and move on to the gaming

dx12 is better on the 480 and it will continue to take more and more of the newer games so it gets the nod from a lot of folks. if that matter to you, then go for that. if not, then grab whichever one. they are pretty much interchangeable in performance on average

 

[Shicklin01]

For 1080p games maxxed at 60fps is the lower vram version of either card going to be enough or should i go for the standard version?

 

[Supahos]

I'd probably go 6gb 1060 the 480 is more in-between

 

[Shicklin01]

i think im going to go for the rx480 because it is significantly cheaper than the gtx1060.
I'm either going to get this version for the 8gb:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150774&ignorebbr=1
Or this version for the 4gb card:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202225&ignorebbr=1

These are the cheapest with what i can tell from research good coolers. I have a newegg gift card so i want to get something from there.
If I go with one of these two cards it is a $30 price increase to go for an 8gb version. I don't know if that would be worth it for the performance gains.

 

[Bem-xxx]

The RX 480 had a nice boost with newest drivers. Nvidia's GPUs tend to lose performance over time.

http://hardwareoverclock.com/Sapphire-Nitro-Plus-Radeon-RX-480-4G-D5-5a.htm

 

[renz496]

The RX 480 had a nice boost with newest drivers. Nvidia's GPUs tend to lose performance over time.

http://hardwareoverclock.com/Sapphire-Nitro-Plus-Radeon-RX-480-4G-D5-5a.htm

proof please

 

[Supahos]

He made that up (losing performance part) rest accurate.

 

[renz496]

He made that up (losing performance part) rest accurate.

i know. that's why i only bold part of his comment.

 

[Susquehannock]

That XFX rx480 is a good choice. The extra vRAM on the 8gb model will be nice a couple years from now as newer games make more use of it.

 

[Math Geek]

yah the 8 gb of vram will help the card stay relevant for longer than the 4gb one. that extra $30 for the 8gb will let you get some extra time out of the card. as time goes by more and more vram is needed. was not too long ago 4 gb was more than enough but that has quickly been upped, hence the 6 gb 1060 and 8 gb 480.