[SOLVED] Torn between two GPUs -- help!

[KhouhenStercie.Bacus]

Hi Guys! need your expert opinions. upgrading my Galax GTX 1060 6gb to Red Devil RX580 8gb would be viable option is it good? or a bad one?

 

[Lutfij]

Before we can say, yes to either of them, we will need to know what the make and model of the PSU is and it's age. A lot of threads here ask what GPU to get and most people forget that the PSU can and will croak if it's not up to par with the entire system's power needs.

If you will, please include/list your specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
GPU:
PSU:
OS:

 

[RTX 2080]

I might be missing something here, but the RX 580 and GTX 1060 are usually compared as two similar GPUs and which one is better rather than the 580 as an upgrade from the 1060. Granted, the 580 seems to run better than the 1060 in a decent amount of games, but it would be like upgrading from a 4 core 8 thread AMD CPU to an Intel 4 core 8 thread CPU - a bit of a difference but not really enough to constitute an 'upgrade.'

Also, please list your system specs as well. We can't know whether the RX 580 is a "viable option" unless we know you PSU wattage, motherboard, things like that.

 

[KhouhenStercie.Bacus]

Before we can say, yes to either of them, we will need to know what the make and model of the PSU is and it's age. A lot of threads here ask what GPU to get and most people forget that the PSU can and will croak if it's not up to par with the entire system's power needs.

If you will, please include/list your specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
GPU:
PSU:
OS:

Hi Guys! thank you for your feedback I forgot to mention my specs so here are the following list of my current setup. love to hear your sooner.

AMD R7 1700
MSI B350m Mortar Tomahawk
Corsair Vengeance RGB 16gb (8x2)
Kingston 140gb SSD
Western Digital 1TB HDD
Stock AMD Cooler
Galax GTX 1060 6gb OC
Corsair CX650w PSU
Deepcool Earlkase Tower RGB

 

[KhouhenStercie.Bacus]

I might be missing something here, but the RX 580 and GTX 1060 are usually compared as two similar GPUs and which one is better rather than the 580 as an upgrade from the 1060. Granted, the 580 seems to run better than the 1060 in a decent amount of games, but it would be like upgrading from a 4 core 8 thread AMD CPU to an Intel 4 core 8 thread CPU - a bit of a difference but not really enough to constitute an 'upgrade.'

Also, please list your system specs as well. We can't know whether the RX 580 is a "viable option" unless we know you PSU wattage, motherboard, things like that.

totally agree with your statement there sir here are the list of my Current Setup

AMD R7 1700
MSI B350m Mortar Tomahawk
Corsair Vengeance RGB 16gb (8x2)
Kingston 140gb SSD
Western Digital 1TB HDD
Stock AMD Cooler
Galax GTX 1060 6gb OC
Corsair CX650w PSU
Deepcool Earlkase Tower RGB

 

[RTX 2080]

The RX 580 should work with your system just fine.

 

[KhouhenStercie.Bacus]

The RX 580 should work with your system just fine.

I see, is it a good upgrade because there's a person willing to swap with my GTX 1060 6gb to the RX580 Red Devil, I already checked the unit it is in good condition, however your opinion is it practical to upgrade the GPU? because if we do the swap I'll add cash to it for the RX 580.

 

[RTX 2080]

1060 vs 580 Userbenchmark

As you can see on userbenchmark, they are very similar. For me, it would come down to asking myself three things:

1. Do the games I play generally favor the 580 over the 1060 (you can find performance reviews of the games you play)
2. Is the extra 2 GB of VRAM going to be helpful for the games I run?
3. If 1 and 2 are yes, how much am I willing to spend for the improvement I will get?

The trade shouldn't be costing you very much; I found a used RX 580 red devil on eBay for under $100.

Used RX 580 on eBay