Will I get a bottleneck ?? with an RX 480 8gb & 8gb RAM??

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According to
http://www.game-debate.com
It says that I'll have a bottleneck problem if I get an RX480 with 8gb or a GTX 1060.
But a RX470 4gb will be fine?
Do I need to upgrade my RAM to 16gb?
Am I worrying for nothing? I really only play 1080. 60hz
My computer is only 6 months old. I currently have 8gb (2 x 4gb) 2400mhz. I have an i5 6600 3200
Core-i5-6600K 3.2Ghz

I'm looking at the system requirements for the new Battlefield 1.
 
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Hlsgsz
Whichever you can afford from the last two :)
Single fan is not bad, especially for a low TDP card like teh 1060. It's just that two fan is better/quieter. Worth the 12 extra. You bet!
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No you won't. 8gb is still fine for most games, and it has nothing to do with how much VRAM a graphics card can or can't use. Any bottleneck would be due to your CPU, and if your computer is only 6 months old, I'm going to guess it's ok. BTW, what CPU do you have?
Update, forget my last, as I see you have updated your info. Your CPU is more than capable for running any of those cards.
 
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An RX 480 or GTX 1060 will be absolutely fine with any i5 CPU. The 4GB version of the RX 480 is great value for money and all you need at 1080p.

A RAM upgrade is only worthwhile if you need it. Some games can use more than 8GB and some don't, so check RAM usage whilst in-game to see if an upgrade is worthwhile.
 
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You will get "bottlenecks" regardless of what you buy even if that's a Titan XP and an i7-6950X. The real name of the bottleneck game is to push the bottleneck to the point where it meets or exceeds your performance requirements.

You won't get a "bottleneck problem" for going with a GPU more powerful than what games recommend unless the game is exceptionally poorly coded.

I would recommend going with 16GB system RAM up-front. RAM is cheap and going with 16GB instead of 8GB which is becoming the recommended minimum for many newer games is some of the cheapest future-proofing you can buy.
 
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You're welcome! Here's a good starting point:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($198.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: *Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: *Mushkin Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($56.44 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($259.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.89 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $804.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-02 04:53 EDT-0400
 
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Thanx Hlsgsz

But I've already got the system just didn't get the GPU because I knew that these new ones were coming out afterwards

Antec GX900B GX Series Black Tower ATX Case
600W Corsair Builder Series CX600 80 PLUS Bronze Power Supply
ASUS 24X SATA Black DVD-RW OEM
240GB 2.5" Kingston HyperX Fury SATA III 6.0 Gb/s Solid State Disk (SSD)
2TB 2000GB Seagate ST2000DX001 Desktop SSHD SATA III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache Solid State Hybrid Drives
25" Acer G257HL Full HD 4ms DVI, HDMI, IPS Monitor Built in Speakers
Gigabyte GA-Z170-D3H LGA1151, 4xDDR4, PCIE,
8GB DDR4 Kingston HyperX FURY HX424C15FBK2/8 Black Heat Spreader 2400MHz CL15 (2x4GB)
120mm 12cm Coolermaster SickleFlow X Green LED Case Fan
Intel 6th Generation Skylake BX80662I56500 i5 6500 3.20GHz 6MB Cache LGA1151 CPU
 
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Ah, ok. That PSu is not that good, but i guess you'll be fine with a 1060. Low draw system.
 
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Yeah a few people don't like that PSU but i'll have to update it later.. But that's why I wasn't sure about the 4 or 8gb RX 480... I think that the 1060 may be a bit of overkill on price??
 
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you can literally buy ANY gpu you wanted as long as your power supply is good enough to power it, and your case is big enough to fit the card

for gaming you dont need 16gb of ram, but its nice for things like adobe and such

dont pay more for ram over 2133, if you can get faster ram for the same price go ahead dont seek to pay more for virtually no gain

IMO 2400 is the really sweet spot price/performance wise



for future reference game debate is garbage
 
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Both the 8gb 480 and gtx 1060 6gb are very good bang for buck. Get whicever one you can afford. I would not get the 4 gb 480, though.
 
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In most games, you need to push the RX-480 to unplayable or marginally playable details before seeing a significant performance difference between 4GB and 8GB, so I wouldn't bother with the 8GB models unless they were priced practically the same as the 4GB ones.
 
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"Maximum graphics card size: up to 310 mm (12.2")"


whatever you want short of a gtx 1080 amp extreme

XD


on that case get a dual fan setup
 
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Alright well I've found in stock prices Australian prices

XFX Radeon RX 480 RS 4GB - $349
Sapphire Radeon NITRO+ RX 480 4GB OC Gaming - $369
HIS Radeon RX480 8GB GDDR5 - $369 (Single fan)
XFX Radeon RX 480 GTR OC 8GB - $399
HIS Radeon RX480 iceQX2 Roaring OC 8GB GDDR5 $399


Leadtek GeForce GTX 1060 WinFast 6GB (Single fan) $379
Galaxy GLX-GTX1060-EXOC GeForce GTX 1060 EX OC 6GB - $391

Hopefully I can stop bugging you after this one
 
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