£250 GPU for 1080p gaming

Lither · 15 Dec 2016 at 14:26

I'm in the market for a graphics card around £250 but no more than £270 for 1080p gaming on Overwatch, Fifa, Rocket League, GTA V, Far Cry 4 and other games on my 60Hz monitor so I will cap it at 60FPS but it must run games on Ultra settings with maybe 4 or 8x MSAA if possible.

I have looked around and it seems £250-270 price range will get me either the RX480 or GTX 1060, what are your thoughts? Which one is better or something else?

My current system is i7 6700k, 16GB RAM with 650W EVGA G2 PSU.

Thanks!

Temujin · 15 Dec 2016 at 14:42

my vote is for the 480, there are loads of threads that go into details of arguments for an against but in my opinion it will be the best bang for your buck card over its lifetime!

For reference i have an MSI 480 and have no issues to report!

icey_haj · 15 Dec 2016 at 14:51

RX480 for the long run.

Zethor · 15 Dec 2016 at 15:35

wedrum · 15 Dec 2016 at 15:37

Boomstick777 · 15 Dec 2016 at 15:43

MSI RX 480 Gaming X 8GB would be my number 1 choice @ £250.

If you want to save a few bucks, the GTX 1060 3GB is about 5% slower than the GTX 1060 6GB Yet it costs up to £70 less than the 6GB version.

At 1080p, the three gig version of the GTX 1060 holds up well. It's about 5% slower than the 6GB model, but Hitman DX12 seems to see the card hit its VRAM limit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVM0Nb5crMM

Seen a few GTX 1060 3GB for around £180, when you consider the GTX 1050 Ti goes for anything from £125 to £180 it shows what a steal the GTX 1060 3GB is at that price. Now the nay sayers will go on about vram, but really by the time vram is really an issue you could likely be looking at whatever is new at that time anyway.

Lither · 15 Dec 2016 at 16:10

Seems like the RX480 is the better choice then as I will be keeping it as long as it keeps working.

Which brand has has good cooling with low temps and fan noise?

Boomstick777 · 15 Dec 2016 at 16:37

Lither said:
Seems like the RX480 is the better choice then as I will be keeping it as long as it keeps working.

Which brand has has good cooling with low temps and fan noise?

The MSI RX480 Gaming X would be my choice as I prefer the brand to XFX, the MSI build quality is really good, nice design backplate etc. XFX have the second best RX480 imho with the swap-able fan thingys xD

Mahonyy · 15 Dec 2016 at 16:40

RX480 is the way to go, I recommend the MSI as well.

Disco_P · 15 Dec 2016 at 17:36

RX480. Heard great things about the XFX models, they have a fast RMA with OcUK and they are under £250

Panos · 15 Dec 2016 at 17:56

Another RX480 proposal for me also. The MSI Gaming offer for £212 if still going is bargain

bru · 15 Dec 2016 at 19:16

Lither said:
I'm in the market for a graphics card around £250 but no more than £270 for 1080p gaming on Overwatch, Fifa, Rocket League, GTA V, Far Cry 4 and other games on my 60Hz monitor so I will cap it at 60FPS but it must run games on Ultra settings with maybe 4 or 8x MSAA if possible.

I have looked around and it seems £250-270 price range will get me either the RX480 or GTX 1060, what are your thoughts? Which one is better or something else?

My current system is i7 6700k, 16GB RAM with 650W EVGA G2 PSU.

Thanks!

I was going to ask what you currant card is and how long have you had it, but instead I decided to look at your posting history instead seeing as you have so few posts.

A little bit confused as to what your history shows.

On the 30th July you are asking about a 390x to replace your 7850.

30th Aug you have replaced your 290x with a 980ti

1st Sept you received your EVGA 1070

4th Sept you received your MSI gaming 1070.

So to answer your opening post just get a 480.

DONOHUE07 · 15 Dec 2016 at 20:03

Without question the rx480, recent drivers have the rx480 close to a 980 now

You would have to be the biggest NVIDIA fanboy going now to buy a 6gb 1060 over a 8gb rx480

orbitalwalsh · 15 Dec 2016 at 20:32

Used a Gigabyte G1 recently for a client build

And Strix = quiet expensive . both do run hotter then the rest and in turn more fan speed but have VRM Ram and GPU under the main heatsink unlike MSI version.
Heard good things about the devil but haven't seen if all 3 are under the same heatsink

bru · 15 Dec 2016 at 20:41

DONOHUE07 said:
Without question the rx480, recent drivers have the rx480 close to a 980 now

You would have to be the biggest NVIDIA fanboy going now to buy a 6gb 1060 over a 8gb rx480

Nothing wrong with a 1060 and certainly anyone who buys one is not automatically the biggest NVidia fanboy. :rolleyes:

Lither · 15 Dec 2016 at 22:30

The MSI 480 is better than XFX GTR and Red Devil?

Panos said:
Another RX480 proposal for me also. The MSI Gaming offer for £212 if still going is bargain

I missed the deal, the cashback offer has expired.

TheVoice · 15 Dec 2016 at 23:09

DONOHUE07 said:
Without question the rx480, recent drivers have the rx480 close to a 980 now

You would have to be the biggest NVIDIA fanboy going now to buy a 6gb 1060 over a 8gb rx480

Not really. A 480 wouldn't have worked with my motherboard, for a start.

queamin · 15 Dec 2016 at 23:47

TheVoice said:
Not really. A 480 wouldn't have worked with my motherboard, for a start.

I am pro Amd but it does seem some motherboards are too old for the 480 and when they put a 1060 in it just worked now on this forum there is a couple of people who have posted this, so you pick what card you want but keep in mind that a older motherboard might have trouble with a 480 but again it might not.

Nelly · 16 Dec 2016 at 04:47

Disco_P said:
RX480. Heard great things about the XFX models, they have a fast RMA with OcUK and they are under £250

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=28448214

RogerTheGoat | Posted: 17th August 2015 said:
I purchased a XFX R9 290 last November because the 48hr Advanced RMA swap out service by OcUK seemed like a good deal as my then Asus 280X was off for RMA.

The 290 died two weeks ago, so I called OcUK and reminded the chap on the phone that it's a 48hr Advanced RMA swap out service by OcUK, his reply was it's just for the first 28 days lol. So am I just a noob in thinking that if the card failed under warranty I would get a 48hr Advanced RMA swap out service?

Anyway, I have to wait up to three more weeks for repair or replacement and I'll be damned if I'm going to buy another card while I'm waiting on the RMA this time

mahius · 16 Dec 2016 at 06:51

4GB RX 480s:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18c-pc.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-333-ms.html

8GB RX 480s, IMO the extra 4GB VRAM is unnecessary at 1080p:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18d-pc.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...-pci-express-rgb-graphics-card-gx-37c-sp.html

Gigabyte G1 used to be good, but this gen at least with RX480s, they aren't so great. GTX 1060 costs a bit more for what is essentially similar performance, thus I've not recommended it since the decent models do go over the budget. That and I'd always recommend a 480 over a 1060 anyway, unless the 1060 had some sort of price drop to bring it in line with the 480.