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RX 480 or GTX 1060, can't decide!
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Make sure it's the right XFX model, The XFX RX 480 XXX GTR
What he said. Theres two versions of the GTR, the vanilla (which I have) and the "black edition" and theres a lot of online reviews showing great overclocks, but they don't (as far as I've seen) tell you if its the back edition or not, just the GTR.
The black edition has a boost clock 1338mhz as opposed to the vanilla versh that boosts to 1288mhz. The highest I can get my 480 to is 1425mhz stable in heaven for instnace, but crashes almost straight away in games. Its only stable at around 1385-1400mhz dependant on what I'm running. Some people get o/clocks of nearly 1475-1500mhz so its still a silicon lottery.
Saying all that its still a very good card, runs very quiet especially with a custom fan curve, and runs everything I've thrown at it smoothly with great framerates obviously dependant on res and game settings.
We all know games are using more video memory as time moves on, remember the old 1mb video cards if you are an old timer like me, look at history ie 256mb, 512mb, 1GB, 2Gb, I think you see my point.
Having the extra 2GB is nice for future DX12 games as well and especially if you keep your card for awhile like I do.
It's better to have more, then not enough
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Yup, it's def using less. Nearly 2GB less than the 1080 in The Division for instance! I think me running a 3840x1600 resolution will help a little too, not as punishing as the full 4k res.
As long as it lasts me until Vega hits then I'm happy
Where is the defence league to put this memory talk straight.
Joke aside the 480 will serve you well op. I have tested a reference one and cant tell much difference between it and the Fury tbh. The reference ones do run hot though so I would get one with a non blower cooler if you want a good overclock.
Joke aside the 480 will serve you well op. I have tested a reference one and cant tell much difference between it and the Fury tbh. The reference ones do run hot though so I would get one with a non blower cooler if you want a good overclock.
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Yeah, it's pretty obvious one shouldn't wait when finding a good deal. Just go for it and the more memory the better. Usage is only going up not down. 8 gb is the new standard, isn't it?
The 1060 at 1080p is better than the 480 in dx11
At 1080p dx12 the 480 is very marginally better but there's not many fps in it to care.
Considering ati have really worked some magic with the drivers recently, and nvidia are unlikely to, how much more headroom is there for ati driver improvements on this card?
If it's maxed out, then both cards are basically equal for 1080p gaming, get whatever's cheapest or if very close the one with the most ram....
I suppose that means the 480 slightly edges it.. but it's a tough call and one I'm struggling with.
Im concerned with minimum frame rates at 1080p mainly in dx 11
sweepingly guessing that the dx12 ting won't really pick up for a year or two when I might trade my card in for something newer anway.
Im honestly torn. And yes ive read loads of online game/benchmarks
At 1080p dx12 the 480 is very marginally better but there's not many fps in it to care.
Considering ati have really worked some magic with the drivers recently, and nvidia are unlikely to, how much more headroom is there for ati driver improvements on this card?
If it's maxed out, then both cards are basically equal for 1080p gaming, get whatever's cheapest or if very close the one with the most ram....
I suppose that means the 480 slightly edges it.. but it's a tough call and one I'm struggling with.
Im concerned with minimum frame rates at 1080p mainly in dx 11
sweepingly guessing that the dx12 ting won't really pick up for a year or two when I might trade my card in for something newer anway.
Im honestly torn. And yes ive read loads of online game/benchmarks
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Here's the thing though, I'd get a 1060 for an itx build, because the Zotac 6gb mini is like £229. The 480s are cool and all, but god dang they're like 280-300cm long. Plus Zotac has +2 years of warranty, and will re-sell better (Nvidia generally does, minis even more so).
remember 290x was below 780ti; now above it by a bit; same with 390X; it was just usually below 980 - now easily trades blows and beats it times.
AMD cards get better over time - Nvidia.....no
there's still more performance to get out of Polaris.....by and far - 1060 in DX 11 used to beat 480 - now 480 either ties or sometimes pulls ahead depending on the game - still looses a couple. DX12/Vulcan has only widened towards 480....it will continue to widen.....
480 is over the better card now to get......specially at those prices compared to 1060
Sure, but at much more, so it's not a question. Because if we just list cards that are better, there's also a 1080 mini.
The Sapphire 480 Nitro is 240mm long, Gigabyte G1 is about 232mm.
I still have my old AMD/Nvidia cards, oldest is ATI 9700, also have Nvidia gtx 7800, 560Ti, and Gigabyte 4870, 280x OC (AMD cards) still all working.
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The good news is the card fitted but only after i removed the tooless clamps from the case, the height of the card was an issue!
Sadly, there is bad news. I used DDU to uninstall the drivers for my old gpu, installed the new card, downloaded and installed the latest drivers. However, I'm getting a black screen after just a few minutes of booting to the desktop and then my monitor goes into standby as it doesn't think it is connected to anything!
My PC doesnt shut down.
I'm at a loss and have gone back to my old gpu for tonight. Anyone have any ideas as to what the problem might be?
Sadly, there is bad news. I used DDU to uninstall the drivers for my old gpu, installed the new card, downloaded and installed the latest drivers. However, I'm getting a black screen after just a few minutes of booting to the desktop and then my monitor goes into standby as it doesn't think it is connected to anything!
My PC doesnt shut down.I'm at a loss and have gone back to my old gpu for tonight. Anyone have any ideas as to what the problem might be?
The good news is the card fitted but only after i removed the tooless clamps from the case, the height of the card was an issue!
Sadly, there is bad news. I used DDU to uninstall the drivers for my old gpu, installed the new card, downloaded and installed the latest drivers. However, I'm getting a black screen after just a few minutes of booting to the desktop and then my monitor goes into standby as it doesn't think it is connected to anything!
I'm at a loss and have gone back to my old gpu for tonight. Anyone have any ideas as to what the problem might be?
Try DDU again in safe mode but try an older driver (Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2) in case there is some bug in the latest one. If that doesn't work try another hdmi cable. Update bios on motherboard.
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looks like i'm in for a world of pain, cannot find a windows 10 bios update for my mobo. I have an Asus P6t and the current bios is from 2009. I cannot find any bios updates on the Asus website for my mobo
looks like i'm in for a world of pain, cannot find a windows 10 bios update for my mobo. I have an Asus P6t and the current bios is from 2009. I cannot find any bios updates on the Asus website for my mobo
Don't worry about BIOS at the moment. If you have MSI Afterburner installed, remove it.
To test if it is driver related, remove it with DDU and don't install again and test for a while. If blackscreen doesn't happen then it is a driver issue so then try letting windows find a driver from windows update or install an older driver from AMD site.
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my vote goes to the rx 480 fine wine technology 