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1060 or 480

ndaar

ndaar

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Building a computer for my brother for Christmas, so not unlimited budget.
System specs will be:
Intel i5 6600k
16gb ram
250 ssd
3tb HD
Z170 Sli/cf mobo
750w gold psu

Will be used for gaming and general use.

I go back and forth between 1060 6gb and amd 480 8gb, max budget for gpu is 200-250. I sometimes think the extra vram on the 480 wins but then I get put off by bad reviews of glitches and compatability issues with the 480 and for my brother I want it as idiot proof as possible. I can't also say what games he will play so can't even Base it off nvidia been better in some or amd.

I welcome some opinions.
 
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I wouldn't worry about a SLI mb, 1060 does not even support SLI, maybe you can save a few pounds there and put a few more towards the GPU. Especially if you want it to be idiot proof :). Also the PSU seems a bit too much for that configuration.
If you do go for a 1060, make sure you get the 6 gb version, not the 3 gb one.
 
The mobo is Sli purely as it was bought on discount as was the psu, yes it's overkill. They were heavily discounted. should have made clear the other components are already made.
 
The xfx seems to be the best atm. Some reaching 1470 on the core while using less power than the rest. That is a really good price on the Devil though. In up to date games the RX480 is arguably faster than the 1060 but in older games the 1060 tends to hold a lead.

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It does swing in the other direction as well with Dishonered 2
 
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I have a 1060, I'm really happy with it. Performs well, it's very quiet and efficient, runs very cool. Only thing I would say is that Nvidia push out driver updates a lot, although it may just seem that way to me as my old 6870 stopped being supported ages ago.
 
TheVoice said:
I have a 1060, I'm really happy with it. Performs well, it's very quiet and efficient, runs very cool. Only thing I would say is that Nvidia push out driver updates a lot, although it may just seem that way to me as my old 6870 stopped being supported ages ago.
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Amd have pushed out 4 drivers alone this month. Amd seem to be on the ball driver wise and a lot of Nvidia die hards are saying there drivers are going down hill over the last year. Tbh where drivers are concerned we all have our own experiences which may differ widely compared to others due to many reasons.
 
He'll be getting new monitors. I will obviously mention gsynch / freesynch options depending on gpu and budget. But monitors will not be something I'm paying for.
 
ndaar said:
Building a computer for my brother for Christmas, so not unlimited budget.
System specs will be:
Intel i5 6600k
16gb ram
250 ssd
3tb HD
Z170 Sli/cf mobo
750w gold psu

Will be used for gaming and general use.

I go back and forth between 1060 6gb and amd 480 8gb, max budget for gpu is 200-250. I sometimes think the extra vram on the 480 wins but then I get put off by bad reviews of glitches and compatability issues with the 480 and for my brother I want it as idiot proof as possible. I can't also say what games he will play so can't even Base it off nvidia been better in some or amd.

I welcome some opinions.
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RX480 much better package and cheaper good Freesync monitors compared to gsync ones.
 
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You want it idiot proof, good luck with that. :D

More seriously though, I'm not going to tell you that one is clearly better than the other, like some people might. Both are good cards, somewhat hampered by the pricing, a lot of which is down to the pound taking a nose dive, but good cards none the less.

If not overclocking, it can be useful to note that the NVidia's 1060 boosts all by it self much higher than AMD's 480 boost works, but this is down to the way the two systems work and how the two companies advertise the feature.
AMD state a boost clock and unless you over clock the card it will not go above that figure.
NVidia state a boost clock and that is the minimum figure you will see when the card is boosting, a lot of the time it will boost more than that figure.

In most games that you can play right now the 1060 is faster.

The 480 has potential for future titles with good DX12 performance.



If it was my money I would want the best performance now and therefore go with the 1060. probably this one for the 5 year warranty.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £239.99
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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I think Freesync on the monitor would push me towards the 480.

I doubt your brother would notice the difference between amd and Nvidia. You might have to turn down some settings on one or three other but they are close enough that one will play a game when the other will not.
 
Panos said:
Every single new title comes with DX12 and Async compute, even the CIV 6 supports it.
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Really???

Ok I suppose your correct if you only include games that have DX12 and Async, but of course if you live in the real world and count anything that gets released on the PC then your above comment is most definitely wrong.

For example metacritic has 30+ games listed that were launched on the PC yesterday alone. and hundreds over the last couple of months, there are bound to be a few good ones in there, that aren't like Neon prism only running on DX9 ;)
 
RX 480, no debate. Especially if you go for the 4GB version, since 8GB is honestly unnecessary for 1080p and even 1440p (I run 1440p on some games with no issues on my 970 and you know how the VRAM is on that...). If your budget was £250 to £300 then perhaps a 1060 might be an acceptable option, but under £250, the RX 480 is the best choice. My brother has one as he's had no issues. My 970 just barely beats it in some games, but probably because I have a much better i7 processor and 8GB more RAM.
 
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RX 480, no debate. Especially if you go for the 4GB version, since 8GB is honestly unnecessary for 1080p and even 1440p (I run 1440p on some games with no issues on my 970 and you know how the VRAM is on that...). If your budget was £250 to £300 then perhaps a 1060 might be an acceptable option, but under £250, the RX 480 is the best choice. My brother has one as he's had no issues. My 970 just barely beats it in some games, but probably because I have a much better i7 processor and 8GB more RAM.
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Not too sure about your reasoning, price wise, seeing as the cheapest RX480 8GB is £230 and there are 12 RX480 8GB under £250 and the cheapest 1060 6GB is £234 and again there are 12 1060's under £250.

So £4 in it at the bottom end and plenty to choose from either side.
 
The Powercolor RX480 Devil 13 is probably the best RX480 outside the XFX RX480 GTR Black Edition.

I would get that,and a FreeSync monitor. The GSync equivalents are significantly more expensive.

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The other alternative is the Powercolor Devil RX470 4GB for £159.

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He'll be getting new monitors. I will obviously mention gsynch / freesynch options depending on gpu and budget. But monitors will not be something I'm paying for.
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This would make an AMD solution more useful then - there are even cheap FreeSync monitors which go down to 48HZ for around £100 to £130. There are 120HZ ones for just under £200.

Don't get me wrong the GTX1060 is a perfectly capable card,but FreeSync plus some of these deals on the AMD cards make them look a better solution currently IMHO OFC.
 
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The 1060 looks better for DX11, the 480 for dx12.

I would go for a non ref 480 as it will be more future proof than the 1060.
 
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