GTX 1060 or GTX 1070?

Wazerkstan

Wazerkstan

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Hi everyone... after your wisdom and advice.

I have an average custom build with the following specs:

CPU: i5-2500K (overclocked to 4.5)
RAM: 8GB DDR3 (Nothing special)
MB: Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3
GPU: EVGA GTX 770 SC
SSD: Samsung 850 PRO 250GB
SSD: Samsung 840 PRO 250GB
Monitor: Dell U2412M (Max Res 1920 x 1200)

Played the Battlefield 1 Pre Alpha and it ran high settings but FPS during gameplay was at its lowest 23 and its highest between 50-60.

Other games I have at Star Wars Battlefront, Project Cars, Tom Clancy's The Division and although they run perfectly fine I'm not running max settings and The Division can chug a bit but on very, very rare occasions.

Convinced I should upgrade my Graphics Card to one of the 10 series just prior to Battlefield 1 release to have the best experience I can with the build I have.... but I can't decide if there will be a massive bottle neck somewhere else on my system, if I was to get one of these cards, and if there isn't ... then comes the dilemma of do I go with the 1060 or spend the extra on the 1070 so when I can afford to upgrade CPU and motherboard I don't start thinking I need to upgrade my graphics card again.

You may advise to go with one of the 9 series cards as they are dropping in price but then is the move from my trusty 770 to that a big enough boost for the price?

Please, I'd like to hear your opinions. :)
 
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For 1200p a 1070 will do very well. I don't think a 1060 is good enough now. You might want to go 16GB as well.
 
HACO said:
For 1200p a 1070 will do very well. I don't think a 1060 is good enough now. You might want to go 16GB as well.
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Pretty much this including the ram suggestion. I am noticing whilst playing some games nowadays my ram sits around 11-12gb use without a dreadful amount of things open in the background.
 
If you can afford the 1070, go for it. But if your interest is BF1 then you might want to wait in case there are bundle deals.
 
Would recommend the 1070 here as well
Overkill for 1080p
just about does 1440p at 50-70fps high settings

1200p with a GTX 1070 would be a really good decision.
 
Slightly off topic, but FWIW I game in 1080p and have a GTX 1060 6GB. I am very satisfied with its performance.

I mainly play Battlefield 4, R6 Siege, and Black Ops 3. In 1080p resolution with ultra graphical preset (so not the absolute maximum graphics, but pretty good) and I'm getting 100+ FPS.

If I bump up things like AA/AF to the absolute max I notice I'm getting 80-100 in games like BF4, and still 60+ in R6 Siege which is more than satisfactory. I rarely do this as to my eyes I rarely notice the difference.

Seeing as I only play in 1080p, the GTX 1060 will suit me for now. I originally bought it as a stop-gap (waiting for GTX 1080 to come down slightly, or the "next" card etc) but this is fine for my needs.

If I a) had a need to game in resolutions above 1080p at maximum resolution; and b) could afford it I would have gone for GTX 1070.

Don't completely trust website benchmarks as they rarely represent real world.
 
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Would recommend the 1070 here as well
Overkill for 1080p
just about does 1440p at 50-70fps high settings

1200p with a GTX 1070 would be a really good decision.
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I am pretty sure the 1070 preforms better than 50-70fps on high with BF1 at 1440p..

I got 50-60fps on ultra with an r9 290 with an i7 2600
 
1200p @ 60Hz isn't that much more demanding than 1080p, a 1060 should be fine.

Not many reviewers test anything at 1200p these days, but if comparing 1080p and 1440p results then 1200p will be closer to the 1080p benchmarks (1080p = 2m pixels, 1200p = 2.3m, 1440p = 3.6m).
 
Just to chip in, I'm totally happy with my EVGA 1060 SC for 1200p (actually I think we have the same monitor).

The most demanding game I have is Subnautica though, and I'm not really sure how that stacks up vs triple-A titles - but I have noticed the GPU doesn't always bother coming up from 1.1GHz when its vsynced at 60fps. Apparently it has quite a lot of headroom available on 60Hz screens, and maybe that's something to factor in if you're not planning an upgrade soon?

But I doubt there's a penalty to choosing a 1070 if you have the money and case-space. Worst outcome and it's overkill; well, it lasts you longer into the future than you expected :) 1060s can be had in smaller form factors without sacrificing acoustics though (again, the EVGA SC is basically silent) so maybe that's a thing to consider.
 
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