Good price that. Cheaper than the 480 Nitro, which is quite surprising but don't forget it doesn't have SLI and Doom running Vulkan on the RX 480 is faster
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GTX 1060 Vs RX 480 - head to head showdown
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Good price that. Cheaper than the 480 Nitro, which is quite surprising but don't forget it doesn't have SLI and Doom running Vulkan on the RX 480 is faster
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Some people just love a good "stir the ******* up some more" thread
Oooo, I sense tension in you. It is just a GPU bruv and no need to get all upset and sweary.
I certainly will and wasn't it you telling me to lighten up?
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I was close but spot on really and I returned to my sense of humour and banter. Harmless indeed
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I was close but spot on really and I returned to my sense of humour and banter. Harmless indeed
Lol the above was in fun
I was a bit down earlier after a very good friend died last night, but won't let that stop my enjoyment, as it wouldn't have stopped his
In fairness, either will do you proud. The 1060 is slightly better in the majority of games and the 480 has better Vulkan support as of now, so either either.
If you use Sony Vegas, it is a must in my opinion. It has actually got me back to thinking of buying both a 1060 and a custom cooled 480 for running some side by sides.
Right Boys and Girls, I have updated the OP with a comprehensive list of results for both the 1060 and the RX 480. I have used TPU as they bench a ton of games and other tests like power/perf per watt etc. Remember that both are reference cards as that is all that is available on the RX 480 side of things as of now.
You will get differing results depending on the area tested and the settings used.
In fairness, either the 480 or 1060 is a good card for 1080P gaming. Both cope well and both have their pluses and minuses depending on what games you play. I would personally go for the 1060, purely from a ShadowPlay perspective and how easy it is. I also use Mirilis Action, which does a fantastic job (better IQ) but does come at a bit more of a performance hit. No real need for overclocking on either and the gains seem minimal when doing so but a decent factory OC card might be a better option. Sadly with the RX 480, that isn't an option as of yet but a few weeks should see stock coming in, so not long to wait for that.
Why stay away from the 1060? If you are saying that because of DX12, do you not think that NVidia will get to grips with it?
Do you have a link to where NVidia said it would be in the next driver please. I will give them some what for, as there has been 3? drivers and Pascal still isn't showing gains in Vulkan
Do people stop playing DX11 games now then as well?
That still doesn't make sense. Will those people not be interested in what performance they will be getting in DX11 as well then? I would want to know how a card I am possibly purchasing will perform in DX11/DX12/OGL/Vulkan and get as much info as possible. There is a whole stream of games coming over the next 3 years and they will mostly be DX11.
I will quote me from yesterday, as this seems relevant.
ohhh, one thing I do remember though and quite important this really and a plus for AMD (maybe?) There has been a couple of drivers in the last few years and forgive me if my memory is wrong but I am sure someone will remind me.... 12.11 was the big GCN driver that gave AMD's 7xxx a big boost in frames, that came out 10 months after the 7970 launch and showed what the 7970 was capable of. It smashed up the 680 in most games and was like a new card for those that had 7970s. Next came the Crimson drivers more recently and they gave the 2xx/3xx/fury series a nice boost that was similar to the 12.11 drivers. Now NVidia either have great optimisation from the off (I think this is the case) or they rarely bother with any optimisations and what you see is what you get. People claim that NVidia gimp divers but what they are missing is there isn't any gimping, it is AMD improving and giving their customers the performance they paid for.
Funny old world but I am trying as hard today as yesterday
From your posts, I would say grab a 480. Of course DX11 performance isn't much worse on the 480 and neither is the 1060s DX12 performance much worse than the 480.
I understand where you are coming from and we justify to ourselves what we buy.
Indeed however it will take time for NVidia to get to grips with it. AMD were working on Mantle for years before their own cards were using it. I sure hope it doesn't take NVidia that long though
I have said and still maintain that either will do you proud. I would be happy with either if I was gaming at 1080P in genuine honesty but the one thing that irks me is the notion that NVidia can't do DX12/Async etc and therefore the 480 is the better option. I just try to explain that things take time and not a few days either to get running and working well.
And I said a couple of days ago, there is a £160 price difference between the same sort of spec G-Sync and Freesync screen, so that really does make the Freesync + 480 combo look a really attractive buy.
Explain why the 1060 is crippled?