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GTX 1060 Vs RX 480 - head to head showdown
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Sums it up rather well. I'm keeping my Devil 480 pre-order, especially since I keep reading about how damn good the cards are at video Encoding as well. So far seems faster than the Titan X and 1080 in video work.
Also can someone at Asus get a darn grip? Their strix cards are priced to silly amounts.
£325 - 1060
£289 - 480
Both have mediocre clocks over stock and compared to the competition as well, and from what I've seen their coolers aren't even the best around.
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Nice, succinct summary. And this is more or less what everyone expected.
However, I still think the 480 is the better buy, so not regretting that Nitro+ pre-order at all...
Main reason is that the performance difference is generally quite small in DX11, whereas in DX12/Vulkan the 480 can pull significantly ahead (with the exception of RotTR).
Been through a few reviews and main takeaways:
* 1060 wins for DX11 by a little bit (generally up to 10%)
* 480 wins for DX12/Vulkan by a lot (except RotTR)
So for me, 480 seems better value and is more balanced. For a little bit less money you get a little bit more RAM. For a little bit less DX11 performance you get significantly more DX12/Vulkan performance.
Only thing I like the 1060 for: I loved that EVGA low-profile short version. With the low power of the 1060 I can see it being a huge hit for small form factors.
* 1060 wins for DX11 by a little bit (generally up to 10%)
* 480 wins for DX12/Vulkan by a lot (except RotTR)
So for me, 480 seems better value and is more balanced. For a little bit less money you get a little bit more RAM. For a little bit less DX11 performance you get significantly more DX12/Vulkan performance.
Only thing I like the 1060 for: I loved that EVGA low-profile short version. With the low power of the 1060 I can see it being a huge hit for small form factors.
Same for me, the performance of DX11 games is less important going forward, it's DX12 and Vulcan where the 1060 falls well behind the 480.. Plus the extra memory, long term support, Crossfire IF I WANT TO..
RotTR is a NVidia gamesworks game so it'll always swing towards them so, for me, it's to be disregarded as a benchmark.
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What?
480 8GB = £219 is in stock
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powe...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-187-pc.html
Inno3D Compact 1060 = £229 which isn't even in stock
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inno...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-06b-in.html
I do agree though, prices do need to drop. They've been inflated quite a bit recently, specially looking at that Sapphire reference 480 sitting at £259
reference cooler, that will be a no thank you.
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I'm amazed by the difference in reaction £10 makes.
Ok so after seeing the 1060 reviews the conclusion is:
The custom 1060 (MSI Gaming) is faster by just 11% than the ref 480. Custom vs custom the difference will be ~0%.
Overclock wise not really better, they managed to do 8-10% OC on it.
So 1060: better power consumption, maybe a bit better in DX11
480: more Vram, vastly better in DX12/Vulkan, cheaper
The custom 1060 (MSI Gaming) is faster by just 11% than the ref 480. Custom vs custom the difference will be ~0%.
Overclock wise not really better, they managed to do 8-10% OC on it.
So 1060: better power consumption, maybe a bit better in DX11
480: more Vram, vastly better in DX12/Vulkan, cheaper
I think you're shortchanging the 1060 a bit.. i'd say power consumption is "vastly" better and DX11 performance is better (no need for the "bit" qualifier)
1060 really feels like the best card for now, while the 480 will become better as time goes by and DX12/Vulkan mature and are implemented.
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No the Aib partner cards will even things up straight away i would imagine. They should be significantly faster than the stock cooled RX480 which can't even hold full boost. There will be nothing in these cards bar price really. If power usage is your thing then sure a 1060 will be the winner. If it's performance i see no winner yet.
Well i used the "bit" because according to TPU the custom MSI is just 11% faster than a ref 480 which was throttling in their test running mostly around 1200-1230mhz, so about 5% performance is already left there.
TPU only used 2 DX12 titles Hitman and ROTTR, abd we all know ROTTR is NVs "we can do good in DX12" title, most of the other titles in the review are NV favouring too.
So achieving only 11% over the ref 480 with these conditions made me say its a bit better in DX11.
That's why i said now vs later. Right now i can buy a 249.95 1060 that will beat a 249.95 RX 480 (and also the cheapest RX 480 8GB at 219.95) in the majority of games.
Come next week this may all change with the AIB boards. Come next year this may change again with Vulkan/DX12 games.
Nothing as complex as GPUs are ever going to be a simple comparison, but on balance I'd call this in favour of the 480. I think 4GB is going to be sufficient for a long time, so I don't give either the 1060 points for having 6GB or the higher 480 for having 8GB. 6GB and 8GB are both just marginal extras over 4GB for quite a while, imo. At least at this level of processing power.
So assessing it on performance, they look pretty darn close to me with the 1060 being ahead generally but only by a bit and losing out in some significant cases. In particular, the 480 seems to be better with DX12 games in general meaning that it's going to improve against the 1060 over the next couple of years. Secondly it is cheaper. Thirdly, and this is quite a big deal I think, the 1060 can't do mGPU. The 480 can. That means everyone buying a 480 has a moderately cheap upgrade path whilst people with a 1060 are stuck trying to sell theirs to buy a more expensive card. Given a general expectation that mGPU is going to be a LOT better supported in the future than Crossfire or SLi ever were, I'd strongly favour the 480 for that reason alone. Given performance is roughly similar and the 480 is cheaper, that's a decider for me.
EDIT: I should reference power consumption in the 1060's favour, though I don't care about that much myself.
So assessing it on performance, they look pretty darn close to me with the 1060 being ahead generally but only by a bit and losing out in some significant cases. In particular, the 480 seems to be better with DX12 games in general meaning that it's going to improve against the 1060 over the next couple of years. Secondly it is cheaper. Thirdly, and this is quite a big deal I think, the 1060 can't do mGPU. The 480 can. That means everyone buying a 480 has a moderately cheap upgrade path whilst people with a 1060 are stuck trying to sell theirs to buy a more expensive card. Given a general expectation that mGPU is going to be a LOT better supported in the future than Crossfire or SLi ever were, I'd strongly favour the 480 for that reason alone. Given performance is roughly similar and the 480 is cheaper, that's a decider for me.
EDIT: I should reference power consumption in the 1060's favour, though I don't care about that much myself.
To be clear: the 1060 can't do SLI. This is only a problem for DX11 / OpenGL titles.
DX12 explicit multi-adapter as well as linked multi-adapter do NOT require SLI or CrossFire so games that support it will be able to use multiple 1060 cards (or even a combination of 1060 + 480 for explicit multi-adapter).