I was already at my limit, I wanted the Zotac mini but it doesn't have 0db feature so had to stretch to an SC. would have loved the Msi one but....
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I was already at my limit, I wanted the Zotac mini but it doesn't have 0db feature so had to stretch to an SC. would have loved the Msi one but....
You need to get your post count up to qualify for free shipping on everything (I think it's 100 posts but I may be wrong). If you really want a gigabyte 1060 windforce, a competitor with less-than-stellar customer relations has it for £248 with free delivery.
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I think it's 250 posts.
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so yip 250 posts and over 90 days or 100 posts if registered over 12 months
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So based on the hardware of the 1060, can it not catch AMD when it comes to running Vulkan? Or is that a driver issue that Nvidia can fix?
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Just sent Zotac Mini off to Alphacool for waterblock to be made, will also cover AMP version and possibly the EVGA/Gigabyte versions but will have to see.
planning on a watercooled build with a single rad to cool GPU and CPU since heat output of both are drastically lower then before.
planning on a watercooled build with a single rad to cool GPU and CPU since heat output of both are drastically lower then before.
Toying with going from 670 to 1060, faster and no idle fans! Also I'd prefer a card with no backplate due to very close proximity to my nofan cpu cooler. I like the sound of MSI, are they likely to come down in price over the next 6 months or is that just guessing?
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I think MSI always prices their products at the top end. Probably will come down, but not by much as the 1060 won't be getting replaced anytime soon by a 1160. Also, the rx 480 appears to have lost the battle with the 1060, by some measures, and so there is no pressure for price reductions to compete.
•On average, when using Vulkan, a 1060 is 27.13% better than a 480
https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4tyco0/the_truth_about_480_vs_1060/
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lol the 1060 is not 27% faster than 480 in doom vulcan, it's slower.
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/94969-sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-4gb-8gb-oc/?page=7
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/94969-sapphire-radeon-rx-480-nitro-4gb-8gb-oc/?page=7
Lol read my post. 'On average'
Doom is a strange anomaly and not representative of Vulcan on the whole.
Very misleading. The "average" being taken is between precisely two games, Doom and The Talos Principle, in which the 480 is 17.43% faster in the former (based on eight different sets of results) and the 1060 is 71.7% faster in the latter (based on a single set of results). I don't think even the most fervent Nvidia supporter would try claiming the latter is a normal state of affairs. From what I can tell, TTP's implementation of Vulkan is very early and borderline broken, providing performance far slower than DX11 on both AMD and Nvidia hardware, which just shouldn't be the case. Their own Vulkan FAQ even states this.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/257510/discussions/0/412447331651720139/
Frankly, the game seems all over the place in general. The Fury X is faster than the 980 Ti in DX11 even at 1080p, yet slower in Vulkan. That runs contrary to everything we know about the two cards.
None of it makes any sense, and using a game throwing up such odd results as any kind of example seems disingenuous at best.
Hah, yeah, Doom is the strange anomaly here. Not the single set of TTP results showing the 1060 as 70%+ faster than the 480.
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Nope it's consistently slower, show me benchmarks showing it faster, amounting to 27% faster.
That was Submitted 27 days ago.
He said on average not in one game try reading his post lol. Interesting results theres another thread linked with pretty much exactly the same results. Its going to be interesting to see how these cards cope when we get some real DX12 PC games and not all these console ports.
Very misleading. The "average" being taken is between precisely two games, Doom and The Talos Principle, in which the 480 is 17.43% faster in the former (based on eight different sets of results) and the 1060 is 71.7% faster in the latter (based on a single set of results). I don't think even the most fervent Nvidia supporter would try claiming the latter is a normal state of affairs. From what I can tell, TTP's implementation of Vulkan is very early and borderline broken, providing performance far slower than DX11 on both AMD and Nvidia hardware, which just shouldn't be the case. Their own Vulkan FAQ even states this.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/257510/discussions/0/412447331651720139/
Frankly, the game seems all over the place in general. The Fury X is faster than the 980 Ti in DX11 even at 1080p, yet slower in Vulkan. That runs contrary to everything we know about the two cards.
None of it makes any sense, and using a game throwing up such odd results as any kind of example seems disingenuous at best.
Hah, yeah, Doom is the strange anomaly here. Not the single set of TTP results showing the 1060 as 70%+ faster than the 480.
Project card is an anomaly too not running at all on AMD hardware. Hang on that's two, a pattern is emerging
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Project card is an anomaly too not running at all on AMD hardware. Hang on that's two, a pattern is emerging
The pattern that developers haven't implemented Vulkan correctly... unlike id who did a proper job.