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My vote is 1060

I'd avoid sli or crossfire unless absolutely necessary. If you need more gpu power in future sell whichever card you have and get a better single card to avoid all the potential issues of multi GPU's.

The 1060 comes out on top in 95% of games I have seen benchmarked and Nvidia are usually quicker at releasing updated drivers when games release to fix bugs and that's worth something to me.
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IceMyth

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Hi,

RX480 is (4 or 8GB), support VR but the distinguish point is you can CrossFire in the future, while the GTX 1060 (6GB) you cant SLI unless you buy 1070 then you can SLI. One point maybe the RX temps will be a bit higher than 1060.

SLI & CrossFire I mean having 2 GPUs together!

I personally would go with RX 480 8GB for: 1- Cheaper & 2- CrossFire

Regards,
 
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Kenneth Barker

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1060

Performs better on all titles that are not Vulcan titles. Despite what fan boys say, you cannot gamble on everything using vulkan in the near future.

The 1060 is also far more readily found, and for less than most AIB 480s. The 1060 OCs FAR better, uses far less power, produces far less heat, and stays cool even with the reference cooler.

So, 1060 pretty much wins every category.
 
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How necessary is crossfire? I'm also thinking of getting two monitors, is that play a role in the decision making process?
 
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Singham

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Any articles I could perhaps look at to verify this? And does crossfire play a huge role in this? Also getting 2 monitors, will that pose an issue?

Thanks.
 
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For the most part the 1060 is slightly better than the 480-but it usually comes with a higher price tag as well (depending on your country).
As far as crossfire is concerned its a tricky question. In games that support it, and it scales well enough, you could almost match the performance of a 1080 but thats the caveat-not all games support a multi-gpu configuration and even if they do at times the scaling is not guaranteed to be the best. In other words just because you have 2 GPUs it doesn't mean that you will get 2x the performance.

As for which one to go for its a matter of preference. In dx11 titles a 1060 will perform better. In dx12/Vulkan titles that make use of Async compute the 480 will have a slight edge.There's other questions to consider as well. How long do you plan to keep the gpu or upgrade your system? Could you squeeze a bit more out of your budget and go for a 1070 instead? Either way I think you'll be happy with the performance of either card.
 
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Unless you plan to game across 2 monitors, it doesn't make a difference, and I'd highly discourage gaming across 2 monitors. Stick with 1 or 3, 2 puts the bezels down the middle of the action.
 
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So if games don't support multi-gpu configuration it generally isn't worth it?

I'd like for the GPU to be relevant for 3-4 years if possible. I could potentially go for a 1070 but I don't think the games I play would justify the price increase. I tend to play games like CS GO, SC2, League of Legends, I may start Final Fantasy soon.



Sorry, I should have specified. I plan on playing on one monitor until I get three monitors which won't be for at least a year if not longer. The second monitor will just be to have facebook open, or my spotify playlist, or chrome etc.

Thanks for replying to everyone that has so far! It's always great to hear feedback from people with more expertise in this department.
 
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the 1060 performs quite a bit better in current games


and is basically equal to the 480 in dx12, they are within 2% of each other


hoping for a hail mary vulkan future is silly



https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/4tjy20/nvidia_gtx_1060_review_aggregation_thread/d5idjew
 
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My vote is 1060

I'd avoid sli or crossfire unless absolutely necessary. If you need more gpu power in future sell whichever card you have and get a better single card to avoid all the potential issues of multi GPU's.

The 1060 comes out on top in 95% of games I have seen benchmarked and Nvidia are usually quicker at releasing updated drivers when games release to fix bugs and that's worth something to me.
 
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If you do plan to use 3 monitor gaming in the near future, you may want a more powerful card, or consider preparing for multi-GPU. The 480 supports CF in DX11/DX12/Vulkan. The 1060 doesn't support it in DX11, but it has been shown to work in at least 1 DX12 game. The dev's don't need to use the bridge to support it in Vulkan or DX12, so it is possible it may or may not work in most DX12/Vulkan games, but I would not take that risk personally.

When you do switch to playing across 3 monitors, you'll either plan to upgrade the card again, or if you choose the 480, you could CF it.
 
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I will suggest Rx 480 over GTX 1060 if you are considering your system to be future proof. It has better Dx12 and vulkan support. Yes 1060 is little bit faster but it comes at a price depends on the region and AMD card tends to faster as their driver gets matured . And if you planing for a multi gpu setup you, Dx12 supports it natively . And 1060 doesn't have sli.
 
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IceMyth

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Hi,

First of all, you will need CrossFire/SLI if you are planning to increase your graphics performance in the future without replacing you working GPU.

As for Rx 480 vs 1060 check this link which you can relay on: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/radeon-rx-480-vs-gtx-1060-fcat-frametime-analysis-review,1.html

Future game is heading to DX12 but DX11 wont be left out, but having something runs both is better than regret that in the future. Also 2 RX 480 can beat 1080 in term of performance & cost.

Now, if you like GTX I would suggest get 1070 better than 1060 or get RX 480 and SLI in the future if you felt getting more power.

I personally thought about getting 1060 and SLI in the future before they release it but after the release and finding it does not support SLI & 1070 kinda costly I decided to go with RX 480 (and CrossFire in the future)in my next upgrade!

At the end both GPUs are good, but your future plans & budget are what important in picking one of them or going something else (such as 1070).

Regards,
 
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