Rx 480 vs gtx 1060

Stijn Hendriks · Sep 17, 2016

So i have these prices:

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6GB - EDIT pricing is €288,95 - 322,41 US dollars

or

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G € 281,49 (314,09 U.S. dollars)

or

XFX Radeon RX 480 RS 8GB Hard Swap - € 281,00 (313,54 U.S. dollars)

What is the best choice for:
- 1080p gaming
- minimum of 60fps
- at least medium/high settings
- for future usage: vulkan dx12 etc

The specs of the PC:
- Intel i5 6400
- 8gb ram from Team group elite 2.133mhz
- 520W PSU from Seasonic
- Fractal Design Define S - Window

I'm not going to overclock anything!

Isokolon · Sep 17, 2016

for Vulkan, the Rx480 is better than the 1060
generally EVGA comes with better support than Gigabyte, but I prefer 2 fan designs ovr 1 fan designs

all 3 cards will get you 60fps/1080 on high with ease

InvalidError · Sep 17, 2016

You'll have to sort out your priorities: the RX480 fares better in DX12/Vulkan while the 1060 fares better everywhere else.

If you can, your best course of action would be to wait until supply catches up with demand so prices might drop closer to launch MSRPs.

Stijn Hendriks · Sep 17, 2016

Thanks for the quick reply, sadly the pricing of the EVGA isn't what i thought it was...
The pricing is : € 288,95 which is 322,41 US Dollars
So the Gigabyte and the XFX radeon is cheaper :/

Low Profile Gamer · Sep 17, 2016

I personally prefer the EVGA GTX 1060 Superclocked. It looks exactly the same as the regular one, but it actually has a different cooler. I believe it's about €7 more expensive. The GTX 1060 is generally more powerful than the RX 480, but the RX 480 outperforms it in some games, not necessarily all DX12 or Vulkan games. I have a bigger trust on Nvidia since AMD had some power issues with RX 480 before (it was solved already), so my vote goes for the EVGA GTX 1060, superclocked edition, if you can find one.

kansaw · Sep 17, 2016

I agree with not overclocking. I use a non-overclocked RX480 which runs fast with less heat. Some would disagree, but it works well for me.

Stijn Hendriks · Sep 17, 2016

InvalidError :

Games I play right now:
-Rainbow six siege
- cod black ops 3
- cod ghosts (yes i know xD)
- BF4 and bf1 in the future
- doom
- dishonored 2 in the future

So the pricing is the same (rx 480 and gtx 1060), what card would you pick?

Stijn Hendriks · Sep 17, 2016

Low Profile Gamer :

So i can't find the superclocked, only EVGA's with one fan.. :/
i replyed to invaled error this:
Games I play right now:
-Rainbow six siege
- cod black ops 3
- cod ghosts (yes i know xD)
- BF4 and bf1 in the future
- doom
- dishonored 2 in the future

What would you pick?, pricing of the gtx 1060 and the rx 480 are the same

Isokolon · Sep 17, 2016

Low Profile Gamer :

keep in mind that the power issues were with the reference model not with a custom like the XFX that uses a 8pin connector

for the price tag, I'd go with the Rx480 tbh
but the Gigabyte is a nice card too

the 1060 will give you more fps in dx11 games like bf4
but both cards will max them out easily

the difference between the 1060 and the Rx480 gets less significant in dx12 where they're usually all around the same speed
so it's for me down to pricing. the couple extra fps in dx11 aren't quite important since both run on 60fps+

Stijn Hendriks · Sep 17, 2016

Isokolon :

Low Profile Gamer :

keep in mind that the power issues were with the reference model not with a custom like the XFX that uses a 8pin connector

for the price tag, I'd go with the Rx480 tbh
but the Gigabyte is a nice card too

the 1060 will give you more fps in dx11 games like bf4
but both cards will max them out easily

the difference between the 1060 and the Rx480 gets less significant in dx12 where they're usually all around the same speed
so it's for me down to pricing. the couple extra fps in dx11 aren't quite important since both run on 60fps+

Thanks for the help! so the difference in pricing is 0.50 cents lower for the rx 480 xD

Isokolon · Sep 17, 2016

yeah between the Gigabyte and the XFX it's honestly hard to say
both will do fine

Stijn Hendriks · Sep 17, 2016

one more question for the ones who are still here,

Rx 470 4gb or rx 480/gtx 1060?
rx 470 is 100 euro - 111 us dollars cheaper

Redrocket90 · Sep 17, 2016

Get the prettiest one.

Isokolon · Sep 17, 2016

the rx 470 is a nice budget card
but especially in the future you won't max games @60fps with it.
it's a great budget card but is weaker than a GTX970
it's good for it's price but much weaker than Rx480/1060

madmatt30 · Sep 17, 2016

That puts the cat among the pigeons!
The 470 is 10-12% weaker.

That is a massive price difference though!

At medium the 470 will cruise through stuff at more than 60fps, high/ultra you may get drops to mid/high 50's.

To me that's worth saving $100 - elsewhere in the world to you the 470 is only 10-15% cheaper than a 480.

Stijn Hendriks · Sep 17, 2016

madmatt30 :

So i checked the performance of the rx 470 and i didn't expected the results i found.
The card handles most games in 1080 above 60 fps on average.
on average it is 8% slower on games compared to the rx 480
but the pricing difference is about 24%
So it has better price/performance :/ now I'm even more confused which card I should pick xD

madmatt30 · Sep 17, 2016

Indeed mate , at that price difference the 470 is plainly the best buy easily.
Like I said in the UK the price difference is comparable to the performance difference.

Rx 480 4gb nitro is £195-200
Cheapest RX 470 4gb is £175

Over here it makes sense to just stump up the extra £20 for the 480 , at your prices it just doesn't at all.

Rx 480 vs gtx 1060

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