XFX R9 390, RX 480 or GTX 1060 for 1080p gaming

bryangraph · Oct 5, 2016

Hi guys, i'm planning to buy a new GPU but i can't decide what i need to buy for 1080p gaming. I want one of these GPU's:

XFX R9 390 8GB
Radeon RX 480 8GB
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

a friend is selling the R9 390 in a cheap price, but i don't know if is a good idea get the 390 or go to a RX 480 or GTX 1060

These are the components of my PC:

AsRock Fatal1ty Z97x Killer LGA 1150
Intel Core i5 4590
Kingston HyperX Genesis 2x4GB 1600Mhz
EVGA 600B 80 Plus Bronze
NZXT Kraken x31

quilciri · Oct 5, 2016

the 1060 is a bit faster than the 480, which in turn is a bit faster than the 390. What price is he asking for the 390?

bryangraph · Oct 5, 2016

quilciri :

He's asking 210 dollars

amtseung · Oct 5, 2016

In my humble opinion, if he's willing to part with it for 200 flat, and it is confirmed fully functioning, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

littleleo · Oct 5, 2016

Either the RX 480 or the GTX 1060 would be good. The RX 480 does have more RAM, better Vulkan support and supports Multi-GPU. GTX1060 is a little faster 6GB is enough RAM for any game out there. Unless it is so cheap it is ridiculous I don't buy used cards.

ikaz · Oct 5, 2016

to be honest $200 is an ok price but really he's not much of a friend as you can get a 1060/480 for around $250 new (and maybe tax free) if he was selling it for around $175 then I would say good deal.

kansaw · Oct 5, 2016

I'd go for one of new generation cards, either the 480 or 1060. Just the electric bill over several years with a 390 could make it cost more in the long run.

If you're using a 1080p 60hz monitor both newer cards will play games at max game settings with no problems.

If you want a dual gpu upgrade path, this is available thru crossfire with the rx480.

Future/new games which use Windows 10 and dx12 work better with the rx480.

littleleo · Oct 5, 2016

bryangraph :

That seems high since you can buy a RX 480 new for $229.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125907&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Video+Cards+-+AMD%2FATI-_-N82E16814125907&gclid=CObt5azcxM8CFcmOfgod8dUFJg&gclsrc=aw.ds

quilciri · Oct 6, 2016

There is a 3GB version of the 1060 that can be had for $200. That would be the best option in this range for 1080p gaming.

more than 4GB is overkill for 1080p.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1282021-REG/evga_03g_p4_6160_kr_geforce_gtx_1060_3gb.html

Cheers!

bicycle_repair_man · Oct 6, 2016

What refresh rate are you talking about? At 60hz, an RX 470 would do a good job.

littleleo · Oct 11, 2016

quilciri :

FYI, the 3GB version isn't the same as the 6GB version some have suggested it should have been called the 1050 or 1050 Ti or even 1060 LE. It has one of the GP106 GPU’s ten streaming multiprocessors turned off. That reduces the CUDA core count from 1280 on the 6GB version to 1152 on the 3GB version.

quilciri · Oct 19, 2016

littleleo :

Interesting. Well, the point still stands, even with a 10% reduction in CUDA cores and no clock speed increase to compensate, the 1060 still appears to edge out the 480 on average even assuming a full10% performance reduction.

kansaw · Oct 19, 2016

According to these Battlefield test results the 1060 should be compared more to the rx470, not the rx480.
http://wccftech.com/battlefield-1-directx-12-benchmarks-amd-nvidia/

"Battlefield 1 is by far the most visually stunning and technically accomplished game that we have seen yet".

quilciri · Oct 20, 2016

kansaw :

That's a DX12 benchmark. While that is very encouraging for AMD cards, it's not a great indicator of overall card performance right now.

littleleo · Oct 20, 2016

Now there is a new GTX 1050 & GTX 1050 Ti, it will be interesting to see the benchmarks on them comparing them to the GTX 1060 versions and the AMD RX 400 series.

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