Sapphire Nitro+ RX 480 4gb or EVGA GTX 1060 3gb FTW+?

Styxxien · Oct 9, 2016

I'm looking to upgrade my current rig, and both the Nitro+ and FTW+ are currently the same price ($230+shipping) on Newegg. Which would be the better choice?
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Ne0Wolf7 · Oct 9, 2016

I would choose the 480. In this case, it has more VRAM and the Polaris architecture works better with the newest graphics engines, meaning that it's performance will increase as more developers use DX12 and Vulcan.

CTurbo · Oct 9, 2016

$230 is not a good price for a 3GB 1060. Your can get them for $199 all the time. The 8GB 480 and 6GB 1060 start at around $240-250 so the 4GB 480 is not a very good deal either.

Ne0Wolf7 · Oct 9, 2016

Maybe this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131694&cm_re=rx_480-_-14-131-694-_-Product
It's on sale right now, and has the 8 GB of VRAM. Three fans are cool (both temperature and looks wise)

Styxxien · Oct 9, 2016

Ne0Wolf7 :

I would go with that if I could, but $230 is already pushing my budget. Thanks for the suggestion, though!

sarwar_r87 · Oct 9, 2016

rx 480 would be a better choice compared to 1060 3G, but i would pick a Nitro+. maybe msi gaming x or xfx rs. the Nitro+ is known to have poor thermals and power draw.

Olaf_Metal · Oct 9, 2016

PNY-GeForce-GTX-1060 3gig for $173.32 after $30 code

https://jet.com/product/PNY-Technologies-VCGGTX10603PB-PNY-GeForce-GTX-1060-Graphic-Card-151-GHz-Core-17/76f66bd689c24580b37e32e6e3e461e1

or GIGABYTE RX 480 G1 4GB for $192.68 after code

https://jet.com/product/GIGABYTE-AMD-Radeon-RX-480-G1-Gaming-4GB-GDDR5-DVIHDMI3DisplayPort-PCI-Express-V/8219225d5fba4268aae138981b355d7d

Styxxien · Oct 9, 2016

Olaf_Metal :

Looks like Jet's reputation is absolutely horrendous, though. I think I'd rather play it safe.

Olaf_Metal · Oct 9, 2016

Apparenty most orders aren't actually fulfilled by them. More then likely pc parts are going to be shipped by Newegg. They were recently bought by Wall-mart. I don't know if that makes them more or less shady, but its not like they are some kind of fly by night company. Their website is shite though.

Danigar · Oct 9, 2016

I wanted to comment on this because I've been looking for a deal on a graphics card using the promo codes in jet.com (I'm debating right now between a PNY GTX 1060 6GB at $206 or Gigabyte RX 480 4GB at $188 after a %15 discount) Looks like great deals but when you say the website is bad now I'm afraid. In what sense is it bad? The customer service if something goes wrong or the product not being what was supposed to be?

Styxxien · Oct 10, 2016

Danigar :

Stuff like not sending out orders, cancelling accounts, etc. A google search will yield a lot of complaints on sites like Reddit and Quora.

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