Choice of GPU - RX480 8GB, Fury X 4GB, GTX 1060.

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joshparrish95

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Hey all,

Currently in the market for a GPU as I just don't have one. The reason I'm looking at this price range is due to the fact that in roughly 6 months I'm going to be looking at a new gpu probably Vega. I have a price budget of £260ish and I can get all 3 for that price. The question is, which will give me the best performance.

My current specs are as follows:
AMD FX9590 @ 5.0Ghz w/ Corsair h100i
16GB DDR3 RAM 2133Mhz
ASUS Sabertooth 990fx Rev.2
OCZ 850Watt Modular PSU Gold
CM Storm Stryker Case

As you can see, space is no object so I'm not too fussed about size of the gpu I just want the absolute best for the price and maybe some decent overclocking capabilities should I wish/need to.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and the card will be going to my younger brother when I upgrade to Vega who will keep it for at least a year so it needs to last roughly 18 months.

Look forward to your replies.

Cheers,

Josh
 
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maxalge


having "issues" is not the problem


the pair will work


you just would never see the 480's or 1060's full potential with that cpu



there is a reason that it is avoided, and generally seen as a subpar choice
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Hi,

Regarding 480 and 1060, they are almost 100% evenly matched, I think it's only a matter of preference. The RX480 has more VRAM and better DX12 support, the GTX1060 tends to be the winner in older DX11 games. With both GPUs you can play everything safely with 1080p maxed out. If you ask me, its totally up to you.

Fury is a little bit of a boutique GPU, with HBM on board. It is more of a 1440p/4k card - but 4GB mem could be an issue with some games. I think you would be more on the safer side with the 480.

You can find some nice versus videos with the RX480 - GTX1060, bonus, benchmarked with an FX8370:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlsVC6zST2tpNSIDkwTskAAt2r39JHVFL
 
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Thank you guys, second question. My last GPU was a GTX 770 and it was an MSI Gaming X. It was near silent and ran really cool but with the 480 I'm stuck between the MSI and the Sapphire Nitro+, any insight? I will more than likely be overclocking also
 
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Best price/performance would be the RX 480.

Very close performance between the MSI Gaming X and the Sapphire Nitro+, with an average of only about 3 to 5 fps difference between them (mostly favoring the Nitro+, but depending on the game and resolution).

MSI wins on noise levels and power consumption hands down (but they are about the same in temperature/cooling performance).

I'd go for the MSI.
https://nl.hardware.info/reviews/6936/radeon-rx-480-sapphire-nitro+-versus-msi-gaming-x-review
 
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https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1060_Armor/30.html
 
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if you are going to upgrade gpu soon anyways just grab the cheapest rx 470 you can find, the 480 or 1060 would be bottlenecked by your processor anyways


put the money saved into upgrading your setup to properly use vega

 
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I do want to upgrade to Ryzen but the particular chip I want (1600x) isn't out for a while. I can't find anything on the web regarding the 9590 bottlenecking a RX480, people with lower FX chips such as the FX6100 have had no issues either.

 
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having "issues" is not the problem


the pair will work


you just would never see the 480's or 1060's full potential with that cpu



there is a reason that it is avoided, and generally seen as a subpar choice
 
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Josh,
You will have no problem, your rig will be just fine with the RX480. Obviously, you could lose 5% FPS in certain games due to the lower performance of the FX9590, BUT this is a non issue, if you ask me.

So no worries, just go ahead with your pick of MSI or Sapphire 480. The one which has the lower price and rebate is just fine. You should not overthink that much. :)
 
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