Selling my 380X to upgrade, help with conflicting info?

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escanthon

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So I'm letting my r9 380x go for $120, and I got a 750ti to tide me over. I'm going to save up for an upgrade, but I am only finding WILDLY conflicting information on it. I could get a 970, which performs somewhat similarly to the RX 480, for $150. I could get an 8gb RX 480 for $220. I could get a 4gb GTX 980 for $200. Or I could get a 6gb gtx 1060 for $240.


Here's where it gets frustrating for me, based on google results.



The RX 480, while similar to the 970, is better, sure. The 970 performs almost as good as the 480. The 480 is superior to the 980. The 1060 is superior to the 980 ti and the RX 480. The RX 480 is a better buy than the 980 ti. I'm going to leave out all the nonsense about Vulkan and DX12. The 980 ti is not on my radar at all, too expensive, just threw it in here because of various forum posts, etc, that present this info.


So it seems that this is all out of whack here. I need some help. Please disregard all my other specs. It's a decent mid-ranged skylake PC with a 6320.


Thanks for your time.


Edit: I guess, for $350 and some patience, the gtx 1070 is also an option.
 
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I think you're going about this backwards. I'd get the monitor first. There's no way I'd upgrade the videocard to the tune of around $200 while I'm still using 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 monitors. Think about what you want, freesync/gsynce/high refresh rate/image quality/resolution/etc, then buy it. Live with it a bit. Then see where you're at in terms of the games you play, the performance you're getting, and the performance you seek. That will help you identify the perfect card for you.
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The 480 and 970 are close.
The 980 is better than the 480, though not massively.
The 1060 and 480 are fairly close as the 480 has improved in newer games.
The 980ti is significantly better than the 1060, in the neighborhood of 40% or so.

At $350, the 1070 is an excellent buy.
Below that, I'd go 580/480 if you play more DX 12 games, 1060 if you play more AAA titles that are a year or two old.
 
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The RX 480 is not superior to the GTX 980, but it is a bit faster than a 970. Overall the 980 is a bit faster than the 480 and the 1060. The GTX 1060 is not better than a 980Ti, the 980Ti trades blows with the GTX 1070.

What resolution and refresh rate are running or planning on running?
 
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I read that although it consumes less power, the rx 470 is more or less just as fast as my 380x. I'm 1080p for now, but I hope to pick up a budget 1440p monitor by the end of the year. Also, I could pick up a 4gb rx 480 for $179 if I hit the right newegg deals.
 
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My current monitor is 1680x1050 at 75 with a second monitor at 1280x1024 75hz
 
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In general. Now the 480/1060 are close. The 980Ti/1070 are close. With video cards, I tend to always advise get the best you can afford and don't worry about it. Freesync is awesome and the monitors with it enabled are relatively inexpensive compared to G-Sync enabled monitors. If that's not a factor and won't be a factor in the near future, no worries. I 4k on my Samsung 55in 4k Tv and game on a AOC Agon 144hz wqhd, and I gotta say, the freesync is awesome. I have a 470 to tide me over until the Vega cards come out, I had a 980Ti, and I'd take the 470+freesync any day over my old card.
 
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Considering you have an i3 a 1070, 980 or 1080 are all beyond the abilities of the i3 so getting any of those would be pointless unless you plan on doing a cpu upgrade in the near future.

Thus your best choices are 1060, 480/580.
Anything bellow that is not a step up from your 380.

580 is only a very marginal increase over 480, so it bassically comes down to how much cost difference between the two.
In regards to 580/480 vs 1060: 580 if doing new titles, 1060 if doing old titles or if you do photo/video editing. Most editing applications will utilize CUDA cores in NVIDIA cards so you will get way more use of the GPU for your money using NVIDIA if you do those tasks.
 
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I have a feeling that diminishing returns going up from the rx 480 to the gtx 980 with my i3 won't be so severe that I wouldn't notice an improvement, and I'm nowhere near smart enough to use editing software. Your comment is exciting, though. If the 980 is enough better than the RX 480 that it goes from "a good fit" to "totally useless", then the upgrade is way more than marginal and the 980 should keep me happy for quite some time, at less money.

New titles seem mostly well optimized enough that a 980 can push 50 or so frames at 2k, at least the ones I'd be willing to play.
 
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I think you're going about this backwards. I'd get the monitor first. There's no way I'd upgrade the videocard to the tune of around $200 while I'm still using 1680x1050 and 1280x1024 monitors. Think about what you want, freesync/gsynce/high refresh rate/image quality/resolution/etc, then buy it. Live with it a bit. Then see where you're at in terms of the games you play, the performance you're getting, and the performance you seek. That will help you identify the perfect card for you.
 
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