GTX 970 OR GTX 1060 3gb?

dankknightavngr · Sep 23, 2017

970 for $160 and 10603gb for $180.
BTW my country isnt affected by the mining craze

vapour · Sep 23, 2017

1060 3gb, 1060 outperforms and consumes less power. utility bill diff will gradually cover that 20 diff.

dankknightavngr · Sep 23, 2017

How about the 3gb? Is that enough for 1080p??? Arkham knight reaches 4.1gb on 1080p ultra

jmrnilsson · Sep 23, 2017

Usually dropping 10 in model puts you at last generation. So the Gtx 970 is in performance range of the Gtx 1060.

There is also the 1050 ti model that drops a a bit in performance but gives you 4 Gb like the Gtx 970 which may give you some more longevity.

Both should work and perform similarly. Gtx 970 gives 1 gb more, I think, more vram so that doesn't hurt.

vapour · Sep 23, 2017

dankknightavngr :

If you can spare extra $50, 6gb is worth getting

Some games you may need to play with lower setting due to 3gb limit

jmrnilsson · Sep 23, 2017

I share vapour's sentiment, try to go for more vram. A faster card that can't fit all the data will have lower texture detail among other things, I think.

dankknightavngr · Sep 23, 2017

Unfortunately i cant go for the 6gb cause im also upgrading my cpu cause even my gtx 9604gb is getting bottlenecked by my g4400 in kost games by alil bit

vapour · Sep 23, 2017

dankknightavngr :

What is your budget and current rig? We may be able to help you choosing good upgrade plan

dankknightavngr · Sep 23, 2017

G4400
Ecs h110m c3d ddr3
Zotac amp 960 4gb
8gb ddr3 1333
500gb wd blue
Seasonic s12ii 520w

dankknightavngr · Sep 23, 2017

My budget for Gpu is $150-$180
Cpu is $80
Id want the bang for buck as much as possible

dankknightavngr · Sep 23, 2017

Actually just make my overall budget for cpu and gpu upgrade $220-250

Goran571 · Sep 23, 2017

I suggest you get a G4560 and the GTX1060. In some countries the 4560 might be overpriced because Intel is lowering their production afaik, so you might wanna get the 4600 instead, since it's a stronger CPU and it might be the same price or even lower. It should be in your budget, but I'm not 100% sure.

dankknightavngr · Sep 23, 2017

Goran571 :

G4600 is around $82 here and used $i3 6100 is around the same price too, which would you personally go for?

Goran571 · Sep 23, 2017

dankknightavngr :

As far as I can see, they have exact performance(compared using cpu.benchmark.com) and honestly I'd much rather go for a new 4600 than a used i3 even if the 4600 was a bit weaker. So yeah, long story short take the 4600.

renz496 · Sep 23, 2017

The 970 compete quite well even with the 1060 6GB. the 970 you mention about what it's exact model?

dankknightavngr · Sep 23, 2017

renz496 :

I found two ads, 1 is blower style from Palit, the other is MSI GAMING, if Im not mistaken, thats the cool looking red dual fan that msi is makes?

renz496 · Sep 23, 2017

How much the 970 MSI Gaming cost?

dankknightavngr · Sep 23, 2017

renz496 :

I said $160 in the post

dankknightavngr · Sep 23, 2017

I also found a r9 290 tri X oc for $150. Is that a good deal??? also, is it worth to buy 290x blower style for $110?

renz496 · Sep 23, 2017

The blower 290X is quite terrible. It was hot to the point it will throttle the gpu down to 700mhz-800mhz range. Between 970 and 290 the former is faster in general. You can watch this video to see how gtx970 fare against GTX1060 6GB and GTX1060 3GB:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fLKtdA7Ezyk

jmrnilsson · Sep 23, 2017

Not sure if this is helpful. But I'd go with MSI over Palit. The red/black fan sounds like MSI Gaming with TwinFrozr. It has sturdy build quality and is pretty silent in my experience.

dankknightavngr · Sep 24, 2017

renz496 :

Theres no 290x there tho

renz496 · Sep 24, 2017

There is another video with 390. Just check hardware unboxed " does it still worth buying 390". Though i think 390 ia more like 290X in performance due to higher clock and tweaked to sustain the clock.

dankknightavngr · Sep 24, 2017

renz496 :

I saw 1 ad of MSI 390 8gb for $180 same as 10603gb, which do you perefer?

renz496 · Sep 24, 2017

MSI 390 8GB.

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