I'm building my new Ryzen 1600X system in a few days, my wallet is a bit light right now, so i will be doing the GPU upgrade later.
So i've reached a bit of a dilemma, i'm a long time system builder i've even sold custom built systems in the past and i'm usually very well versed in the tech.
I've always been a supporter or Nvidia/SLI always having dual GPUs in my builds for at least the last 10 years, But i've read something recently which calls that into question.
From what i've read a lot of game developers are not optimizing for SLI/CF anymore
(i've seen this in reality on a friends dual R9 290 system, should be 100fps+ but it's lucky to get 60-70FPS)
So this calls into question is SLI/CF going to be a viable solution anymore.
Now everybody always said you could only expect 20-30% gains from SLI, in my experience it was always a lot higher than that closer to 45% give or take.
Some posts/reviews have predicted/observed as little as a 10% gain from current GPUs with new games in SLI, i've always liked the SLI option as a way to buy one reasonably priced GPU now and add another later to keep up with times, it's always served me pretty well, but if the above is true it may no longer be an option.
It also creates a problem for budget minded people, how do you get 60-70FPS+ minimum without spending $600-$700 on a GTX 1080 TI
Which brings me closer to my current predicament, i have a budget i can't go dropping $500 on a GPU as much as i would like to.
I've considered several options as follows.
RX 580
Now, i've ALWAYS had Nvidia cards in my builds, i've always found them to be just better, But it looks like the gap is closing up a lot the RX 580 looks like the best performance per dollar matching the 1060 6GB in a lot of cases and just under it in others.
I'm a bit worried about its 1% lows i've very frame sensitive and i can see those micro stutters that some people can't see
On paper the RX 580 is the superior card, except in core clock, though that can't really be a 1:1 comparisons
However, it is just slightly lagging behind the GTX 1060 6GB in some areas, and sometimes that might mean the difference between 60+FPS or not
the 8GB VRAM may or may not be beneficial for the future
GTX 1060 6GB
This one looks like the best performance, but i'm not sure about it No SLI support and SLI may be pointless
Being a lower binned card it may have far less overclocking potential which is problematic for the future if SLI isn't a viable option
6GB VRAM is less than 8GB from the RX 580 again may or may not be critical
980 SLI
Again If SLI is useless for the future then this wouldn't be useful as 1060 6GB is roughly = to single 980 at least based on the benchmarks i've seen.
980 TI
This is somewhat on the fringe, roughly 1070 performance for less money in used market, but buying a last gen GPU sounds like a downgrade and a all around bad idea for a new build. not to mention could the card be worn out due to bad O/C etc
So here's the basis of my dilemma, hopefully i covered all the important points.
I should point out i have no intention of gaming higher than 1080p.
The one kink is at some point i want to get a Oculus rift (won't be for a while) and i need something that can handle it, i'm not entirely sure any of these cards can maintain 90fps
So i've reached a bit of a dilemma, i'm a long time system builder i've even sold custom built systems in the past and i'm usually very well versed in the tech.
I've always been a supporter or Nvidia/SLI always having dual GPUs in my builds for at least the last 10 years, But i've read something recently which calls that into question.
From what i've read a lot of game developers are not optimizing for SLI/CF anymore
(i've seen this in reality on a friends dual R9 290 system, should be 100fps+ but it's lucky to get 60-70FPS)
So this calls into question is SLI/CF going to be a viable solution anymore.
Now everybody always said you could only expect 20-30% gains from SLI, in my experience it was always a lot higher than that closer to 45% give or take.
Some posts/reviews have predicted/observed as little as a 10% gain from current GPUs with new games in SLI, i've always liked the SLI option as a way to buy one reasonably priced GPU now and add another later to keep up with times, it's always served me pretty well, but if the above is true it may no longer be an option.
It also creates a problem for budget minded people, how do you get 60-70FPS+ minimum without spending $600-$700 on a GTX 1080 TI
Which brings me closer to my current predicament, i have a budget i can't go dropping $500 on a GPU as much as i would like to.
I've considered several options as follows.
RX 580
Now, i've ALWAYS had Nvidia cards in my builds, i've always found them to be just better, But it looks like the gap is closing up a lot the RX 580 looks like the best performance per dollar matching the 1060 6GB in a lot of cases and just under it in others.
I'm a bit worried about its 1% lows i've very frame sensitive and i can see those micro stutters that some people can't see
On paper the RX 580 is the superior card, except in core clock, though that can't really be a 1:1 comparisons
However, it is just slightly lagging behind the GTX 1060 6GB in some areas, and sometimes that might mean the difference between 60+FPS or not
the 8GB VRAM may or may not be beneficial for the future
GTX 1060 6GB
This one looks like the best performance, but i'm not sure about it No SLI support and SLI may be pointless
Being a lower binned card it may have far less overclocking potential which is problematic for the future if SLI isn't a viable option
6GB VRAM is less than 8GB from the RX 580 again may or may not be critical
980 SLI
Again If SLI is useless for the future then this wouldn't be useful as 1060 6GB is roughly = to single 980 at least based on the benchmarks i've seen.
980 TI
This is somewhat on the fringe, roughly 1070 performance for less money in used market, but buying a last gen GPU sounds like a downgrade and a all around bad idea for a new build. not to mention could the card be worn out due to bad O/C etc
So here's the basis of my dilemma, hopefully i covered all the important points.
I should point out i have no intention of gaming higher than 1080p.
The one kink is at some point i want to get a Oculus rift (won't be for a while) and i need something that can handle it, i'm not entirely sure any of these cards can maintain 90fps
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