Upgrading from a 780

[ClubSpade12]

What would you say is the best option?

I'm looking into the 1060, but I'm not experienced enough to really determine whether or not that is a good choice for a noticeable performance upgrade.

My other specs are 16gb RAM and i5 6600K so I'm not worried about bottleneck.

Any help is appreciated

 

[atomicWAR]

GTX 1060 would not be a huge upgrade....in fact it be fairly parallel. a GTX 780 is about as powerful as a GTX 970 which is slightly less powerful then the GTX 1060...go for a GTX 1070 or better. Or you likely won't see much performance gains past 10%.

 

[ClubSpade12]

Well the 1060 is supposed to perform like the 980, right? And with new drivers it will be much more optimized

 

[atomicWAR]

Well the 1060 is supposed to perform like the 980, right? And with new drivers it will be much more optimized

reviews show it between a GTX 970 and GTX 980 (sometimes beating a GTX 980)...so not saying you won't get a performance increase, it just won't be a very big one.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_1060_review,13.html

 

[atomicWAR]

Well the 1060 is supposed to perform like the 980, right? And with new drivers it will be much more optimized

some would argue the drivers are some of the performance upgrade. Ie. that nvidia cripples older cards in drivers to make newer ones look better. I personally don't buy it but a lot of peeps certainly do. Ultimately the choice is yours.

 

[ClubSpade12]

Oh alright, aim higher, so theoretically a 980 is overall still better than a 1060?

 

[atomicWAR]

yes especially at higher resolutions...

 

[ClubSpade12]

So would a 980 ti have a nice boost over the 780?

I'm specifically looking for more performance on GTA V, Fallout 4, and Dying Light.

 

[Woohoopy]

To be honest, you're in a sticky situation, and it's not your fault.

Nvidia placed the 1060 at a higher pricepoint than the 60s usually are, and same with the 1070.

They've kind of forced some of their previouse 70s marketshare, (like yourself), to choose between a super expensive 1070 or a weaker 1060.

From the benchmarks online, you can expect a 22% performance increase going from a GTX 780 to a GTX 1060, which is not bad in my opinion.

Ultimately the decision is yours, but I believe that the 1060's frames per dollar is excellent for 1080p gaming and 1070 for 1440p+ and above gaming. Unless you find a real good deal on a 900s series GPU, I feel like the power efficiency and new software like Ansel and such justify the purchase of a 10 series gp104/106 like the 1070 or 1060.

 

[atomicWAR]

So would a 980 ti have a nice boost over the 780?

I'm specifically looking for more performance on GTA V, Fallout 4, and Dying Light.

it would but at that point unless you getting a great deal on the price....you would of been better off with the GTX 1070. same performance for less money (some sales excluded...or said "great deal" i mentioned for example).

 

[ClubSpade12]

Chances are I will just get whichever one of those is cheaper at the time of purchase.

However I have acknowledged that the 1060 is better in GTA V by a decent amount. And obviously has double the VRAM

(p.s. if anyone knows how to fix that weird shadow box thing on GTA V let me know)

 

[Silverbear]

If price is an issue, have you considered the RX 480? It comes very close to the GTX 1060 in most games including GTA 5 and still beats the tar out of the 780 while being cheaper:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_radeon_rx_480_gaming_x_review,17.html

 

[ClubSpade12]

I have thought about it, but being an NVIDIA person, and realizing how much better NVIDIA and Intel are for emulation and stuff, I try to stick to NVIDIA unless I really can't. I also really enjoy NVIDIA DSR mode