1060 3GB or RX 580 8GB

[Scoot_]

Which one is better overall without looking at price?

 

[maxalge]

Which one is better overall without looking at price?

580 easily

 

[Dooop805]

580

 

[Chugalug_]

The 580 is better, but at around the same price point a GTX 1060 6GB will outperform the 580.

 

[dontlistentome]

This is a strange question because those two cards are not in the same performance OR price category. If someone is trying to sell you a 1060 3gb for the same price as a 580, they are trying to pull one over on you.

 

[Dooop805]

The 580 is better, but at around the same price point a GTX 1060 6GB will outperform the 580.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB-vs-AMD-RX-580/3639vs3923

 

[Chugalug_]

The statistics for that are somewhat inaccurate at the moment, even though it displays the 1060 as being more powerful overall if you look at individual stats.
However, you should read review statistics for a more accurate comparison.
The 1060 6GB is about 5% faster and better optimized in general.

 

[Dooop805]

The statistics for that are somewhat inaccurate at the moment, even though it displays the 1060 as being more powerful overall if you look at individual stats.
However, you should read review statistics for a more accurate comparison.
The 1060 6GB is about 5% faster and better optimized in general.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIpOx8YUXuU

 

[RobCrezz]

The statistics for that are somewhat inaccurate at the moment, even though it displays the 1060 as being more powerful overall if you look at individual stats.
However, you should read review statistics for a more accurate comparison.
The 1060 6GB is about 5% faster and better optimized in general.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIpOx8YUXuU

In that review the 1060 6gb is faster in all of the tested games except Doom and Sniper elite.
http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/2882-msi-rx-580-gaming-x-review-vs-gtx-1060/page-5

 

[Chugalug_]

Ditto.

 

[Owen_27]

hey just wanted to say free-sync is cheaper than g sync and detect x 12 and Vulcan which favors the rx 580 but dx 11 favors the gtx 1060 6gb so i guess it depend on the games you play but more games in the future will probably be supporting dx 12

 

[Chugalug_]

Everything still performs worse in DX12 vs DX11 atm, not worth taking into consideration, it won't become mainstream until 2-3 years time.

 

[Owen_27]

Everything still performs worse in DX12 vs DX11 atm, not worth taking into consideration, it won't become mainstream until 2-3 years time.

http://www.windowscentral.com/amd-rx-480-vs-nvidia-gtx-1060

also in the future you can get another rx 580 and put them in crossfire also with 8gb 580 and amd fine wine technology and amd known to have longer driver support will make it probably the better choice now and will be a viable option for longer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGXVMJztK4w

https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/202046-what-is-amd-gpu-finewine-technology

either way i hope you have fun with your GPU in gaming or whatever you do with it

 

[Chugalug_]

Crossfire has extremely poor scaling, the best single card is the best option for value.

 

[Owen_27]

Crossfire has extremely poor scaling, the best single card is the best option for value.

well lets say in lets say 2-3 years they want to improve there graphical power because the graphics card will be about on the end of its life span there they coud get a secant one just to hold them out till they had the money to get a new gpu or just to play the newscast games at high setting, even though one gpu is better. 2 rx 580 will be more powerful than 1 1060 especially when dx 12 takes over
edit: this is also considering in the future a 580 will probably be lets say 25% cheaper than it is now and used options

 

[Chugalug_]

You'd still be spending 100-150 more on performance which won't be touched half the time, even then it's not worth it unless you're getting one for insanely cheap.

 

[Owen_27]

with Vega you can probably get one in 2-3 years for under a hundred dollars used like 100$ new probly cheaper than a new gpu in 2-3 years that outperforms unless we have a surge of technology and everything is more powerful for cheaper but i cant say i can only look at statistics of the past not the future