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ultima_trev wrote:If power draw is a concern (i.e. a SFF build), the GTX 1060.
If not, the RX 480. According to Hardware Canuck's most recent testing, the RX 480 is only 2% behind the GTX 1060 in DX11 games and that number will surely diminish with future driver revisions. Also the 8GB of VRAM vs 6 should also help.
CScottG wrote:After owning a Radeon HD6950 and HD6750 (in my and my wife's PC respectively) for 5 years and then switching to a GTX1070 and GTX1060 this summer, I'm not sure how much of the claim that "Nvidia's drivers are better" I would agree with. Since July, we have had more driver related problems that the previous 5 years put together. Sure, I can see that AMD leaves some performance on the table with their first driver releases for some games, but I rarely did I have stability issues with their drivers. Nvidia's drivers though have been a bit of a mess. I have had to roll back drivers to several times on both of our PCs due to drivers causing lockups, BSODs, black screens etc. (Both of the PCs were completely reformatted and windows reinstalled so it's not like there are conflicts due to old drivers either.) Maybe Nvidia's drivers used to be significantly better than AMD's but in my experience, they are not anymore.Additionally, Nvidia is usually (in the long-run) the better co. when it comes to drivers - they just have a lot more man-power to crank-out drivers (..though there will always be exceptions) - and note that they also seem to crank-out a lot of crappy drivers as well (..so it's a bit give and take there depending on the game for any given point in time). My guess is that DX 12 titles will also improve further (..and considerably so considering most of Nvidia's driver team is still focused on DX 11 at this time).
general_tux wrote:..Since July, we have had more driver related problems that the previous 5 years put together.
DPete27 wrote:That XFX GTR looks pretty well built. Thanks for the tip.Both cards won't have any problems hitting 60fps in even the most demanding games today at max settings and 1080p.
Yes, the RX480 pulls ahead in DX12.
I'm not sure 8GB vs 6GB is a big deal. You will take a slight performance hit going with a 4GB RX480 (about 10ish usually) which is technically in competition with the GTX 1060 3GB (though I'd easily choose the 4GB RX480 over the 3GB GTX1060).
I'd vote RX480 personally. I bought two MSI RX480 Gaming X 8GB cards this fall. One for $211 after MIR, the other for $205 after MIR (both from jet.com). I've seen the 4GB version as low as $170 after MIR. The MSI Gaming X and the XFX GTR have the best coolers.
ultima_trev wrote:If power draw is a concern (i.e. a SFF build), the GTX 1060.
If not, the RX 480. According to Hardware Canuck's most recent testing, the RX 480 is only 2% behind the GTX 1060 in DX11 games and that number will surely diminish with future driver revisions. Also the 8GB of VRAM vs 6 should also help.