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From rx470 to 1060 or gtx980

532 views 24 replies 6 participants last post by  Echoa 
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So I'm thinking about moving to a 1060 or 980 from my rx470. I'm just getting kinda tired of AMD cards being non existent because of mining (and taking forever to release)and because of the poor OpenGL performance. I love AMD but lately they haven't been giving what I need.

I mostly play MMOs with the AAA title on occasion when they're cheap to buy so vulkan/Dx12 isn't going to be important for me for at least 2-3yrs.

Which do you guys think would be a better option, the 1060 or the 980? I'll be selling my 470 to make up some of the cost.
 
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1060 and 980 should be around the same performance. I would get whichever is cheapest, new or used
 
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Definitely the 1060. NVidia's record on optimizing for older cards has been a topic here in ocn for quite sometime. You did not read about it?
 
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Definitely the 1060. NVidia's record on optimizing for older cards has been a topic here in ocn for quite sometime. You did not read about it?
Except Maxwell and Pascal are basically the same arch, no?
 
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Definitely the 1060. NVidia's record on optimi
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I have, just the 980 is a bit cheaper atm
I just read even the 10xx are getting there, so get the newer model. My Hd 7950 died and can't find an amd replacement. So, i got me a 1050. In Africa and Asia - shelves are filled with nvidia. Zero AMD.

@aDyer, they are but somehow nvidia manages to optimize newer models better. Nothing new really.
 
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One of my main annoyances lately has been that when I play no man's sky no matter if I run low, medium, or high settings I can't run higher than 50fps average. In space I'm ok but thats expected. The 1060 at medium/high can do 60fps avg while the 480/470 barely manage 50. Then there is that AMD GPU are impossible to get right now without spending a fortune so even if I wanted a 480/580 I couldn't get one.
 
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One of my main annoyances lately has been that when I play no man's sky no matter if I run low, medium, or high settings I can't run higher than 50fps average. In space I'm ok but thats expected. The 1060 at medium/high can do 60fps avg while the 480/470 barely manage 50. Then there is that AMD GPU are impossible to get right now without spending a fortune so even if I wanted a 480/580 I couldn't get one.
Found a fairly old review of the game using a 1060 . . .

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4xgkdf/no_mans_sky_pc_benchmarks_rx_480_gtx_1060_1070/

Im using a phone so my pasting might not work.
 
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Found a fairly old review of the game using a 1060 . . .

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/comments/4xgkdf/no_mans_sky_pc_benchmarks_rx_480_gtx_1060_1070/

Im using a phone so my pasting might not work.
They've made alot of changes so this isn't very relevant anymore sadly. The 480 can do decent but only without Vsync which makes the game a tearing mess for AMD cards. Also with improved lighting and AO the games gotten a bit heavier. The 1060 still heavily outpaces the 480 in NMS either way

AMD has alot of tearing and stutter in NMS and just overall avg performance is sub par for what they should be able to do

Even on medium I can't get a solid 60 on a 470 when it should do it easily
 
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They've made alot of changes so this isn't very relevant anymore sadly. The 480 can do decent but only without Vsync which makes the game a tearing mess for AMD cards. Also with improved lighting and AO the games gotten a bit heavier. The 1060 still heavily outpaces the 480 in NMS either way

AMD has alot of tearing and stutter in NMS and just overall avg performance is sub par for what they should be able to do

Even on medium I can't get a solid 60 on a 470 when it should do it easily
As you witnessed, the 1060 can do 60. No use of talking about the 480 since it is slower and no where to be found. Get the 1060 over the 980.

Edit: if your cpu is at stock - oc it a bit for this game.
 
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The 1060 6 GB version is the best bet if you can go there. If you are going to hold on to the card for a long period, the extra VRAM gives you the extra headroom.
Probably around 2-3yrs, I'll be upgrading around 2020. I was looking at the Gigabyte Aorus 1060
That's a pretty beefy card with three fans, right? I'm looking at one with 9 Gbps memory, is that the one?

From what I read the higher speed doesn't make a difference for now, but then again, it can't hurt and may be useful in the future.
 
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That's a pretty beefy card with three fans, right? I'm looking at one with 9 Gbps memory, is that the one?

From what I read the higher speed doesn't make a difference for now, but then again, it can't hurt and may be useful in the future.
Yup that's the one

The higher memory doesn't make a ton of difference but for 30$ more why not? I figure I can clock out a bit higher on core and memory for a decent boost over regular 1060s
 
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I went from a asus rog strix 470 to a pny xlr8 1060. I hate hate hate my 1060. Probabaly b/c it's the OC pny one, but hell it's loud and it's hot. Even though I sold the 470 for 320, I wish I nvr bought the 1060. I'm seriously thinking about putting it under water, which goes against everything I stand for from a value prospect.

PS..there are other things I dislike about the card such as dsr/vsr (whatever nvidia calls thier implementation) and washed out video, I have those as well on my 1050ti, but I prefer that card to the 1060
 
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I went from a asus rog strix 470 to a pny xlr8 1060. I hate hate hate my 1060. Probabaly b/c it's the OC pny one, but hell it's loud and it's hot. Even though I sold the 470 for 320, I wish I nvr bought the 1060. I'm seriously thinking about putting it under water, which goes against everything I stand for from a value prospect.

PS..there are other things I dislike about the card such as dsr/vsr (whatever nvidia calls thier implementation) and washed out video, I have those as well on my 1050ti, but I prefer that card to the 1060
The washed video is because Nvidia on default uses a smaller color range. Idk if you still have to patch it for full RGB anymore.
 
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That's a pretty beefy card with three fans, right? I'm looking at one with 9 Gbps memory, is that the one?

From what I read the higher speed doesn't make a difference for now, but then again, it can't hurt and may be useful in the future.
Yup that's the one

The higher memory doesn't make a ton of difference but for 30$ more why not? I figure I can clock out a bit higher on core and memory for a decent boost over regular 1060s
From what I'm seeing the card has some very healthy clocks compared to the competition - the highest OC clocks from what I'm seeing, it certainly is high-grade GTX 1060 material.
 
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I just googled it, the latest drivers should have an option to force compliance with full RGB, you on the latest?
I just got noti today of a new one so no. I have already done it (full rbg tweak) though.

It was just one more thing on a laundry list of why I dislike the card. Heck my old r9 280 was quieter and ran cooler with 0 issues

Basically what I'm saying is if I could go back I would not buy the 1060 I bought. I would run my back up hd 7750 til prices came back down and mainly use my other pc with the 1050ti (which I like). Then I'd either get a 1070 or a 570 580.
 
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