So GTX 1060 is the best price/perf card it seems?

[the54thvoid]

@Knoxx29

Those benchmarks are so different from what I've seen, that I have to call Bravo Sierra on the tester.
This suggests the work of a paid shill.

Anything that doesn't suit your narrative is 'shill'.

 

[JalleR]

just look at the TPU test they say it all...

 

[rtwjunkie]

Even TPU's non-schill 480 CF test shows it cant beat a 1080. The 1070 bested them a number of times

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/RX_480_CrossFire/

 

[P4-630]

Those benchmarks are so different from what I've seen

Hungari, can you post some links to the "so different" benchmarks you have seen?

 

[FireFox]

Those benchmarks are so different from what I've seen,

Of course are differents because those that you saw were the wrong one

 

[Ungari]

Anything that doesn't suit your narrative is 'shill'.

Actually, anything that doesn't suit my narrative is shrill.

Hungari, can you post some links to the "so different" benchmarks you have seen?

 

[yogurt_21]

? in that review he notices negative scaling in some games, bad scaling, and general stuttering. He goes on to say that he doesn't recommend crossfire or SLI over single card solutions.

That's different from the other reviews how?

 

[Ungari]

? in that review he notices negative scaling in some games, bad scaling, and general stuttering. He goes on to say that he doesn't recommend crossfire or SLI over single card solutions.

That's different from the other reviews how?

Not recommending SLI/Crossfire is pretty standard now as it has limited support in games, and yes there are games that the AMD architecture does poorly in.
The difference is in the amount of variance between the benchmarks, which are often inflated by shills on the behalf of Team Green.

 

[silkstone]

So my PSU is failing and need I a new one. I noticed a local retailer gives a $25 discount on Andyson PSUs when pre-ordering a Palit 1060.

I went ahead and made the plunge. $280 for the Palit GTX 1060 dual + $120 for a Titanium 700W PSU seems like pretty good value.

I would definitely have gone for a 480 if the price wasn't $330 USD for a reference design, but I think the 1060 will make me happy.

 

[ratirt]

i'd go for one card instead of 2 in wither SLI or Xfire. Poor game support for those. Going back to the subject. NVIDIA has realesed 1080 and 1070 as a top notch cards while AMD has released RX 480 as a mid range card for decent price. I can bet they got some serious reason for that and i think there will be a 490 release this year. It's different approach from NVIDIA. AMD save best for later and i'm not talking about vega. there's definitely going to be something like 490 or other kin d like that. They want to save some aces up their sleeves for a bit longer. hit when the opportunity and right time comes. From what I've read AMD is pretty confident in their technology. Besides what US USERS suits best. Competition and that's been great with the new gear both companies are releasing

 

[Ungari]

The RX 490 will likely be the single best sweet spot in upper-middle to lower high market.
I discount the rumors of another Dual GPU card, I think 490 will be a surprise low end Vega.

 

[FireFox]

AMD save best for later

Because you think that AMD will make a better card than the 1080?
Silly AMD's fansboys still dreaming that AMD could be a step ahead?

It will be quite the opposite, Nvidia will be always 2/3 steps ahead and when they think that they are getting closer Nvidia is already once again a few steps ahead.

 

[Ungari]

Because you think that AMD will make a better card than the 1080?
Silly AMD's fansboys still dreaming that AMD could be a step ahead?

They don't even have to beat the 1080, just come close enough with performance at a much lower price and give future compatibility for Vulkan and DX12 APIs to be a success.
Even Team Green fanbois will be happier when NGreedia is constantly being forced to lower it's price structure to stay competitive.

 

[FireFox]

They don't even have to beat the 1080

They dont have just for the simple reason that they cant.

just come close enough with performance

You and your obsession, if it is close enough with performance why people still prefer to buy the 1080 over the 480?

WAKE UP WAKE UP
THIS IS PLANET EARTH

Accept the The Ugly Truth, this is a war that AMD will never win.

 

[RejZoR]

AMD cards are simply more future proof. Remember, people who buy these $200-250 don't buy new ones every year or so like we do. And for them, superior DX12 and Vulkan support can be something worth considering. Seeing massive gains in everything DX12 and Vulkan available now means games will provide the same in the future. Can you say the same for GTX 1060 ? For these people, what NVIDIA will offer with GTX 2000 series is irrelevant as they won't be around to give any F about it. At least not the same customers that is. There will be new ones that skipped current generation (and possibly 2 more back).

 

[Tatty_Two]

AMD cards are simply more future proof. Remember, people who buy these $200-250 don't buy new ones every year or so like we do. And for them, superior DX12 and Vulkan support can be something worth considering. Seeing massive gains in everything DX12 and Vulkan available now means games will provide the same in the future. Can you say the same for GTX 1060 ? For these people, what NVIDIA will offer with GTX 2000 series is irrelevant as they won't be around to give any F about it. At least not the same customers that is. There will be new ones that skipped current generation (and possibly 2 more back).

I wish I could get a 480 in the UK for that price, I may just get one in pounds sterling for that figure, if I could I might even be tempted to crossfire them.

 

[Ungari]

You and your obsession, if it is close enough with performance why people still prefer to buy the 1080 over the 480?

The RX 480 is not in the same performance tier as the GTX 1080. They do not share the same market price point, so these are completely different customers.
About a 18 months ago I almost pulled the trigger on a GTX 980 Classified for around $650-$700. While I'm glad I didn't go through with it, I am now no longer in the $700 price range.
I'm looking at the RX 480 because I have never seen so much offered at this low a price. I will start with a single card and perhaps later buy another for Crossfire as the game I have most hours in supports multi-GPUs.
However, if i was still at the $700 price point I probably would be waiting to see Vega as the whole Founders Edition price scheme burns me. Pascal is nothing more than Maxwell 3.

 

[Ungari]

Remember, people who buy these $200-250 don't buy new ones every year or so like we do

At $200-$250 we can now afford to buy a new card next year, and the year after too!

 

[RejZoR]

I wish I could get a 480 in the UK for that price, I may just get one in pounds sterling for that figure, if I could I might even be tempted to crossfire them.

Well, the Europe and our VAT and all that crap...

 

[Tatty_Two]

Well, the Europe and our VAT and all that crap...

And I suppose Brexit Pound plummeting

 

[Nergal]

AMD confident? Waiting to hit the sweet spot?
Confident perhaps in their mid to high-range.
But as I understand it(from what I have seen commented); AMD most of the time don´t time things well; nor release as efficiently as they could/should.

And the time AMD does get it right; NVIDIA just pulls something off the shelve they already had R&D´d and readied to be produced immediatly.
I am amazed that NV pulled this fast release off; this clearly reeks of release-fixing on their part; but that´s another story.

To be revelant to what´s being said on topic; the 1060 is NOT the "best price/perf card"
NV chose money over plunging a knife in AMD. (not that they want AMD gone)
As such, I reckon the Rx480 4GB is the best price/perf card, by a decent lead

Still deciding if I will go with the 8GB, or the 4GB and then get a VEGA when they become available

 

[FireFox]

not that they want AMD gone

Of course Nvidia don't want their toy
(AMD ) gone otherwise they don't have who to play with

 

[silkstone]

I got my 1060 yesterday.

Overall, I'm not overwhelmed. I was expecting much better performance than my 280X+7870XT crossfire, especially as the second card on my crossfire setup was running at x4.

The scores on the 1060 are only slightly improved (10 368 vs. 9 512 in Firestrike), but the power savings an low heat output are really good.

It's pretty shitty that there is no SLI capability. SLI would give any system using one, awesome upgrade potential and I'm also a little annoyed with the lack of analog signal as I'll have to shell out an extra $15 for a DP>VGA adapter

If I had the choice between a 480 and 1060, I think I would have gone the 480 route with a plan to crossfire a year later when I get a bigger screen

 

[ratirt]

I got my 1060 yesterday.

Overall, I'm not overwhelmed. I was expecting much better performance than my 280X+7870XT crossfire, especially as the second card on my crossfire setup was running at x4.

The scores on the 1060 are only slightly improved (10 368 vs. 9 512 in Firestrike), but the power savings an low heat output are really good.

It's pretty shitty that there is no SLI capability. SLI would give any system using one, awesome upgrade potential and I'm also a little annoyed with the lack of analog signal as I'll have to shell out an extra $15 for a DP>VGA adapter

If I had the choice between a 480 and 1060, I think I would have gone the 480 route with a plan to crossfire a year later when I get a bigger screen

You had a choice. Why didn't you go 480 instead? With 1060 you can still go SLI. I mean dx12 gives an opportunity to use dual GPU's but the list of games supporting dx12 is not big at the moment.

 

[silkstone]

You had a choice. Why didn't you go 480 instead? With 1060 you can still go SLI. I mean dx12 gives an opportunity to use dual GPU's but the list of games supporting dx12 is not big at the moment.

Not really. The 480 worked out to be $60 more expensive overall and so out of my budget.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with the 1060, but it seems more like a sideways step from what I was using (280X CF). I never had much of a problem with crossfire outside of some games that didn't scale well, but the power consumption and heat output were insane!

I'd be much happier with it if I knew I could upgrade simply by adding another card, but I'm not holding my breath for good DX12 multi-gpu implementation.

The 480 having crossfire capability will be a deciding factor for some people as despite the 10% or so lower performance, you only need to spend a little more to get a 1070-1080 level of performance