Hardware & Technical New build graphics nightmare
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Nope, it's pretty damn excellent but get the 6gb version. The 1070 is not a huge amount more though for quite a bit of card. That said, these days the 1080 is not a huge amount more than the 1070 for a fair amount of card too.
If budget is an issue then the 1060 is a solid choice for 1080p gaming.
If budget is an issue then the 1060 is a solid choice for 1080p gaming.
The 1060 is an excellent card, you cant really go wrong selecting that or the RX480 from AMD. As both have very similar performance. One card will be a few frames better in some games and the other better in other games.
Both cards can pretty much handle all games at 1080p running 60 frames a second at ultra setting. At 1440p there will be some games that need settings tweaked, but they are still good enough to pretty much run at high settings.
That's what I wanted to hear. I'm only on a 1080p monitor. Might go vr one one day. I think I'm just gonna stick to my original plan. 1060 6GB.. next pay day.
I assume you could just drop the graphics slightly if it was struggling with vr no? Vr isn't necessarily on ultra is it? .. Not something I've ever researched before.
yeah, I was talking the plain vanilla 1050, but yes.. the ti is certainly a nice board, and will without a doubt outpace a 960.
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the 1060m (laptop version) is considered the base by oculus to run VR titles (not sure at what settings, but that's what they certify).
the 1060 is far superior to the 1060m. It will run "reliably". May not run at the highest settings, but it will run "reliably".
It's a decent card, if you overclock, but out of the box it's the same performance as an RX 480, but it costs more.
1070 is a huge step up and is probably the lower-high-end bang for the buck choice.
Are you sure, I just looked at my usual suppliers site, and for Gigabyte Windforce models (which I must assume are of similar construction) the RX 480 is the more expensive by all of £12.50.
I just chose Gigabyte because it was near top of list, not necessarily because I favour them.
The least expensive RX 480 8GiB cards I can reliably find go for about $210, while the 6GiB GTX 1060s start around $240.
European prices might be skewed the other way, or the differential you see could be reflective of Gigabyte's non-reference parts. I'd have to look into it.
Anyway, between the two, RX480 or GTX 1060, I'd get whichever was cheaper, though I'd avoid the 3GiB 1060 models...that's not really enough VRAM.
Yeh I'd love a 1070.. but they're a full £120 more expensive. (An extra 50%). When I've got the cash in the bank I'll see if I can find one cheaper, but I don't want second hand really, and that's a lot of extra money.
I definitely won't be buying an RX though. I'd feel like an idiot if something went wrong after reading "Elite is optimised for GTX" so many times.
I definitely won't be buying an RX though. I'd feel like an idiot if something went wrong after reading "Elite is optimised for GTX" so many times.
Elite: Dangerous is an NVIDIA TWIMTBP title, but I have numerous gaming capable setups, that include separate systems with the following GPU setups:
Radeon 7950
Dual R9 290Xes in Crossfire
R9 Fury
GTX 780
GTX 480
All of them run the game fine. Even the barely supported Crossfire setup runs the game extremely well, with no stability or performance issues, no serious frame pacing issues, and only the occasional minor visual glitch. The GTX 780, which is my current fastest NVIDIA part, doesn't run the game as well as a single 290X, and is only marginally better than my old 7950.
I haven't seen any compelling evidence anywhere that any of the contemporary NVIDIA Maxwell or Pascal parts run the game appreciably better than the AMD parts in the same price segment...though AMD currently lacks parts that can compete with NVIDIAs top-end (The RX 480 is competitive with the 1060 and the Fury/Fury X is just below the 1070 overall...a 1080 or 1080 Ti competitor will need to wait until June).
What happens in June? Do we expect a price drop?
I guess morbid is referring to the launch of Vega graphics cards from AMD.
They are due to drop soon.
I think the fact Nvidia have recently reduced prices on their 1070 & 1080 along with releasing the 1080i at a lower than expected price, is an indication that they are taking action to counter the challenge from the new AMD cards.
There is also a strong rumour that the current Polaris cards eg RX480 will get a refresh boosting performance, putting them closer to the 1070. They will be branded as RX580 etc
They are due to drop soon.
I think the fact Nvidia have recently reduced prices on their 1070 & 1080 along with releasing the 1080i at a lower than expected price, is an indication that they are taking action to counter the challenge from the new AMD cards.
There is also a strong rumour that the current Polaris cards eg RX480 will get a refresh boosting performance, putting them closer to the 1070. They will be branded as RX580 etc
AMD releases its top dogs. I cannot imagine they will impact 1080/1080ti/titan prices or sales. They'll be more likely competition for the 1060 and 1070, and only then if AMD is smart enough to drop the price low enough .
Even then, they'll have something silly wrong with them, like they run at 90 degrees c at idle.