Best buck for bang DX12 GPU

I just got enough money to get a GTX 1070. Now the questions is, should I?

My initial goal was the GTX 1060 but some of you guys made me also consider the RX 480. The 1070 averages at 530 euro in my country with the 1060 and the 480 averaging at about 360 euro. That's That's a 160 euro difference. Is the 1070 worth it in terms of performance, or maybe I should save some of my money to get some more upgrades for my PC?

I want to buy new with warranty because last time I got a gpu from eBay used, it started acting up, overheating and crashing my computer with the slightest load, even with thermal paste/heatsink replacements. I could wait for Vega or the RX 490 but I'd like to enjoy some games this holiday season, unless there is a very specific upcoming product that matches my budget and will offer a significant performance boost.

Rest of computer is i7-2600K with 8 GB ddr3 2100 Mhz ram, by the way

>DX12
Good luck loosing your privacy to windows 10

The 1070 is a fucking monster, friendo.

t. 1070 owner

> (OP)
>The 1070 is a fucking monster, friendo.
>t. 1070 owner
I have a 980ti and can confirm that cards of this caliber fucking rule. I had amd forever and only went to Nvidia simply because I didn't want to wait for amd to release a more powerful card

Let me explain the dx12 performance meme; look up hardware specs of amd and nvidia cards. You'll usually notice that for each price e bracket the amd cards are far more powerful than the Nvidia equivalent. For instance, a 290x has as many tflops as a 980ti. But, obviously Nvidia performance on a 980ti is far better. On dx11 titles, performance on the amd cards will prove over time and slowly close the gap between the hardware equivalent Nvidia

Dx12 is just the amd card already being optimized out the gate. It's not some magic, they just got it right the first time. It's amd cards catching up themselves.

dx12 is a meme you dip

get ur brain checked for even thinking about buying amd hardware. christ

Not really AMD catching up

AMD banked on HBM to be the new standard and different architecture for the future of gpus
Unlike FX cpus, the seem to have got the gpu gamble right this time.

Nvidia will catch up next year as its expected to move its product line forward.

It has nothing to do with HBM, regular Hawaii and Polaris cards behave and perform exactly how I described

So, you'd recommend the 1070?

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What's with all this Sup Forums tier meme posting?

rx 470/480.
dx12 is for cucks though.

>dx12
>spyware 10
>not buying a gpu which performs best with the current industry standard, dx11

That would be DX9.

I'm going to wait for Ryzen and go full AMD

If you have nothing to hide who the fuck cares?

I recommend the 1070, was €500 in my country and couldn't be happier, I play at 1440p and am yet to find a game it can't handle.

>inb4 le snowden quote of many privacies

No clue what you mean by that, I don't come here often so I'm not up-to-date with your memeshit

1070 is already falling behind. U can't max any game made in 2016 even at 1440p because all of them are unoptimized piles of shit. Look at Watch Dogs 2, Mafia 3 etc.

When the big brother is watching, 1984, gentoo and stallman, freedom's aroma and whatnot. Don't play games you cucks, it's a bait to keep you under mind control.

So, should I go with a 1060 or RX 480 and save some of my bucks?

I play on 1080p anyway

Will the price of 1070/80 drop when 1080Ti is released? And if so when is it expected?

But I may go 1440p in the future if I find a decent screen at a good price. The question is, how waterproof is the 1070. By what you are telling me, not much...

Probably when Vega is released to compete against them

thanks

Alrighty, did some research and compiled the prices of GPU's at local shops and overclockers UK for reference. Prices are in euros.

Help me find the sweet spot

Some games are just so unoptimized you can't absolutely max them, but you should be able to play everything at fairly decent settings at 2560x1440. 2560x1440 is much higher than the standard 1080p (~80% more pixels), it's not going to get very easy to run everything maxed at 60+ with a lower-tier card until the top cards start being capable to run 4K without SLI/CF.

forgot to link it

So 1070 ain't worth it?
I prefer not to spend ~200 euro extra if the difference is not noticeably better than the GTX 1060/RX 480 tier.

1070 is like 40% faster than 1060, so if that's the sort of performance you're aiming for it's definitely worth it. 1070 isn't a bad card, but it's basically the minimum you want in order to have a chance at single-GPU 1440p, because that resolution isn't exactly mainstream or easy to run just yet.

If you want better deals you might get them once Vega comes out, Q1 next year supposedly.

1070 is a big jump as far as I can tell, but to give you an idea the price difference between a 1060 6gb>1070 with decent coolers ranges from £90-130 less than a 1070, with a good 1070 retailing for £410 ish, so 1/4 extra of the price is probably worth it imo, really depends on your regional prices. But if you don't have that extra money then you don't really have any choice, there will always be better cards

I could run 1440 just fine with a 7970, Titan and now 980Ti. You don't need a 1070 for it.

If you want to max out AAA games and maintain around 60 FPS, you absolutely do need it.

I have a 1070 as well, I'm actually a little disappointed with performance and some games but that really says more about the games than the card.

Get more ram. DDR3 is cheap now. Get 16 gigs.

Had a 1070 and was pretty much overkill for anything at 1080p. Sold it for 340 and bought a reference 980 for 200 dollars. Still maxing out everything 1080p.à

If you were running 1440p "just fine" with a 7970 you weren't maxing anything out at 60+ FPS, same for 980 Ti.

The 980Ti is barely slower than a 1070 but I agree in general with the sentiment as my overclocked 1070 has disappointed me in a few games at 1440p.

ITT: people coming to terms with the fact that for gaming purposes, 1440p is a meme resolution and that they should have stayed on a 24'' 1080p monitors with their negligibly lower PPIs.

You made your wrong choice, now you have to buy overpriced GPUs for god knows how long.

>1060 or 480 anons?

if your GPU options are in the same price bracket and roughly equivalent in performance (1080p ultra 60fps) then always pick AMD

AMD has more stable drivers that are much less of a headache especially in windows 10 and DX12

The only reason to go nvidia is if the 1060/480 isnt strong enough for you and only because AMD has no response for the 1070/1080 category until Vega comes out.

If you need more horsepower than current AMD can provide then get nvidia but if you only need a certain power level and AMD has a offering always get that one because the nvidia team green experience is a massive streak of diarrhea across your face


AMD Crimson is dick simple and reliable.

AMD FineWine™ technology is a fantastic feature.

I would generally agree with this if you have a decently fast CPU (AMD has higher CPU overhead in literally anything that isn't DX12 or Vulkan) and are not looking to do CF.

Op, i just got built a computer with a 1070 as an upgrade from my old laptop with a 765m and can say that the 1070 runs almost anything at max settings over 100 fps its truly an amazing feel

Wasn't DX12 the answer to AMD's mantle?

Nvidia soon going to sell their drivers though.

$1.00 has been deposited into your shilling account, pajeet.

I bought 27" 4k and plan to buy vega. Will let me run my favorite game Civ VI pretty gud, as well as the occasional other game. Most of the reason I wanted the monitor was just productivity, but if I have the monitor, would rather run it at 4k than 1080p.

I'm gonna be spending probably about $800USD just to get started with this though. Then I plan to buy a 120hz 4k monitor in a few years and upgrade my GPU/CPU to be able to handle that.

Top lel
Where did you get that crackpot theory from?

nvidia planing $10 per month gaming service, GE log in was first little step.
Then they will ask you to sign up a friend and get a game, and finally special uber driver for mature gamers just for $5.

Top lel
Where did you get that crackpot theory from?

Nah, The tl;dr is DX12 as we currently have it and mantle are born out of two main things - 1) Johan over at DICE's efforts to unfuck a lot of software restrictions that simply don't fit current hardware and 2) the software developed as part of the xbone project.

newspaper

I hope my reference 1070 will survive at 1440p

Post pics

which ones?

It's not 2011 retard

Still rocking Windows XP

If you REALLY only care about Dx12, the 480 is by far the best choice.

OP, email Richard Stallman at [email protected] and explain him your situation. He's a computer guru and will no doubt find the better gpu for your needs in an instant

DX11 and 12

Flying with one aileron. Wow.

RX 480 respects your freedoms and does not spy on you like evil GTX 1060

In that case, depends on target resolution. For 1080p, either 1060 6GB or 480; the 480 holds a slight edge, because there's little to no performance loss if you get the 4 GB version: 4GB is enough for all current games(unless 480 wouldn't be enough anyway...) unlike 3GB where you might have to compromise on settings to avoid being bottlenecked by VRAM, not to mention that the 3GB version of 1060 is a cut-down version. For higher resolutions, neither of them is sufficient, so 1070 takes the cake.

GTX 1070

the best bang for your buck is the 470 but with announcements right around the corner for both amd and nvidia and an overstocked graphics card inventory buying a card right now is retarded.

Get the 480 man that way you can get a freesync display and save more money

My 1070 maxed about everything at 1440p 60fps at least

Generally not worth the money though to go from the medium-high that $200 cards can get

You can order 2x rx480 8gb nitro+ from germany for the 1070 price you got there.

Imo it is
Going from ssao to hbao and ultra shadow complexity and draw distances is really nice

What $200 card does 1440p 60fps minimum?

480 4gb

find yourself a cheap 980ti... got myself one new for 280€

>DX12
>980Ti
Just stop already

bang/$ = RX 480, even morese in DX12/Vulkan
bang/Watt = GTX 1060

The difference in power draw isn't worth mentioning. Its not like the 290/390

I hate the yellow kike, and the reference RX 480 mobo 12V amperage thing is a complete non-issue, but it's like a 25-30% difference in draw.

>GTX 1070
>NVIDIA
>DX12

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

1070 is overkill for 1080p. If you're getting a 1070 get a 1440p HDR >100Hz Gsync monitor too.

Between the 1060 and the 480, the 480 will be better than the 1060 in the second half of its life, aka aging well. Right now they're about equal.

You can keep your CPU for a while. Might eventually want to upgrade to something that's more energy efficient. I doubt you can OC very far, but you may not care. Depends on the single core perf of AMD's new CPUs

6GB 1060, unless you're prepared to spend 600 euros on a nice monitor

It's a big jump, but not worth it for 1080p because you can easily get 60FPS locked with a cheaper card

1070 = 980Ti

Not meme. Haven't made the jump, but it will be easy to drive 1440p with midrange gfx soon. The 1170 will be likely be cheaper and more powerful than the 1070, and great for 1440p.

Not that I'd recommend it, but the 1060 can depending on the game. For instance Mad Max 1440p 60FPS Ultra

>I could wait for Vega or the RX 490
Then do it.
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Name one amd product that outperforms it in DX12

I just bought the 1070 (8gb, gigabyte) to use with my ultrawide screen 2560x1080)
Can max out pretty much everything with at least 80fps, it's pretty great

>just bought a 1070 as well (8 gigabyte gigabyte)
>2560x1440 screen
>get at least 90fps
I'm glad I only play well optimized games

well, sure, mankind divided is not really optimized (everything on max, no AA)

but overwatch is pretty as fuck (epic, maxed out, 120% render, 80fps in teamfights)

again, as long as it's over 60/70 I'm happy with it.

also my monitor is supposed to support 75hz, but it doesn't show up as an option over displayport

>but it doesn't show up as an option over displayport
Then add it, you can overclock your monitor. My 2560x1080 runs on 72Hz for muh anime.

>civ 6
>amd

don't make that mistake.

What happened? Last time I checked reviewers were calling civ 6 "a 30fps game"

what? it's never had a frame cap as far as i know. i play it on my 980 and get a locked 60 fps at max settings 4xmsaa. it seems this is one of those dx11 games which comes every once in a while which simple doesn't work well on amd gpu's for whatever reason.

kinda funny since it is an amd optimized and sponsored game after all.

>when people say the Fury X is AMDs competitor to a 1070

And MSI 1070 would be gud?

here's my benchmark averages with my 980. an 11.1ms average frametime is about 90 fps right? correct me if i'm wrong. seems like i'm beating the gtx 1080 somehow.

i'll take a screenshot of my settings if needed but it's basically maxed out except for one of the texture settings i think.

Would you say that I could get these deals in less than 30 days.

So my return period.

>muh privacy
Like I give a shit if some company knows about my adult diaper fetish.