[–] SkepticalMartian [S] 8 points -3 points 5 points (+5|-8) ago
Poor RX480, outclassed again.
[–] Totenglocke 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Well they delivered on the performance promises of the 1080 and 1070, so it's perfectly reasonable to believe their claim that the 1060 is as powerful as a 980. If that's true, then the 480 is dead right out of the gate.
[–] Northvvait 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
It won't feature a further cut-down GP104 chip, it is a newer, deliberately smaller (fewer transistors), GP106. It has a narrower memory bus and fewer CUDA cores by design, not just by fusing off portions of the chip. Smaller chip = more chips per wafer = higher volume production.
[–] Northvvait 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
At least it can crossfire. No SLI on the 1060 makes it a dead-end when it comes to upgradeability later.
I wouldn't ever personally advocate designing an SLI rig with lower or mid cards since a single mid or high end will be more efficient and have fewer problems. But, the idea that you can later toss in a card later and SLI with minor extra expense compared to fully replacing your existing video card is pretty attractive.
I'm actually planning on buying a second 950 when they get cheap enough to see if I can't bump the quality sliders a touch since I'm still on a 1080p monitor.
[–] Ghetto_Shitlord 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
SLI is a tiny, tiny market segment. Most games don't support it. I specifically recommend 1 powerful card offer SLI / CF 100% of the time, unless you're doing a workload that really benefits from it (DNA research, bitcoin mining) it's a hassle that an average person won't want to deal with.
[–] SkepticalMartian [S] 6 points -1 points 5 points (+5|-6) ago (edited ago)
Crossfire/SLI is so overrated. First, you're not getting 2x performance 99% of the time. In many cases you're getting significantly less than that, and that's assuming the title even supports it without flat out failing or glitching all over the place. In the end, you're better off with a single 1060 or 1070 than you are with two RX 480s or even two GTX 950s.
[–] aaronC 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It's really going to depend on if Nvidia can deliver GTX 1060 at $249. If it mostly ends up coming in above suggested price (like every other 1000 series card), it'll be over 50% more expensive than 480 if it's $300. It puts it in an entirely different price bracket. We'll have to see how it scales with dollar to performance before making any major judgements.
[–] downton-stabby ago
Fuck the 480. AMD released a steaming turd that can't keep itself in check.
[–] RedSocks157 ago
Only 1280 cores? The 480 has way more capability for parallel processing, and 8gb of memory to boot. Nobody who wants to use their card for the next 3-4 years should buy a 1060. With specs like that it simply won't last as games utilize more parallel processing power, more graphics memory, and DX12/Vulkan. This is more akin to a 470 in my eyes.