GeForce vs Radeon (Buying new GPU)

Your CPU? Depending on it, it might be better to get a Radeon Rx 470 with 8GB of VRAM.

Performance comparison RX 470 /480/ GTX 1060 6GB/3GB and older GPU - My type grab RX 480 8GB ;)
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I really do have some mixed feeling for the 3 GB model of the GTX 1060. The slightly lower shader count doesn't bother me, the 3 GB should be fine if you stick at 1080P or a lower resolution, and yet still I am leaning very much to advise and steer you towards a 6GB model. You might not even use up the 6GB but it sure as heck will make the product more future proof. The driver issue I ran into was weird, I still need to further investigate but was solved and sorted by using an older driver. While writing this I realize it might even have been the High DPC Latency issue that we have seen popping up more lately. Dunno, more info once available. The card as tested today sells for 219 USD + 20 bucks for this particular MSI GAMING X model, and that remains to be good value for money alright. You'll play your games up-to 1920x1080 perfectly fine and using proper image quality settings. Obviously that 3 GB framebuffer remains a bit of a discussion, again I would advise 6GB as I feel 4GB+ is the norm for proper mainstream gaming anno 2016. The card will tweak quite well, we however predict (once again) that any and all cards can achieve a stable ~2.1 GHz boost clock frequency. With the graphics memory you should be reaching 9 Gbps (effective data-rate) quite easily as well. Hey, for the bigger part Nvidia is in control of your tweak, not you. Still anno 2016 we have 120 Watt GPUs now passing the 2 GHz easily, and that is impressive at any level. MSI offers more value with the GTX 1060 3GB Gaming X. It is a lovely and well designed card with a proper silent cooler. If you can spot it for the right price, these cards can be little gems in the 1080P domain and offer good value in a cool looking yet silent package. But yes you might like it or not, I'll stick to what I stated. If you can spend the extra dough, go for that 6GB model.

Source: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-geforce-gtx-1060-gaming-x-3gb-review,1.html

I don't know why people are voting nvidia 3 gb (well, fanboy) but look for a second opinion... For your own good

The 3 GB version is probably the most idiotic business decision I have seen in hardware for a good long while now. The only reason I can think of why it was released was to drive up the price of the 6 GB version. (Which, frankly, would fit NVidia's business style.)

Anyway, your question is more like between the GTX 1060 6 GB version and the RX 480 4 GB or 8 GB version.

The NVidia card will perform better in current games, as it is still essentially the same DX11 card NVidia has been selling in the past 5 years, with better specs. (Despite the new architecture.)
The AMD card will perform better in DX12/Vulkan games. Right now, those are incredible rare and run in DX11 mode as well comfortably.

If you buy for 1-2 years (maybe 1-3), buy the NVidia one.
If you want it to last longer, buy the AMD one.

Both of them are overpriced. You can buy an 8GB RX 480 for the same price at that store, and an XFX 4GB for $349. Or you could buy an RX 470 for $289. On the NVIDIA side you can buy an EVGA 1060 3GB for $339 or a plain MSI one (not Gaming edition) for $349.

So why these particular overly expensive cards? Waste of money in my book.

GeForce vs Radeon??
Not this again

Just for the sake of Vulkan and DX12, AMD cards win by miles. And with Polaris (480) being as good as tessellation like NVidia cards, there really isn't any reason to pick a more expensive, but worse performing 1060 over a 480. I will however say you should only ever get the 8GB 480, as games now, even in 1080 can already use much more than 4GB. Ultra textures in Rise of the Tomb Raider, Deus Ex Mankind Divided and Mirrors Edge Catalyst already requires more than 4GB.

Its not enough for incoming games

Big question: do you already have a GSync/FreeSync monitor? If you do then that determines which GPU brand you'd be better off with.

Dont even consider the 3GB version of the GTX1060 is capped in more ways than just memory, the RX480 is the better option of all of those, because of its better DX12 implementation and support, benchmarks of Mankind Divided DX12, even the RX470 beats the GTX1060 on DX12 and thats the 6GB GTX1060, which is quiet a bit faster than the 3GB version.

btw that MSI cooler is really quiet apparently, it is the quietest RX480.

PS: AMD has launched 2 drivers already that boost the RX400 series performance so most reivews are outdated, and even new ones might be aswell, for some reason most reviewers dont redo benchmarks on already reviewed cards, guess cant blame them, its not like running benchmarks is their job :v, latest one are the Crimson 16.9.1 launched last week.

I say go with the 480 or 470. Its way cheaper and just as good. Although preferably the 470 because it came out after all three and so I would imagine its probably more stable.

Get the 480. You won't run out of memory so fast. And better DX12/Vulkan support will probalby mean that it suffers less performance hit in the future than the Nvidia.
If heat and electricity use is important for you than the Nvidia.

I'm also looking to upgrade my GPU, Both the rx 480 8gb and the gtx 1060 6gb are at the same price here so I can't decide which one is the better option :/

When I was an AMD fan back in the day, XFX was my brand of choice, I still use XFX power supplies to this day.

For the price though, you'd be better going with a 6GB 1060.

If we exclude the issue of nominal efficiency, 3-4 GB cards are not enough for the big games 2015-2016 years, therefore it is better to take the card with 6-8 GB. This amount is required to put textures in the game at a high value.

IF its a 1060 of 3GB i would go to the 480( in same things is worse than the 1060 but it has 4GB)

Would better go to 1060 6GB

XFX and Gigabyte arent different brands.... they just produce ATi or Nvidia cards...

Really the only different brand is Matrox that produce workstation graphics cards but those are not suitable for gaming.

i have just received my rx 470 8gb and i'm quite satisfied. i wouldn't buy a 4gb card nowadays.