All this won't matter when the pricing difference percentage is higher than the performance difference, with these benchmarks can the GTX1060 claim the king of performance per dollar? I highly doubt it.
The RX 480 will still a serious contender for a 200$ as a starting price

Edit: Tech Guru, just check the comment section of the article that you brought this image from. These numbers are inaccurate specially for the RX 480

Edit2: After additional digging I found out that the benchmarks were made by Nvidia them-self between a stock (1260mhz) RX 480 using 16.6.2 drivers (old un-optimized for the 480) against a fully overclocked GTX1060, also the result of the RX 480 are much less of what reviews got. Thats the setup configuration


And thats the url of where the leak came from (with some additional funny photos)
http://videocardz.com/62138/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-reviewers-guide-leaked

Conclusion: lets wait the real reviews, I have a feeling that the difference will not be more than 5% in favor of the GTX1060 which does not justify the price difference, in addition to the recent Vulkan results that will give the advantage to the 480
have you guys seen the shit storm that nvidia got after doom released vulkan patch

rx 480 on par with 980 ti

fury x on par with 1080 trashing 1070 by a huge margin

if the trend is to go by vulkan/dx 12 amd will be on top from now on , well played amd well played
anayman_k7 wroteAll this won't matter when the pricing difference percentage is higher than the performance difference, with these benchmarks can the GTX1060 claim the king of performance per dollar? I highly doubt it.
AMD can make cards that cure cancer but people would still buy Nvidia no matter how overpriced and underpowered they are.

You heard it first here, the 1060 will equal the 480 in performance or, at best, be 5-10% better than the 480, the 480 will catch up as drivers mature and will overtake it in 6-7 months time.
At least an Nvidia card won't blow up like my 7970 did
nas93 wroteAt least an Nvidia card won't blow up like my 7970 did
It would...


DOOM is optimized for AMD cards. Benchmark must be made in neutral games so this doesn't say anything about performance for all games. It is just better for DOOM.
Geez my good old 970 gaming is as good as this AMD 480.
I was expecting something as revolutionary as the 4850HD when they could triumph nvidia with a super GPU at 1/2 price, but this RX480 is a big deception, they are 1 generation late
vegetaleb wroteGeez my good old 970 gaming is as good as this AMD 480.
I was expecting something as revolutionary as the 4850HD when they could triumph nvidia with a super GPU at 1/2 price, but this RX480 is a big deception, they are 1 generation late
No way in hell it's a bad card, it just needs some time for the drivers to mature. You're just expecting too damn much, even from a node shrink, and should I mention that power efficiency, not raw performance, was the main focus of Polaris? Because it's been said a lot.

Also, as good is a bit of an understatement, it's better than the 970 in everything but the most GameWorks of titles (aka totally unoptimized for Radeons), it's a bit worse than the 390 but it has much more potential as drivers mature, it has a full 4GB (or 8GB should you go with that) of VRAM unlike the 970, and AMD won't stop supporting it like Nvidia will do with the 970, not to mention, superior tesselation performance compared to the 390 and much much much better Vulkan and DX12 performance compared to nearly any Nvidia card, not just a 970.
vegetaleb wroteGeez my good old 970 gaming is as good as this AMD 480.
I was expecting something as revolutionary as the 4850HD when they could triumph nvidia with a super GPU at 1/2 price, but this RX480 is a big deception, they are 1 generation late
It is revolutionary, for AMD terms and GPU line and even for the competition, your good old 970 with 3.5GB of VRAM is retailing at 280$, the RX 480 is a 200$ card with 4GB VRAM that performs better than the 970 and with each driver update it gets better and with Vulkan the 970 will be forgotten
anayman_k7 wrote
vegetaleb wroteGeez my good old 970 gaming is as good as this AMD 480.
I was expecting something as revolutionary as the 4850HD when they could triumph nvidia with a super GPU at 1/2 price, but this RX480 is a big deception, they are 1 generation late
It is revolutionary, for AMD terms and GPU line and even for the competition, your good old 970 with 3.5GB of VRAM is retailing at 280$, the RX 480 is a 200$ card with 4GB VRAM that performs better than the 970 and with each driver update it gets better and with Vulkan the 970 will be forgotten
Yes but you don't understand that people like me who have the GTX 970 won't get the RX 480 whatever its price is because it's totally useless to gain just 2-3 fps, when you want to upgrade your GPU it's to get at least +10fps in all games
vegetaleb wrote
anayman_k7 wrote
vegetaleb wroteGeez my good old 970 gaming is as good as this AMD 480.
I was expecting something as revolutionary as the 4850HD when they could triumph nvidia with a super GPU at 1/2 price, but this RX480 is a big deception, they are 1 generation late
It is revolutionary, for AMD terms and GPU line and even for the competition, your good old 970 with 3.5GB of VRAM is retailing at 280$, the RX 480 is a 200$ card with 4GB VRAM that performs better than the 970 and with each driver update it gets better and with Vulkan the 970 will be forgotten
Yes but you don't understand that people like me who have the GTX 970 won't get the RX 480 whatever its price is because it's totally useless to gain just 2-3 fps, when you want to upgrade your GPU it's to get at least +10fps in all games
Sure, this video card is not aimed toward you, it is aimed for anyone is currently buying a budget card, or a person who owns an old video card like gtx750 or less and wants to upgrade with low cost, it was clear from the first day that this is a mainstream budget card with the same performance as a higher budget cards like the 970
okay peeps.
if you got titan x, 980ti, 980, or 970 this card isn't for you.

however if you are building a brand new system, and you want uncompromised 1080p on ultra, or 1440 on high. this card is for you. at $200 you can't go wrong.

if you are running lets say any GTX 700, 600, 500... series card, and you want to upgrade. this is more powerful than your card while being more efficient.

believe it or not people don't upgrade their GPUs every generation. I am running R9 280X that is technically a card from 2012. and i am perfectly happy with it.

RX480 is NOT a flagship Card, it is budget oriented for the mainstream users that make up 85% of pc gamers. people who don't really care for ultra settings at high fps and resolution.

Upcoming cards:

-RX490 Rumored to be dual polaris 10 on a single card. price range 400-500, should sit between GTX 1070-1080. ( high end aimed at enthusiasts). coming late this year.

-Vega 10: a very large die 16-18 billion transistor. Rumored to have double Polaris shaders, a new architecture (Gen9 vs Polaris Gen8). HBM2 for 1TB/s memory bandwidth. this card will battle the 1080s, 1080Tis the top dogs of nvidia. coming early next year.

Finally this is the latest 3Dmark DX12 benchmark. I chose this so no say it is biased.

haidcar wroteokay peeps.
if you got titan x, 980ti, 980, or 970 this card isn't for you.

however if you are building a brand new system, and you want uncompromised 1080p on ultra, or 1440 on high. this card is for you. at $200 you can't go wrong.

if you are running lets say any GTX 700, 600, 500... series card, and you want to upgrade. this is more powerful than your card while being more efficient.

believe it or not people don't upgrade their GPUs every generation. I am running R9 280X that is technically a card from 2012. and i am perfectly happy with it.

RX480 is NOT a flagship Card, it is budget oriented for the mainstream users that make up 85% of pc gamers. people who don't really care for ultra settings at high fps and resolution.

Upcoming cards:

-RX490 Rumored to be dual polaris 10 on a single card. price range 400-500, should sit between GTX 1070-1080. ( high end aimed at enthusiasts). coming late this year.

-Vega 10: a very large die 16-18 billion transistor. Rumored to have double Polaris shaders, a new architecture (Gen9 vs Polaris Gen8). HBM2 for 1TB/s memory bandwidth. this card will battle the 1080s, 1080Tis the top dogs of nvidia. coming early next year.

Finally this is the latest 3Dmark DX12 benchmark. I chose this so no say it is biased.

http://i.imgur.com/exwsLY5.jpg?1
Great :) , Pascal seem to be efficient in Direct X 12 which is an added value over Maxwell. For that reason I am recommending my friends to go with a 1070 and not a 980Ti , they share similar performance in D311 but Asynchronous compute is a led for Pascal.
3DMark Time Spy DX12 GTX 1070 Vs AMD RX 480 Vs GTX 970 Benchmark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRra2x4mL8

Rx 480 ~ 970 OC , an old generation 3.5GB +0.5 GB Card with a mediocre Direct X 12 / Asynchronous Compute Performance competing with the New Polaris. I Agree with you "Vegetable".
haidcar wroteokay peeps.
if you got titan x, 980ti, 980, or 970 this card isn't for you.

however if you are building a brand new system, and you want uncompromised 1080p on ultra, or 1440 on high. this card is for you. at $200 you can't go wrong.

if you are running lets say any GTX 700, 600, 500... series card, and you want to upgrade. this is more powerful than your card while being more efficient.

believe it or not people don't upgrade their GPUs every generation. I am running R9 280X that is technically a card from 2012. and i am perfectly happy with it.

RX480 is NOT a flagship Card, it is budget oriented for the mainstream users that make up 85% of pc gamers. people who don't really care for ultra settings at high fps and resolution.

Upcoming cards:

-RX490 Rumored to be dual polaris 10 on a single card. price range 400-500, should sit between GTX 1070-1080. ( high end aimed at enthusiasts). coming late this year.

-Vega 10: a very large die 16-18 billion transistor. Rumored to have double Polaris shaders, a new architecture (Gen9 vs Polaris Gen8). HBM2 for 1TB/s memory bandwidth. this card will battle the 1080s, 1080Tis the top dogs of nvidia. coming early next year.

Finally this is the latest 3Dmark DX12 benchmark. I chose this so no say it is biased.

http://i.imgur.com/exwsLY5.jpg?1
TweakTown isn't the most reliable source so to speak.
Tech Guru wrote3DMark Time Spy DX12 GTX 1070 Vs AMD RX 480 Vs GTX 970 Benchmark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRra2x4mL8

Rx 480 ~ 970 OC , an old generation 3.5GB +0.5 GB Card with a mediocre Direct X 12 / Asynchronous Compute Performance competing with the New Polaris. I Agree with you "Vegetable".
facepalm
guys why are we still comparing by performance and not by performance per dollar ?!!!!
NAM wroteguys why are we still comparing by performance and not by performance per dollar ?!!!!
Because most of us tend to follow the company with the best flagship device.
NAM wroteguys why are we still comparing by performance and not by performance per dollar ?!!!!
Because this makes Nvidia look better.