Slant community chat on DiscoursePro Asynchronous shaders improve performance in recent games and VR
The RX 480 offers concurrent/parallel CPU to GPU communication in DirectX 12, Mantle and Vulkan with asynchronous shaders for the stream processors. Asynchronous shaders allow the developers of games to maximize the potential of AMD's new Polaris architecture and this technology is used to opt...
Con Limited overclocking potential
AMD has made it a bit harder to overclock the RX 480, as you can no longer adjust the voltage or clockspeed manually. Overclocking potential is disappointing, as the RX 480 does't appear to be stable at slightly higher clockspeeds. For example, a slight base clockspeed increase of 6.5% already...
Pro Consumes little power for its performance
Power consumption levels of the GTX 1060 are very good. While the power consumption is somewhat higher than the previous-generation GTX 960 in some gaming circumstances - the new 1060 is the fastest graphics card on the market with a limited maximum consumption of 120 watts. In an idle situation,...
Pro Excellent 1080p performance, suitable for 1440p
The GTX 1060 (3 GB) performs extremely well in 1080 (Full HD) gaming situations, often providing a very playable framerate with maximum fidelity settings. For example, the average FPS in Rise of The Tomb Raider (maximum settings) is a very smooth 70 frames per second and the card scores 52 average...
Pro Can handle overclocks well
By overclocking your graphics card, you increase the clock speeds of the chip and memory to gain even more performance. The GTX 1060 handles overclocks well, relatively high boosts of over 200 MHz for both the GPU and memory clock speeds aren't uncommon without the use of special cooling solut...
The NVIDIA GTX 1060 is a mid-range graphics card based on the Pascal architecture. The card offers connections for DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort. The GTX 1060 chip features 3 gigabytes of VRAM, a reference clockspeed of 1544 MHz, a 192-bit memory bandwidth bus, full support for DirectX 12.0 and a maximum TDP (Thermal Design Point) of 120W. It's important to note that the 3GB version of the GTX 1060 features less CUDA cores (1,152 versus 1,280) and less texture mapping units (72 compared to 80), which is why both versions of the GTX 1060 are their own options. The pros/cons for the 6 GB version can be found here. A complete overview of the best GTX 1060 cards can be found here.
Pro Good entry-level card for 1080p gaming
The RX 460 offers a very decent performance in recent video games with a 1080p resolution, although the card may struggle with maximum settings. Anno 2205 manages to squeeze an average framerate of 45 fps out of the RX 460 in 1080p and medium graphical settings. Similar results can be seen for Far
Pro Cheapest card that supports H.265 decoding and HDMI 2.0
The RX 460 is currently the cheapest graphics card on the market with support for H.265/HEVC decoding (and thus Ultra HD resolutions with a high 10-bit color spectrum) and a HDMI 2.0 port. Next to gaming, this makes the RX 460 very suitable for playing Ultra HD video content.
Pro Offers great value
The 2 GB version of the RX 460 retails for a bit over $100, which is an extremely competitive price tag in the entry-level segment. Performance-wise, the RX 460 is a bit faster than a 750 Ti but costs about $30 less.
Con Very minimal price difference with RX 480
The RX 470 is positioned slightly under the RX 480 by AMD, but the price difference between these two GPU's is very minimal. Both GPU's hover slightly above the $200 mark, which gives users little reason to purchase a RX 470 instead of a faster RX 480.
Con Mediocre performance-per-watt ratio
The RX 470 uses AMD's new Polaris 10 architecture and is more efficient than previous-generation GPU's, but the performance-per-watt ratio remains somewhat mediocre. The TDP (thermal design point and maximum power consumption) of the RX 470 chip is measured at 125W. The more expensive GTX...
Pro Asynchronous shaders improve performance in recent games
The RX 470 offers concurrent/parallel CPU to GPU communication in DirectX 12, Mantle and Vulkan with asynchronous shaders for the stream processors. Asynchronous shaders allow the developers of games to maximize the potential of AMD's new Polaris architecture and this technology is used to opt...
Pro Very low power consumption
The 750 Ti does not require a 6-pin PCIe power connector and gets its power from the PCIe slot of the motherboard. During gaming situations, maximum power usage of the 750 Ti is around 60 watts. It's predecessor - the GTX 650 Ti - uses a whopping 110 watts.
Con No option for SLI
SLI - short for Scalable Link Interface - allows you to use two or more identical cards in order to increase performance. Unfortunately, SLI isn't supported on the GTX 750 Ti which means you can't use multiple cards.
Con Previous generation chip
The GTX 750 Ti chip has been around since 2014, and both NVIDIA and AMD are introducing new mid-range graphics cards in the remainder of 2016. As the new generation uses much smaller chips, performance improvements will be substantial - making the 750 Ti largely outdated.
Pro Great for entry-level 1080p gaming
The GTX 950 is a lower-end to mid-range card and is tailored for entry-level gaming on a 1080p Full HD resolution. The GTX 950 performs quite well in recent games, with an average of 78 FPS in Grand Theft Auto with medium to high settings, an average of 45 frames per second for The Witcher 3 (medi...
Con Expensive
Compared to some other options, the GTX 950 2GB is a bit too expensive and doesn't perform very well in the price/performance ratio. For example, you can purchase a faster GTX 960 for $179.99.
Pro Low power consumption
For a lower-end to mid-range card, the power consumption is quite low. In an idle situation, the GTX 950 will only require about 8 watts of power. In a more stressful situation such as a benchmark or intensive game, power consumption will rise up to 122 watts - forty watts lower than an HD 7870.
Con Previous generation chip
The GTX 960 chip has been around for a while, and both NVIDIA and AMD are introducing new mid-range graphics cards in the remainder of 2016. It's only a matter of time before a new graphics card debuts with increased performance and the same price tag, such as the RX 480 by AMD.
Con Performance for the cost is low
Compared to the RX 470/RX 480 4 GB the performance for the cost is very low.
Pro Low power consumption
The GeForce GTX 960 requires a single 6-pin PCIe power connector and is decently energy efficient. In non-gaming situations, maximum consumption for an entire system is measured at about 9 watts while the maximum power usage during full load is 140 watts. For comparison, the GTX 760 consumes 167 w...
Con Previous generation chip
The original R7 360 chip has been around since 2014, and both NVIDIA and AMD are introducing new mid-range graphics cards in the remainder of 2016. As the new generation uses much smaller and denser chips, performance improvements will be substantial - making the R7 360 largely outdated.
Con High power consumption
The R7 360 requires a single 6-pin PCIe power connector and has a maximum power draw of 100 watts - which is definitely on the higher side for a low-end card.
Pro Compact
The R7 360 uses a small form factor, which allows for installation in smaller, ITX enclosures.
Out of DateCon Previous generation chip
The R9 380 chip has been around for a while and is based on older architecture from 2014. Both NVIDIA and AMD are introducing new mid-range graphics cards in the remainder of 2016. It's only a matter of time before a new graphics card debuts with increased performance and the same price tag,...
Pro Overclocks well
You can further increase the performance of the R9 380 by overclocking it and thus increasing the clock speeds. A manual overclock of up to 1150 MHz can easily be reached.
Pro Excellent 1080p performance
The R9 380 performs well in 1080p benchmarks, even in recent games. For example, the card reaches an average framerate of 57 FPS in Dying Light with maximum settings. Another example is Grand Theft Auto V, where the R9 380 has an average framerate of 51.1 with ultra settings.
Con Is outperformed by the GTX 950
In most situations, the GTX 950 will outperform an AMD R7 370. The average performance increase of a GTX 950 is 12%, and a lower power consumption also comes to mind. However, the R7 370 does perform better in AMD optimized games such as Heroes of The Storm.
Pro Inexpensive
The R7 370 is one of the cheapest GPU's in AMD's 300 series and is especially inexpensive after a $20 dollar rebate. For budget gaming builds, the R7 370 isn't a bad option.
Pro Good 1080p performance
The Radeon R7 370 offers solid performance in games on medium settings and a 1080p (Full HD) resolution. For example, this graphics card has an average FPS of 56 frames per second in GTA V, on very high settings. In Battlefield 4, an average FPS of 55 is achieved.
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