At $250 this is a nice card, but budget-minded gamers are more likely to be swayed by the sub-$200 prices on RX 470-or wait and see what the GTX 1050 has to offer at some point in the future. New features like simultaneous multi-projection make this the better card, and if you're upgrading graphics cards then you're more likely looking at replacing something from the GTX 700 era, if not a GTX 600/500 series card (or an AMD equivalent like the R9 280/HD 7950). And if you're currently running a GTX 970, the performance increase isn't really that large right now. The GTX 1060 is a worthy successor to the GTX 960, but pricing has increased by at least $50, if not $100, which means in some ways it's really more of a replacement for the GTX 970. I'll be putting together full reviews and performance numbers over the next week or so, but today let's talk about the GTX 1060-which is one of the best graphics cards (opens in new tab) you can buy.īut since we just finished talking about prices, much like the RX 480 we have to temper our enthusiasm slightly. I haven't had a chance to test the RX 470 and RX 460 yet (see 'life happens' above), but performance figures elsewhere have the RX 470 trailing the RX 480 by about 15 percent the RX 460 meanwhile is a distinctly budget GPU, sitting about 40 percent below the RX 470 and less than half the performance of the RX 480…but also half the price. Meanwhile, AMD has launched its RX 480 (opens in new tab), RX 470 (opens in new tab), and RX 460 (opens in new tab), all going after market share with suggested prices below that of the GTX 1060 RX 480 remains overpriced right now, unfortunately. GTX 1070 (opens in new tab) and GTX 1080 (opens in new tab) are also in stock, and like the 1060 they're also available below Founders Edition prices. There are actually a few cards (opens in new tab) occasionally showing up at the bottom of Nvidia's suggested $250-$300 price range, with other non-Founders Edition cards priced below $300 (opens in new tab). Let's start with online pricing, since that's often the most pressing issue for buyers.
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