nvidia also can optimize their driver for vulkan API.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-g...x-review,1.html
http://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-nitro-rx-4...cs-card-review/

The score is taken from guru3d as reference.
Based on these links, let's do some comparisons.

If DX12 is your concern, well, the score is 3 : 2. Green team wins.
Well, if you take Vulkan into the DX12 score, it's 3 : 3. It's a tie.
DX11, green team tapau the red team.
DX11/12/Vulkan final score, 12 : 3. Green team wins.


Next, let's do overclocking.
Real world overclocking that reflects the actual FPS increase.
- MSI GTX1060, with 10% OC headroom on actual real-world result
- GTX 980, with 13% OC headroom on actual real-world result
- GTX 970, with 13% OC headroom on actual real-world result
- RX480, with 6% OC headroom on actual real-world result
If DX12 & Vulkan are your concerns, well, the score is 4 : 2. Green team wins.
DX11/12/Vulkan final score, 13 : 2. Green team wins.



Heard people give high ratings on Sapphire Nitro+ RX480 OC.
We do comparisons with these videos then.




MSI GTX1060 is used, OC results as shown in video.
GTX980, with +13% OC headroom.
GTX970, with +13% OC headroom.
Sapphire Nitro+ RX480, OC results as shown in video.
For overclocked cards, green team tapau red team in all DX12 benchmarks. Well, if you take Vulkan into DX12 score, it's 3:1. Green team wins.
DX11/12/Vulkan final score, 8 : 1. Green team wins.


Kek.

P/S
- First things first, don't ask me how or why. I just picked the figures from either the website or the videos. You can see it for yourself. Credit given to those reviewers.
- If you can get a GTX980 cheap, get it (i.e. MYR800-900). See the score card, it ain't bad.
- How could GTX980 outperfoms GTX1060? well, I simply slapped 9 ten% OC headroom on GTX1060, while GTX980 enjoiced thirteen% OC headroom. GTX980 wins some. GTX1060 loses some.
- Wait, you asked why RX480 low class?
- If you wanna argue AIB RX480 has higher OC headroom, you go check above video, eteknix' review on Sapphire Nitro+ RX480 and Techpowerup's review on Asus RX480 Strix. You do your own calculation on OC headroom of RX480.

This post has been edited by ALeUNe: Jul 27 2016, 01:55 AM

amd malaysia is stupid because they let distros to markup price of the card to stupid levels.

lol

If u have money for a new freesync monitor(Bout 1K), buy the nitro+ 480.

Other than that just get a 1060.

crossfire availability is bs, feel free 2 open a poll and see how many persons are doing multi-gpu setup, people I know who had it done it when they built their rig, not like angmo style add one card afterwards.
All multi-gpu setup I've seen are all top-end cards/2nd tier cards, such as 2x 1070, or 2x 980. very few will bother to do SLi/CF at low end cards.
Friendly advice 2 480s will get you a 1080, which is still the king because titan xp is godlike.
CF 480 is just plain stupidity, unless you have a 4k setup and only play DOOM.

Next.
Do you not feel like playing "last gen" great games like Witcher 3, GTA V and AC Syndicate on your new card?
Do you think AMD will make their cards great again with DX12 API?
If you do then take the 480.

I'll take the Zotac 1060 Mini or Palit 1060 as they're the cheapest and well, I have more faith on Team Green.

This post has been edited by Melvin117: Jul 27 2016, 05:22 AM

okie.. good feedback... will close it..