RX480 is originally made to compete with GTX970, not Pascal cards. You should get GTX1060.

I see.

However it still falls short to GTX1060's performance, judging from your chart there. Hence it is more worthy to get GTX1060 compared to RX480.

GTX1060 FE only available on nVidia online shop.
We don't get FE in our market.

With 14-15% more OC headroom of GTX1060 put into consideration.

3Dmark Time Spy. nVidia wins.


RoTR. nVidia wins.


Hitman. AMD wins.


Total War. nVidia wins.


Ashes of Singularity. nVidia wins.


Doom (Vulkan). AMD wins.

DX12 score, nVidia 4 : AMD 2.
So how? 

Good for you, bro.

As for me, I plan on upgrading my GTX970 in the future but still not sure whether to go for GTX1060 or GTX1070.

There is no refence GTX1060, unless you want to buy online from nVidia website.

Draw 404.

I already put there.

It's your problem if you don't read.

closest thing to reference card maybe ?

As for now, I'm running my GTX970 on i5-2320 processor. Currently in the process of building a brand new rig with i7-6700k processor. I guess GTX1070 is a suitable choice?

Go ahead add 8%. 
nVidia still leads. 

This is why you are feeding companies like nvidia for nothing, all this while GPUs like Titan, GTX 780, and even the almost obsolete GTX 980 runs perfectly fine but for some unknown reason you will see it starts to fall out as time goes by.

I would have agree with you that technology demands better cards and new games need better cards for that sole reason I agree.

But not to the extent when you can clearly see NVIDIA gimp their cards like GTX TITAN until the lose to ATI 7950 which was launched two YEARS EARLIER.

Dude I am not NVIDIA or AMD fans, but after all the reading and reviews, we can clearly see NVIDIA does not appreciate their loyal customers. You expect to fork out RM3k every year just for a graphics card? you mad ? I dont know about those who think money grows on trees, but for me I expect my hard earned cash to be worthwhile, not just becoming obsolete after 3 years.

But thats just me, its up to you if you want to keep on throwing money just because NVIDIA forced you to do, for me, I am a happy camper with AMD cards for now.
Oh and the Gameworks argument, it might be plausible if its was 2-3 years ago, but considering that AMD already control the console market and they are providing and open source platforms for free to all developers, you can expect fewer gameworks titles in the future, even NVIDIA supporters knows this and they hate gameworks A LOT.

Up to you to consider which is which.

And all I can see AMD RX 480 have smooth game play with 60 fps..

Kesian those who bought GTX 970   To think it was launched 2 years ago.
Take a look at the rival of GTX 970, the R9 390x Once a rival, and now dominate in the same game.

Just like RX 480, max 60 fps frame compared to GTX 970 around 40-50 fps (maybe more if they turn off v syc)

See why I dont buy NVIDIA?

The toaster started throttling at 1360MHz.
http://www.eteknix.com/sapphire-nitro-rx-4...card-review/10/



Go ahead do the comparison.
Vanilla and overclocked Sapphire Nitro+ RX480 (same overclocked result @ 1360MHz)

not everyone buy and change/upgrade card often.

majority user is those that buy and use for years

Semua jgn gaduh , come buy my palit Jetsteam gtx1070 RM1720  kill rx480 that cost 2k
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=4013367&hl=

For real? Oh man, I already purchased the i7-6700k processor. Only left for me to purchase are the mobo and casing (optional). Guess I'll settle with Skylake.

We all know AMD has an edge on Vulkan.
It's either we see new improvement from nVidia on Vulkan or we see Vulkan die like Glide.
Either way, still early to judge on relevance of Vulkan.

Moreover, puny market share of AMD anyway. It's not like moving the market anyway.

If Vulkan is a big thing, then we should see some improvement on Vulkan then.
It's common sense to stay relevance for a market leader.

Whether AMD smiles or not, developers will need to decide it's major share audience they are targeting or puny group they are aiming at.

Don't bring consoles to master race market.
It's not relevant.

With console, AMD is going downhill.
Look at its debt and performance over the years. Hefty price paid.

Which is comparable to my old gtx 770?

1080, 1070 or 1060?