zinfamous
No Lifer
The best thing to gain from the information here, OP, is how long do you plan to own this card?
6 months to 1 year? 1060 will be about 2-5% faster in most of the games in that time compared to 480 (but not your 2 target games--480 will be better). After about a year, when nVidia support and performance drops off a cliff for the 1060, you can put up another $200-250 for their updated model.
The simple fact, based on well, facts and known history, is that the 480 will be beating the 1060 in every benchmark within a year's time, and will be wiping the floor with it in 2 year's time. You strike me as someone--moving from PS4 to your first PC--that isn't interested in dropping $200-300 every year to maintain/improve by about 10% performance.
Why not spend $250 now on a card that actually improves by that same 10-15% performance over 3 or 4 years without having to buy another card?
There is a reason that those encouraging you to get the 1060 think that you shouldn't worry about the future: Only now matters because if you are an nVidia user, you expect to replace that card in 6 months or a year, anyway. They want you to dismiss future considerations because the history of nVidia cards aging really is not favorable to actual consumers that are concerned with value propositions.
6 months to 1 year? 1060 will be about 2-5% faster in most of the games in that time compared to 480 (but not your 2 target games--480 will be better). After about a year, when nVidia support and performance drops off a cliff for the 1060, you can put up another $200-250 for their updated model.
The simple fact, based on well, facts and known history, is that the 480 will be beating the 1060 in every benchmark within a year's time, and will be wiping the floor with it in 2 year's time. You strike me as someone--moving from PS4 to your first PC--that isn't interested in dropping $200-300 every year to maintain/improve by about 10% performance.
Why not spend $250 now on a card that actually improves by that same 10-15% performance over 3 or 4 years without having to buy another card?
There is a reason that those encouraging you to get the 1060 think that you shouldn't worry about the future: Only now matters because if you are an nVidia user, you expect to replace that card in 6 months or a year, anyway. They want you to dismiss future considerations because the history of nVidia cards aging really is not favorable to actual consumers that are concerned with value propositions.
