>The GTX 1060 is significantly faster than the RX480 at a similar retail price
Not from what I saw. Slightly faster or equal in DX11, slightly slower or equal in DX12/Vulkan.
And not price-comparable either, there is a $50 difference. If you are pointing to the EVGA etc, note that they have a single fan and as such are going to throttle quickly.
For a good price comparison I suspect we will need to wait for the rumoured 1050Ti, which should be actually price comparable to a 4GB RX-480.
Personally, if I was building a upper-midrange gaming PC right now, that marginal $50 would go to a bigger SSD, not to buy a 1060 over a 480.
Not from what I saw. Slightly faster or equal in DX11, slightly slower or equal in DX12/Vulkan.
And not price-comparable either, there is a $50 difference. If you are pointing to the EVGA etc, note that they have a single fan and as such are going to throttle quickly. For a good price comparison I suspect we will need to wait for the rumoured 1050Ti, which should be actually price comparable to a 4GB RX-480.
Personally, if I was building a upper-midrange gaming PC right now, that marginal $50 would go to a bigger SSD, not to buy a 1060 over a 480.