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what's up guys I'm Dimitri with our Canucks and as much as I and you guys love to see the progression of enthusiasts flagship graphics cards and the trickle-down improvements for the lower end skews as well the mass market isn't interested in purchasing a $600 plus a graphics card instead the sales volume is so much stronger between $1.99 and a two $99 product that that is a very interesting market a segment in itself and that is what we're talking about today and so this price range is crucial that has seen AMD pushing strong with the RX 480 and now being challenged by Nvidia with the gtx 1060 and so if you're in the verge of an upgrade which one of these two should you choose yak cable mod configurator allows you to select only the cables you need with you Joseph mod flex leaving that is very flexible or mod mesh that is more vibrant then you choose your length and color combination custom cables just got more custom with the cable mod configurator so invidious pricing structure with 1060 follows in the same footsteps as a 1080 and the 1070 having a substantial price premium for the founders edition or the reference guard at 299 which is the card we have here while promising cards from board partners starting from 249 at launch this does shift the price to aim these favors since the 4 and 8 gigabyte variants on the are X 480 are at 199 and 239 respectively that grants the 480 an immediate value advantage but still not too far from the custom 10 60s at 249 on paper the gtx 960 is a massive upgrade over the 960 with 1280 CUDA cores 6 Higa bytes of ram its gddr5 vram base clock of 1506 and boost of 7000 8 megahertz and the TDP of 120 watts and it's super interesting to see the cooter core count in this Pascal line so if a GTX 1050 was ever to be released how many CUDA cores will it have seven 20 now in comparison with the rx 480 which has a slightly high GDP but more vram and a faster memory bus the gtx 1060 looks like a strong competitor especially since Nvidia claims of compete with performance of a GTX 980 both cards require a single 6 pin for power and AMD has addressed the power delivery issues over the PCIe so no need to worry then comparing the i/o on the reference cards we have three DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0 plus the 1060 has a DVI while the reference 480 doesn't but custom 480 cards will seem to include a DVI connector the PCB on both cards is about 7 inches with a heatsink extending further that paves the way for even shorter GPUs with custom coolers can't wait for that ITX versions on the rise one significant difference between the two cards is multi GPU support amy has framed the RX for a to be a worthy competitor versus the GTX 1080 when the 4 80s are in crossfire however the gtx 960 has no SLI support this is a single only GPU solution this could hurt nvidia in the long run since dx12 and multi-gpu scaling is becoming better but this could be one of those things where they try to see if no SLI compatibility hurts the sales of the gtx 1060 we'll just have to wait and see now NVIDIA has made sure to separate the 1060 from the higher-end SKUs like the 1070 so let's jump into the benchmarks and see how it stacks up against the RX 488 gigabytes first let's start with 1080p at dx11 keep an eye between the purple bar which is the gtx 960 and the orange bar which is the arts 480 and their respective positioning within our full stack and as promised for the gtx 960 is very competitive against its own gtx 980 while the arcs 480 is more in line with the GTX 970 bumping the resolution to 1440p and the gap between the two cards closes with the gtx 1060 still taking a close lid and there are a few titles where the gap widens again as older gtx 980 and the 390x meander and between now what about the x12 at 1080p here we see the RX 480 squeezing some muscles but keep in mind this sample size for games is still quite small with Tomb Raider showing advantage on Pascal cards at 1440p the trend continues with the arcs fluidity taking the lead over the 1060 especially in hitman but once again we open Tomb Raider and it shows much better optimization on the green side and with gaming out of the way the gtx 1060 is a much more power efficient card which could really benefit anyone who wants an easy drop in upgrades while the arcs for any slots well between hit and the 1070 comparing reference coolers for noise levels the gtx 960 is both quieter and cooler staying at 71 degrees celsius at load while the our X 480 was at 83 degrees Celsius and the final graph of this comparison is a price to performance chart with the arc spray doing very well at 239 for both the X 11 and 12 while the gtx 1060 spans a wider price bracket and therefore the founders decision $50 premium makes the card way too expensive while the cheaper 249 makes it a fantastic option the dark base 900 may be the most innovative case of the year with a built-in Qi charger interior lighting tempered glass that can be installed on either side and a fully modular interior that can be inverted if you so desire be quiet stepping up their game check it out in the description below and so where does it leave us the arcs for you right now is in short supply which you know allows invidious gtx 1060 swoopin to be in good timing with healthy performance and good price as long as retailers for both sides don't mark up the cards based on low stock or hide them in or whatever else - 49 - the gtx 960 is a fantastic value especially with dx11 in DX 12 it suffers versus the 480 but again our sample size was so little that it's not totally conclusive and we'll have to wait and see for more dx12 testing come in the future but which one would you choose again come back to that question the 480 or the 1060 let us know in the comments down below now meant to meet you with our Canucks I hope you guys enjoy this video and we'll see you in the next one