Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Casper-on-Linux, Dec 31, 2018.
Hi, I'm looking to buy my first dedicated GPU, the local game shop has a used nvidia GTX 1060 3GB in stock with two years warranty for £160, I have a few gadgets lying around that I could trade in to get that price down by over 50%, I'm just wondering if that is a decent card to buy for a first time buyer, any advice would be much appreciated, my cpu is the amd a8 7650k.
Although the price might look good i would never recommend a 1060 with only 3 GB VRAM. Using a 960 4 GB here myself and most games released in the last ~3 years tend to use above 3 GB with playable FPS. The 1060 is nearly twice as fast.
Better spare some more money and go for a 6 GB variant.
EDIT: Just noticed the CPU might limit the GPU very likely.
Thanks for the reply, it's much appreciated, because of my CPU, would you recommend a lower model card with higher memory or should I just wait till I have enough money to go to the 6GB variant?
Since i don't buy graphics cards that often, i always go with the model with max VRAM available for a certain card in my price range. Assuming the CPU might be upgraded next the cheaper model would start limiting performance drastically compared to the max VRAM version.