4GB 960 > 1060 6GB?

[Hate]

Currently run a bit of a frankenPC that acts as a media machine and living room games machine (i7-4790k, 16GB, 960 4GB) and I currently only game with Steam streaming / Moonlight as I have no room for a desk or dedicated gaming setup so Macbook Pro on the couch connected via ethernet is perfectly sufficient.

I currently play games like Battlefield 1 and Star Wars Battlefront at 1080p medium settings and usually achieve 60fps on the laptop so the performance is reasonable to a point.

Is it worth upgrading to the 1060 6GB in order to enable me to play the above games, streamed, at high or ultra settings? In the odd occasion I get to play on the living room TV I do enjoy the better graphics over a PS4 etc. and the newer cards of course have the advantage of lower power consumption and future proofing, but are they any better at streaming?

I've also thought about the AMD cards, namely the 480 but have heard that since 95% of my gaming is streamed, I should stick with nVidia?

 

[beany_bot]

1060 > 970

But not nearly enough to consider it an "upgrade". I wouldn't go from one to the other. Not worth the money.

 

[Hate]

But I have a 960, not a 970?

 

[Davanius]

Lol. I have a 960 4gb and I am planning on getting a 1060 really soon. The 1060 is a massive upgrade.

 

[eddiew]

Then you KNOW the 1060 is significantly faster

I recently went from a 760 (not that far behind a 960) to a 1060, and the difference is significant. Subnautica went from around 40fps to somewhere north of 80.

It's also half the size... so the airflow in my case is much better so other things stay cooler. All around winner

 

[JediFragger]

To give you an ide then the 1060 6GB performs roughly the same as a 980. A decent enough jump but not mega (BUT the 1060 should max out those games np at 1080p)

 

[beany_bot]

My bad, sorry totally misread you!

Yes it's a decent upgrade lol.

 

[maonayze]

Yep, nice little upgrade that will make all your 1080p games shine like diamonds.

 

[peterhc]

People still buy AMD products ? o_O"

 

[Brazo]

When I was betwixt gpus in my i7 4790k system I inserted my 750ti which kept a rock solid 60fps on battlefront at 1080p medium settings. I toyed with the idea of a 960 for ultra setttings but went with a 1060. It gives 100-120fps in ultra on battlefront. Even more really as in some maps (plain snowy one) I get that with 135% frame scaling on.

I'm sure a 960 would offer a good mix of ultra/high settings?

Even though 1060 rocks at battlefront.