Quote Originally Posted by Jamie McKane View Post
That is the cheapest pricing available for both video cards, the Powercolor RX 480 has not been available for quite some time in South Africa, with Wootware listing it as Out of Stock.
It is not the cheapest pricing, wootware's stock RX 480 was R4799, the price has only been removed due to the volatile ROE and because of the posibility of them not receving stock of reference cards again.

Few things to consider (as I have -some- insider info), the reason the Reference card is out of stock at the moment is because it sold so well. Wootware are bringing in more PCS (Powercolor) stock, however it'll be aftermarket cards. Your article still did not explicitly indicate you were only comparing "in stock" items.

The benchmarks compare performance of the GTX 1060 Founders Edition with the RX 480 reference card.
I did not click the guru3d link, here's why (if mods are okay with cross linking forums):

http://carbonite.co.za/f20/issue-inf...e-guru-102751/

ShockG aka Neo, used to be the hardware reviewer for NAG magazine. (Some background info).

Comparing pricing of Founders Edition and AMD reference cards is counter-intuitive, as the Founders Edition cards are priced at a higher MSRP than the more powerful AIB partner cards.
I'm sorry, I'm a little confused here, how is it counter-intuitive? If nVidia up's the pricing of their FE cards, that's their decision as a company, it should be taken into account, as not everyone purchases AIB cards (especially people who consider aftermarket/watercooling).

What is ironic is that you listed the price of a Reference AMD card made by Sapphire, to that of an aftermarket AIB card made by Galax. That is not comparing apples to apples.

This is entirely subjective.
See my link above.

Various benchmarks have show the GTX 1060 beating the RX 480 in performance, which makes sense as it is more expensive internationally.

Due to RX 480 stock problems in South Africa however, the GTX 1060 is the more reasonable (and cheaper) purchase
Head to Head, the GTX 1060 is faster, but also more expensive (taking $ pricing into account). That being said however, when looking at the 2 cards LOCALLY in SA pricing, it might be that the GTX 1060 EX OC by Galax ends up being the best value for money card.

I would honestly wait until we have AIB cards from both sides of the fence, with local pricing to make a direct comparison.

If you had to buy a new GFX Card right NOW(and you are South African), then yes, I agree the Nvidia GTX 1060 is most sensible buy.