Graphics card selection (<$500)

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  spackbace on 31/03/2020 - 20:07

  5600XT

  Just in budget

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  denali7432 on 31/03/2020 - 20:34

  if you have a 1080p and dont play latest games id say save some money by buying a 1660 super and use the rest for games. but if you want to future proof yourself if you start playing newer games id say try and find a 2060 super..i hear wonderful things about ryzen cpu's but too many negatives about amd gpu's so id stay away from that if it was my money..but if you decide otherwise for that money id look into a 5600xt.

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  Godric on 31/03/2020 - 20:41

  +1

  10XX series cards, 1070 going for roughly $250-400 on used market and it's more than capable for 1080p

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    p1 ama on 31/03/2020 - 22:45

    1070 for < $300 is okay. Anything more is not worth it. The 1660 Super is ~$350 new or so and beats the 1070 handily.

    https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2542?vs=2528

    Not to mention that the 1660 Super is a better architecture, likely to have better performance in the long run. I personally would generally avoid older cards. You saw the same argument with the 980 vs. 1060 6GB. They used to be similar, but the 1060 is now much better.

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      Adoses on 01/04/2020 - 16:54

      https://www.techspot.com/review/1935-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660…

      Actually, the 1070 is still slightly superior. Its the GTX 1660 ti that basically matches or beats the GTX 1070.

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  Tinqer on 31/03/2020 - 20:51

  I'm looking in the same area, I've also got an AMD CPU. So there's no benefit for going AMD+AMD? Just as good to get an Nvidia?

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    Adoses on 01/04/2020 - 16:56

    +1

    There's no difference at all. Nvidia cards work perfectly with AMD CPUs.

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      Tinqer on 01/04/2020 - 20:58

      thanks!

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  MagicMushroom on 31/03/2020 - 20:59

  +1

  RX570 will do

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  [Deactivated] on 31/03/2020 - 21:53

  +1

  Look at second hand

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  p1 ama on 31/03/2020 - 22:48

  +1

  I'd go with a 1660 Super if you just want to play at 1080p60 and have a good time. If you want to play at higher refresh rates or 1440p, then I'd step right up to a 5700 XT. I don't find the 5600 XT a compelling product. The 5700 XT is far better and not that much more expensive.

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  Kangal on 01/04/2020 - 01:02

  +1

  Sounds like you have a Full-Desktop PC, and not a Small-form factor that helps.

  At the MINIMUM, get an old AMD RX 470, it will be the cheapest.
  in between= GTX 1060, RX 570, RX 480, GTX 1660 cards

  At the MID-RANGE, get a used AMD RX 580, best value so far.
  in between= RX 5500, RX 590, RX 5500Xt, GTX 1070, GTX 1660-S, GTX 1660 Ti, RX 5600Xt,

  At the HIGH-END, get a new RTX 2060, play with tray-racing on a budget.
  in between= GTX 1070Ti, GTX 1080, RX 5700, RTX 2060-S, RTX 2070, RX 5700Xt, GTX 1080Ti,

  At the MAXIMUM, get a Brand New Nvidia RTX 2070-S, limits of bottleneck for your system.

  …my recommendation?
  Don't invest lots of money into a GPU until you get yourself a good monitor. Plus, there's a good upgrade coming in the next few months from AMD's 7nm RDNA2 cards (ie RX 6500, RX 6600, RX 6700, RX 6800). And there is also a good upgrade coming from Nvidia's 7nm Volta cards (ie RTX 3050, RTX 3060, RTX 3070). At the minimum, it will mean current and old cards are going to drop down in price. And the more expensive the card, the more value its going to lose.

  So I recommend you get yourself a Used AMD RX 580 (8GB) GPU, for about AUD $180-$210. It will play most games at +1080p/+60fps/+High Settings today, and in the near future. And when you're ready to upgrade, you won't lose much money on this card, and you would have saved up for a better monitor and a better gpu.

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  Ryanek on 01/04/2020 - 07:57

  Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti