My current setup is pretty dated, but still doing alright for what I’m playing, although I’d like better framerates and a bit more “futureproofing” for when I start playing the more demanding games in my backlog.

Parts are:

  • R5 2600x;
  • 2060 Super;
  • 16GB @ 3466 16-18-18-18-36;
  • 1440p 144Hz monitor.

Currently playing The Witcher 3 Next Gen at medium details, DLSS set to quality and no RT. I get 50-80 fps, which isn’t too bad, but I’m aiming for high details and 120+ fps.

The most resource intensive game I have in my backlog is probably TLoU (or RDR2, or CP2077), and I’d like to play those at high/120 fps too, not really interested in RT.

At the moment I’m looking to get a 7800XT.

Do you think I can get away wih just a GPU + PSU upgrade, or would the 2600x cause too great a bottleneck at target resolution/details/fps to ignore?

For the GPU I’m considering a 7800XT instead of a 6800XT mainly because of the lower power consumption and slightly higher performance. Also the 7800XT comes with a very neat backplate plus GPU support bracket.

Issue is I don’t know if that justifies a ~15% price increase (price right now is $600 equivalent for the 6800XT and $690 equivalent for the 7800XT). I do like the looks of the 7800XT a bit more though lol so if current CPU and RAM can work with the new GPU at target resolution/details/fps, and there aren’t huge drawbacks to getting the 7800X instead of the 6800XT, I’m willing to spend those extra $90 on the former.

What do you think?

Thanks in advance to anyone replying!

  • さようなら@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thanks a lot for the follow up! Some things, though.

    The TPD of the components is their max rated draw. They will not exceed that draw

    What does this mean, then?

    https://www.techpowerup.com/review/sapphire-radeon-rx-7800-xt-nitro/38.html

    If you go down a bit, where they list the 20ms spikes, their 6800XT spiked to 579W, which is well above the TDP (300-350W depending on model). Am I misunderstaing something?

    PSU

    So I can probably save some money and go for a 750W instead of a 850W, accounting for spikes as shown above

    5600X3D

    Unfortunately I’m not from the US, and it looks like it will be a MicroCenter exclusive!

    anecdote

    I can get a new 5600/5600X for less than half the price of a 5800X3D (second hand market is kind of limited, and prices are, like, around 10% lower on the 5600), and since I will be playing games at 3440*1440 on the new monitor and won’t be playing competitive games, I guess a 5600 should be enough to get 100/120 fps at that resolution. I’ll keep looking into it! I’m not really in a hurry, to be honest, for various reasons, so I have time to keep researching

    Thanks a lot!

    edit: since I’m pretty new to recent-ish AMD cards (last AMD I got was a Sapphire HD 6850 lol), and you seem to know a bit about it, is Powercolor really a “tier 2” manufacturer? I was considering a Powercolor Red Dragon 6800XT, but after reading about it being a lower tier manufacturer, and freeing up some budget by getting a R5 5600, I’m now considering a Sapphire 7800XT Nitro+ instead. I usually prefer getting high quality parts, even if it means spending a bit more and sacrificing some performance, and I found a Sapphire N+ 7800XT for VERY cheap (only 75 more than the Powercolor 6800XT) so I’m considering getting it instead. Would help with PSU and futureproofing, since it consumes a lot less (especially the spikes) and it’s faster, even if by a small margin, besides being one of the historic third parties for ATI/AMD

    edit 2: pretty sure I had this bad boy https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/sapphire-hd-6850-vapor-x.b116 haha

    edit 3: is a 5600x (154.50) worth it over a stock 5600 (132.60)? Very small price difference