Sadly, my 980 TI just blew up. I took it apart and I think it’s one of the VRAM has totally burned out, there’s a big old black mark and burning smells. So unfortunately I need a new GPU.
I’ve always had NVIDIA in the past, but I’m willing to do AMD. I principally run Linux, but do dual boot for some Windows gaming. I do need VR support for my index. I’ve never done ray tracing, think it might be fun to try but not necessary.
It’s been a long time since I bought a GPU, so I’m not super up to date on everything right now, so I’m hoping for some advice. I was hoping to wait another year or two before upgrading, but I guess I need something now. I have a 6700k processor on Asus Maximus hero viii.
Honestly I probably just want to replace something roughly compatible to what I had, but maybe it is time to just upgrade to something much better. Usually I try to buy a decent GPU so it can last for many years instead of frequently upgrading. So I’m torn if I should just get something old and uses that would work for a year or two, or if I should now just bite the bullet and buy a upper mid to lower top tier GPU now. If I had to I could stretch a budget into the 1500 usd range, but it really bothers me that cards have been getting getting that expensive so I would prefer to keep it down more in 200-800 range. I have 1440p monitor, but I’m also ok with 1080 gaming.
I’d appreciate any thoughts, or advice from those more up-to-date on recent GPUs. Thanks
Your 6700k might bottleneck anything more than in the RX 6600 XT / RTX 3060 range. Both of those can be had for under 300 US. Drop a comment in Jason’s (PC Builder on youtube) latest videos. He answers loads of questions. Awesome guy.
I’ll have to check him out. And yeah I’ve been worried it might be a bottle neck, but I guess the question I’ve been wondering is if I should just get something higher end now for an eventual upgrade of CPU / MB, or just get a cheaper GPU now and then upgrade everything in a year or two
You could absolutely go bigger if you have a bunch of dough and upgrade your mb/ram/cpu later on. 👍
That would depend on how soon you plan to upgrade the CPU/MB. If it’s within the next year, then it would be worth getting the best GPU you can afford. Any longer, and I would recommend getting a cheap one now and evaluating your options again when you do upgrade the CPU. Prices for current generation GPUs will likely be lower a year from now, so there is no point paying more now for performance you can’t take advantage of. And there will likely be a new generation of cards within two years.
Good thought, I’m almost wondering if I should just upgrade now, I found a MB CPU ram combo deal at microcenter for ryzen 7700x combo 4 for 400, maybe I should just upgrade to something like that now with a new GPU. My initial an was to get a 7950x3d or 7800x3d in a year or so and upgrade everything then.
With that budget you could buy a 7900 XTX and live large for quite a while considering you’ve been riding a 980 TI for this long. It’s what I have and I play 4K so if you’re only looking for 1440 you’ll do great.
Do you think the xtx is really worth it over the xt? The xt seems to have just a little less ram and slightly lower clock, but 250 less, I doubt the gaming in doing will need anywhere need 24gb memory for quite some time
A 7800XT is able to drive a 4k monitor at 50-60FPS on average, ultra details.
At 1440p you can expect 80-100+ fps on average, again ultra details. Both without Ray Tracing.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-7800-xt-review/3
If you’re OK with lowering some details to high, or using FSR, a 7800XT should be more than enough for 1440p gaming. Of course it depends on what games you play and your preferences, but I don’t think you need a 7900XT, let alone a XTX, unless you want RT or maxed settings 120+ fps.
I saw someone else suggest a 2060; I have a Super and it’s not really fit for 1440p modern gaming, unless you feel like playing at low/medium details and are OK with 50-60fps and no RT (again, depending on games, of course).
It has been worth the money for me playing at 4k 100%. If you were strictly 1080 I’d say you’re fine, but even for 1440 I say the xtx.
In a previous thread I said to not worry about a bottleneck unless it’s hilariously lopsided. Your case may not be the same but it’s reaching there.
You should always be thinking about value, ie $ per FPS gained as the prime consideration when upgrading. The next thing is $ over time. Pretty sure $1500 on a GPU is not going to be the best in either metric. Bottleneck is a theoretical worry; ie if you’re bottlenecked and your GPU is doing 100 FPS instead of 120 FPS, but you went from 50 FPS to 100 FPS while spending US$350, vs going to 80 FPS and not being bottled necked while spending US$250, which is the better value?
I would personally recommend you get a 2060 or rx 570 as there getting quite cheap nowadays and have good price to performance rtx 2060 has both dlss and rt cores which is a bonus as well
