Video Card chat

[Mephistopheles Janx]

Originally Posted by hometeam

For example, im rocking a 3090, 1440p ultra settings with RT on, in games like watch dog legion im getting 52 fps at 1440p, and that card is literally 4x as powerful in RT performance than a 2060.

To be fair, I'm getting about 140 fps in Warzone with RT on, but that still translates to something like 30~ fps on a 2060 to one of the better performing RT games.

Get the most raster performance you can for your dollar. And that is likely a 3070 (or a 3080 if you have the lil extra cash), and that gives you an upgrade path later as well. Dont buy one of these last gen cards on the cusp of the new wave if you are looking from a value standpoint.

Wots the point if the GPU is gonna be bottlenecked by the CPU though? My intent is to run this PC through the life of this video card, whatever I buy, and then will have to build a new one. I'm hoping to get another 3-4 years out of this CPU as the heart of my main PC.

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx

Wots the point if the GPU is gonna be bottlenecked by the CPU though? My intent is to run this PC through the life of this video card, whatever I buy, and then will have to build a new one. I'm hoping to get another 3-4 years out of this CPU as the heart of my main PC.

If you are looking to keep your computer around for another 3-4 years then you shouldnt even be thinking about RT if your current CPU cant even handle midrange GPUs.

I'm still rocking a 1070ti at 1080p and dont feel any need to upgrade. I'm still getting 100+ FPS in most everything I play because I always change the settings so that the most ridiculous graphics that you dont notice aren't eating away at performance.

[Mephistopheles Janx]

Originally Posted by jd1020

If you are looking to keep your computer around for another 3-4 years then you shouldnt even be thinking about RT if your current CPU cant even handle midrange GPUs.

I'm still rocking a 1070ti at 1080p and dont feel any need to upgrade. I'm still getting 100+ FPS in most everything I play because I always change the settings so that the most ridiculous graphics that you dont notice aren't eating away at performance.

My CPU will handle a 2060 (or a 5600XT). That is the most it will handle though. Is that not a mid-range GPU or has the paradigm shifted once the 6l/30 series was released?

I'm basically shopping for this current build's last ever video card. I'm gonna OC my 4770K (3.5GHz) to match a 4790K (4.0 GHz) and OC the memory (unknown specs on that as of yet) to give this build one last contract in it's HOF career.

I didn't feel the need to upgrade from my RX 570 / 24" 1080p monitor as much as we needed another monitor in the house so I went ahead and bought something that would be as future proof as I could afford. Now I'm trying to drive it as effectively as possible under the circumstances.

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx

My CPU will handle a 2060 (or a 5600XT). That is the most it will handle though. Is that not a mid-range GPU or has the paradigm shifted once the 6l/30 series was released?

I'm basically shopping for this current build's last ever video card. I'm gonna OC my 4770K (3.5GHz) to match a 4790K (4.0 GHz) and OC the memory (unknown specs on that as of yet) to give this build one last contract in it's HOF career.

I didn't feel the need to upgrade from my RX 570 / 24" 1080p monitor as much as we needed another monitor in the house so I went ahead and bought something that would be as future proof as I could afford. Now I'm trying to drive it as effectively as possible under the circumstances.

I don't know what AMD is looking like but as far as nVidia, 2060 is about as middle of the road as it gets. There's only the 1650 and 1660 and its Super/TI variants below it.

[Mephistopheles Janx]

Originally Posted by jd1020

I don't know what AMD is looking like but as far as nVidia, 2060 is about as middle of the road as it gets. There's only the 1650 and 1660 and its Super/TI variants below it.

Where the AMD 5600 XT stacks up in the series



Where it stacks up among modern cards



The more I think about this the more that the 5600XT seems like the right option for the current computer.

[TambaBerry]

Originally Posted by hometeam

For example, im rocking a 3090, 1440p ultra settings with RT on, in games like watch dog legion im getting 52 fps at 1440p, and that card is literally 4x as powerful in RT performance than a 2060.

To be fair, im getting about 140 fps in Warzone with RT on, but that still translates to something like 30~ fps on a 2060 to one of the better performing RT games.

Get the most raster performance you can for your dollar. And that is likely a 3070 (or a 3080 if you have the lil extra cash), and that gives you an upgrade path later as well. Dont buy one of these last gen cards on the cusp of the new wave if you are looking from a value standpoint.

What cpu are you running? That seems awfully low. I have heard though that cpu bottleneck the new cards at anything lower then 4k

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by TambaBerry

What cpu are you running? That seems awfully low. I have heard though that cpu bottleneck the new cards at anything lower then 4k

3900x OCed.

Watch Dogs is a marvel of ray tracing and bad optimization. AMAZING LIGHTING... iiiiity bittty living space.