GTX 1660 Super or RX 5600 XT?

[Sinister80s]

I am currently looking for a graphics card to upgrade from an RX 570 that decided to stop working properly with new drivers. (I'm borrowing an RX 580 atm from someone).

I have nailed my choices down to two cards, the GTX 1660 Super or an RX 5600 XT.

The specific cards i am looking at are the Sapphire Radeon Pulse RX 5600 XT ($479.67 AUD on Amazon) and the EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 Super SC ($383.74 AUD on Amazon). So around $100 AUD gap in price.

I only use a 1080p 60hz monitor but i also use a VR headset to play games like Half Life: Alyx on. Should i just go all out and get the 5600 XT, or save money and get a 1660 Super if the difference is not that noticeable.

My current specs are:
Ryzen 5 1600
16GB G-Skill Trident Z Ram 3000mhz

[r.linder]

1660 SUPER makes more sense for 1080p 60Hz.

Also, 5600 XT is closer to the 2060 than it is to the 1660 SUPER.

[Sinister80s]

İlk olarak Escorve tarafından gönderildi:

1660 SUPER makes more sense for 1080p 60Hz.

Also, 5600 XT is closer to the 2060 than it is to the 1660 SUPER.

will the 1660 super work well with VR?

[r.linder]

İlk olarak SinisterPiggy tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Escorve tarafından gönderildi:

1660 SUPER makes more sense for 1080p 60Hz.

Also, 5600 XT is closer to the 2060 than it is to the 1660 SUPER.

will the 1660 super work well with VR?

5600 XT would be better if you want to run VR games, though so would the 2060.

[Irondog]

If your gonna spend $500 get a RTX 2060 or 2070. The 20 series cards by Nvidia are much better than the 1660. Just bought a PC myself with a 2070.

Check this website out to compare any GPU/CPU https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/

[AdahnGorion]

As other users say, just use the benchmark sites like
https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1660S-Super-vs-AMD-RX-5600-XT/4056vs4062

or https://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_value.html

[r.linder]

There's a few problems with trusting sites like UserBenchmark:

1. The results are based on averages, so an influx of bad or good benchmarks can completely change the scoring between two products to something that's unrealistic.

2. At least on the CPU side, UserBenchmark is pretty much proven to be skewed in favor of Intel's CPUs, and some of the site's owners are some of the most vindictive and unrelenting Intel fanboys that refuse to accept that Ryzen is better than they say it is, and they've gone after people that have called them out on their bull.

3. Their benchmark "stats" are largely unimportant, and some of them they literally made up, such as the "effective speed."
All that should really matter is the temperatures, the noise the cooler creates, and the amount of FPS the card can render at the settings you want to use. There are tons of videos and channels on YouTube that compare GPUs and focus more on real-world performance (FPS results in games you'll probably play) rather than useless synthetic benchmarks that only apply to itself.

So, in short, if you want an accurate comparison between what the performance is like between two GPUs, you're better off checking multiple videos on YouTube that compare them in games. Synthetics only matter for the source of the synthetic benchmark, and synthetics are never an accurate representation of day to day performance.

[Sinister80s]

İlk olarak Edster tarafından gönderildi:

If your gonna spend $500 get a RTX 2060 or 2070. The 20 series cards by Nvidia are much better than the 1660. Just bought a PC myself with a 2070.

Check this website out to compare any GPU/CPU https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/

The RTX 2060 is quite a bit more than the RX 5600 XT where i am

[r.linder]

İlk olarak SinisterPiggy tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak Edster tarafından gönderildi:

If your gonna spend $500 get a RTX 2060 or 2070. The 20 series cards by Nvidia are much better than the 1660. Just bought a PC myself with a 2070.

Check this website out to compare any GPU/CPU https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/

The RTX 2060 is quite a bit more than the RX 5600 XT where i am

Then the 5600 XT is the better deal.

[Memes]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ the GPU price over there is pretty expensive. The prices in the US for the 1660 Super and the 5600XT is like $50 over here. Its probably because youre looking at amazon prices instead of other vendors but the 5600XT performs better than the 1660ti. Check on pcpartspicker to see the different prices of the 5600xt

[Sinister80s]

İlk olarak Memes tarafından gönderildi:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ the GPU price over there is pretty expensive. The prices in the US for the 1660 Super and the 5600XT is like $50 over here. Its probably because youre looking at amazon prices instead of other vendors but the 5600XT performs better than the 1660ti. Check on pcpartspicker to see the different prices of the 5600xt

Yeah nah amazon has it way cheaper, because its imported from US. prices on popular Australian PC Part sites has the 1660 Super at $400 to $500 and the RX 5600 XT is from $529 to $629.

[SHREDDER]

Netoher because both are 1 year old and soon better cards are coming from nvidia and amd.