Upgrade GPU to RTX 2060 or wait for whole new build?

[Aghro]

Hello guys,

My rig is more than 6 years old and I am starting to see some limitations GPU wise.
This is what I have:

i7 6700k
R9 Sapphire Fury 4GB HBM
16 GB ram

I play on 1080p (FHD). And currently I plan to play maxed games like Cyberpunk (I can't do it with the Fury although is a really solid GPU).

I am seriously thinking about buying a RTX 2060 now that prices dropped a bit.
According to user benchmark is +40/50% performance vs my old GPU. I can have it for 300-350 EUR. Also should I go for 6 GB VRAM (300eur) or 12GB (350eur)? Woudl I have severe bottleneck or minimal?

Is doing that investment worth? How long do you think I will be able to enlarge the life of my setup with this change? 1 year/2years/more? If I know that adding a new GPU would seriously enlarge the lifespan of my build I think I prefer this route.

The other option is wait a bit (1 year tops) and go for a full new build with another new gen i7 and a 3060ti.
Full build would be around 1.800 EUR (a lot more).

So summarizing, is it worth to get a RTX 2060 in 2022-23?

Cheers!

[emoticorpse]

What games do you play the most?

[76561198343548661]

the change
34% performance uplift
less power consumption -160W instead of 275W
6GB VRAM instead of 4GB

not bad but i d go for RX 6600XT - 78% performance uplift , 8GB VRAM , 160W

or even better RX 6700XT

[Introverted Gamer]

Is it Strictly Game or gonna do Workstation, Context Creation and Computing.

[Aghro]

emoticorpse の投稿を引用：

What games do you play the most?

I play mostly single players games (Kingdom Come, The Witcher 3, Jedi Fallen Order, I wanto to play Elden Ring and Cyberpunk which nowadays I can't do at 60 fps) and sometimes casually some multiplayer with friends but nothing demanding.

[Aghro]

Introverted Gamer の投稿を引用：

Is it Strictly Game or gonna do Workstation, Context Creation and Computing.

Mostly gaming and some video editing/rendering but as a hobby. I would say 80-20.

[emoticorpse]

Aghro の投稿を引用：

Introverted Gamer の投稿を引用：

Is it Strictly Game or gonna do Workstation, Context Creation and Computing.

Mostly gaming and some video editing/rendering but as a hobby. I would say 80-20.

If you were certain the 3060 ti is what you were going to get for your next build, then I would just invest in the 3060 ti right now (since it's not too much more than the 2060) and then hold onto it for your next build.

[76561198343548661]

i must admit RX 6600 8GB and RTX 2060 6GB are dirty cheap now and it s very tempting but yep that scenario - getting the desired GPU now is not bad . Either way is better than sitting with R9 Fury .HBM

[Mr White]

Go with the RX6600 as its gives you 8GB of video memory compared to the RTX 2060 or GEFORCE 3050 8GB

[UserNotFound]

Why bother with the RTX 2060? It's two nVidia gen back, and IF you know nVidia, they'd be spending more time and effort optimizing for their latest and greatest. At this level, RT and DLSS are inconsequential, so go for a card that has better rasterize gaming performance, that's either RTX 3060 (12GB version, NOT lousy cut-down 8GB version) or AMD cards which are better bang-for-buck cards.

I'm just citing examples, but seriously, if you can consider the RTX 3060 12GB, then an AMD alternative that runs circles around it is the RX 6700 XT which is, surprise surprise, cheaper. for example, the cheapest RTX 3060 12GB is Peladn Gaming RTX 3060 12GB at 369USD, cheapest RX 5700 XT is the MSI Mech Radeon RX 6700 XT. The latter demolishes the former, just google them and you can see for yourself.

AMD RX 6600 easily beats the RTX 2060. Cheapest RTX 2060 I can find at Newegg is 240USDm cheapest RX 6600 can be had for 211USD, doesn't make sense to get a more expensive card that in the RTX 2060 which is outperformed by a cheaper card that has more VRAM to boot.

[ZeekAncient]

I would say wait and save your money for a whole new build.

Problem with upgrading your GPU to a newer generation is that your 6700K is starting to get on in age. It would definitely hold a 6600 or 3060 Ti back some. Especially at 1080p.

It would not be so bad with a 2060, but it would still hold it back.

A 3060 Ti, or a 6600XT, would be great for 1080p gaming. Considering the pricing right now, I would say the 6600, or XT, is the better value. You could always pick it up now if you are most certainly going to upgrade your CPU/platform later on.

But like I said, the 6700K would hold the GPU back at 1080p.

However, I always tell people that I hate the idea of buying one component here and then one component there for a new build. I always say to save your money and buy all the parts at once.

Problem with buying a part here, one there, and then one later, is that it usually ends up taking longer than you expect to buy all the parts. Then when you are ready to build a whole PC, some parts are outdated, or you run the risk of getting miss-matched parts, which isn't really a risk if you know what you are doing, though.

[UserNotFound]

I'd say, upgrade to a 6600/6600XT/6700/6700 XT if you can stretch your budget to accommodate an RTX 3060, this ASRock Challenger RX 6700 XT at 359USD (sorry, thought it was an MSI Mech RX 6700 XT on my earlier post)
https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6700-xt-rx6700xt-cld-12g/p/N82E16814930056?Description=RX%206700&cm_re=RX_6700-_-14-930-056-_-Product&quicklink=true

Seriously, at 359USD, it's cheaper than the RTX 3060, has same amount of VRAM as the 12GB RTX 3060, yest outpaces it in just about all games....

[ZeekAncient]

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Yes, a 6700XT for $359 is an absolute steal of a deal. In some games it will get close to a 3070 in rasterization. Some games, lol.

However, what I said earlier still stands. Your 6700K will definitely hold a 6700XT back. Especially at 1080p.

[Greenie]

ZeekAncient の投稿を引用：

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However, what I said earlier still stands. Your 6700K will definitely hold a 6700XT back. Especially at 1080p.

It won't hold it back as much as I think you're suggesting, I have a 6700k with a 3070 on a 32" Asus 4k monitor, everything plays perfectly. I had a 6600K and yes that held it back allot, more noticeable in games like battlefield 2042 once I purchased a 6700k the game played on high end of 60fps with a few dips @ 3840x2160 60hz. Since the technology is basically the same from the 6th gens to the 10th gen chips with some very minor upgrades, it shouldn't bottleneck very much. The largest difference he is going to see in the upgrade is with the newer chipset and PCIe bus speed increase. That's when the higher end video card and cpu will shine, but for now he's fine upgrading. The newer video card will simply default to PCIe x3 bus speed.

[Guydodge]

Greenmarine の投稿を引用：

ZeekAncient の投稿を引用：

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However, what I said earlier still stands. Your 6700K will definitely hold a 6700XT back. Especially at 1080p.

It won't hold it back as much as I think you're suggesting, I have a 6700k with a 3070 on a 32" Asus 4k monitor, everything plays perfectly. I had a 6600K and yes that held it back allot, more noticeable in games like battlefield 2042 once I purchased a 6700k the game played on high end of 60fps with a few dips @ 3840x2160 60hz. Since the technology is basically the same from the 6th gens to the 10th gen chips with some very minor upgrades, it shouldn't bottleneck very much. The largest difference he is going to see in the upgrade is with the newer chipset and PCIe bus speed increase. That's when the higher end video card and cpu will shine, but for now he's fine upgrading. The newer video card will simply default to PCIe x3 bus speed.

i owned a 6700k (now the wifes) and that thing overclocked like a beast it was still somewhat
limited because of 4 cores but thats one overclockable beast.

[Aghro]

Thanks for all the answers.

This is kinda deviating on comparing overpowered GPUs that I won't pair with my i7 6700k for obvious bottlenecks. I'm only meditating if getting the GPUs I mentioned is worth it, I know an RX 6700XT or an RX 3060Ti is better, but that's out of the picture right now. Those, in any case would be candidates if I go for a full new build (which I don't want right now but in the future).

I've been checking new offers and I would say everything is within RX 6600 (non XT) and RTX 2060 6GB or 12 GB for me. Going for a more powerful GPU with my current CPU is a waste. Plus I only want to get 1 or 2 years of life more out of my current rig and get opinions regarding if this investment is worth it or not.

What is also hard for me to understand is how still NVIDIA 2060s are still pricier than newer AMD 6600s. This is what's making me doubt.

I see some also mentioning the PCIe, I've checked myself and looks like using a newer card with an old motherboard isn't an issue. Like the performance is really marginally affected.