(SW) Tomi 14. aug. 2024 kl. 17.31
GPU Upgrade dilemma (very long thread)
Hi,
The title says it all.
I have a GTX 1060 6GB, paired with a 5700X with which i was satisified for the last few years but after 2022, i started to feel the need for a better GPU, but I cannot seem to choose a better one.
I play mostly a lot of games that are usually quite old (DirectX9 games to Older DirectX11 games) as new games simply do not interest me that much but despite that I have a few demanding games that I want to try out for a change.
I am going to warn ahead that I might have a few ''hot takes'', and I might criticise one brand too much while being light on the other but at the end of the day, I am not biased towards any company just for the sake of being a fanboy. For me AMD/NVIDIA/Intel are all just corporations with very little other interests than obtaining profit at all costs, so PLEASE keep it civil down in the comments and don't start any brand vs brand wars.

All of that said, I am going to simply put it, the current mid range market sucks.

I play at 1080p@60Hz, but i am considering upgrading to 144hz depending on what GPU i choose. I have been considering all kinds of options from different price points but the range mostly has been 200 to 600 Euros. The reason for this awkward decision is that I CAN cough up 600 Euros but it will be a really tough pill to swallow for me financially.

The alforementioned 200-330 Euro range basically gives me a 3060/4060 or a 6750 XT. The issue is that the 3060 12GB is already starved out of performance now and the 4060 is also a no go as for the little extra performance boosts it drops 4GB of VRAM and I would rather go with a 3070 because if I absolutely must have a 8GB GPU then atleast I want it to be worth it from the standpoint of raw performance.
Now the 6750 XT looks as the most attractive option in this price range, but I havent owned an AMD GPU for ages since they were still selling cards under the ATI branding and Phenoms/FX CPUs were the best thing you could get from them from the CPU side and therefore I have flat out no idea what to expect when switching to an AMD GPU. I have heard of the last few years a lot of good opinions from people who have switched to them but also a lot of bad opinions so for me it's a one big question mark.

350-500 Euro price range is much worse. The 4060 Ti 8GB is really bad for what it is and the 16GB is priced too closely to the 4070. From the AMD side, the 6800 is really, really compelling option but once again the big question mark on their side

Above 500 Euro price range, I have the standard 4070 and the 7800 XT as an option, both of which are not straight out worth buying, especially with the fact that the 4070 Super is just 50-100 bucks more but now we have reached the point where i am buying a GPU with 3080-3090 performance to play at best 2-3 triple A games at good enough quality and framerates on a 60hz monitor, or a 144hz once I cough up the dough for that one.

I have also been heavily considering the used market, especially the 2080 Ti and the 3070, with the 2080 Ti being the most compelling option due to it's VRAM and some horsepower to spare at 1080p, but i don't know if I am prepared to risk giving around 300 bucks to a no name ,random person I have never heard of. And also old high end cards such as the 1080 Ti and 2080 Ti are crazily overpriced, even on second hand market in my country. I have seen some people asking over 300 Euros for a 1080 Ti and over 400-500 for a 2080 Ti.On the other hand, There are a few 3070s that sold used by a very known retailer with a warranty, but for a high price of 347 euros currently, for which i am waiting to drop in price to be worth it.

To conclude this thread: 1. I have the option of going 3060/4060, both of which are not going to last me long, with the alternatives being the used 3070 (after a price drop) that is going to provide reasonable performance without going spending a lot since i am not into new AA games whatsoever and I should not be limited by VRAM in that scenario and me also getting a 144hz monitor later for that 3070 for those older games.
2. pay some random dude around 300e for a 2080 Ti and hope I wont get screwed over.
3. bite the bullet and go AMD and hope that i will not get burned in some way or another on the software site.
4. Paying the price premium of 600 bucks and going 4070 Super, for which I would have to pay another 100e for atleast a 144hz 1080p monitor as 60hz on older games is going to be an insane waste on that caliber of hardware, which again, is going to be a tough pill for me to swallow from the financial side.
5th option being me just riding out the 1060 for a longer time, which wont be a pleasant time since the 1060 is like a fully-squeezed lemon, especially wth the release of new UE5 based games and any miracles or other tricks that are supposed to prolong the lifetime of the 1060 have already happened and it's going to go downhill from here.

I appreciate any help coming from anyone and I am sorry for writing such an insanely long thread. I just want to have as much information covered as possible so i don't have to go over the same things again and also if I have missed out on anything, feel free to let me know. I am writing this tired at 2 AM in the morning and I have a week off work, so I have currently thankfully more than enough time to fill in any gaps of information I might have missed.
Sist redigert av (SW) Tomi; 14. aug. 2024 kl. 17.38
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(SW) Tomi 15. aug. 2024 kl. 4.48 
Opprinnelig skrevet av hawkeye:
You are going about it the wrong way.

You need to check benchmarks for the games that you will be playing - both cpu and gpu.
Why cpu? That's what create the fps. If the cpu can't churn out the fps the gpu won't either.
Why gpu? That's what draws what the cpu tells it to and hopefully at the same fps.

Then there is the monitor.
The connection types have to match.
Cpu performance is independent of resolution.
But gpu performance is dependent on resolution.

1080p at 60hz - a 1080ti is likely to be a candidate.
A 2070 also but they have different connectors.

The lowest new card I would be looking at is a 4070. But looking at the games you play it might be overkill.
I did, usually a 2070/2080 is more than enough to max out almost all my games, maybe besides one or two.
If it's an older DirectX 11 or a DirectX 9 (which a lot of my games are) then even high framerates of FPS on some of them with such GPUs is possible.
4070 (Super) is in my benchmarks is really overkill. That's why I was looking for cheaper options first before pulling the trigger on a really expensive GPU.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Rumpelcrutchskin:
I would say if you look for used market then RTX 3080 and if new then RX 6800. Both are about same performance, wont screw you over with only 8 GB VRAM and wont be cards that have more then 8 GB just for show while being weak as hell like 4060 Ti and 7600 XT.
RTX 3080 is really expensive in my country, even when talking second hand.
It costs almost the same as a new 4070, so it's unfortunately a no go for me.
The 6800 sounds really attractive but it's 400 euros in my country so in other words, priced off quite close to a 4070 (500e)
What about the 2080 Ti ?, assuming I can get it for around 300 bucks? It's harder to get at a reasonable than the alforementioned 3070, but it seems to have everything i want atleast for 60 FPS at newer games and even 144 FPS in my older games.
I am also considering going the 3070 route as all of my games (even the new ones) don't go above 8GB VRAM in usage unless you go with really high resolution and settings which i am not planning to do but I am waiting for one to go way below the price of a 6750 XT/4060 Ti, so VRAM sacrifice but atleast worth it in some way or another. I am hoping to get the 3070 way below the 300 euro range (250-280 Euros).


Opprinnelig skrevet av N3tRunn3r:
Opprinnelig skrevet av DutchmanTheOverseer:
I apprieciate the help but once again, the 4070 Super is the max i can do, ..

So it is the RTX 4070 Super. A good choice .. !!
But be aware, dont buy it from Gigabyte, get it from MSI ..

A RTX "4070 Super" is as powerful as a "RTX 3090 Ti" while using half of Watts .. !!
Keep this in mind ..
https://technical.city/en/video/GeForce-RTX-3090-Ti-vs-GeForce-RTX-4070-SUPER

With a xx60 series you wont have any fun .. especially with used and probably damaged GPUs you can not trust .. not to mention used 20's series .. absolutely a no-go !!

30's and especially 20's series are not manufactured anymore as well ..
40's series are more stable and reliable, more "polished", especially Ray Tracing ..

100% go for a RTX 4070 Super, in your case ..
it is even somehow "future-proof" for minimum next 3 years ..

Keep your 1080p screen and play with high fps .. and on this XMAS get a better screen with at least 144 Hz, $200, something like ::

24" native 1080p
< 1 ms
min 120 Hz, 144 Hz better, 165 Hz is badly buffed, 240 Hz godlike
flat, IPS
100% DCI-P3
500 cd/m²

27" native 1440p
< 1 ms
min 120 Hz, 144 Hz better, 165 Hz is badly buffed, 240 Hz godlike
flat, IPS
100% DCI-P3
500 cd/m²
I haven't chosen the 4070 Super as my final choice yet. I also have very little to no interest in raytracing. The only NVIDIA feature I am even a bit remotely interested in is DLSS and only for the sake of getting more FPS without trashing the quality of the image much and even then I prefer raw rasterization over some software tricks.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Illusion of Progress:
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I apprieciate your honest feedback, especially when it's coming from another former 1060 user switching to AMD and I will put it into consideration but i will try to look for cheaper alternatives first nonetheless before shelling out 500-600 Bucks on a GPU which will very likely go unused in my use case.
I forgot to mention that I only have a 650W PSU (Seasonic Focus Gold). so I might have to factor in an additional cost of getting a new beefier PSU, as anything above a 6800 non-xt recommends a 750W PSU or better.


Opprinnelig skrevet av Zef:
Just get a 7800XT, costs 500 bucks but it's already 2K ready so it will last you years to come on 1080P and it's even more powerfull then a 4070.

With FSR3 and AMDFMF2 frame generation you'll even get more out the card in the long run.

Yes i'm biased but i switched over from Nvidia (1060) to a 7900XTX with 24Gb VRAM and i haven't regretted my purchase a single bit.

The muh AMD drivers are bad is so 2010 cringe worthy and hasn't been true in quite a while.

And if you must have Ngreedia's offerings, get a 4070.
It's not a must have, I just said I haven't had anything from AMD's side of GPUs in over a decade so I am just careful, that's all.
I also once again, absolutely forgot to mention in my original post that I ony have a 650W PSU (Seasonic focus gold PSU), so going above 6800 on the AMD side might warrant an additional cost of getting a new PSU as well.


Opprinnelig skrevet av Talby:
I was going to say the same, 4070 ti and a 1440/144, you will be ready for a new cpu/mobo upgrade budget permitting...
Unfortunately, way out of my price range...
4070 Ti goes for 700e in my country.
Also might require a PSU change on my side + 1440p/144hz is still insanely hard to drive, and would require me to change out hardware very often.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Tonepoet:
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6750 GRE is unfortunately not available in my country. The closest thing we have is a 6700/6750 XT.
Sist redigert av (SW) Tomi; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 5.11
Caldari Ghost 15. aug. 2024 kl. 4.53 
Since you have no interest in ray tracing you will be happy with a 3070 at 1080p yes. I have not checked the exact fps but in 2k with rt off and other settings maxed I can still enjoy cyberpunk at a "high refresh rate" experience. Well above 60 fps.
Sist redigert av Caldari Ghost; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 4.53
(SW) Tomi 15. aug. 2024 kl. 4.57 
Perhaps I wasn't very specific with what games I want to play, so i am going to put out a list of games of what I have currently installed + what I am going to play to better help me reaching a final resolution.
From the installed list of games I have: GoldSrc Games, A lot of Source 1 Engine games, AOE 2,DayZ, Arma 3, CS2, Space Engineers, Serious Sam 1-4, PUBG, Crysis 2, RDR2, Barotrauma + a bunch of really light games.
I am planning to Helldivers 2 and Escape from Tarkov, and some RTS games with the Helldivers 2 being the most demanding on the list, but don't want to buy a expensive, GPU just for that single game. I also have no issues of dropping settings for me to get better FPS.
Sist redigert av (SW) Tomi; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 5.01
(SW) Tomi 15. aug. 2024 kl. 5.00 
Opprinnelig skrevet av Caldari Ghost:
Since you have no interest in ray tracing you will be happy with a 3070 at 1080p yes. I have not checked the exact fps but in 2k with rt off and other settings maxed I can still enjoy cyberpunk at a "high refresh rate" experience. Well above 60 fps.
Appreciate the feedback, good to hear that, but I will collect more feedback before making a final choice.
Sist redigert av (SW) Tomi; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 5.00
Caldari Ghost 15. aug. 2024 kl. 5.17 
Opprinnelig skrevet av DutchmanTheOverseer:
Perhaps I wasn't very specific with what games I want to play, so i am going to put out a list of games of what I have currently installed + what I am going to play to better help me reaching a final resolution.
From the installed list of games I have: GoldSrc Games, A lot of Source 1 Engine games, AOE 2,DayZ, Arma 3, CS2, Space Engineers, Serious Sam 1-4, PUBG, Crysis 2, RDR2, Barotrauma + a bunch of really light games.
I am planning to Helldivers 2 and Escape from Tarkov, and some RTS games with the Helldivers 2 being the most demanding on the list, but don't want to buy a expensive, GPU just for that single game. I also have no issues of dropping settings for me to get better FPS.
I play helldivers 2 and can confirm the game runs smoothly on 3070. It does get hot though.
Sist redigert av Caldari Ghost; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 5.20
Zef 15. aug. 2024 kl. 5.32 
Opprinnelig skrevet av N3tRunn3r:
Opprinnelig skrevet av Zef:
Just get a 7800XT, costs 500 bucks but it's already 2K ready so it will last you years to come on 1080P and it's even more powerfull then a 4070.

...

Yes i'm biased but i switched over from Nvidia (1060) to a 7900XTX with 24Gb VRAM and i haven't regretted my purchase a single bit.

...

And if you must have Ngreedia's offerings, get a 4070.

Clearly the RX 7800 XT is "NOT" more "powerful" than a RTX 4070 >>>


The regular "RTX 4070" is about 12% better in performance than the "RX 7800 XT" ..

https://technical.city/en/video/GeForce-RTX-4070-vs-Radeon-RX-7800-XT


The "RX 7800 XT" is about 25% less in performance compared to the "RTX 4070 Super" ..

https://technical.city/en/video/Radeon-RX-7800-XT-vs-GeForce-RTX-4070-SUPER



"RTX 4070 Super" is equivalent more with a "RX 7900 XTX" ..
So even the lower "RX 7900 XT" is more expensive than the "RTX 4070 Super" by $100 ..

https://technical.city/en/video/Radeon-RX-7900-XTX-vs-GeForce-RTX-4070-SUPER


So in this case, AMD is clearly more expensive by more than $100 than "Ngreedia" for a "same performance" ..


RTX 4070 Super == RX 7900 XTX (+ 3%)

RTX 4060 Ti == RX 7800 XT (+ 5%)


"RTX 4060 Ti" between 400 and 550 EUR .. ( NOT recommended )
"RTX 4070" between 550 and 650 EUR
"RTX 4070 Super" between 600 and 700 EUR

"RX 7800 XT" between 500 and 550 EUR ( NOT recommended )
"RX 7900 XT" between 700 and 800 EUR !! ( NOT recommended )
"RX 7900 XTX" between 950 and 1000 EUR !! ( NOT recommended )

AMD is WAY more expensive .. for just more RAM but with "same performance" ..

By this particular comparison here, AMD's RX 7900 XTX is clearly a "rip-off" .. !!
Paying about 300 EUR more for 3% (!!!) more performance against the RTX 4070 Super ..

For 1000 EUR I get a MSI / Zotac / ASUS "RTX 4080 Super" .. (+ 10.5%)

https://technical.city/en/video/Radeon-RX-7900-XTX-vs-GeForce-RTX-4080-SUPER


So, the "RX 7800 XT" is slightly better than a "RTX 4060 Ti" by 5%, but more expensive again, and as mentioned above already, the difference between 4060 Ti and 4070 is +18% !! Some german sites even show a difference of 30% .. same results as on userbenchmark.

https://technical.city/en/video/Radeon-RX-7800-XT-vs-GeForce-RTX-4060-Ti


AMD is clearly not to be recommended during current generations ..
I do not even remember when AMD was ever been recommended ..


The "RTX 4070 Super" is going to be a really satisfying GPU .. also being future-proof for minimum 3 years . . . If in doubt by budget, get a "RTX 4070" from MSI . . .


:cwat:

Buuuulllshit, there are only a handfull of titles where the 4070 wins, stop spreading false information. I'm using actually reputable sources compared to your nonsense site with a UI design from the year 2000. (technical.city? what?)

A regular 4070 without DLSS and other gimmicks is not 12% better then a 7800XT, the 7800XT is better in pure rasterization, always has been.

I quote;

We analyzed all 56 configurations tested at 1080p. The performance between these two GPUs is quite similar. The Radeon 7800 XT is on average just 3% faster. While there were instances where the Radeon GPU outpaces its counterpart by a margin of 20% or more, there were also cases where it lags by 20% or more

Excluding the ray tracing data, the Radeon 7800 XT is 5% faster on average. Although there are numerous instances where the Radeon GPU is notably faster, the majority of games show marginal differences between the two.

At 4K, the Radeon 7800 XT achieves its largest lead yet over the GeForce RTX 4070 at 8%, boosted by significant victories in Hogwarts Legacy (with ray tracing) and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Without these outliers, the 7800 XT's lead shrinks to 6%, making the competition almost a tie.

So let me recap so you'll finally understand this time:

At 1080P a 7800XT is 3% faster
At 4K a 7800XT is 6% faster
On average a 7800XT is 5% faster

https://www.techspot.com/review/2736-geforce-rtx-4070-vs-radeon-7800-xt/

Even your nonsensical claim that a 4070 super is stronger then a 7900XTX has been disproven repeatingly by none other that Nvidia's most centric GPU review site gpu.userbenchmarks! And yes that also includes a 4070 TI super, 7900XTX is still more powerfull.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-4070-S-Super-vs-AMD-RX-7900-XTX/4154vs4142

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-4070-TS-Ti-Super-vs-AMD-RX-7900-XTX/4155vs4142

We can disagree on featuresets between the 2 brands, where Nvidia still has the lead (CUDA & DLSS), but i will not let you spread completely false information that has been disproven time and time again.
Sist redigert av Zef; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 6.01
BlueBangkok 15. aug. 2024 kl. 7.16 
Opprinnelig skrevet av DutchmanTheOverseer:
Opprinnelig skrevet av Caldari Ghost:
Since you have no interest in ray tracing you will be happy with a 3070 at 1080p yes. I have not checked the exact fps but in 2k with rt off and other settings maxed I can still enjoy cyberpunk at a "high refresh rate" experience. Well above 60 fps.
Appreciate the feedback, good to hear that, but I will collect more feedback before making a final choice.

That is always a good course of action.
For me personally, RT makes all the difference in Cyberpunk, but it's certainly not "required" to play and enjoy the game.

Going through your opener, I would personally say bite the bullet and get the 7800 XT. AMD drivers are solid now, it has 16 gigabytes of memory which is important if you want your card to last long, and, if you don't get a high res high refresh monitor (like 4K), it has enough raw power to give you satisfactory experience.
If you stay at 1080p, but go high refresh, it's not ideal to bet on AI tricks like DLSS because any upscaling at 1080p is terrible.
Sist redigert av BlueBangkok; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 7.17
Tonepoet 15. aug. 2024 kl. 15.06 
Opprinnelig skrevet av DutchmanTheOverseer:
Opprinnelig skrevet av Tonepoet:
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6750 GRE is unfortunately not available in my country. The closest thing we have is a 6700/6750 XT.

Eh? You're dutch, right? Ergo from the netherlands. Yestonstore has a drop-down list of countries they are willing to ship to, and the Netherlands is included on it.

They also Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Chechzia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, mexico, New Zealand, norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Span, Sweeden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the U.K. and the U.S.A.

Plus I found their F.A.Q. buried in the site's about menu since then. Not only do they claim to ship to most countries and regions, but they have this section:

3.Matters relating to V.A.T. in Europe

If you are a buyer from the European region and are able to purchase the product from our shop, there is no need to pay customs duty; however, if you are unable to purchase normally from our online shop, you will need to contact us by email (yestonstore@gmail.com) In this case you may need to pay additional customs duty, and the buyer is required to have the ability to clear the customs and pay for the duty on his/her own.

They ship from China. knowing that, if you're in the netherlands, duty customs might add 21% V.A.T. to the price based on the value of your merchandise[dfhfreight.com].

$269 U.S.D. is 245.15 Euro, so you're expecting to spend 51.48 euro at most, if their price isn't considered V.A.T. inclusive.

If you can't get it at that brings the price up to 296.73€, plus $10 (9.11 euro) shipping based on what I saw from the netherlands. So at most I'm anticipating you spend 305.84€ to get it in the netherlands. A bit of a premium, but it falls within the middle of your lowest price range, and is still cheaper than the 6750 xt. That's perhaps more than I was hoping you might have to pay, but it's still cheaper than the cheapest 6750 xt on Amazon.nl (332.00€)[nl.pcpartpicker.com], even if V.A.T. is added on top of the base price, rather than included.

The XFX 319 Speedster 6750xt has two more gigabytes of V.R.A.M., and that may very well be worth the extra 26.16€ just to future proof the card a bit though.

I definitely initiated (but did not complete) the checkout process to see what they might charge to ship to the Netherlands.

They have a few products that are only available to ship in the U.S.A., but that's mentioned on the item page, and the 6750 G.R.E. is not among those. I initiated the checkout process using an example address from the Netherlands, so I do have reason to believe they will ship to you.


It's rather peculiar for me to see that Yeston is possibly one of the cheaper options though. They're mostly known for aesthetic design cards that cost a premium over the base models, most especially including their anime "waifu" cards and most of their products are overpriced. The Yeston Game Ace Radeon RX 6750 G.R.E.[yestonstore.com] actually looks a fair bit like one of their Waifu cards, except without the anime girl branding and backplate, and they also have a more traditional black card [yestonstore.com] if the aesthetic weirds you out.

In fact, come to think of it, the black one is only $259 U.S.D., so it actually merits a recalc:

236.08€
51.93€ V.A.T. maybe
9.11€ shipping

Estimated upper cost: 297.12€

Oh right. The Paypal Currency Conversion fee is 4.5%, so final cost might be more like 319.6 for the gamer ace, and 310.49 for the black one, but if they accept euro then that won't be a problem, and you might be able to find more favorable rates (2 or 3 percent[www.investopedia.com]) via a credit card.

Maybe you'll want to send them an inquiry. If Yestonstore really refuses ship to you, then you might want to mention which country you are in, because we actually need to know your local marketplace pricing to give you sound purchasing advice.




Anyway, something else you should consider in your 500€ price range is the RX 7900 G.R.E. It was originally slated for just the Chinese market, but after Nvidia released the Super Refresh, A.M.D. decided to release the 7900 G.R.E. internationally as a response, likely to compete with the 4070 Super in particular.

It seems to be the same age old tale of A.M.D. wins in raw rasterization and Nvidia wins with ray tracing. Cross reference with techradar[www.techradar.com] and techspot[www.techspot.com] comparisons of the cards.

Sweetening the pot a little is the fact that like most A.M.D. rivals, the RX 7900 G.R.E. is a bit cheaper:

The cheapest of the RX7900 G.R.Es. in the netherlands are the XFX RX-79GMERCB9[nl.pcpartpicker.com], the Asrock Challenger[nl.pcpartpicker.com] and the Powercolor Fighter O.C.[nl.pcpartpicker.com], all priced at 593€ at megekko, although the Gainward Ghost RTX 4070 Super[nl.pcpartpicker.com] is only 605€ from Alternate.

You're only saving 12€, since you don't particularly care about Ray Tracing much, I'd think the RX 7900 G.R.Es. would be more useful to you than the 4070 Super based on in-game perf, metrics and a free lunch is just a nice bonus on the side. Techspot claims it's 6% faster than rasterization on average.

Granted, the 7900 G.R.E. isn't as good as the 4070 Super at ray tracing. It's a rather large loss. However, considering it's a step up the stack from the 7800 xt, I'd expect it to outperform the 7800 xt at ray tracing. I'm not even going to check because that's just the natural conclusion one would have to draw. If such is the case, then it might be beneficial to go with this higher up the stack option in case you change your mind and do decide to start dabbling in ray tracing, as a compromise between the 7800 xt and the 4070 super. Ignoring it altogether might not be wise if it becomes more important in the future. It was originally anticipated to replace rasterization, rather than supplement it, if I recall correctly.

There's also speculation on overclocking the RX 7900 G.R.E. to perform more like the 7900 XT since they're based on the same die and share similar parts[www.overclock.net]. I don't really think about overclocking much though, so the last I heard of that was that A.M.D. claimed their overclocking restrictions were a bug[www.tomshardware.com]. It seems as if those restrictions were lifted with 24.3.1 drivers in march though[www.techpowerup.com].

Overclocking is at your own risk, but here's the rub on that: If you buy a used card like the 2080 ti you don't get a warranty to void anyway, so you might consider taking the chance to effectively save what? Looks like 139.50€ 'course overclocking a more expensive part carries a greater risk of loss if you screw it up and brick the device though.
Sist redigert av Tonepoet; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 15.16
Caldari Ghost 15. aug. 2024 kl. 15.15 
Yeston uses higher quality components in their pcb's, and have good build quality. If I were to buy AMD they would be my first choice for that alone, though I am partial to the cutesy aesthetics as well.
Sist redigert av Caldari Ghost; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 15.20
Tonepoet 15. aug. 2024 kl. 15.19 
Opprinnelig skrevet av Caldari Ghost:
Yeston uses higher quality components in their pcb's. If I were to buy AMD they would be my first choice.

What about Sapphire?
Caldari Ghost 15. aug. 2024 kl. 15.22 
Opprinnelig skrevet av Tonepoet:
Opprinnelig skrevet av Caldari Ghost:
Yeston uses higher quality components in their pcb's. If I were to buy AMD they would be my first choice.

What about Sapphire?
Another top quality brand. Their cards also look nice but I like yeston's designs a lot more.
Sist redigert av Caldari Ghost; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 16.45
Illusion of Progress 15. aug. 2024 kl. 15.50 
Opprinnelig skrevet av N3tRunn3r:
My comparison above clearly shows off, AMD is ripping off customers . . .
Cool story. So I demonstrate to you why your source of comparison is wrong, and you double down.
Opprinnelig skrevet av N3tRunn3r:
And besides that, AMD CPU's have a huge security vulnerability. Once your machine is infected, this malware can NOT be removed anymore and you need to trash your PC .. or at least to exchange your motherboard . . .

This vulnerability has been existent since 2006 and infects ALL of AMD processors since then up to today's latest AMD CPUs as the Ryzen 8000 series ... ::

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-7014.html

Just search for "AMD Sinkclose" . . .
Now do you you want me to pull up the dozens upon dozens of security vulnerabilities that have affected various CPUs, both AMD and Intel, over the last few years alone?

If you think only AMD CPUs have security vulnerabilities, I have some very well priced oceanfront property in Mongolia to sell you.
Illusion of Progress 15. aug. 2024 kl. 16.08 
Opprinnelig skrevet av Tonepoet:
In my case it's because there aren't very many good resources ranking where the RX 580 should rank because it's such an old card, and even techspot only does direct showdowns between roughly comparable parts, without giving any idea of what kind of uplift somebody should expect upgrading from an older system.
There's enough resources available to make reasonable conclusions.

Even if you use real world data, there's going to be variance due to differences in methodology and what software is used. This means the best answer has always been to look at the landscape of results (ignoring the obviously wrong outliers, which does take some knowledge or familiarity to identify), and then constructing an overall picture.

TechPowerUp's relative GPU performance chart and Tom's Hardware's GPU Heirarchy, while they are by no means absolute and entirely, always correct, are usually good enough if you lack anything else at all.

An RX 580 is about a GTX 1060.

An RX 6600 is about a GTX 1080

An RX 6600 XT is about a GTX 1080 Ti, which is about twice the GTX 1060.

The RTX 3060 12 GB is somewhere in-between the RX 6600/GTX 1080, and RX 6600 XT/GTX 1080 Ti

From there, you can make an estimate to just about anything.

Those above claims are a bit loose (and will vary in some situations) but they can start to give you a good enough idea instead of having to rely on random, incorrect guessing websites.

Besides, the person I was asking that to was seeming ignoring all real world data and using that theoretical/aggregate website in place of that, as opposed to, say, filling in some gaps with it. Big difference.
(SW) Tomi 15. aug. 2024 kl. 16.23 
Opprinnelig skrevet av Tonepoet:
Opprinnelig skrevet av DutchmanTheOverseer:
6750 GRE is unfortunately not available in my country. The closest thing we have is a 6700/6750 XT.
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Haha, no I am not dutch as much of a disappointment that might be. I am from State of Slovakia (SK). Don't get confused by my awkward cringy nickname which i've had for ages and wanted to change but decided to keep for some reason.
But I appreciate very much all the effort made!
As for the rest of the text.
7900 GRE apparently doesn't sell in my country anymore. It used to a few months ago, I saw a few models popping up on some retailers websites, but no retailer in my country has any remaining in the stock right now.
Sist redigert av (SW) Tomi; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 16.23
(SW) Tomi 15. aug. 2024 kl. 16.36 
Opprinnelig skrevet av Illusion of Progress:
Opprinnelig skrevet av N3tRunn3r:
My comparison above clearly shows off, AMD is ripping off customers . . .
Cool story. So I demonstrate to you why your source of comparison is wrong, and you double down.
Opprinnelig skrevet av N3tRunn3r:
And besides that, AMD CPU's have a huge security vulnerability. Once your machine is infected, this malware can NOT be removed anymore and you need to trash your PC .. or at least to exchange your motherboard . . .

This vulnerability has been existent since 2006 and infects ALL of AMD processors since then up to today's latest AMD CPUs as the Ryzen 8000 series ... ::

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-7014.html

Just search for "AMD Sinkclose" . . .
Now do you you want me to pull up the dozens upon dozens of security vulnerabilities that have affected various CPUs, both AMD and Intel, over the last few years alone?

If you think only AMD CPUs have security vulnerabilities, I have some very well priced oceanfront property in Mongolia to sell you.
Guys, can we please stay on the topic? This debate is going nowhere.
I am still trying to find out whenever my there are cheaper alternatives for my use cases other than shelling out 500-600 bucks for a GPU.
We can debate about security vulnerabilities and sell very well priced Mongolian oceanfront property later.
Sist redigert av (SW) Tomi; 15. aug. 2024 kl. 16.38
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