Video Card chat

[Mephistopheles Janx]

I just picked up a new monitor (34" Ultra Wide 1440p 144MHz 1500R Curve Samsung Panel -VA) to replace my 3 monitor setup (24" ASUS 1080p). Now I need a new video card to drive the monitor.

My current rig is:

Intel Core i-7 4770k Processor
32GB DDR3 Memory
Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming 5 Motherboard
Radeon RX 570 Video Card

This card is going to struggle to push anything more than low to medium graphics on games with this new monitor. Where I'm torn is the cost of new video cards.

If I'm looking hard enough, I can stumble across an open box 5600 for $200 or $230 new. A 5700 for $320 (open box) or $350 new. But at that point... why would I just not drop another $100 for the 6700 at $449?

Ultimately... that makes the 5700 a non player and I'm left choosing between a 5600 at $230 or a 6700 at $450. I'd rather not spend an extra $220 but I feel like the 6700 would probably be the last video card my current build sees.

Then what about the 20x series by nVidia? By paying a touch more I get Ray Tracing which is cool but I'm not paying for a 2080, for what I would pay for a 2070 I may as well snag one of the new AMD cards. A 2060 is going for $320 new... I don't know that Ray Tracing is worth nearly $100.

Better yet... do any of you fellow nerds have an itch to update and want to sell me their 5k/20x series cards?

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Pants

Do I wish the card was $200 cheaper? Of course. But I wouldn't spend $550 or whatever into just good rasterization.

That's fine. You value RT. The overwhelming majority of players turn that shit off because it kills performance. Just like you wouldn't spend $550 on a card that is perfectly not trash, I wouldn't spend $850 on a card for a feature I'm going to disable.

I was recommending him cards in the given budget.

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by jd1020

That's fine. You value RT. The overwhelming majority of players turn that shit off because it kills performance. Just like you wouldn't spend $550 on a card that is perfectly not trash, I wouldn't spend $850 on a card for a feature I'm going to disable.

I was recommending him cards in the given budget.

Thanks jd... I do appreciate the recommendation.

[Fish]

Not to bicker, but nobody that's capable of running ray tracing is turning that shit off. Ray tracing is gorgeous and creates a completely new level of in game immersion. The AMD cards are good cards. But I've been fortunate enough to see a direct comparison of high end AMD/NVidia cards in the same machine, and the NVidia simply looks better. Ray tracing and DLSS is a really amazing technology. Combine that with a high refresh rate monitor capable of G-Sync, that's about the best you can get. AMD is quite a ways behind in the ray tracing capabilities. Not trying to poo poo on the AMD cards. They are really powerful cards.

[jd1020]

Originally Posted by Fish

Not to bicker, but nobody that's capable of running ray tracing is turning that shit off.

As a person who mostly plays competitive FPS games, I will absolutely turn that shit off every single time.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by jd1020

As a person who mostly plays competitive FPS games, I will absolutely turn that shit off every single time.

I spent the extra money so that I don't have to.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by BigRichard

I had a couple of extra laptops and a decent tower setup that I was planning on getting rid of anyways so I am getting them all reset and going to sell them for a little extra cash. I went ahead and got the 4070 TI... this one specifically https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I didn't want to spend that much and actually looked at the 3070 TI after the 4070 TI was mentioned but the benchmarks between the two I couldn't pass up the 4070 TI for $200 more dollars.

Enjoy your 95th percentile PC, man. They keep improving their drivers and DLSS 3 so your performance will only get better.