[SOLVED] Buying a graphics card

[azzielol]

I have recently RMA'd a Zotac GTX 1070 and have received a refund for the card and am looking for an upgrade from it. I have so far found the Radeon 5700 XT available for £379 and the Vega 64 available for as low as £269. Which graphics card would be best for a budget of £380?

 

[stefanos50]

For 380$ price range you cant find anything better than the RX 5700 XT but better look for the custom 5700 XT cards that have 2 or 3 fans and not the blower style cards because they run really hot and loud. Also just to note 5700 XT required minimum 600W psu.

 

[azzielol]

I'm based in the UK in which the cheapest 5700 XT models I can find are with the blower style cards. However, the RTX 2060 Super with an aftermarket cooler sells for the same price as the blower style cards.

 

[stefanos50]

I'm based in the UK in which the cheapest 5700 XT models I can find are with the blower style cards. However, the RTX 2060 Super with an aftermarket cooler sells for the same price as the blower style cards.

5700 XT is a better gpu than the 2060 super. The cheapest custom 5700 XT is 20£ more just wait a bit more until you can pick this card it's worth it.
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/powercolor-amd-radeon-rx-5700-xt-dual-fan-8gb-gddr6-graphics-card

 

[cryoburner]

The 2060 SUPER would arguably be a fine option as well. While relative performance can vary from one game to the next due to the different architectures, the 2060 SUPER typically performs roughly in between a 5700 and a 5700 XT on average. There's only around a 15% performance difference between a 5700 and a 5700 XT. The 2060 SUPER also features hardware support for raytraced lighting effects in the handful of games that support them so far, though those have a tendency of tanking performance, making anything above 1080p impracticle when enabled.

As for Vega 64, it performs below the 5700 (non-XT) by another 5% or so. However, it's also a very power-hungry card, drawing around 300 watts under load, which is around 120 watts more than a 5700 or 2060 SUPER, for a bit less performance. That will in turn dump a lot more heat into your case, which could potentially cause overheating issues.