Question GPU Upgrade Nvidia 1070 or 2060? Help!

[Turkone88]

Hi Guys

I am looking for an Ugrade in my GPU, I am currently on R9 380X. I wanted to get something newer. According to my budget I am looking into 2060 or a 1070 (Even though my CPU is AMD) , I have been checking 1660ti but after going through a few reviews, It doesn't look good. Right now I play 1080 but I might get a 2k monitor in the future. So what should I go for? 1070 or 2060? Is 2k game worth it compared to FULL HD?
Sorry for the multy question, Now, having said that this is my current gear:

-Ryzen 5 2600
-MOBO:MSI B450M Gaming Plus
-Corsair Vengeance LPX - Módulo de Memoria XMP 2.0 de 16 Gb (2 X 8 Gb, DDR4, 3000 MHz, C15)
-PSU: EVGA 650W 80GOLD
-Sapphire. R9 380X
-Monitor: AOC 75hz 24" Freesync

Thanks In Advance!

 

[NightAntilli]

Why not get a Vega 56? It's a really underrated card and is great value at $300.
You can also wait for the RX 5700 cards, which are supposed to come out in July, and then make your decision.

 

[WildCard999]

Why not get a Vega 56? It's a really underrated card and is great value at $300.
You can also wait for the RX 5700 cards, which are supposed to come out in July, and then make your decision.

Agreed, plus it'll work a bit better with your Freesync monitor.

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With a bit of tinkering you could probably undervolt it and give it a slightly better overclock.

 

[logainofhades]

How can the 1660ti not look good? It's basically even with a 1070, and cheaper.

 

[cryoburner]

The RTX 2060 performs similar to a 1070 Ti, or around 15% faster than a regular 1070, which in turn performs a lot like a 1660 Ti. The 2060 also includes some hardware to accelerate raytraced lighting effects, though at this time only a few games support that feature, and it still causes a big performance hit when enabled. If a 2060 and a 1070 are about the same price though, the 2060 should be the better option. The 1070 has a bit more VRAM, but the 2060 should typically be faster in today's games.

 

[Turkone88]

Well... I was thinking of a NVIDIA since they are more eficient , I can tell from experience ATI get crazily hot (Thats what I heard from vega).... NVIDIA already is compatible with freesync isn't it?

 

[King_V]

Right now I play 1080 but I might get a 2k monitor in the future... Is 2k game worth it compared to FULL HD?
Sorry for the multy question, Now, having said that this is my current gear:

-Sapphire. R9 380X
-Monitor: AOC 75hz 24" Freesync

Thanks In Advance!

The question about whether or not you're going to upgrade to a 2k monitor will have an impact on what video card you'd choose. You can't make a decision without knowing what resolution and refresh you're going to have.

Also, when you say 2k monitor, do you mean 2560x1440, or 2560x1080?

I don't know if higher resolution is necessarily worth it. 2560x1440 and 1920x1080 are both 16:9 aspect ratio. Frankly, I was quite happy with a 27-inch 1920x1080 for a long time.

Now I prefer ultrawide. My son's current monitor is a 34-inc 2560x1080. That's a 21:9 aspect ratio.

Any which way, higher resolution = more pixels, and more pixels means you need a stronger video card to keep up with the SAME frame rates you used to have.

If you were to stick with your current monitor, I would suggest a GTX 1660 or more likely a GTX 1660Ti. But, are you unhappy with the performance of your current card? If so, in what way is it falling short?

Moving up to a 2k, well, the decision depends on whether you go 2560x1080 or 2560x1440, and what the refresh rate will be, etc.

 

[Turkone88]

The question about whether or not you're going to upgrade to a 2k monitor will have an impact on what video card you'd choose. You can't make a decision without knowing what resolution and refresh you're going to have.

Also, when you say 2k monitor, do you mean 2560x1440, or 2560x1080?

I don't know if higher resolution is necessarily worth it. 2560x1440 and 1920x1080 are both 16:9 aspect ratio. Frankly, I was quite happy with a 27-inch 1920x1080 for a long time.

Now I prefer ultrawide. My son's current monitor is a 34-inc 2560x1080. That's a 21:9 aspect ratio.

Any which way, higher resolution = more pixels, and more pixels means you need a stronger video card to keep up with the SAME frame rates you used to have.

If you were to stick with your current monitor, I would suggest a GTX 1660 or more likely a GTX 1660Ti. But, are you unhappy with the performance of your current card? If so, in what way is it falling short?

Moving up to a 2k, well, the decision depends on whether you go 2560x1080 or 2560x1440, and what the refresh rate will be, etc.

I didn't hear good thinhs about 1660 it is said it is pretty much and OC 1060, the reason why I want to upgrade is mainly because I am saingle player and with current games my GPU gets already quite hot and I am already short of graphics ib titles like, COD BO4 and Farcry 5. Might stick to Full HD, but I would like a GPU that can hold propperly upcoming games for a while.

 

[King_V]

I didn't hear good thinhs about 1660 it is said it is pretty much and OC 1060,

I don't know who told you that, but that is completely wrong.

 

[logainofhades]

The 1660 and 1660 ti are two totally different cards.

 

[cryoburner]

Well, the 1060 is a totally different card.

The 1660 is pretty much a 1660 Ti with about 9% of its cores disabled and slower GDDR5 VRAM in place of GDDR6. But yeah, there's a notable performance difference between all of them.

Performance-wise a 1660 is about 20% faster than a 1060 6GB on average, which is well beyond what you would expect from an overclocked card. A 1660 Ti is around 20% faster still, or roughly similar in performance to a 1070. The 2060 is in turn close to 20% faster than a 1070 or 1660 Ti, and has some extra hardware to accelerate raytraced effects.

 

[Turkone88]

thanks guys, Looks like 1660ti is the winning horse! Anything else comes up just let me know!

 

[NightAntilli]

thanks guys, Looks like 1660ti is the winning horse! Anything else comes up just let me know!

A (maybe) relevant article was just released on here;
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sapphire-nitro-rx-vega-56,6152.html

The Pulse can be found for $270.

 

[King_V]

I've seen it for $299.99, not sure where to find it for $270... and why the hell am I even looking, I don't need a video card!!

That said, the Gigabyte Gaming version is available for $270.

I imagine this might all change from day to day, though...