[SOLVED] GPU upgrade

[JellyChelsea]

Hello!
I have an old build in which I would like to upgrade GPU. Right now I have Sapphire R9 270x. Which GPU is most appropriate for low end CPU FX6300?

Other specs:
16GB RAM
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P

Thank you for suggestions.

 

[supermanu15]

Hello! If you ask me I wouldn't go past an RX 590 from the red team or a GTX 1060/1660 from the green team.

 

[rcald2000]

JellyChelsea What is your upgrade budget? Is your region USA, or other? What resolution and FPS do you play? What games do you play? What is your power supply's manufacturer and model number?

 

[JellyChelsea]

Region is Europe so my max. budget is 300€. I play on 1920x1080 (Warzone, GTA V, BF V, Rocket League, F1 2019, ...). I'll update which PSU I have when I come home.

 

[rcald2000]

Sounds good, and I look forward to it. Also, could you please link the site that you purchase PC components?

Warzone: Hmm.... What's your current experience with that game? I would guess that it would be a stuttering mess, due to your CPU; no offense. My experience with CoD MW (PC) is that it's not a smooth experience without at least a "modern" 6 core / 12 thread CPU. e.g. AMD Ryzen 5 3600. I have a friend who runs that game on a last gen Intel 6 core / 6 thread core i5-9600K, and he complains that it's not smooth. Are you seeking a higher FPS or a smoother gaming experience? If the latter, a new graphics card won't fix that unfortunately.

 

[JellyChelsea]

I'll make a purchase from mindfactory.de.

I'm upgrading GPU because I can't afford my dream gaming computer Warzone and BF V are quite laggy at the begining of the matches but after 30s&1min everything is alright.

 

[rcald2000]

Okay, I've just taken a look at mindfactory.de. The RTX 2060 (non super) is just slightly over your budget. I like that card because it's the entry level RTX graphics card, that includes ray tracing support, RTX voice, for sound filtering, and other interesting features. I also believe that it offers an excellent level of performance for 1080p gaming. One step below the RTX 2060 is the GTX 1660 Super, which is within your budget at about 250€. Personally, I've really been liking Gigabyte cards lately. However, the new Nvidia 30 series graphics cards are releasing very soon. It's rumored that the new cards will be announced this August and available for sale in September. Do you think that you could wait to purchase until than? You'd get more performance for your money.

What I would do: I would wait until the next Nvidia (or AMD) graphics cards are released. The coming Nvidia 30 series graphics cards will have ray tracing support across their entire lineup, and Nvidia has stated that it will have 4x the ray tracing performance of the current 20 series cards. The coming Nvidia 30 series traditional rasterization (FPS) performance improvement is "rumored" to be 30-60% better than the current 20 series. If at all possible, I would wait for the new cards, since their release is so close. Also, while ray tracing isn't a big deal today, I strongly suspect that it will be in the next 12-18 months. I think the technology of the older cards, without A.I. (tensor cores) and RT (ray tracing cores) are going to be left behind and will not age particularly well. So to recap, if you can't wait then consider the 1660 super. But if it were my money, I would definitely wait for the 30 series, and purchase a graphics card within my budget than. I just think that waiting 2 - 2.5 months, will result in you getting a GPU that'll keep you satisfied for years to come.

 

[JellyChelsea]

Thank you for great answer. I'm not in a hurry so I can wait for a few months for new generation. I'm just worried that the new series won't go well with this old CPU.

 

[WildCard999]

For Warzone/BFV & open world games such as GTA V I think you'd benefit more from a CPU/MB/RAM upgrade over a GPU upgrade.

For your budget I'd get this.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Processor (€139.00 @ ARLT)
Motherboard: ASRock B550M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (€87.02 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (€69.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €295.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-26 18:27 CEST+0200

While the 3300X is a 4C it does have 8 threads so it performs quite well in multithreaded apps/games.

Reviews:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-3-3300x-3100-cpu-review/3

https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3581-amd-ryzen-3-3300x-cpu-review-vs-3100-clock-for-clock

https://www.anandtech.com/show/15774/the-amd-ryzen-3-3300x-and-3100-cpu-review

Or you can save up a bit more and get the 3600.

 

[JellyChelsea]

Thank you for the suggestion, but I'll only upgrade GPU. If I upgrade anything else then I have these components just laying around. It's difficult to sell these old things