Question GPU recommendations, mainly for Adobe Lightroom ?

[robert_21]

Hi, could anyone please point me in the right direction. I'm looking for a GPU mainly for
Adobe Lightroom and some gaming, CS:GO Apex Legends for example.

Budget is preferably under £300

 

[Lutfij]

What are you currently working with? Make, model and age of your PSU? Make and model of your case? What resolution do you game at?

On second thoughts, please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model.

Here's a shortlist;
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#X=0,30727&sort=price&c=499,552,553,565,571,558
but please be forewarned, if you've landed here due to a dead GPU, then I'd be looking to the PSU and if it's up to par for a GPU which is why we ask questions about your existing rig,

 

[Aeacus]

RTX 4060 is the best you can get under 300 quid,
pcpp: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#X=0,30727&sort=-price&page=1

 

[dark_globe]

it would help to know the rest of your system specs .
but generally speaking nvidia graphics cards perform better in
counter strike specifically -
to the point where lower level (or older) cards from nvidia are catching up to higher end AMD models
(which they are otherwise trailing by 15-20% in most other game titles)

 

[Rekyeme]

Hi, could anyone please point me in the right direction. I'm looking for a graphics card mainly for
Adobe Lightroom and some gaming, CS:GO Apex Legends for example.

Budget is preferably under £300

Well, from personal experience I think an Intel Arc would do the job quite well. The Intel Arc B580 would probably be the best choice.
But there some things that can get pretty annoying with the intel GPU's, which is the drivers for it. So, if you want something stable and that will probably not give you any problems at all, then the RTX 4060 would be the go to.
Also, bear in mind that the B580 is a new GPU launched close to 2025 while the RTX is already 2 years old. Another thing that people like to dismiss is that the RTX 4060 has only 8GB (The cheapest model you can get of it) of VRAM while the Arc B580 has 12GB. While having more VRAM doesn't necessarily mean the GPU is better, there is a chance that you might lose performance because the GPU ran out of VRAM. Also, if you compare the prices the B580 with 12GB of VRAM is cheaper than an RTX 4060 with 12GB of VRAM
Again, this a personal preference...But I don't think that it's a bad one 😉

 

[VizzieTheViz]

Well, from personal experience I think an Intel Arc would do the job quite well. The Intel Arc B580 would probably be the best choice.
But there some things that can get pretty annoying with the intel GPU's, which is the drivers for it. So, if you want something stable and that will probably not give you any problems at all, then the RTX 4060 would be the go to.
Also, bear in mind that the B580 is a new GPU launched close to 2025 while the RTX is already 2 years old. Another thing that people like to dismiss is that the RTX 4060 has only 8GB (The cheapest model you can get of it) of VRAM while the Arc B580 has 12GB. While having more VRAM doesn't necessarily mean the GPU is better, there is a chance that you might lose performance because the GPU ran out of VRAM. Also, if you compare the prices the B580 with 12GB of VRAM is cheaper than an RTX 4060 with 12GB of VRAM
Again, this a personal preference...But I don't think that it's a bad one 😉

I’d second this, b580 is good value. Just check if your games have any problems with the Intel cards. If not then you’ll probably only ever encounter a problem playing really old games if at all.

 

[knowledge2121]

Maybe look at 5060 or 5060 Ti ? they have multi frame gen ?

 

[Rekyeme]

Maybe look at 5060 or 5060 Ti ? they have multi frame gen ?

And then you have a problem with it potentially running out of VRAM because it's an 8GB card. Also, do you really need the Multi Frame Gen? Like, for heavy games I would understand (Cyberpunk 2077, StarCitzen or games like that) but then again it's way more costly than any of the options above and it might perform worse or the gains might be redundant for the price.

 

[knowledge2121]

5060 Ti 16GB can be purchased for as low as $625 cad. which is around £340.

multi frame gen is good for future proofing.

 

[dark_globe]

5060 Ti 16GB can be purchased for as low as $625 cad. which is around £340.

multi frame gen is good for future proofing.

$625 is not "around" £340
it is £470 which is closer to 500 if anything .
8gb version of 5060Ti is basically DOA
same can be said about the upcoming rtx 5060 (unless it´s priced at $250 - which it won´t be).

the only viable option remains the 16gb version of 60Ti (which doesn´t make it "futureproof")
it is still a very small chip with short PCB , 128 memory bus ,
pcie lanes cut in half at x8 and performing worse than the last gen vanilla xx70 card -
all that while being priced at $550 and trailing the current gen vanilla class xx70 by a whooping 35-40% .
(all these facts point out towards the conclusion that this is in reality a 5050Ti in disguise)
better pay that little extra 50-100 bucks for a rtx 5070
(which should have had 16gb of VRAM instead of 12 but thats a story for another day)

don´t get me wrong for cs2 5060Ti is a perfectly good card
and this game doesn´t need more than 7gb of VRAM even at 4K ultra
(nobody plays it this way anyway)
but you are still better off paying that little extra and getting a 40% better card .

 

[Aeacus]

$625 is not "around" £340
it is £470 which is closer to 500 if anything .

Well, $625 CAD = £338.54 GBP, which knowledge2121 talked about.
$625 USD, yes, = £469.45 GBP.

but you are still better off paying that little extra and getting a 40% better card .

Overall, i still think RTX 4060 is best option for ~300 quid. Sure, add 50 quid, one can get better GPU. Add another 50 and even better GPU. And so forth. Before anyone knows it, GPU price has ballooned to 600 quid.

 

[dark_globe]

Well, $625 CAD = £338.54 GBP, which knowledge2121 talked about.
$625 USD, yes, = £469.45 GBP.

i´m sorry i missed it
i assumed it was US dollars .
in my country 16gb 5060ti is selling for €450-500
and the rtx 5070 is only like a €100 more -
i see about the same (or even less) difference at newegg/amazon
so unless someone is really budget restricted 5070 would be better .

 

[beyondlogic]

Hi, could anyone please point me in the right direction. I'm looking for a graphics card mainly for
Adobe Lightroom and some gaming, CS:GO Apex Legends for example.

Budget is preferably under £300

Depends on your system specs. If your on pci gen 3.0 or pci gen 4.

If your on gen 4 then b580 would be a good choice.

Your severely limited at 300 and it depends on your power supply.

If your on generation pci gen 3.

3060 12gb would be best as it uses full x16 lanes which is a problem for b580 and 4060 as they get drastically kneecapped.

If you increase your budget to 440 less if you have a decent pau more 370-400.
650w or higher gold certified preferred but there are some decent bronze PSUs.

That would put you in rx 7700 xt territory.

Really depends on system specs.

 

[Aeacus]

in my country 16gb 5060ti is selling for €450-500

Just looked my local store and RTX 5060 Ti price starts from €431.90 and up.
But i digress.

and the rtx 5070 is only like a €100 more -

Do you know how much money is €100?
For some, that's a lot of money. For others - just peanuts. 🙄

Unless you pay the diff from your own wallet, i see no reason why to suggest out of budget GPU to OP.

which is a problem for b580 and 4060 as they get drastically kneecapped.

No, they do not.

At most, only 3% difference on 1080p between PCI-E 4.0 x8 (native for RTX 4060) and PCI-E 3.0 x8 (if OP's MoBo has main GPU slot PCI-E 3.0).

Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-pci-express-scaling/28.html

 

[dark_globe]

i see no reason why to suggest out of budget GPU to OP.

i see no reason not to .
i´m simply presenting options and stats (after all thats what we do here)
and the OP can decide whether or not it is worth it .

 

[beyondlogic]

Just looked my local store and RTX 5060 Ti price starts from €431.90 and up.
But i digress.


Do you know how much money is €100?
For some, that's a lot of money. For others - just peanuts. 🙄

Unless you pay the diff from your own wallet, i see no reason why to suggest out of budget GPU to OP.


No, they do not.

At most, only 3% difference on 1080p between PCI-E 4.0 x8 (native for RTX 4060) and PCI-E 3.0 x8 (if OP's MoBo has main GPU slot PCI-E 3.0).

Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-pci-express-scaling/28.html

Yes they do your comparing a 4060 to a 4090 is pretty bad

4060 needs all the help it can get and newer games will make the gap bigger.

View: https://youtu.be/XfkJVio8gXo?feature=shared

It was the biggest criticism the 4060 series got was the crippling of bandwidth. Add to that the pathetic 8gb which will cripple it further.

 

[Eximo]

Hi, could anyone please point me in the right direction. I'm looking for a GPU mainly for
Adobe Lightroom and some gaming, CS:GO Apex Legends for example.

Budget is preferably under £300

RTX 3060 12GB, plenty for those games, and a decent light workstation card.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...60-12gb-12-gb-video-card-rtx3060ventus2x12goc

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Also the Arc B570 and B580 to consider, outdoes the 4060 and 4060 Ti.

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