[SOLVED] Help choosing first GFX card

[Matan_25]

So there's a lot I'm asking here so please bare with me.

I have a Ryzen 5 2400g, 24 GB of RAM and no dedicated GFX card. The on-board APU has done an admirable job up until now but I'm itching to get some dedicated graphics in here.

I'm only looking for 1080p, 60Hz and 60fps, nothing special, my budget won't allow it. I had intended to leave it until the summer, get a bit more money together and look then. However, while having a look around I noticed this RX 590 8GB at only £158:
https://www.cclonline.com/product/2...00/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-vfE1ffOd_k7.5r0yGXD99w

Is there anything wrong with this particular card? It seems super cheap for an RX 590 when you consider the RX 580 8GB I'd been eyeing up is £155:
https://www.cclonline.com/product/2...27/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-imIbpCM6lB.sBIhiaD1Ymw

Throwing one of the more recent cards into the mix I've also found an RX 5500 XT both 4GB and 8GB at £165 and £192 respectively:
https://www.ebuyer.com/937388-sapphire-radeon-rx-5500-xt-pulse-4gb-graphics-card-11295-03-20g?wgu=267255_206719_15840446121216_33fe05c499&wgexpiry=1591820612&utm_source=webgains&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=97907&utm_campaign=PCPartPicker, LLC_206719

https://www.ebuyer.com/937387-sapphire-radeon-rx-5500-xt-pulse-8gb-graphics-card-11295-01-20g?wgu=267255_206719_15840445782184_77e0680c8e&wgexpiry=1591820578&utm_source=webgains&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=97907&utm_campaign=PCPartPicker, LLC_206719

So I'd really appreciate any input from those of you with more experience and knowledge than I with these things. Would you recommend one of these over the others? Or should I go take a cold shower and hold off until later this year and take another look then?

The offer going on at the moment that offers the XBox Game Pass and the Monster Hunter World expansion are also another factor that's pulling me in right now.

Thanks in advance for any help.


Edit: Oh, and I currently have just a 450W PSU. However I have every intention of upgrading that to a 600W that I have my eye on if and when I purchase my gfx card.

 

[Flayed]

I would be tempted to buy a used GTX 1070, 1070 ti or Vega 56 for around £200ish

 

[cryoburner]

Another card to consider in this performance range would be Nvidia's GTX 1650 SUPER (just make sure its the SUPER version, as the regular 1650 is notably slower).

All of these cards should offer a roughly similar level of performance on average, though that can vary depending on the game. An RX 590 should only be around 10% faster than an RX 580, and the rest of the cards typically perform somewhere in-between the two.

The most notable thing differentiating these cards is probably power draw under load, and in turn heat output. An RX 580 typically draws around 200 watts while gaming, and an RX 590 draws even more. The newer cards draw considerably less power under load, with the 1650 SUPER drawing around 100 watts, and a 5500 XT just a bit more. This also means they're more likely to run fine on your existing power supply (though it might help to know what power supply it is). Power draw during regular desktop use for any of these cards is in the vicinity of 10 watts or so, making it not much of a concern.

One other thing possibly worth noting is that the 5500 XT only uses an x8 PCIe interface, which can potentially cause lower-than-usual performance in some games, particularly when VRAM is exceeded. This is not as likely to be a concern on the 8GB version due to its large amount of VRAM, but can affect performance in a handful of current games to some extent with the 4GB model. The 1650 SUPER also only has 4GB (as do some RX 580s), but due to them having a full x16 PCIe interface, that typically results in less of a performance impact when VRAM is exceeded. This doesn't make the games unplayable by any means on the 4GB 5500 XT, but it can make performance a little lower than what the other cards offer in those titles.

There's also the GTX 1660 and GTX 1660 SUPER to consider, as they can be found for not too much more than an 8GB 5500 XT. A 1660 should be a little faster than an RX 590 (by maybe around 5% or so on average), and a 1650 SUPER can be close to 15% faster still. Those models only draw around 120-130 watts while gaming, so fairly similar to a 5500 XT, and substantially less than an RX 580 or 590, meaning you may be able to get away with your existing power supply with them as well.