Honestly Sapphire RX590 or 1060 SC 6GB

[ekyaj]

Hello,

Honestly no fanboys etc just honest facts or unbiased opinions is it worth getting an Sapphire Radeon RX 590 NITRO+ 8GB Graphics Card for £269 or a EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC 6GB Graphics Card for £363

Paired with 2x4GB 2666mhz ram & a ryzen 2600

Thanks in advance ! Great forum

 

[R4DIO4CT1VE]

performance wise you wouldnt be able to tell the difference for the most part, but at that price difference defintely rx590.
It will use more power, possibly will be abit louder depending on the cooler, but in most tests it comes up as a slightly better card when talking about fps.

 

[vapour]

RTX 2060 is much better than above two choices:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB XC BLACK GAMING Video Card (£332.09 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £332.09
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-24 18:22 GMT+0000

And it supports freesync now

 

[Anarkie13]

Between those 2 at those prices, I'd go with the 590. I recently found myself at the same decision, but in my case it was a 1060 6GB DDR5X for under $200 and a 590 for $280.

The cards themselves are pretty closely matched, with AMD vs Nvidia optimizations by the developer making the difference.

 

[Captaingadget]

Of those two you've listed definitely the 590, it'll outperform the 1060 on most games, but if you've got a budget of £350 you should definitely be looking at the 2060 rather than either of those cards as it beats the pants off both of them. Check out the gaming benchmarks on the review:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-ray-tracing-turing,5960.html

 

[ekyaj]

performance wise you wouldnt be able to tell the difference for the most part, but at that price difference defintely rx590.
It will use more power, possibly will be abit louder depending on the cooler, but in most tests it comes up as a slightly better card when talking about fps.

Thanks, on the site I’m building my pc on that is the price difference but my build is price matched off another site so I’m not sure I’ve asked the question but obviously if I’m saving £94 and getting 3 free games then surely is a no brainier ? Only negative is not having the Nvidia shadow play etc .. but saving £94 and getting say a 700w power supply should be enough ?

 

[vapour]

can you share the list you are getting and total budget?
Not knowing many good psu's that are 700W...

 

[ekyaj]

can you share the list you are getting and total budget?
Not knowing many good psu's that are 700W...

1 x Fractal Design Define Mini C Gaming Case - Black
1 x MSI B450M GAMING PLUS AMD Socket AM4 Motherboard
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz Hexa Core (Socket AM4) CPU
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x 4GB) 2666MHz DDR4
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC 6GB Graphics Card
1 x Cooler Master MasterWatt Lite 230V 500W 80+ PSU
1 x Crucial MX500 250GB 2.5" SATA III SSD
1 x Western Digital Blue 1TB SATA III 3.5" Hard Drive
1 x 3 Year Collect & Return warranty
1 x Xigmatek CY120 3-Pack 120mm RGB Fans with Controller

My current build for £730, the company has price matched me against another site, max budget £750

According to the site I’m on they were the prices of the cards I listed above, and they have some 2060s for under £350 but we will see, I’m new to all this

 

[vapour]

psu is poor quality
I guess major usage is gaming
Get Corsair TX550M is recommended. To save some money, go with CX550.

 

[ekyaj]

psu is poor quality
I guess major usage is gaming
Get Corsair TX550M is recommended. To save some money, go with CX550.

Thanks for the response ! Would 550 be enough for the 590 or would you recommend more ?

 

[Captaingadget]

can you share the list you are getting and total budget?
Not knowing many good psu's that are 700W...

1 x Fractal Design Define Mini C Gaming Case - Black
1 x MSI B450M GAMING PLUS AMD Socket AM4 Motherboard
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz Hexa Core (Socket AM4) CPU
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x 4GB) 2666MHz DDR4
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC 6GB Graphics Card
1 x Cooler Master MasterWatt Lite 230V 500W 80+ PSU
1 x Crucial MX500 250GB 2.5" SATA III SSD
1 x Western Digital Blue 1TB SATA III 3.5" Hard Drive
1 x 3 Year Collect & Return warranty
1 x Xigmatek CY120 3-Pack 120mm RGB Fans with Controller

My current build for £730, the company has price matched me against another site, max budget £750

According to the site I’m on they were the prices of the cards I listed above, and they have some 2060s for under £350 but we will see, I’m new to all this

For the money, that's not bad, PSU isn't very good though. What site is it?

 

[vapour]

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-590,5907-8.html

torture is 250 W, transient max is 300
CPU is < 100 W max, rest of sys is ~ 50W. Still plenty room for 550 good quality unit.