Question is this rtx 3050 worth the upgrade?

[Chriss Angeh]

hello there, im currently using a gtx 980 reference edition, and i would like to get some opinions on the matter if this would be a good upgrade or not from the current card im using.

https://imgur.com/a/1GztOY4

View: https://imgur.com/a/1GztOY4


this is the single fan version of the phoenix asus edition, my aim was ofc towards the dual fan but i cannot justify the current price for that other model tbh, its almost 100$ more.
bare in mind that im aiming for 1080p gaming nothing above that but with good fps, i saw the difference between the rtx 3050 and 3060 and the difference in performance doesnt seem to be quite high to justify this one either, now if i was aiming for the ti version would be a different story but its out of my range of budget.

i play a lot of jrpg games, action rpg, no shooters.

hopefully i can get some good opinions here.

 

[Lutfij]

If you went with an RTX 3060, that would be a big step above what you currently have. Make and model of your PSU? How old is the PSU in your build?

 

[Chriss Angeh]

If you went with an RTX 3060, that would be a big step above what you currently have. Make and model of your PSU? How old is the PSU in your build?

getting the rtx 3060 its like 200$ more cant really say its worth the price tbh but thats just my opinion, according to some benchmarks i saw the diff between fps are around 20 or so at best.

psu: xpg core reactor 750w gold

 

[John Chesterfield]

Power supply is a good one, but I agree with the above that the 3050 isn't really enough of an upgrade over what you now have. I can only think DLSS might be worth having, ray tracing certainly isn't on that card.

 

[Chriss Angeh]

well im mostly trying to upgrade due to already being 2/3 gens behind of what we currently have, and games are gonna be more demanding every time now, im not exactly interested in RTX, i am interested in dlss and encoding for streaming.

if i get the chance to get a 3060 is that worth it then? but if not considering what i stated, is this okay too for my uses i mean.

 

[jacob249358]

well im mostly trying to upgrade due to already being 2/3 gens behind of what we currently have, and games are gonna be more demanding every time now, im not exactly interested in RTX, i am interested in dlss and encoding for streaming.

if i get the chance to get a 3060 is that worth it then? but if not considering what i stated, is this okay too for my uses i mean.

The 3060 would run anything at 1080p and some entry-level 1440p. It would be a good upgrade, but you could wait a month or so for a better price.

 

[Chriss Angeh]

thanks fellaws, i got lucky and manage to grab this instead:

https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce...us&cm_re=rtx_3060 asus-_-14-126-524-_-Product

hopefully i did a good choice here!