[SOLVED] RTX2060 or wait for new GPU's?

[Forz]

Hello Toms Hardware,

Recently I have been saving up near £300 and have been planning on replacing my GTX1050 with an RTX2060 because the Ryzen 5 2600 deserves to receive some horsepower. However with the PS5 coming out and new movements in technology, soon there could be more newer graphics cards such as the RTX3000s. So should I consider purchasing the RTX2060, wait for the new gpu's or buy a different card?
My current specs are:

GTX1050
Ryzen 5 2600
B450ma
16GB @ 3200mhz ram
CX450

I have a budget of £300 and consider buying a new psu after the RTX2060 in a few weeks time, but I can raise the budget up to £340. Thanks!

 

[throwmeaside56]

Hey just to let you know every couple of days on Overclockers, Vega 64s are turning up for £199.99. These are around~15% better than the 2060. They had their problems which are well-documented but a lot of these were apparently with first revisions with not great BIOS. I know nothing about undervolting and all that but just by using the auto-undervolt in AMDs settings may get rid of the majority of it's problems. I've got one myself but just made a thread on here to ask information from someone more educated than me. If it really is as simple as it sounds theres a great bargain to be had. Wait to see what people say though. From reading around it seems there are many people that are super happy with the card after the very simple fix.

 

[sizzling]

If you can wait for 3000 series I would. The 3000 series are promising huge improvements in Ray Tracing performance, some reports are saying up to 4 times performance but I expect that’s unrealistic but still significant improvement is expected. Without Ray Tracing it’s not unreasonable to expect a 3060 to equal or out perform a 2070 given historical trends when a new generation releases.

 

[RTX 2080]

You're right, the RTX 30XX GPUs are coming out soon and I'm waiting for them too. Here's the problem though; if Nvidia releases their GPUs in the same order and at the same interval as the RTX 20XX series in 2018, the 3060 probably won't get released until Q1 2021. If you can wait until then, I'd say wait, it just might require some patience is all.

Hey just to let you know every couple of days on Overclockers, Vega 64s are turning up for £199.99. These are around~15% better than the 2060. They had their problems which are well-documented but a lot of these were apparently with first revisions with not great BIOS. I know nothing about undervolting and all that but just by using the auto-undervolt in AMDs settings may get rid of the majority of it's problems. I've got one myself but just made a thread on here to ask information from someone more educated than me. If it really is as simple as it sounds theres a great bargain to be had. Wait to see what people say though. From reading around it seems there are many people that are super happy with the card after the very simple fix.

I'd recommend against the Vega 64. A 450 watt power supply might be just enough for a 2060 but its definitely not enough for a Vega 64: Power consumption comparison Notice the 1050 (the card he currently has) draws around 60 watts, a 2060 around 170-190 watts and a Vega 64 draws a whopping 300 Watts! Even my overclocked 2080 founders edition doesn't draw as much power (250 watts max).

Not only that, but I would avoid any card with a history of issues; I'd rather pay more for something I know is going to work. There is a reason those cards are selling at those prices.

 

[geofelt]

If you have a need now, go ahead and buy now.
If you wait for the next best thing, you will wait forever.

It looks like the 3000 series cards will launch at the top end and will be priced accordingly.