Question RX 5500 XT for i7-870?

[1405]

Trying to find the best card to squeeze the most performance from the aging gaming rig. Had a RX 570, but felt the CPU still had more to give. All kinds of games. Most gaming is done offline, tho. (Not a competitive gamer )
i7-870 OC @ 3.8GHz
Asus P7P55D-E LX
16GB DDR3 1600mhz

 

[spentshells]

The cpu did not have more to give, I am very sorry to dissapoint, the rx570 would have experienced a very big boost in fps if the cpu had been upgraded to a new platform

even an upgrade to ivy bridge or haswell would be a big boost in fps, your cpu has seen the sun set my friend.

You could buy a used ivy bridge or haswell relatively cheaply, these would push the rx570.

The 5500xt 4GB is really no better than the rx580 which franly isn't that much better than the 570.

 

[1405]

A few years back, this Tom's Hardware Forum Mod seemed to think the GTX 1060 or RX 480 was realistic. Both are greater than the RX 570, and on a par with the RX 5500 XT. ?? That's what I was going by...

whats the best GPU my i7-870 can handle?

cpu: i7 870 power supply: corsair tx 650 v2 motherboard: asrock p55 pro 10GB of RAM the GPU it has now is a XFX GT 520 2GB i am running windows 7 64-bit i am planning to play at 1800p

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[lga1156_ftw]

You should not be bottlenecked at all with GTX 1060 + i7870 running all cores 3.8ghz with HT on. With that motherboard its possible to get 4-4.2ghz overclock, depending on your cooler.
After around 4ghz voltage needs will be significantly so that would be good point to start. I have been running 2400mhz ddr3 also on this motherboard many times, 2133mhz on dual channel 2x8 or 2x4gb is easiest to get.

On this thread you will see my results with x3470 xeon (which is same socket cpu with 4 cores 8 threads like i7-870) on userbenchmark paired with 2400mhz 2x8gb.
https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...0k-capping-my-gtx-1660.3618157/#post-21818720

 

[Joseph_138]

First gen Core-i7 processors have had their day. It's time to move on. A new Core i3-10100 or Ryzen 3 3100 are both substantially faster.

 

[spentshells]

A few years back, this Tom's Hardware Forum Mod seemed to think the GTX 1060 or RX 480 was realistic. Both are greater than the RX 570, and on a par with the RX 5500 XT. ?? That's what I was going by...

whats the best GPU my i7-870 can handle?

cpu: i7 870 power supply: corsair tx 650 v2 motherboard: asrock p55 pro 10GB of RAM the GPU it has now is a XFX GT 520 2GB i am running windows 7 64-bit i am planning to play at 1800p

forums.tomshardware.com

Here this is the best part of that post....."Pretty much anything would be better than that GT 520. "

What the mod was doing is suggesting he get a proper card instead of a piece of junk without thee upgrade being a total waste.

I have an i7 3770K equivalent xeon, I removed the meltdown and specter fixes and gained 20-30 more fps in most games.

i7-870 OC @ 3.8GHz even overclocked you are wasting money at the moment you are painfully cpu limited.
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For the record the 1060 is marginally better than the 570 now with a few exceptions , drivers havent really helped the 1060 where the 570 still sees fps boost with every driver update
I have to post youtube as nobody cares about these cards anymore lol

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TTDKXKH3b4

 

[lga1156_ftw]

Trying to find the best card to squeeze the most performance from the aging gaming rig. Had a RX 570, but felt the CPU still had more to give. All kinds of games. Most gaming is done offline, tho. (Not a competitive gamer )
i7-870 OC @ 3.8GHz
Asus P7P55D-E LX
16GB DDR3 1600mhz

Is the OP even sure that RX 570 is maxed out in games, you need to test that its hitting 99%, no point upgrading the graphics card if its not. I never really tested amd cards with lynnfield didnt know rx 570 and 1060 comes so close.

But still im maxing out gtx 1060 easily with both i7-875k or x3470 (xeon, basically same chip with better binning) clocked at 4.1-4.3ghz.
This is after disabling meltdown and spectre, those patches destroy first and second gen intel

Looking at that video what spentshells posted seems like going to gtx 1060 is pointless pretty much, if your on budget just get a good GPU and then upgrade your whole system when you have more money later on

EDIT: also get the ram running at 2133mhz in dual channel. Up to 1.65v on the dram is fine. Just loosen the timings if you have to. Can you post pictures from bios "ai tweaker page and advanced page"

 

[wi5pa]

The GTX 1660 Super would be a good choice/best card and will run fine on your system with an i7-870