Sapphire Cards still costly

[musrocs14]

Why are Sapphire Cards still higher than the average cost for AMD rx cards. Also looking at the Vega 56 but Sapphire cards seem to be higher than average and I have usually always gone with them since the 9800 pro days.

Anyone have any idea why this is or what anyone predicts for the prices to be in a month or so?

Was hoping to get an RX580 but prices around 300 is still too high and was hoping for something closer to 240 for a card that has a solid cooler and lower noise. Any suggestions, or is RX 56 worth it for the right price (what would be a good price?)>?

 

[jimmysmitty]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202312&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=rx_580-_-14-202-312-_-Product

$259 for that one.

 

[musrocs14]

Is 4gb enough for todays games? I haven't really played much games the last 2 years since I was finishing school and have an old HD 7870 but only has 2 gb? I have a 24 inch 144hz 1080p monitor at the moment. Doom, Tomb Raider, Wolfenstein, and possibly some new games that I find interesting will be the main games I'm wanting to play. Should that card be adequate for adequate framerates?

 

[jimmysmitty]

Honestly it probably is enough for most at 1080 but I am always of the more never hurts.

Personally I would wait till nVidia announces their next GPU. Might bring prices down a bit for everything.

Personally I have used Sapphire before and their products are good although I do prefer Asus over most now but the cheapest Asus RX 58 is $300 it seems.

 

[musrocs14]

Thanks for the information, I have had a Ryzen system since August of last year but didn't pull the trigger on a GPU because of the apparent release of Vega. Now I am just itching to be able to play one of these games at better quality but at the moment it is just driving me nuts to wait.