Question Upgrade from RX 5600 XT recommendations?

[puckdrop1340]

I've got a radeon RX 5600 XT that I've been using for the past 3 years that I'm looking to upgrade from. I don't need a top tier card but I do want something I won't have to upgrade again for at least another 4 years, generally playing games that are at least a year or two old. I'm hoping to spend $500 ($600 tops), currently leaning towards an RX 6800 but wanted some feedback before I pull the trigger.

My CPU is a ryzen 7 5800x for reference. Running Pop_Os which doesn't seem to be jiving too well with AMD drivers lately so a switch to Nvidia might be a good idea.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Make and model of your PSU and it's age? You could take a look a these GPU's;

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#X=49482,64917&sort=price&page=1

 

[thestryker]

I've got a radeon RX 5600 XT that I've been using for the past 3 years that I'm looking to upgrade from. I don't need a top tier card but I do want something I won't have to upgrade again for at least another 4 years, generally playing games that are at least a year or two old. I'm hoping to spend $500 ($600 tops), currently leaning towards an RX 6800 but wanted some feedback before I pull the trigger.

My CPU is a ryzen 7 5800x for reference. Running Pop_Os which doesn't seem to be jiving too well with AMD drivers lately so a switch to Nvidia might be a good idea.

I got a new 6800 XT for just under $500 (in the US) so depending on where you live and availability that's the level of performance you should be looking for. If you can wait longer I think it would be a good idea as we will see AMD's 7700/7800 lines come out and prices have been moving a fair bit due to sales and people not buying.

As mentioned above PSU is very important for picking a card. I went with the 6800 XT because the system it's for I'd have had to buy a new PSU for anything higher.

 

[puckdrop1340]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Make and model of your PSU and it's age? You could take a look a these GPU's;

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#X=49482,64917&sort=price&page=1

It's an EVGA 650 P2 (80 plus platinum) that's going on 8 years old.

 

[puckdrop1340]

I got a new 6800 XT for just under $500 (in the US) so depending on where you live and availability that's the level of performance you should be looking for. If you can wait longer I think it would be a good idea as we will see AMD's 7700/7800 lines come out and prices have been moving a fair bit due to sales and people not buying.

As mentioned above PSU is very important for picking a card. I went with the 6800 XT because the system it's for I'd have had to buy a new PSU for anything higher.

I'm not opposed to getting a new PSU though mine has been rock solid for 8 years it's got a lot of hours logged on it.

When are the 7700/7800's supposed to come out?

 

[thestryker]

I'm not opposed to getting a new PSU though mine has been rock solid for 8 years it's got a lot of hours logged on it.

Yeah that's fair though it's a pretty good PSU so I'd expect it to last quite a bit longer.

When are the 7700/7800's supposed to come out?

Only narrowed down rumors I've seen have pointed at September.

 

[Nighthawk117]

I've got a radeon RX 5600 XT that I've been using for the past 3 years that I'm looking to upgrade from. I don't need a top tier card but I do want something I won't have to upgrade again for at least another 4 years, generally playing games that are at least a year or two old. I'm hoping to spend $500 ($600 tops), currently leaning towards an RX 6800 but wanted some feedback before I pull the trigger.

My CPU is a ryzen 7 5800x for reference. Running Pop_Os which doesn't seem to be jiving too well with AMD drivers lately so a switch to Nvidia might be a good idea.

Nvidia 4070 if you can afford it:

https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-rtx-4070-dual-rtx4070-o12g/p/N82E16814126638?Description=nvidia%204070&cm_re=nvidia_4070-_-14-126-638-_-Product

ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 Dual Review

The ASUS RTX 4070 Dual comes at NVIDIA's MSRP of $600, yet offers an improved cooler over the Founders Edition. ASUS even managed to include a dual BIOS feature on their card. With the "quiet" BIOS active, the card is whisper quiet, quieter than any other RTX 4070 tested today.

www.techpowerup.com

The AMD 6800 is a good card, but the Nvidia card is much better at ray tracing and DLSS is also better than FSR.

 

[puckdrop1340]

Yeah that's fair though it's a pretty good PSU so I'd expect it to last quite a bit longer.

Only narrowed down rumors I've seen have pointed at September.

Will I need to bump it up to a 750 though? It seems like the 6800xt will put me right on the cusp

 

[thestryker]

Will I need to bump it up to a 750 though? It seems like the 6800xt will put me right on the cusp

Without knowing your existing power draw it's impossible to say for sure. For gaming you should be perfectly fine with what you've got. In fact with the 5800X I'd think you would be fine across the board unless you're overclocking everything and/or have a bunch of devices pulling power.

 

[puckdrop1340]

Without knowing your existing power draw it's impossible to say for sure. For gaming you should be perfectly fine with what you've got. In fact with the 5800X I'd think you would be fine across the board unless you're overclocking everything and/or have a bunch of devices pulling power.

All the calculators are telling me that I'll be drawing an additional 150w or so, requiring around 450-550 for what I have then 700-799 for the new GPU. Seems like a steep increase and I wasn't sure how accurate it is.

I've got the 5800x cpu, tuf gaming B550m, 2x32gb ddr4 ram, 250gb ssd, 3tb hdd, blu ray drive, and a liquid cooler. Runs great as it is with the 5600xt but I wonder what my efficiency will be if I put in a 6800xt

 

[thestryker]

All the calculators are telling me that I'll be drawing an additional 150w or so, requiring around 450-550 for what I have then 700-799 for the new GPU. Seems like a steep increase and I wasn't sure how accurate it is.

I've got the 5800x cpu, tuf gaming B550m, 2x32gb ddr4 ram, 250gb ssd, 3tb hdd, blu ray drive, and a liquid cooler. Runs great as it is with the 5600xt but I wonder what my efficiency will be if I put in a 6800xt

You can take PSU calculators with a grain of salt as they're all basically guesses and afaik none are transparent about the criteria they use. It's not that they're useless, but you can usually find out numbers more accurate to your usage by reading through reviews.

I scrolled through TPU's 6800 XT reviews and their minimum recommended PSU varied between 650W/700W depending on whether or not the card had a factory power bump. Your system doesn't really have anything that is going to push a ton of power consumption aside from the GPU. I would expect everything other than CPU/GPU to be using under 40W combined, CPU at stock settings won't be getting above ~115W and GPU 300W so absolute worst case scenario you'd be looking at around 450-475W, but under gaming loads the CPU will never use that much power so I'd bet you'd be looking more at 400-425W maximum total system when gaming.

That's why in the end so long as you're not overclocking I don't see any problems keeping your current PSU it's only if you're going to be pushing PBO and/or GPU OC that you'd definitely want to look into something new.

 

[puckdrop1340]

You can take PSU calculators with a grain of salt as they're all basically guesses and afaik none are transparent about the criteria they use. It's not that they're useless, but you can usually find out numbers more accurate to your usage by reading through reviews.

I scrolled through TPU's 6800 XT reviews and their minimum recommended PSU varied between 650W/700W depending on whether or not the card had a factory power bump. Your system doesn't really have anything that is going to push a ton of power consumption aside from the GPU. I would expect everything other than CPU/GPU to be using under 40W combined, CPU at stock settings won't be getting above ~115W and GPU 300W so absolute worst case scenario you'd be looking at around 450-475W, but under gaming loads the CPU will never use that much power so I'd bet you'd be looking more at 400-425W maximum total system when gaming.

That's why in the end so long as you're not overclocking I don't see any problems keeping your current PSU it's only if you're going to be pushing PBO and/or GPU OC that you'd definitely want to look into something new.

I don't overclock and tend not to play overly demanding games either so that should be fine.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Avro Arrow]

I've got a radeon RX 5600 XT that I've been using for the past 3 years that I'm looking to upgrade from. I don't need a top tier card but I do want something I won't have to upgrade again for at least another 4 years, generally playing games that are at least a year or two old. I'm hoping to spend $500 ($600 tops), currently leaning towards an RX 6800 but wanted some feedback before I pull the trigger.

My CPU is a ryzen 7 5800x for reference. Running Pop_Os which doesn't seem to be jiving too well with AMD drivers lately so a switch to Nvidia might be a good idea.

I agree with thestryker that your best bet would be an RX 6800 XT. I also have this card and it's fantastic. The 1440p performance is amazing and I was even able to play Guardians of the Galaxy at 4K ultra settings at 60+FPS the whole time.

The 16GB of VRAM also guarantee that you'll have the card for a good, long time and it is within the budget parameters that you set:
XFX Radeon RX 6800 XT Speedster MERC319 OC 16GB - $530 (comes bundled with Starfield)