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[scottishernie]

Hi there any help or advice would be great,,thinking of upgrading my gpu,, i have a prime a520m motherboard a 5600 g processor 16 gig of ram and a 12 gig rtx 3060,,,looking for some advide was looking at the 5060 ti ??? would my rig run it and is it worth the upgrade,,thanks

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

i have a prime a520m motherboard a 5600 g processor 16 gig of ram and a 12 gig rtx 3060
Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.

is it worth the upgrade
Why are you looking to upgrade your GPU?

 

[ohio_buckeye]

If you are wanting to game on a budget the 5060ti is decent. However the AMD RX 9060xt cards came out just today that compete with them.

I would say if you go for either of these, get the 16gb variants. They have 8gb and 16gb versions of each. Personally I would avoid the 8gb versions.

 

[geofelt]

Some games are graphics limited like fast action shooters.
Others are cpu core speed limited like strategy, sims, and mmo.
Multiplayer tends to like many threads.

You need to find out which before you commit to a gpu upgrade.
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Run YOUR games, but lower your resolution and eye candy.
This makes the graphics card loaf a bit.
If your FPS increases, it indicates that your cpu is strong enough to drive a better graphics configuration.
If your FPS stays the same, you are likely more cpu limited.

If you do upgrade the GPU, make it a significant jump, stronger than the 5060ti , or you may be disappointed if you don't see magical results.

 

[artk2219]

Hi there any help or advice would be great,,thinking of upgrading my gpu,, i have a prime a520m motherboard a 5600 g processor 16 gig of ram and a 12 gig rtx 3060,,,looking for some advide was looking at the 5060 ti ??? would my rig run it and is it worth the upgrade,,thanks

It would run a 5060 ti, but its worth looking at the RX 9060 XT 16GB if you can get it for its $350 msrp, most of the speed of a 5060 TI, for much less. I would also recommend doubling your RAM to 32GB, 16GB can be a limitation in some newer games.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-radeon-rx-9060-xt-prime-oc-16-gb/33.html

 

[ohio_buckeye]

I did see some 16gb cards. My local Microcenter had some for 350. But if you’re looking at Newegg probably this card.

https://www.newegg.com/xfx-swift-rx...b-graphics-card-triple-fans/p/N82E16814150909

 

[artk2219]

Just picked up a 9060 XT 16GB card from the Microcenter in Duluth, GA, they had about 14 left at MSRP when I left. They're sold out online, but it seems like Microcenter still has quite a few in stock for several models if you live near one.

 

[retro77]

Why would you put a PCIe5 card in PCIe3 motherboard?

 

[Teknoman2]

No matter what you choose, DO NOT get a 8GB model, especially with older mobo/CPU

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG9mFS7lMzU

 

[ohio_buckeye]

If I'm not mistaken since the 9060xt uses all 16 pci expess lanes that you shouldn't see a big performance hit, whereas some of the other cards like the 5060ti use x8.

 

[artk2219]

Why would you put a PCIe5 card in PCIe3 motherboard?

It doesn't really make much of a difference currently, even for an RTX 5090 the performance difference is only 4%.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-pci-express-scaling/29.html

 

[Teknoman2]

It doesn't really make much of a difference currently, even for an RTX 5090 the performance difference is only 4%.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-pci-express-scaling/29.html

Whoever has the money for a 5090, is not pairing it with an old motherboard and CPU, and even so the real difference can be seen in low end cards. In the video above, they paired the 8GB and 16GB 9060XT with a 9800X3D and a 8700K. The 16GB model didn't lose much performance but for the 8GB model it made a world of difference.

 

[artk2219]

Whoever has the money for a 5090, is not pairing it with an old motherboard and CPU, and even so the real difference can be seen in low end cards. In the video above, they paired the 8GB and 16GB 9060XT with a 9800X3D and a 8700K. The 16GB model didn't lose much performance but for the 8GB model it made a world of difference.

Its more of an issue for a few years from now when people are flipping their 4090's and 5090's for 6090's, 7090's or RX 10900's, 11900's, and those older cards might find themselves in a mixed generation machine. Or if someone inserts it into the wrong slot on a motherboard, like a slot thats x16 physically but x4 or x8 electrically.