[SOLVED] Video Card Upgrade recommendation

[The_Blue_Wiz]

Yes, I have built a new system with an MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC motherboard, AMD Ryzen 7 2700x and 16GB of Crucial Ballistix Sport Lt 3000 MHz DDR4 DRAM. I used my old MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G Golden video card. I was thinking of upgrading the video card to the next gen card up from the 980 either AMD or GeForce. What recommendations would you have that aren't going to run $$$$$ but give better performance when I upgrade my 2 older Dell displays? I'm 73 but do game quite a bit (used to design some back in the day and was a systems analyst). So other than gaming I do quite a bit of 3d modeling for my hot rod upgrades and designs for my 3d printer.

Thanks in advance.

Randy

 

[WildCard999]

Resolution?

Budget?

 

[The_Blue_Wiz]

$200-250 max looking at either 2 used 2217h ips monitors or 2 used 2419h units.

Randy

 

[WildCard999]

For the budget I'd hold off and keep your 980 ti as for around $250 it would get you a 1660 Super which is more of a sidegrade then upgrade. If anything I'd probably use your GPU budget for a nice 27" 1440P/IPS monitor. While you may need to lower some settings for gaming it would be much better for your 3D modeling due to the higher resolution/screen real estate.

Maybe something like this.

PCPartPicker Part List
Monitor: Acer V277U 27.0" 2560x1440 75 Hz Monitor ($254.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $254.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-28 14:40 EDT-0400

 

[The_Blue_Wiz]

For the budget I'd hold off and keep your 980 ti as for around $250 it would get you a 1660 Super which is more of a sidegrade then upgrade. If anything I'd probably use your GPU budget for a nice 27" 1440P/IPS monitor. While you may need to lower some settings for gaming it would be much better for your 3D modeling due to the higher resolution/screen real estate.

Maybe something like this.

PCPartPicker Part List
Monitor: Acer V277U 27.0" 2560x1440 75 Hz Monitor ($254.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $254.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-04-28 14:40 EDT-0400

Thanks but I really need 2 screens to watch things on the 3d printer while I'm doing other things on the computer.

Randy

 

[WildCard999]

Thanks but I really need 2 screens to watch things on the 3d printer while I'm doing other things on the computer.

Randy

Whichever works best for you, I would just hold off on the GPU upgrade for now. Might as well just wait and continue to save as Nvidia Ampere should be out later this year.

 

[The_Blue_Wiz]

Someone has offered me an MSI 1080 Ti Duke 8G for 200$. How does this compare to the MSI GTX 980 Gaming Golden 6G TI?

Randy

 

[WildCard999]

It's a bit better, worth it is only something you can determine but here's some benchmarks.

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-980-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1080-Ti/3439vs3918

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/nvidia-gtx-1080-ti-benchmarks,review-4241.html

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2019-05-03-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-benchmarks-7001