Question What gpu should I get? Will the cpu bottleneck?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
cristifl09

cristifl09

Dec 2, 2023
3
0
10
Hello, so I'm planning on buying a new gpu, somewhere in the prince range of a rtx 3050. The thing is I'm not the best with the AMD gpu's and from my research, I can get better fps with the same money.
My setup is the following:
AMD ryzen 5 1600 AF
Gigabyte B450m h
16 gb ram 3000 mhz
550w psw (I plan to get a gold 650 or bronze 750w one)
Should I just buy the RTX 3050, or should I go for AMD(which one cause they almost have the same price)?
The best I found at this value is a 10gb rx 6700(with a discount)
My other options are either rx 6650 rt(8gb) or 7600 or even gtx 1660 TI. Also a RTX 3060 if I get some discount.
I just don't know which one would be the best in this price range
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
cristifl09

cristifl09

Dec 2, 2023
3
0
10
Upvote 0 Downvote
geofelt

geofelt

Titan
Oct 9, 2006
55,151
4,473
174,240
What gpu are you using now?
Look at tom's gpu hierarchy chart and find where your current gpu fits.
www.tomshardware.com

GPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2023: Graphics Cards Ranked

We've run hundreds of GPU benchmarks on Nvidia, AMD, and Intel graphics cards and ranked them in our comprehensive hierarchy.
www.tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com
Plan on at least one tier higher, preferably two.
Anything less and you may be disappointed if you do not see magical results.

Your processor is not one of the fastest.
Take the time to verify that a gpu upgrade is worth while:
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.

Do not base psu decisions on gold/bronze.. specs. Those are efficiency specs and have nothing to do with quality.
A better metric would be to look at the psu warranty. 7 years or more usually gets you decent quality.

Nvidia or amd, stick with the kind you now have. Things are simpler that way.

You mostly get what you pay for at every price point.
Given a choice, buy the strongest card your budget will allow.
If you do not, you will be second guessing yourself for a long time.
 
  • Like
Reactions: cristifl09
Upvote 0 Downvote
cristifl09

cristifl09

Dec 2, 2023
3
0
10
geofelt said:
What gpu are you using now?
Look at tom's gpu hierarchy chart and find where your current gpu fits.
www.tomshardware.com

GPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2023: Graphics Cards Ranked

We've run hundreds of GPU benchmarks on Nvidia, AMD, and Intel graphics cards and ranked them in our comprehensive hierarchy.
www.tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com
Plan on at least one tier higher, preferably two.
Anything less and you may be disappointed if you do not see magical results.

Your processor is not one of the fastest.
Take the time to verify that a gpu upgrade is worth while:
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.

Do not base psu decisions on gold/bronze.. specs. Those are efficiency specs and have nothing to do with quality.
A better metric would be to look at the psu warranty. 7 years or more usually gets you decent quality.

Nvidia or amd, stick with the kind you now have. Things are simpler that way.

You mostly get what you pay for at every price point.
Given a choice, buy the strongest card your budget will allow.
If you do not, you will be second guessing yourself for a long time.
Click to expand...
Thanks a lot, the gpu is clearly holding back (gtx 660). From what I see in that list, the 10gb rx 6700 would be the best option. I'm mostly a dota 2 player, and I don't require to get the fastest components. I just want to get a lot of fps and the cpu is enough for now. I will upgrade it too in the future, but I don't really think it's the case right now.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Darkbreeze

Darkbreeze

Retired Mod
Jun 24, 2014
81,144
7,825
176,790
So, all the RX 6700 cards are "10gb" from what I can see. AND, they are SIGNIFICANTLY more expensive than the card or card model that I suggested.


Plus, unless you buy used which is a fools game unless you know the person PERSONALLY that you are buying the card from and trust them well enough to invite them to Christmas dinner at your mother's house, there are very few even available anymore.

Additionally, the RX 6700 gets like 6.8% better gaming performance than the 6650 XT.



YET it costs 28% more. That does not seem to be a good investment. Paying 28% more to gain less than 7% more performance is a waste of money ESPECIALLY when you can apply a VERY MINOR overclock and move the 6650 XT's performance up to or beyond what the stock 6700 can offer. At 210 dollars for the 6650 XT and about 270 for the least expensive 6700, I'd take the 6650 XT all day, every day.

Knowing EXACTLY what your current PSU model is, and your short list of PSU models you are considering would be really helpful as well in helping you to avoid a huge mistake, because as geofelt has already indicated, "bronze", "gold", etc. literally means almost nothing because those certifications have ZERO to do with the quality or performance of the unit. They ONLY have relevance for the unit's "efficiency" and there are some fairly efficient models out there that are very much poor quality or even garbage. Being efficient doesn't have a lot of value if the damn thing let's out some magic smoke because it can't sustain the capacity it's labeled for or if in six months it simply dies because the manufacturer chose to use crappy capacitors or implemented a very poor internal arrangement and cooling design.
 
  • Like
Reactions: cristifl09
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom