JustinHunter

Could you elaborate on the last part? What I'm getting it from it is that, since I've already had this card for a while and it's proven to be reliable/consistent up to this point, that's more valuable than spending 80$? I don't disagree, just seeing if I'm getting it right

Bought a barely used reference 6800 XT used back in June, thinking of selling it for a new 7800 XT. The card doesn't have a warranty unfortunately because it was originally bought from the AMD store. Doing the math, the new card costs (all in CAD) : $724.50 after tax,- $94 after tax (Frontiers of Pandora is currently being offered for free) - $550 which is what I can sell the card for = $80 So all in all I would be paying $80 for a new card which is more recent (newer features, longer driver support), plus it's going to have a 3 year warranty on it. Any insight would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

Sorry, the RX 6800 is brand new being sold by Amazon. The 6800 XT is being sold used through Facebook marketplace so it's going to be $90 cheaper for buying the used card. Sorry, I did not make that clear in the post

I did not know it was non-transferrable, thanks for that. I did see that 6800, but unfortunately it is out of stock. And I think you do make a good point about AIB models vs reference models in terms of warranty, but the local used options where I live are quite limited. The seller offered to sell it for $580 down from the $650 that it was listed at which is quite good.

Looking to upgrade and sell my 6600 XT for either a 6800 or 6800 XT (gaming at 1440p). The 6800 non XT is going for $640 CAD (670 after taxes) on Amazon compared to the 6800 XT used which is being sold for $580 CAD flat. According to the seller, the 6800 XT was only used for 4 months for his daughter playing children games such as ROBLOX. Going to ask if he still has the warranty for it, otherwise the card is quite good condition. I'm gaming at 1440p and want to upgrade for all the new games coming this fall. As for power consumption, I have a 750 watt PSU so that shouldn't be a worry, I want to keep this card for a minimum of 2 years ideally around 3 or 4. I'm currently leaning towards the 6800 XT as I think it'll give me the most years out of it, but would like some advice and opinions. Thanks in advance.

Hey guys I'm looking to upgrade to 1440p for my main monitor and switching my AOC 24G2 to my secondary monitor. Currently the VG27AQ1A (has the same panel VG27AQL1A) as the is $400 CAD compared to the MSI which is $530 CAD (and that's only for the non QD lmao) I know that the MSI has quicker response times at all frequency ranges and it has better contrast ratio, but is it worth the extra money? When the MAG274QRF (non QD) goes on sale it's around $480 CAD which is still quite a bit more expensive. I also saw some people mention with the VG27AQ1A that the advertised 10bit display would only work at 120 Hz and going beyond that you would only be able to run 8 bit at 165Hz, but then I realized that would be the same case with the MSI MAG274QRF because they both run DisplayPort 1.2 so that won't really be an issue for me. Currently leaning towards the VG27AQ1A but any advice would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

Yeah I think hitting 90+ fps would be the most ideal, I'm not obsessed with hitting at least 144 or more. Currently I'm hitting 90-100+ fps on cyberpunk 2077 on mostly high settings. But i'm noticing a lot of occasional stutters and microstutters when I'm playing games. I think upgrading to a 5600x will be the right move for me because it will make games alot smoother and it'll increase my average FPS quite a bit in most games.

That is true, but my thinking is going up to 1440p would put me farther away from hitting 144 which defeats the purpose of having a high refresh rate monitor. Upgrading to a 5600x would put me close to or at 144 at 1080p which is what i will probably go with

Do you think upgrading to a 5600X and staying at 1080p would be more worthwhile then? I think it would definitely allow me to hit 144 or more in most games

I think I would probably want 144 more, it would pretty much defeat the purpose of having a 144Hz monitor if I couldn't make full use of it. In that case I'll probably go with upgrading my CPU rather then going up to 1440p.

That's a good idea, I totally forgot VSR existed so I'll definitely try it out

Here's my current build: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus ATX AM4 Motherboard Memory: Team Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive Storage: Toshiba 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6600 XT 8 GB MECH 2X OC Video Card Case: Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: Corsair Vengeance 750 W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply Monitor: AOC 24G2 23.8" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor I just upgraded to a 6600XT from a RX 570 and I've been pretty happy with it, pretty much doubles my performance or more in all the games I've played. Now I'm looking towards upgrading either my CPU to a 5600X or upgrading my monitor to 1440p. Would my 2600 be able to handle the current and future generation of games at 1440p? Alternatively, I could upgrade to a 5600X first, then in the future I could look to upgrading my monitor to 1440p 144Hz, but would a 5600X and 6600XT be overkill for 1080p? Thanks in advance and any advice would be appreciated!

So I had to update my BIOS on my MSI B450 Gaming Plus to the latest version in order for my NVMe to work, but now I'm getting 20-22 second boot times (windows is on my new NVMe) compared to before when I was getting 13-15 second boot times (SATA SSD). I tried disconnecting both my SATA SSD and my HDD to see if they were interfering with boot times in anyway but it made no difference. I also tried disconnecting my NVMe and my hard drive while only having my SATA SSD connected and there was still no difference. I'm assuming it's something to do with my mobo because it takes quite a while to post (14 seconds), but when it reaches the boot splash screen (with the MSI logo) it usually takes less then 5-6 seconds to reach the login screen. I only have 1 small program on startup, I've disabled CSM and enabled UEFI, there doesn't seem to be a fast boot option in the MSI bios, fast startup is disabled in windows. I've tried pretty much everything, any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.

So I had to update my BIOS on my MSI B450 Gaming Plus to the latest version in order for my NVMe to work, but now I'm getting 20-22 second boot times (windows is on my new NVMe) compared to before when I was getting 13-15 second boot times (SATA SSD). I tried disconnecting both my SATA SSD and my HDD to see if they were interfering with boot times in anyway but it made no difference. I also tried disconnecting my NVMe and my hard drive while only having my SATA SSD connected and there was still no difference. I'm assuming it's something to do with my mobo because it takes quite a while to post, but when it reaches the boot splash screen (with the MSI logo) it usually takes less then 5-6 seconds to reach the login screen. I only have 1 small program on startup, I've disabled CSM and enabled UEFI, there doesn't seem to be a fast boot option in the MSI bios, fast startup is disabled in windows. I've tried pretty much everything, any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Okay, it was pretty simple and expected in the end. I just had to update my BIOS to the latest version and everything worked normally. I appreciate the help, have a nice day!

My friend sold his used case (Phanteks P300) and the fans for $60 combined. All good condition and was pretty lucky honestly. I'll try booting from NVMe only and I'll see if it works. If not I think my last resort is to update my BIOS.

Sadly no luck. After 10-15 minutes still nothing, I disconnected both my drives (SSD and HDD) and plugged in a USB with a Windows installation in it.

I will try this now, and report back. I'm fairly certain my GPU is not dead otherwise it wouldn't display anything at all without the NVMe.

Yes it is, I even tried taking removing the NVMe and tried booting up normally and it worked fine.

Sorry, forgot about that, just updated it now.

Just got the SN550 500GB M.2 NVMe from Western Digital today, I installed it in my B450 Gaming Plus mobo but now my PC wont boot. I can't even get into BIOS once it first starts up, and there is a red light on the VGA on the EZ debug light on my mobo as well. I have 1 SATA SSD plugged into the SATA 1 slot and a HDD plugged into my SATA 3 slot. Does anyone know why this is happening? My thinking now is to update my BIOS because that's the only thing I can think of, maybe it's not detecting it at all. Thanks for the help in advance. Sorry, heres my full specs: PCPartPicker Part List: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/xkPbLP CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor (Purchased For $166.24) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.36 @ iSanek) Motherboard: MSI B450 Gaming Plus ATX AM4 Motherboard (Purchased For $114.43) Memory: Team Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory (Purchased For $91.33) Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $83.99) Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($86.47 @ iSanek) Storage: Toshiba 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: Gigabyte Gaming RX 570 4GB Case: Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: Corsair Vengeance 750 W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $84.00) Case Fan: Corsair AF120 52.19 CFM 120 mm Fan (Purchased For $5.00) Case Fan: Corsair AF140 66.4 CFM 140 mm Fan (Purchased For $5.00) Total: $685.82 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-08 23:19 EST-0500

Thank you, disassembled my gpu and got the part #. Amazon is selling a pair of the fans for 20 bucks.

Because it's making a loud noise? Fan speeds are normal

Have had this card for exactly a year now last week, it worked pretty well for how much I paid for it (150 CAD). There was an issue when I woke up my computer from sleep, the fans would go crazy at max speed for about 30 seconds and then stop. Maybe that wore out the fans in some way. Now I think it might be time to upgrade, here's the video on it: https://streamable.com/qjoezb Just half an hour ago the right fan was able to spin (very slowly) but now it just seems it's struggling. Any insight or help would be appreciated.

That is a possibility, Razer has an announcement soon so I'll definitely wait before making my decision. Thanks!