rx5700xt Plz help is noob

[Wielderoftheone]

So I've never had any dealings with amd gpus, but I went out on a limb and bought an rx5700xt because it seemed to have comparable performance to a 2070 super. My question: is there anything in particular I should know before installing?

 

Current rig:

Ryzen 1600

EVGA 600 watt psu

16gig Corsair vengeance 3000

Rx 5700xt

[Xiee]

Your processor might be a bottleneck if you try to play above 1440p resolution. 

[goto10]

yes, uninstall old gpu drivers with ddu before installing the rx, enjoy your amd gaming pc

[Jurrunio]

EVGA doesnt make any 600w PSU worth recommending, so....

 

12 minutes ago, Wielderoftheone said:

rx5700xt because it seemed to have comparable performance to a 2070 super

5700XT is performance-wise squished between the 2070 and 2070 Super

 

18 minutes ago, Wielderoftheone said:

is there anything in particular I should know before installing?

if it's not a blower card it should at least not come with heat issues. It's up to the case airflow afterwards

[Fasauceome]

8 minutes ago, Xiee said:

Your processor might be a bottleneck if you try to play above 1440p resolution. 

why would the CPU cause trouble when there are more pixels on the screen? The GPU is drawing the frames

[Xiee]

10 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

why would the CPU cause trouble when there are more pixels on the screen? The GPU is drawing the frames

I forgot to add that it also depends on how many frames you're trying to push on the game. The processor might not be able to keep up with a higher GPU. I'm saying this from experience.

 

I have a Ryzen 1600. When I was testing out a 2070 for a friend, I noticed how my processor was struggling to keep up when I played Rainbow Six Siege on a 27 Inch monitor capable of 144hz freesync at 1440p. Noticed some stuttering and other minor things but the game was still playable. At 1080p, I had no problems. I was playing on custom settings from high - ultra.

 

My friend on the other hand had a Ryzen 2700X and he wasn't having any problems at 1440p@144hz..

[LogicWeasel]

14 minutes ago, Xiee said:

Your processor might be a bottleneck if you try to play above 1440p resolution. 

I too agree with calling BS on this notion.

 

Consider the fact that when review websites want to show the difference in a range of CPUs, they run games at 1080p on lower settings with a very high-end graphics card in order to force-CPU bottlenecks.  1440p and 4k resolution are the great equalizer in taking the stress to the GPU and hiding any bottleneck from hitting the CPU and making it a factor.

[Xiee]

Just now, LogicWeasel said:

I too agree with calling BS on this notion.

 

Consider the fact that when review websites want to show the difference in a range of CPUs, they run games at 1080p on lower settings with a very high-end graphics card in order to force-CPU bottlenecks.  1440p and 4k resolution are the great equalizer in taking the stress to the GPU and hiding any bottleneck from hitting the CPU and making it a factor.

Like I said on my post above, I'm talking from experience.

I did say "might" as I do know not everyone will experience what I have. I'm not saying it's a definite issue.

[LogicWeasel]

4 minutes ago, Xiee said:

I forgot to add that it also depends on how many frames you're trying to push on the game. The processor might not be able to keep up with a higher GPU. I'm saying this from experience.

 

I have a Ryzen 1600. When I was testing out a 2070 for a friend, I noticed how my processor was struggling to keep up when I played Rainbow Six Siege on a 27 Inch monitor capable of 144hz freesync at 1440p. Noticed some stuttering and other minor things but the game was still playable. At 1080p, I had no problems.

 

My friend on the other hand had a Ryzen 2700X and he wasn't having any problems at 1440p@144hz..

You didn't say what quality settings you were running or that you made sure to use the same video driver, but since your testing was in-exact that's mostly a factor of potential RAM difference, and other discrepancies, in addition to possibly not comparing apples to apples.  Also it's 1 sample, and doesn't speak for the overall relationship between CPU's mattering in games, and chasing high FPS.

[Xiee]

1 minute ago, LogicWeasel said:

You didn't say what quality settings you were running, but since your testing was in-exact that's mostly a factor of potential RAM and other discrepancies, in addition to possibly not comparing apples to apples.  Also it's 1 sample, and doesn't speak for the overall relationship between CPU's mattering in games, and chasing high FPS.

I'm sorry for not including all the info.

 

I was on 16gb RAM Gskill Ripjaws (3200) and on custom settings (high to ultra). Processor isn't overclocked. I tested this on a few games other than Rainbow Six Siege which are Assassin's Creed Odessy, World of Tanks and Overwatch. I noticed some definite stuttering on 1440p. It's no biggie but I definitely felt it on these games that I tested. 
 

Again, this was my experience and I'm just trying to part some knowledge on what I experienced since the OP who was asking has a similar processor on my system. 

The OP can always seek opinions from other users, its not like I'm saying this is what he would most probably experience.