I need a good graphics cards

[ferariforests]

So I am about to buy my components and I have been watching some reviews on the Asrock Radeon RX 5700 non xt 8 GB challenger and now I’m having second thoughts my price range is up to around 400-450. I’m also open to some good air CPU coolers and I will overclock, don’t want anything higher than 80$

 

Here are my specs 

 

MSI B450 Tomahawk

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB

Samsung 860 EVO SSD

NZXT 510 ATX

Corsair CXM 550 W ATX

Noctua NH-L9i

 

 

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

I'd look for a used 1080 or 1080Ti, honestly.

[ferariforests]

5 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Scythe Ninja 5 for the cooler should be fine if you want a cheaper yet beefier one.

 

Uh are you fine with used GPUs or does it have to be new?

I think I want something new

[ferariforests]

7 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I'd look for a used 1080 or 1080Ti, honestly.

If I were to stay with Radeon RX 5700

are there any brands with better performance for a similar price. I think what I’m asking is if Asrock a good option

[TheBahrbarian]

3 minutes ago, ferariforests said:

I think I want something new

For something new I think the 5700xt is a good choice and its right in your price range. You could also look at a 2060s but the 5700xt is a better card than the 2060s. Don't know much about the Asrock card, personally i have a PowerColor 5700xt, its been great thsu far. 

 

Edit: I have the Power Color Red Devil which I believe I paid like $420 for

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, ferariforests said:

If I were to stay with Radeon RX 5700

are there any brands with better performance for a similar price. I think what I’m asking is if Asrock a good option

It's not a terrible option.

 

I honestly forgot they were even in the GPU business to begin with, but I seem to recall their cards were decent.

[xg32]

26 minutes ago, ferariforests said:

So I am about to buy my components and I have been watching some reviews on the Asrock Radeon RX 5700 non xt 8 GB challenger and now I’m having second thoughts my price range is up to around 400-450. I’m also open to some good air CPU coolers and I will overclock, don’t want anything higher than 80$

 

Here are my specs 

 

MSI B450 Tomahawk

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB

Samsung 860 EVO SSD

NZXT 510 ATX

Corsair CXM 550 W ATX

Noctua NH-L9i

 

 

 

for the cpu cooler, i think either go with a freezer 34 for 40usd or get a d15/drp4 for 80, skip everything in the middle

for the gpu, spend as little as possible while going for bang 4 buck performance, which leaves the 5700 at 300usd as the only choice

we have a definitive launch date for next gen gpu (6-9 month) and consoles that are around 12tflops (november), so the less you spend right now the better.

 

the DD has good reviews

 

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16814150828?Description=rx 5700&cm_re=rx_5700-_-14-150-828-_-Product

[ferariforests]

26 minutes ago, TheBahrbarian said:

For something new I think the 5700xt is a good choice and its right in your price range. You could also look at a 2060s but the 5700xt is a better card than the 2060s. Don't know much about the Asrock card, personally i have a PowerColor 5700xt, its been great thsu far. 

 

Edit: I have the Power Color Red Devil which I believe I paid like $420 for

Is it reliable though

[ferariforests]

Just now, valdyrgramr said:

Yes

How much was it and what is your average FPS for the games you play

[xg32]

28 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

DRP4 and D15 are usually over 80 lately.  Unless they went down.   Those aren't the only 2 at that tier btw.  They're just far more popular than most due to sponsorship/advertisements.  DRP4 = 89, D15 = 90ish.

then the fuma 2 and freezer 34 is probably the ones i'd recommend, i guess it makes no sense to spend 90usd on a 2600x cooler either 

[RedHoodxD]

2070 super OR 2060 super best with ryzen 5 . with best features like photo mode and shadowplay .

[TheBahrbarian]

1 hour ago, ferariforests said:

How much was it and what is your average FPS for the games you play

I would definitely go online and look at some reviewers benchmarks for the 5700xt to get an idea of in game performance. They will definitely be more reliable sources than me (I think both Gamers Nexus and Hardware Unboxed have decent 5700xt benchmarks). But I have to say the 5700xt is able to run pretty much any game above 60fps at 1440p. I can easily run Red Dead Redemption 2 and medium-high settings and average 62fps. I also play Dirt 2.0 at almost max settings and get about 120fps.

 

As far as whether or not the card is reliable; I know some people complained about the 5700xt having driver related issues at launch, and when i first got it I had a few glitches. But sicne the 2020 driver updates came out, the Radeon Adrenaline software is fantastic and I have had no issues.

[Otto_iii]

if you go 5700 you wont regret it with exception of programs that force x264 encoding (in obs use x265 for now), likewise, the 2020 drivers have some nice potential features but use 19.12.1, its actually perfectly stable so go with that till the newer ones get a rock solid release.

I'd go gigabyte or sapphire followed by powercolor (unless you need a 2 slot, in which case powercolor is your savior), overclocking is possible but don't worry about it too much, 50+ power does more then clock speed squeezing will get you, over 2000-2050 target clocks you won't see much unless you are on water, at which point you'll be chucking too much money at it and in 2080 territory 

 

flashed 5700s are fun if you are on a budget, but you'll get a tiny bit more perf out of just going xt if you can find decent 400-420$ AIB, so don't worry about it unless you find a nice 5700 for like 290-330$

 

avoid ASRock and ASUS like the plague, msi is iffy (new is fine if not great, old is horrible, impossible to tell if you get new or old revision till you have it in hand), XFX is meh but okay


also hot take but people who run games on ultra are candidates for a lobotomy, no real world visual difference but often with 1/2 to 2/3 the performance, its only relevant in testing because reviews want to be scientific and consistent, test for worst cases, looks same as medium-high for anything but taking still screenshots at 4k, just ruins frames.  be a gamer not a idiot