Which GPU?

[OnionRings]

I recently made a post asking about the new RTX cards, and if the old cards were still a good buy. Well I found out my return today, I'll be getting about 600 and I want to get a new card. Is the RTX 2060 still the best in that range? I know people were saying that the 2070 wasn't worth it. Also, any 2060s I should avoid? I will ofc watch reviews and all, but are there any I should straight up ignore? *cough* msi armor *cough*

[Firewrath9]

I'd ignore all blowers, and the zotac base models.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_RTX_2060_AMP/

 

they are more expensive than the FE (360$ vs 350$), hotter, not as sleek, and louder. The 2060 FE is actually really good, for a ref. model.

 

2060 is a 1070 ti for 350$, a 2070 is a 1080 for 500$+, 150$ more for 15%. not worth.

 

[Jurrunio]

well, yeah 2060s are the best choice. 2070 are bad value. 2080 are out of range ($700+)

[LogicWeasel]

If you're comfortable with used stuff there are likely lots of deals on eBay still for GTX 1070 Ti's or 1080's if you don't strongly desire the RTX support (which allegedly would heavily punish a 2060 anyway).

[ch3w2oy]

If you can spend up to $600 and you want  the best performing card, I would get a decent used 1080 ti off ebay. A 2060 and 2070 will be heavily taxed to even use the new features they support, making it near useless anyway. That's exactly what I would do and was going to do before I found my current card on sale.

[TrigrH]

1 hour ago, Firewrath9 said:

The 2060 FE is actually really good, for a ref. model.

unless you need to take it apart (glued together piece of shit)

[OnionRings]

39 minutes ago, LogicWeasel said:

If you're comfortable with used stuff there are likely lots of deals on eBay still for GTX 1070 Ti's or 1080's if you don't strongly desire the RTX support (which allegedly would heavily punish a 2060 anyway).

Nah I'd rather new, had some bad experiences with used.

 

22 minutes ago, ChewToy! said:

If you can spend up to $600 and you want  the best performing card, I would get a decent used 1080 ti off ebay. A 2060 and 2070 will be heavily taxed to even use the new features they support, making it near useless anyway. That's exactly what I would do and was going to do before I found my current card on sale.

if I can find a new one then maybe but not doing used