RX 580 8GB Upgrade

[Jon Jon]

Is it worth it to upgrade, or do you think those of us with RX 580s / GTX 1060s should continue to wait?

 

I am tempted to go for a Vega 56 as I have a Freesync monitor and I want a nice bump in VR performance.

 

I am sure there are many others in a similar boat, so this should be a good topic.

 

Thanks!

[LukeSavenije]

either get a 64 or wait for navi would be my suggestion

[Jaxzzzzz]

id skip the amd boat all together right now, dont go rtx but the 1080 is getting cheap second hand 

[Jon Jon]

1 hour ago, LukeSavenije said:

either get a 64 or wait for navi would be my suggestion

My challenge is that though I am content with my monitor performance (2560x1080@75hz), I do want that boost in VR performance without sacrificing Freesync.

 

Rumors seem to indiciate that Navi isn't really going to be that much better than Polaris and Vega is here to say.

 

The challenge really is, do I give up freesync for that VR bump and just get an RTX 2060, or do I just pony up for the Vega and be content.

 

It's a hard decision. I could also just wait and just accept that later VR games will just have to dip in ASW when they have to. I would like to up my pixel density in some games to get them more clear.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Jon Jon said:

My challenge is that though I am content with my monitor performance (2560x1080@75hz), I do want that boost in VR performance without sacrificing Freesync.

 

Rumors seem to indiciate that Navi isn't really going to be that much better than Polaris and Vega is here to say.

 

The challenge really is, do I give up freesync for that VR bump and just get an RTX 2060, or do I just pony up for the Vega and be content.

 

It's a hard decision. I could also just wait and just accept that later VR games will just have to dip in ASW when they have to. I would like to up my pixel density in some games to get them more clear.

just saying, you can run freesync on nvidia now...

[Jon Jon]

6 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

just saying, you can run freesync on nvidia now...

I've read that too, but I am curious as to if that is glitch free or not.

Really, if my monitor gets validated, I would probably go for the GTX 2060 as VR performance is better with NVIDIA overall.

 

Also, DLSS would be an awesome bump for longevity.

 

As I don't game at even 1440P, I don't think the 6GB VRAM buffer would matter.