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My budget is $350 and right now I have an R9 380x, which isn't awful but it's pretty old. I was thinking about the Rx 590, but I've seen a lot of controversy around that card. I haven't been in the market in a while so I'm kind of lost on the Nvidia side. The goal is 1080p 144hz gaming, and to not have to upgrade for a while. My CPU is an i5 8600k btw. Thanks!

 

Side question: I have a 144hz monitor with free-sync but no G-sync. How bad would it be if I got an Nvidia GPU? Because then I wouldn't have free-sync(AMD GPUs) or G-sync. 

 

Monitor link: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236722

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1 minute ago, Savir said:

My budget is $350

USD?

 

Also, freesync works with Nvidia cards now.

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Just now, fasauceome said:

USD?

 

Also, freesync works with Nvidia cards now.

Yeah USD. Oh, that's sick. I'd probably prefer an Nvidia card for shadow play then. 

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RTX 2060 would be the ideal card (assuming your CPU wouldn't bottleneck it).

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7 minutes ago, Savir said:

My budget is $350 and right now I have an R9 380x, which isn't awful but it's pretty old. I was thinking about the Rx 590, but I've seen a lot of controversy around that card. I haven't been in the market in a while so I'm kind of lost on the Nvidia side. The goal is 1080p 144hz gaming, and to not have to upgrade for a while. My CPU is an i5 8600k btw. Thanks!

 

Side question: I have a 144hz monitor with free-sync but no G-sync. How bad would it be if I got an Nvidia GPU? Because then I wouldn't have free-sync(AMD GPUs) or G-sync. 

 

Monitor link: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236722

2060 or 1660ti are both good options.

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11 minutes ago, Savir said:

My budget is $350 and right now I have an R9 380x, which isn't awful but it's pretty old. I was thinking about the Rx 590, but I've seen a lot of controversy around that card. I haven't been in the market in a while so I'm kind of lost on the Nvidia side. The goal is 1080p 144hz gaming, and to not have to upgrade for a while. My CPU is an i5 8600k btw. Thanks!

 

Side question: I have a 144hz monitor with free-sync but no G-sync. How bad would it be if I got an Nvidia GPU? Because then I wouldn't have free-sync(AMD GPUs) or G-sync. 

 

Monitor link: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236722

I'm in agreement. 1660 TI or 2060, if you don't need the extra features of RTX, go for the 1660 TI, if you need those extra RT cores, get the 2060.

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26 minutes ago, Savir said:

The goal is 1080p 144hz gaming

Vega 56 and a Freesync monitor. 

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29 minutes ago, Savir said:

The goal is 1080p 144hz gaming

1660Ti is the new king of 1080p, and they're only $280.

 

G-Sync is now FreeSync compatible (experience and compatibility does vary tho), so you shouldn't need any new monitors. You can google your monitor's compatibility with G-Sync to see how it would be. If G-Sync sux, just get a Vega 56 instead of the 1660Ti

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