need help chosing

[Alwaroo]

my current rig is 9600k 16gb 3000 mhz ram and i wanting to buy a gpu but i struggling on what to choose i play all my games on 1080 144hz lowest settings possible. and i can either get a brand new rtx 2060 founders edition for £330 or a used vega 56 strix for £200

[Fasauceome]

Strix Vega 56 gets my vote, HBM and strix cooler is better than founders edition cooler. What specific power supply do you have?

[MeatFeastMan]

There's also this:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/cKhKHx/sapphire-radeon-rx-vega-56-2gb-pulse-video-card-11276-02-40g

 

Forms a middleground, and it's an insane price for a new vega 56 and a decent cooler design too. Something to consider if you prefer buying new but don't want to spend 330.

 

If you can ensure the used vega is not some messed up fake listing then go for it, otherwise I'd get the new vega for 260.

[LukeSavenije]

do some good testing on that v56

 

if it's as good as we both think, get it

[dravemel0n]

30 minutes ago, Alwaroo said:

my current rig is 9600k 16gb 3000 mhz ram and i wanting to buy a gpu but i struggling on what to choose i play all my games on 1080 144hz lowest settings possible. and i can either get a brand new rtx 2060 founders edition for £330 or a used vega 56 strix for £200

get a vega 64 for 350?

 

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapphire-radeon-rx-vega-64-nitro-8gb-hbm2-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-38j-sp.html

[Alwaroo]

2 hours ago, fasauceome said:

Strix Vega 56 gets my vote, HBM and strix cooler is better than founders edition cooler. What specific power supply do you have?

cx 550m

[Alwaroo]

2 hours ago, MeatFeastMan said:

There's also this:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/cKhKHx/sapphire-radeon-rx-vega-56-2gb-pulse-video-card-11276-02-40g

 

Forms a middleground, and it's an insane price for a new vega 56 and a decent cooler design too. Something to consider if you prefer buying new but don't want to spend 330.

 

If you can ensure the used vega is not some messed up fake listing then go for it, otherwise I'd get the new vega for 260.

performance wise which is better overall 1080p low settings that vega 56 you listed or a rtx 2060 fe

[MeatFeastMan]

7 hours ago, Alwaroo said:

performance wise which is better overall 1080p low settings that vega 56 you listed or a rtx 2060 fe

2060 for the majority of games. However...the vega 56 will last longer without stuttering because of the extra 2gb vram. That's why I would always go with vega over the 2060. The difference between them is small.