Radeon 5700XT Upgrade

[StephenHolts]

Hi Everyone.

 

I hope this is in the right section.

 

I was hoping for some advice.

 

I currently have a MSI GTX 1070ti, looking at upgrading to the Radeon 5700xt.

Would like to know if it is worth it?

i have seen some benches and it looks promising, but also wanted to maybe know if there is another GPU that might be better for example an RTX series.

I have $600 budget.

I am from South Africa so cards a little more Pricey over here.

 

Current PC specs Below Excluding GPU.

 

CPU:  Ryzen 5 2600

MBD: Asrock X470 Gaming K4

Memory: 16GB HyperX 3200Mhz

PSU: Corsair 550W

 

 

Any assistance would be much appreciated.

 

[Princess Luna]

What display settings?

[StephenHolts]

1080P

[driftz240]

Just now, StephenHolts said:

1080P

Refresh Rate?

[StephenHolts]

60Hz  Sorry

[Guest]

 

Make sure you use the quote feature, otherwise people won't know you're responding to their questions.

[driftz240]

1 minute ago, StephenHolts said:

60Hz  Sorry

I would focus on upgrading your monitor first. the 1070ti will last you a long time if you continue with a 1080p 60hz monitor

[StephenHolts]

Im using a 55" TV at the moment.

 

I have my pc setup with a Gaming Lapboard.

 

I was considering upgrading TV to 4K, but to be honest, i prefer running games at 60FPS.

As far as i know,  my 1070ti will not run the games on High 60FPS at 4K.

 

 

[James300]

1 minute ago, driftz240 said:

I would focus on upgrading your monitor first. the 1070ti will last you a long time if you continue with a 1080p 60hz monitor

I'd agree. I've friends with 1070 non-ti who have no issues running 1080p 144hz. I have a 5700xt which is happy at 1440p 144hz, but does sound like a jet engine and there are still driver issues to contend with

[StephenHolts]

1 minute ago, James300 said:

I'd agree. I've friends with 1070 non-ti who have no issues running 1080p 144hz. I have a 5700xt which is happy at 1440p 144hz, but does sound like a jet engine and there are still driver issues to contend with

Do you experience any Throttling?

A few of the benches iv seen say the gpu gets Thermal Throttled, but then other benches show it sitting at around 70 degrees.

[driftz240]

1 minute ago, James300 said:

I'd agree. I've friends with 1070 non-ti who have no issues running 1080p 144hz. I have a 5700xt which is happy at 1440p 144hz, but does sound like a jet engine and there are still driver issues to contend with

Yeah im waiting on aib cards, plan on 1080p 144hz for AAA titles, useless but idc lol

[driftz240]

1 minute ago, StephenHolts said:

Do you experience any Throttling?

A few of the benches iv seen say the gpu gets Thermal Throttled, but then other benches show it sitting at around 70 degrees.

YES IT THROTTLES. DO NOT BUY THE REFERENCE CARD! WAIT FOR PARTNER BOARDS! PLEASE!

[James300]

2 minutes ago, StephenHolts said:

Do you experience any Throttling?

A few of the benches iv seen say the gpu gets Thermal Throttled, but then other benches show it sitting at around 70 degrees.

Having only played a few games, and only rust & fortnite in any detail, Rust suffers from the very odd stutter, and pop-in seems worse on the 5700XT than on my old 1060 3GB, and Fortnite is unplayable due to it stuttering. It does seem to push itself to 90%+ load very quickly and get loud.

 

As soon as I get an email from Digital River Ireland with the return details I'll be shipping it back for a refund. Nvidia in Europe appear to have some reference 2070 Supers in stock so one is hopefully winging it's way to me

[StephenHolts]

1 hour ago, James300 said:

 

Thanks everyone. My biggest fear is the Thermal Throttling. Would the 2070 Super be mayne a better bet? I know it a little more expensive. 

[takithes]

2 hours ago, StephenHolts said:

Hi Everyone.

 

I hope this is in the right section.

 

I was hoping for some advice.

 

I currently have a MSI GTX 1070ti, looking at upgrading to the Radeon 5700xt.

Would like to know if it is worth it?

i have seen some benches and it looks promising, but also wanted to maybe know if there is another GPU that might be better for example an RTX series.

I have $600 budget.

I am from South Africa so cards a little more Pricey over here.

 

Current PC specs Below Excluding GPU.

 

CPU:  Ryzen 5 2600

MBD: Asrock X470 Gaming K4

Memory: 16GB HyperX 3200Mhz

PSU: Corsair 550W

 

 

Any assistance would be much appreciated.

 

well i bought the asus radeon 5700 xt and its kinda of having massive thermal issues when playing triple A games, but that might not be the issue if you just put the fan to the max setting but then its basicly just a freaking jet enginge, so if you're not planning a watercooling loop for it dont even consider it

 

[driftz240]

5 minutes ago, StephenHolts said:

Thanks everyone. My biggest fear is the Thermal Throttling. Would the 2070 Super be mayne a better bet? I know it a little more expensive. 

The cooler on the FE 2070S (and all FE rtx cards currently) are better than the 5700xt's blower but i dont see where the extra 100 dollars goes in terms of performance. I would wait for 5700/5700xt aib cards next month and make a decision then.

[StephenHolts]

Are the Different Coolers coming out next months or is that still a thought? 

23 minutes ago, driftz240 said:

The cooler on the FE 2070S (and all FE rtx cards currently) are better than the 5700xt's blower but i dont see where the extra 100 dollars goes in terms of performance. I would wait for 5700/5700xt aib cards next month and make a decision then.

 

[StarsMars]

1 hour ago, StephenHolts said:

Thanks everyone. My biggest fear is the Thermal Throttling. Would the 2070 Super be mayne a better bet? I know it a little more expensive. 

It might be worth the extra for the little extra for performance, Ray tracing and driver support. Should do some decent 4K with high settings. 

 

Question though, what is your 1070ti not doing at 1080p?

[driftz240]

1 hour ago, StephenHolts said:

Are the Different Coolers coming out next months or is that still a thought? 

 

they should start coming out mid to late august 

[James300]

For a bit of fun info, I ran furmark just to see how hot my 5700 XT gets, and within seconds it was at 93 degrees, where it stayed for the rest of the test. I understand it's a stress test, but my case is pretty sensibly cooled so shouldn't be seeing those temps

[StephenHolts]

11 hours ago, StarsMars said:

It might be worth the extra for the little extra for performance, Ray tracing and driver support. Should do some decent 4K with high settings. 

 

Question though, what is your 1070ti not doing at 1080p?

To be honest, nothing really at the moment.

I like to upgrade to keep with modern pc Components, and also in the end it should last longer as the newer cards will be able to play the newer games at higher settings.

 

[StarsMars]

4 hours ago, StephenHolts said:

To be honest, nothing really at the moment.

I like to upgrade to keep with modern pc Components, and also in the end it should last longer as the newer cards will be able to play the newer games at higher settings.

 

That’s sort of what I’m doing now but I run higher resolutions. If it’s in your budget, why not. 

 

If you don’t need to just yet, you could hold out a bit longer to see 5700xt AIB cards or what other cards come out later this year. 

[StephenHolts]

3 hours ago, StarsMars said:

That’s sort of what I’m doing now but I run higher resolutions. If it’s in your budget, why not. 

 

If you don’t need to just yet, you could hold out a bit longer to see 5700xt AIB cards or what other cards come out later this year. 

I might wait for the other Coolers. I see Asrock is Releasing Their Challenger 5700xt sometime next month which apparently will be very good.. but only time will tell.

[Epimetheus]

i'd wait for when you buy the 4k tv, by that time the partner cards will be out probably

[James300]

41 minutes ago, Epimetheus said:

i'd wait for when you buy the 4k tv, by that time the partner cards will be out probably

If that 4k TV is more than a few months away, then AMD may have announced 'big Navi' and potentially even fixed some of their driver issues too. A 1070Ti isn't a bad place to be right now, especially for 1080p 60Hz, so I think the best bet, as painful as it sounds, might be to sit tight and wait for the market to settle down