RX 5700 vs RTX 2060 Super

[Lare111]

I can't decide between Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 (429€) and MSI Ventus RTX 2060 Super 8GB (469€). Sapphire is cheaper and runs quieter but MSI has ray tracing. They both are pretty fast and RX 5700 is faster than RTX 2070 in some games . I'm playing on a 1080p 144Hz Freesync monitor but freesync works fine on my current GTX 1070 too. RX 5700 XT isn't available yet and I have a small case and only 550W PSU so non-XT RX 5700 might be better.

 

Is RTX 2060 Super too weak for ray tracing? Many upcoming games like Cyberpunk 2077, Watch Dogs Legion and Dying Light 2 support DXR. It seems like that DXR kills framerate in current games and I don't think that future games will run much better. 

 

My friend would buy my poorly overclocking GTX 1070 for 280€ so I would get a nice 25-35% performance boost for 150-190€.

 

 

[5x5]

The 2060S can't really handle Ray Tracing well so I would base my purchase based on a feature that might die as a whole soon. 

 

Your power supply can easily handle a 5700 XT. That card only uses about 200-250W. Assuming the PSU is decent quality, there is no cause for concern. 

 

Personally, I'd get the 5700. Cheaper, slightly faster and quieter. 

[Jurrunio]

11 minutes ago, Lare111 said:

Is RTX 2060 Super too weak for ray tracing?

It is too weak, unless you're fine with console like frame rates which you should wait for the PS5 instead.

[5x5]

6 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

It is too weak, unless you're fine with console like frame rates which you should wait for the PS5 instead.

Worse actually. The RTX performance so far is so poor that anything under a 2070S is pointless for that use case. 

[Lare111]

3 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

The 2060S can't really handle Ray Tracing well so I would base my purchase based on a feature that might die as a whole soon. 

 

Your power supply can easily handle a 5700 XT. That card only uses about 200-250W. Assuming the PSU is decent quality, there is no cause for concern. 

 

Personally, I'd get the 5700. Cheaper, slightly faster and quieter. 

My PSU is pretty high quality Corsair RM550x. However I think I will choose RX 5700 non-XT since it will produce less heat and noise.

2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

It is too weak, unless you're fine with console like frame rates which you should wait for the PS5 instead.

I'm targeting +60FPS. Freesync helps with minor FPS drops but to be honest I'd rather choose 70FPS with DXR off than 50FPS with DXR. 

 

I will choose RX 5700 and wait for better ray tracing support and performance in the future. I don't want to pay for an expensive feature which I can't use. Sapphire Pulse has a great cooler and I think it can run AAA-games 1080p60 ultra easily for couple years.

[5x5]

3 minutes ago, Lare111 said:

My PSU is pretty high quality Corsair RM550x. However I think I will choose RX 5700 non-XT since it will produce less heat and noise.

I'm targeting +60FPS. Freesync helps with minor FPS drops but to be honest I'd rather choose 70FPS with DXR off than 50FPS with DXR. 

 

I will choose RX 5700 and wait for better ray tracing support and performance in the future. I don't want to pay for an expensive feature which I can't use. Sapphire Pulse has a great cooler and I think it can run AAA-games 1080p60 ultra easily for couple years.

The XT models also run cool and quiet but the choice is yours. 

 

Also, on a 2060S, the difference is more like 70fps with DXR off and 20fps with DXR on. It's a massive hit to performance since it has very few RT cores. 

[SliceT]

Pretty much RTX is pointless, everyone that I know that tried ended up not trying again, huge performance hit and no real visual improvements, I mean there is but you need to be really paying attention, which is not worth the performance drop.

 

This review compares both 2060S VS 5700 XT.