RX 5700 XT or something else?

[Camelsmaycry]

Hey, helping a friend build a PC with $500 budgeted for the GPU.

 

just wondering if RX 5700 xt is the right choice or is there a better value for money card.

 

keep in mind he wants to game on 1440p

 

Thanks in advance

[5x5]

Get a custom 5700 XT and enjoy 2070S like perfoance for less money

[Princess Luna]

His choices are either a custom RX 5700XT or a Founders Edition RTX 2070 Super straight from nVidia.

 

Custom 2070 Supers are unnecessarily more expensive than the 5700XT due to DXR/Ray Tracing capacity which at this time is really only worth as an expensive preview on the highest end 2080 Ti and such.

[Camelsmaycry]

1 minute ago, Princess Luna said:

His choices are either a custom RX 5700XT or a Founders Edition RTX 2070 Super straight from nVidia.

 

Custom 2070 Supers are unnecessarily more expensive than the 5700XT due to DXR/Ray Tracing capacity which at this time is really only worth as an expensive preview on the highest end 2080 Ti and such.

 

5 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Get a custom 5700 XT and enjoy 2070S like perfoance for less money

Thanks 

[realpetertdm]

19 minutes ago, Camelsmaycry said:

Hey, helping a friend build a PC with $500 budgeted for the GPU.

 

just wondering if RX 5700 xt is the right choice or is there a better value for money card.

 

keep in mind he wants to game on 1440p

 

Thanks in advance

At $500 (USD I assume) you can go for a 2070 Super. The 2070 super is slightly better at most games (5 or so fps in 1440p I think) but also has a 50~100 dollar more asking price. 

 

Do you need NVENC, CUDA or any other Nvidia goodies? Do you need raytracing? If so then a 2070 Super could be good. You can find 2070s with custom cooling solutions at the $500 mark.

 

Do you care more about the overall system and don't mind losing out on a few frames? Then go for a 5700 XT (CUSTOM COOLING! DON'T BUY THE STOCK CARD) and use the 50 or so dollars on another park (i.e. faster RAM)

[Camelsmaycry]

On 9/13/2019 at 3:38 AM, realpetertdm said:

At $500 (USD I assume) you can go for a 2070 Super. The 2070 super is slightly better at most games (5 or so fps in 1440p I think) but also has a 50~100 dollar more asking price. 

 

Do you need NVENC, CUDA or any other Nvidia goodies? Do you need raytracing? If so then a 2070 Super could be good. You can find 2070s with custom cooling solutions at the $500 mark.

 

Do you care more about the overall system and don't mind losing out on a few frames? Then go for a 5700 XT (CUSTOM COOLING! DON'T BUY THE STOCK CARD) and use the 50 or so dollars on another park (i.e. faster RAM)

Thanx for the advice 

 

he will be gaming on the PC only, after reading everything above I will follow your advice (Pick up a custom rx 5700xt and upgrading storage and ram) as its a AMD system so I think he will benefit fro the ram