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What GPU Should I Pair with my Ryzen 5 2600??

Wilder42K
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Whats up everyone, im sure this has been asked before, but, I am wondering what GPU i should pair with my current Ryzen 5 2600. I currently have it paired with an RX580 8gb but i want more out of it. However i dont want to bottleneck my cpu. My monitor will be upgrading this year as well. So without it being overkill, or bottle necking my CPU, what is your opinions and what would make the most sense to pair just with my CPU.

Disclaimer - CPU is overclocked to 3.7GHz, 16gb ram, on the ASRock Steel Legend B450M.

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What are your plans on a new monitor? Gsync? Resolution or refresh rate? How about your RAM speed, since that's quite important for Ryzen processors?

 

In terms of a CPU bottleneck, you'd really need something really powerful to do that. There's always a bottleneck with either a CPU or GPU, as it's fundamentally impossible to have two very different parts with identical performance.

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3 minutes ago, Draconid said:

What's your budget, and what's your new monitor? Or at least what resolution do you plan to use? and what is your primary use for your computer? Gaming? 

I plan to go for 1080p on what would be a 144hz monitor. My primary purpose is for gaming, but i use my pc to do basic College and professional work like word excel and basic office functions, and minor (and when i say minor i mean basic as basic can be) editing.

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1 minute ago, GalacticRuler said:

What are your plans on a new monitor? Gsync? Resolution or refresh rate? How about your RAM speed, since that's quite important for Ryzen processors?

 

In terms of a CPU bottleneck, you'd really need something really powerful to do that. There's always a bottleneck with either a CPU or GPU, as it's fundamentally impossible to have two very different parts with identical performance.

16gb 3000mhz for ram, resolution would 1080p and 144hz refresh rate im unsure havent started looking yet.

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1 minute ago, Wilder42K said:

16gb 3000mhz for ram, resolution would 1080p and 144hz refresh rate im unsure havent started looking yet.

In that case, something around a RTX 2060, GTX 1660 Ti, or RX 5700 XT would be optimal. Those cards run virtually all modern games at 1080p144, but if you want future-proofing, you may want to step up to even a RTX 2070. If you are okay with secondhand cards, grabbing a last-gen GTX 1080 or 1080 Ti would also be quite optimal.

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1 minute ago, GalacticRuler said:

In that case, something around a RTX 2060, GTX 1660 Ti, or RX 5700 XT would be optimal. Those cards run virtually all modern games at 1080p144, but if you want future-proofing, you may want to step up to even a RTX 2070. If you are okay with secondhand cards, grabbing a last-gen GTX 1080 or 1080 Ti would also be quite optimal.

Have you seen anything on the 1660 SUPER? Was also thinkin that might be another viable option?

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4 minutes ago, Wilder42K said:

Have you seen anything on the 1660 SUPER? Was also thinkin that might be another viable option?

Based on my little knowledge of it, it's a slightly weaker card than the 1660 Ti, but the performance difference is not worth paying a significant price difference for.

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5 hours ago, GalacticRuler said:

you may want to step up to even a RTX 2070.

"Step up" to a card weaker than the 5700 XT... Riiiight...

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6 hours ago, Wilder42K said:

Have you seen anything on the 1660 SUPER? Was also thinkin that might be another viable option?

the 1660 super is where i'd start, then from there a 5700/XT if u don't need RTX, if u do want RTX, i'd say 2060/70 super at most.

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Yeah from what I have seen the 1660 super will be priced at about what the 1660 normal is now... That being said, price per performance it seems like a darn good card. Slight overclocking and you are what a 1660ti is capable of for what $50-70 less (USD)? The 5700xt is a good option if you want more honestly. 

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IMHO, anything bellow a RX 5700 or RTX 2060 isn't a worhty upgrade to the RX 580

Personally i would shop for a 5700XT or 2060 Super.

A used GTX 1080 or 1070ti would do great as well.

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