2060s or 5700xt

Aidan.69420 · December 21, 2019

Deciding over GIGABYTE rx 5700 XT or either a GIGABYTE 2060 Super or EVGA 2060 Super to be used with an AMD 3600. All are equally priced at $550 CDN. Which one is more reliable, and What’s the performance gap? Also is RTX worth it? This is my first pc build so reliability is something I’d like to make sure of, so I get my money’s worth.

Fasauceome · December 21, 2019

The 5700 XT performs best, similar to a 2070 super

11 minutes ago, Aidan.69420 said:

Which one is more reliable

They're both by gigabyte so I wouldn't expect some huge difference in build quality and reliability

MrBrightSyde · December 21, 2019

Depends on the Resolution of your monitor and it's refresh rate. The 5700 XT is about 10% better than the 2060Super in 1080p and about 8% better in 1440p. for the same price the 5700 XT is better overall, though it does have a few issues with it's drivers which can cause headaches. In that case the 2060Super has more reliable drivers but lacks performance. Maybe in 5-10 years, RTX (and whatever AMDs equivalent would be if popular enough) will be viable to use, but right now it isn't worth the performance drop when turned on.

Also, it doesn't matter how reliable something is. You could buy the most reliable parts and still have a chance at a dud, whether it be the CPU, GPU, RAM, etc. Just as long as it's not complete trash and riddled with issues(looks at 2080TI launch), you should be fine.