GPU Upgrade recommendations for my pc

[Ofesad]

Hi people! Ofesad here from Argentina.

 

Recently I upgraded my cpu, mb and ram. My current rig is:

- CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X

- RAM: 16gb Corsair RGB 3200mhz

- MB: Asus X570-P

- SSD: Samsung EVO 850 250gb

- HDD: 3 x WD Gold 6Tb (yes I save every single file I work on)

- GPU: Ati R9 270X 6gb

- PSU: Antec Quadro 850w (over 8yrs, still working fine. Replaced cooler.)

- DVD Burner & Bluray Burner

- BenQ PD2700Q (2K resolution)

 

I use this pc mainly for Adobe software (PS, AI, Premiere, Indesign), video encoding, photo editing, website design, software programming, development server, local server + dnla and some other things I do.

 

Also some gaming, normally I would have 1 o 2 games installed but I would play 1 o 2 times a week. Not the newest games but I am expecting the upcoming Diablo 4 and Baldurs Gate 3.

 

The actual GPU works fine but even playing Diablo 3 I see it gets the frame rate around 40 and when too much artifacts appear, it gets even lower, around 20.

 

I am considering upgrading to a Ati 5700 XT or a Nvidia 2060 (maybe a Super if it's worth the difference in price).

I personally always has been an ATI supporter, but I see that it hasn't been keeping up with Nvidia.

 

I wanna ear your opinions about one or the other regarding productivity and gaming.

 

Also if it could be better to wait to next year for new models or chips, or just take the christmas offers with one of these.

 

 

Thank you all!

 

Ofesad from Argentina.

[Letgomyleghoe]

3 minutes ago, Ofesad said:

Hi people! Ofesad here from Argentina.

 

Recently I upgraded my cpu, mb and ram. My current rig is:

- CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X

- RAM: 16gb Corsair RGB 3200mhz

- MB: Asus X570-P

- SSD: Samsung EVO 850 250gb

- HDD: 3 x WD Gold 6Tb (yes I save every single file I work on)

- GPU: Ati R9 270X 6gb

- PSU: Antec Quadro 850w (over 8yrs, still working fine. Replaced cooler.)

- DVD Burner & Bluray Burner

- BenQ PD2700Q (2K resolution)

 

I use this pc mainly for Adobe software (PS, AI, Premiere, Indesign), video encoding, photo editing, website design, software programming, development server, local server + dnla and some other things I do.

 

Also some gaming, normally I would have 1 o 2 games installed but I would play 1 o 2 times a week. Not the newest games but I am expecting the upcoming Diablo 4 and Baldurs Gate 3.

 

The actual GPU works fine but even playing Diablo 3 I see it gets the frame rate around 40 and when too much artifacts appear, it gets even lower, around 20.

 

I am considering upgrading to a Ati 5700 XT or a Nvidia 2060 (maybe a Super if it's worth the difference in price).

I personally always has been an ATI supporter, but I see that it hasn't been keeping up with Nvidia.

 

I wanna ear your opinions about one or the other regarding productivity and gaming.

 

Also if it could be better to wait to next year for new models or chips, or just take the christmas offers with one of these.

 

 

Thank you all!

 

Ofesad from Argentina.

Probably 2070 would might be a good fit, a little spendy though.

Do you have a budget? 

[AndrewB121]

I think most of those applications you mentioned are more CPU dependent,which means your choice of GPU matters less, unless of course you want to use Nvidia's NVENC encoder, in which case you need Nvidia. 

 

Assuming neither nvidia or AMD provide performance improvements for your specific tasks (do some research into the workloads you use to find out) then the 5700xt is a better choice than the 2060 super. 

[Constantin]

11 minutes ago, Ofesad said:

- GPU: Ati R9 270X 6gb

 

The memory of this GPU is 2GB........

[BTGbullseye]

33 minutes ago, Ofesad said:

I use this pc mainly for Adobe software (PS, AI, Premiere, Indesign)

Adobe deliberately designs their software to not work well with AMD GPUs. You're kinda stuck having to use something from Nvidia. A 1660 Super will probably satisfy your needs.