graphics card Help Deciding Graphics Card

[Bobbyman5506]

Hello I am looking for assistance picking out my next graphics card, i have $400 USD and I cant decide between the RTX 2060 Super and the Radeon 5700 XT. Any Help would be greatly appreciated. If it matters I have an alienware 17r3, intel 7600HQ, GTX 970, 8gb soon to be 16gb memory. If i Get the RX 5700 XT do i need to uninstall the Nvidia graphics drivers or do install The AMD Drivers right over it? or if i get the 2060 super will i have to do the same?

 

 5700xt: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/xfx-amd-radeon-rx-5700-xt-8gb-gddr6-pci-express-4-0-graphics-card-black/6358893.p?skuId=6358893

 

2060: Super:https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-super-8gb-gddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-black-silver/6361329.p?skuId=6361329

 

Thank you!

PS. I am using best buy to buy because family members gave me best buy cards

[Meganter]

2 minutes ago, Bobbyman5506 said:

 

Hello,

 

The 5700XT outperforms the 2060S in games but the blower is pretty bad so get something like the Gigabyte Gaming OC or Sapphire Pulse.

 

Also you can't use a GPU like that in a laptop.

[Bobbyman5506]

6 minutes ago, Plouffe said:

Hello,

 

The 5700XT outperforms the 2060S in games but the blower is pretty bad so get something like the Gigabyte Gaming OC or Sapphire Pulse.

 

Also you can't use a GPU like that in a laptop.

Thank you and i have the alienware graphics amplifier, it allows an external GPU

[DoctorNick]

1 minute ago, Bobbyman5506 said:

Thank you and i have the alienwar e graphics amplifier, it allows an external GPU

Then it's fine!

[WickedStarfish]

26 minutes ago, Bobbyman5506 said:

Hello I am looking for assistance picking out my next graphics card, i have $400 USD and I cant decide between the RTX 2060 Super and the Radeon 5700 XT. Any Help would be greatly appreciated. If it matters I have an alienware 17r3, intel 7600HQ, GTX 970, 8gb soon to be 16gb memory.

 

 5700xt: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/xfx-amd-radeon-rx-5700-xt-8gb-gddr6-pci-express-4-0-graphics-card-black/6358893.p?skuId=6358893

 

2060: Super:https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-super-8gb-gddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-black-silver/6361329.p?skuId=6361329

 

Thank you!

PS. I am using best buy to buy because family members gave me best buy cards

I heard that you could get simular peformance from a normal 5700 (to an XT) from doing a driver swap or bios flash (not sure what it was called but it was in an LTT video featuring Linus and Anthony) 

[Midnitewolf]

6 minutes ago, WickedStarfish said:

I heard that you could get simular peformance from a normal 5700 (to an XT) from doing a driver swap or bios flash (not sure what it was called but it was in an LTT video featuring Linus and Anthony) 

It is a BIOS flash but you have to consider the cooling because many 5700 XTs run hot even with cooling solutions designed for a 5700 XT.  The cooling solution on a 5700 might not be up to being able to take on 5700 XT temp levels which is what will occur should you flash the bios to 5700 XT.   Of course you might be able to get around this by setting the fans to run at 100% but then you might end up with a card sounding like a jet engine.   Also unless you have a dual BIOS 5700, your taking a pretty big risk flashing the card to a BIOS it isn't designed to run.  

 

Don't get me wrong, I like to save money but my advice is to really think about the battles you want to fight before attempting modifications.  If  your doing the mods just to be fruggle or enjoy tinkering and can easily recover from bricking your GPU (ie toss it into the trash and buy another one) then sure go for it.  However, if your tinkering to save money because you don't have money in the first place and you would not be able to recover from a catastrophic failure if that happens, then tinkering is probably a bad idea. 

 

As for as my recommendation for GPU, the 5700 XT is the way to go.  It is just so much more powerful than a 2060 Super, I think about 17% overall, and costs the same amount, so it is a no brainier in my opinion.

[Slottr]

5700 XT will give you more performance- But you'll be fairly limited with your 6700HQ

 

Yes you'd have to uninstall the current drivers.

[Bobbyman5506]

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Yes you'd have to uninstall the current drivers.

If I get the 5700 XT  and/or the 2060 super

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, Bobbyman5506 said:

If I get the 5700 XT  and/or the 2060 super

Yes

 

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[Bobbyman5506]

Thank you sorry

[Bobbyman5506]

8 minutes ago, Slottr said:

But you'll be fairly limited with your 7600HQ

i found that I actually have an i7 6700hq does that make anything better? 2.60 ghz

[Slottr]

8 minutes ago, Bobbyman5506 said:

i found that I actually have an i7 6700hq does that make anything better? 2.60 ghz

Yeah that's what I figured you had, a 7600HQ doesnt exist lol

 

But yeah. 4 cores and 8 threads is okay for 2020, you'll see yourself limited here and there.

[Bobbyman5506]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Yeah that's what I figured you had, a 7600HQ doesnt exist lol

 

But yeah. 4 cores and 8 threads is okay for 2020, you'll see yourself limited here and there.

I watched a video once of someone replacing the cpu in this exact laptop, so i know its replaceable. Is there any good place to buy laptop cpus? im on the look out for sites but i haven't found any though.

[Slottr]

Just now, Bobbyman5506 said:

I watched a video once of someone replacing the cpu in this exact laptop, so i know its replaceable. Is there any good place to buy laptop cpus? im on the look out for sites but i haven't found any though.

If you're looking at doing that, you should just build a system.

It wouldnt be worth the money, no.

 

Laptop processors don't really have a mainstream market, because most mobile cpu's are soldered.

[Bobbyman5506]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

If you're looking at doing that, you should just build a system.

Thank you for all the advice, im working on building a very cheap PC so i can get a full understanding of how to build a pc, then i will build a real one