Graphics card upgrade

[Cantaloupeman]

So I bought my PC a few years back and went with an EVGA 1060 3gb. I am really starting to see the performance drawbacks with all these new games coming out. I'm always stuttering because I never use less than 3gb of my VRAM. I want a good upgrade but dont want to bottleneck my CPU. I have a i5 7600k so that should still have good performance for years to come, but what is the best investment in a graphics card that wont bottleneck the CPU. I was thinking maybe a rx 5700 8gb for a future proof upgrade or maybe just a used rx 580 8gb. I prefer radeon but if a Nvidia would get me more performance for the price I am open to that as well. I have nothing against getting an older card as long as I get more performance and VRAM and as long as it is sort of future proof.

 

I would appreciate the advice. Thanks!

[The_Askinator]

Budget?

[Quackwich]

A GTX 1660 Super is probably one of the most value for money cards right now.

[SupaKomputa]

If you play 1080p and don't have high refresh rate monitor, a RX580 is just okay.

That card still plays medium to high in most games.

[Cantaloupeman]

3 hours ago, Quackwich said:

A GTX 1660 Super is probably one of the most value for money cards right now.

Is 6gb a good amount of VRAM? I’m just worried it won’t be enough in the near future. I like the price and performance but that’s all I’m worried about.

[Quackwich]

2 hours ago, Cantaloupeman said:

Is 6gb a good amount of VRAM? I’m just worried it won’t be enough in the near future. I like the price and performance but that’s all I’m worried about.

Yes, as long as you're not running 4k, you should be good.

[Cantaloupeman]

On 3/28/2020 at 2:23 AM, Quackwich said:

Yes, as long as you're not running 4k, you should be good.

Yeah I might venture into 1440p but I don't have the money for 4k yet.

 

Do you think the 580 or the 1660 super will be more future proof? I feel like for 1440p the 580 would be better with the extra 2gb of vram. Thats really the only thing holding me back from getting the 1660 super because when I bought my 1060 everyone thought 3gb would be enough. I just dont want to need an upgrade in a couple years for the same reason.