Graphics card upgrade

[cheesytacopastaman]

Hello everyone I currently run an EVGA 1050ti overclocked at 1900mhz. Currently I'm considering a 1660 super for an upgrade but those are a little pricey where I live, but I've found the XFX 5500 xt thicc 2 pro for under 300 dollars and I'm wondering if it's a worthy upgrade for me. Higher game performance is certainly nice but I also want to make sure it'll support things like nicehash miner and folding at home out of the box or with minimal hassle. Here is the listing: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082KYFDYC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_G2p.EbKY6Z056

 

[mbntr]

6 minutes ago, cheesytacopastaman said:

Hello everyone I currently run an EVGA 1050ti overclocked at 1900mhz. Currently I'm considering a 1660 super for an upgrade but those are a little pricey where I live, but I've found the XFX 5500 xt thicc 2 pro for under 300 dollars and I'm wondering if it's a worthy upgrade for me. Higher game performance is certainly nice but I also want to make sure it'll support things like nicehash miner and folding at home out of the box or with minimal hassle. Here is the listing: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B082KYFDYC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_G2p.EbKY6Z056

 

Nah, get a GTX 1660 Super or an RTX 2060 KO (didn't know the prices were not in USD, the 2060KO is on the 300 USD line, the 1660 super will be slightly under the 300 CAD mark though), both will kick the everliving crap out of the RX 5500 XT, that, btw will run at PCIe 3.0 x8 speeds (it's limited to 8 lanes, it featuers PCIe 4 support but you won't likely have it if you are upgrading from a GTX 1050ti), sure it doesn't that much bandwidth but hey

[cheesytacopastaman]

9 minutes ago, mbntr said:

Nah, get a GTX 1660 Super or an RTX 2060 KO, both will kick the everliving crap out of the RX 5500 XT, that, btw will run at PCIe 3.0 x8 speeds (it's limited to 8 lanes, it featuers PCIe 4 support but you won't likely have it if you are upgrading from a GTX 1050ti), sure it doesn't that much bandwidth but hey

Hmm okay, I have seen videos of the 5500 xt offering up to twice or more fps than the 1050ti, and I don't think PCIe 3.0 x8 will bottleneck the card since most low and midrange cards still don't benefit from x16 speeds. But if saving a buck or two going for GTX or rtx really makes that much of a difference id be happy to save for a little while for one of those.

[mbntr]

1 minute ago, cheesytacopastaman said:

Hmm okay, I have seen videos of the 5500 xt offering up to twice or more fps than the 1050ti, and I don't think PCIe 3.0 x8 will bottleneck the card since most low and midrange cards still don't benefit from x16 speeds. But if saving a buck or two going for GTX or rtx really makes that much of a difference id be happy to save for a little while for one of those.

The 1660 super is faster than the 5500xt, but the 2060 is far better than both, DXR is supported by both nvidia cards but only the 2060 supports hardware acceleration for it