Which Graphic Card is better?

[Raina21]

Which graphics card will be better for the next 4-5 years? The RX 580 8gig/Rx 590 or GTX 1650 Super/GTX 1660?(I live in India, where I am getting all these cards for about the same price point.(anything more than these is out of my budget)

[LienusLateTips]

The GTX 1660 is your best bet. It might not last 4-5 years, but it's the most powerful of them all, and very power efficient.

[Letgomyleghoe]

12 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

The GTX 1660 is your best bet. It might not last 4-5 years, but it's the most powerful of them all, and very power efficient.

Honestly debated and depends if you will use the extra ram.

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Letgomyleghoe said:

Honestly debated and depends if you will use the extra ram.

If you're going to use the full 8GB of the RX590, then yes, go with that.

 

But the RX 590 uses a lot more power than the 1660. You may end up needing a PSU change as many cheap groupreg units will not handle a RX 590 for very long.

 

Electricity costs are high in much of the world, too.

[5x5]

1660 or 580 - the 1650 models should be ignored for the most part.

[Guest]

Go with 1660 or Rx 590 anyone of these is good.

[SynErg0.0]

16 hours ago, Raina21 said:

Which graphics card will be better for the next 4-5 years? The RX 580 8gig/Rx 590 or GTX 1650 Super/GTX 1660?(I live in India, where I am getting all these cards for about the same price point.(anything more than these is out of my budget)

Depends on what your use case is...if the VRAM is important to you, you can go with the 8GB cards from AMD. The best thing I would suggest is that you should go for GTX 1660Ti/Super rather than the vanilla 1660(if your budget permits that is). If VRAM is not important (like in if you play popular AAA titles or anything but don't use the GPU for heavy workloads), you should go for GTX 1660.

Another point to consider is the efficiency. The GTX cards in question are no doubt more power efficient than their Radeon counterparts here owing to their newer architecture.  

Another thing is the memory speed. Both Radeon Rx 580/590 and 1660 are capped at 8Gbps whereas 1650 Super or 1660 Ti have 12 Gbps each(still 1650 Super will have lesser performance than 1660 due to the cores configurations). [all figures are for stock specifications only].

I think it's best to go for a 1660. It strikes a fine balance between performance and efficiency. Another alternative from AMD is the RX 5500 XT. It also offers a similar performance to 1660(but has 8 GB VRAM)

Please check the official AMD and Nvidia sites to see whether there are any software which from either of the two companies that you would like to have on your system(like AMD Free Sync or Nvidia GSync).

Edited July 2, 2020 by SynErg0.0

[Letgomyleghoe]

2 hours ago, SynErg0.0 said:

If VRAM is not important (like in if you play popular AAA titles or anything but don't use the GPU for heavy workloads), you should go for GTX 1660.

Another point to consider is the efficiency. The GTX cards in question are no doubt more power efficient than their Radeon counterparts here owing to their newer architecture.  

If you buy a 5700xt there actually more efficient afaik due to 7nm, I wouldn’t say “Radeon” as thats a big group of GPUs.

 

and gtav uses over 6gb of vram on the regular for me.

2 hours ago, SynErg0.0 said:

Another thing is the memory speed. Both Radeon Rx 580/590 and 1660 are capped at 8Gbps whereas 1650 Super or 1660 Ti have 12 Gbps each(still 1650 Super will have lesser performance than 1660 due to the cores configurations). 

That is not true I can post screenshots of my rx580 in GPUz, Radeon control center and msi afterburner.

[SynErg0.0]

12 hours ago, Letgomyleghoe said:

If you buy a 5700xt there actually more efficient afaik due to 7nm, I wouldn’t say “Radeon” as thats a big group of GPUs.

 

and gtav uses over 6gb of vram on the regular for me.

That is not true I can post screenshots of my rx580 in GPUz, Radeon control center and msi afterburner.

1. When I said "the GTX cards in question are more efficient than their Radeon counterparts" I meant only those cards which are taken into consideration here. The wording might have been a bit sketchy. Sorry for that and thanks for pointing it out. 

2. Yeah. Your mileage may vary. It basically boils down to the settings and how many pixels the screen is pushing at a given time. That's why I also said that RX 5500 XT is a good option apart from the cards taken into account here. 

[SynErg0.0]

12 hours ago, Letgomyleghoe said:

If you buy a 5700xt there actually more efficient afaik due to 7nm, I wouldn’t say “Radeon” as thats a big group of GPUs.

 

and gtav uses over 6gb of vram on the regular for me.

That is not true I can post screenshots of my rx580 in GPUz, Radeon control center and msi afterburner.

As far as the memory speed information goes, I only meant the stock specifications. Information taken from official AMD and Nvidia websites. Again, I agree that wording is sketchy.