Vega 56 - new query.

[Eighjan]

Sorry to bore the behind off the forums again, but there is another reason I would like to find a different card with similar or better performance than my Sapphire Pulse RX Vega 56... better availability of water block options.

Not for immediate acquisition 'cos the current graphics card market sucks a gigantic aquatic mammals' "unit". 

 

With that in mind - hit me...

 

EDIT:

Blame the current live stream, for this...

[jaslion]

There are a fair few alphacool eiswolf combi's still available new. There are actually still plenty of vega blocks available new.

[Pixelfie]

RTX 2060 or RX 5600 XT. If you want to go used GTX 1080. If you stream, use ray tracing or OpenGL applications the RTX is what you should get, otherwise the RX 5600 XT. If you can get a 2060 Super for a simular price that's even better.

[Eighjan]

46 minutes ago, jaslion said:

There are a fair few alphacool eiswolf combi's still available new. There are actually still plenty of vega blocks available new.

The Sapphire Pulse only has one block available 'cos it uses a weird 'board for the card.

 

28 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

RTX 2060 or RX 5600 XT

Them, I'll keep an eye on; though by the time I *can* afford them, they'll probably only be used...

[Pixelfie]

1 minute ago, Eighjan said:

Them, I'll keep an eye on; though by the time I *can* afford them, they'll probably only be used...

Also by the time pricing is normal you can probably get a 3060 for th same price. Maybe AMD will release the 6600XT too some day.

[jaslion]

9 hours ago, Eighjan said:

The Sapphire Pulse only has one block available 'cos it uses a weird 'board for the card.

 

Them, I'll keep an eye on; though by the time I *can* afford them, they'll probably only be used...

Didn't know it was a weird one.

 

Bonus points are that you should be able to find some hybrid cards or pre watercooled used cards in the gtx/rtx xx80 range (starting from the 980ti) or amds high end. Those tend to be cheaper as a lot of people just toss the original heatsink.