Thoughts on RX560?

[jasonditz]

I know it's not the latest and greatest on the Radeon side of things, but how is the performance on the RX560 for games that are mostly not super-demanding graphically?

 

I'm looking at it because its the only readily available Radeon GPU that's not laughably old stock (I can't believe how many HD-5770 era cards places still have in stock). Seems mostly floating around $200. I'm inclined toward the Radeon, as opposed to a 1030 or a 1050 Ti, because it's' going in a Linux system and the drivers are much superior. While I'm not totally committed to "cheaping out" on the graphics card, I don't need the sort of stuff floating around the scalper market, and don't trust buying that way anyhow.

[Middcore]

 

 

 

[adarw]

16 minutes ago, Middcore said:

 

 

 

do keep in mind this guy is using a r9 5900x 

[Pc6777]

the rx 560 is a little worse than the gtx 1050 non ti, and slightly better in some dx12/vulcan titles. its good enough to game on if your standards arnt high, it can run even the most demanding new triple A games with settings low, but some stuff you will have to play lowest settings 720p 30-40 fps, playable but not ideal. on older/easier to run games it will be great and run everything 1080p 60, especially esports type stuff. you can get a used rx 460 2 gb which is similar in performance to the 560 for 100 on ebay if you want something cheap to hold you off. i mean get a 4 gig card if you can if its not much more expensive, but it seems the price difference isnt worth it for the 560/460 4 gb because the extra vram will only help in a few games beacause the card will often choke before even vram runs out. and dont get a 1030, the rx 460 which cost 100 dollars, is significantly faster in almost every dx 11 game and way faster in dx 12/vulcan, a 1050 ti would be a good option tho if you want something a bit better than a 460/560 , they are 200ish used on ebay.

[jaslion]

Can always just go used. Plenty of r9 radeon stuff that goes for decent prices due to the higher power draw.

[jasonditz]

Thanks. My concern on the 1050 Ti is the Nvidia drivers on a linux system are suboptimal. I can probably live with that if necessary. I'm trying to find the right compromise, but it might just be a placeholder until I can find a better solution.

[Pc6777]

7 hours ago, jasonditz said:

Thanks. My concern on the 1050 Ti is the Nvidia drivers on a linux system are suboptimal. I can probably live with that if necessary. I'm trying to find the right compromise, but it might just be a placeholder until I can find a better solution.

Try to swing for an RX 570/580/590 or RX 470/480 or RX 5500 xt then. These cards will cost a bit more but will be way faster than the RX 560 and significantly faster than the 1050 ti.