the 6500 XT?

[nevets13]

so i know its not a great card but my budget is "as cheep as possible" and right now ive got an r9 285 and its starting to artifact so i need to do something and I'm really not a fan of Nvidia so i would like to stick with AMD but I cant really find any apples to apples comparisons for the 285 v. the 6500xt

[Darkwing Drex]

Looking at the reviews and specs, the 6500 XT is mid range for a card that's ~4 years old. Yes it's cheap, but the 3050 or 3060 would get you way more performance for the dollar. Your GPU is not the part you want to cheap out on, just don't get scammed.

[Tech87]

9 minutes ago, nevets13 said:

so i know its not a great card but my budget is "as cheep as possible" and right now ive got an r9 285 and its starting to artifact so i need to do something and I'm really not a fan of Nvidia so i would like to stick with AMD but I cant really find any apples to apples comparisons for the 285 v. the 6500xt

Don't get the 6500xt. It's a big disappointment of a card.

 

I know you say you're not an Nvidia fan, but if you can get your hands on an RTX 3050, it will blow the 6500xt out of the water!!!

[emosun]

You probably should opt for an older card of similar performance to your 285 as the 6500xt is a very bad value regardless of circumstances.

[nevets13]

Just now, Darkwing Drex said:

Looking at the reviews and specs, the 6500 XT is mid range for a card that's ~4 years old. Yes it's cheap, but the 3050 or 3060 would get you way more performance for the dollar. Your GPU is not the part you want to cheap out on, just don't get scammed.

the 6500 xt is less than 2 weeks old

[Quackers101]

better to find an cheaper 1660 card or newer.

3 minutes ago, nevets13 said:

the 6500 xt is less than 2 weeks old

its new, but also useless compared to some older GPUs 6-4 years older on the cheaper end does better.

Ofc the pricings are wild, so it might be the only thing, but even then the 3050 would be a far better option.

The GPU prices suck on the lower end.

[Egg-Roll]

2 minutes ago, nevets13 said:

the 6500 xt is less than 2 weeks old

They are talking about performance wise, it competes with something back 4 years ago at midrange value and nothing really of todays value.

 

If you can hold out on the 280 it might be a better option and save up for a better card. I would only suggest the 6500 xt to my enemies

[nevets13]

16 minutes ago, Egg-Roll said:

They are talking about performance wise, it competes with something back 4 years ago at midrange value and nothing really of todays value.

 

If you can hold out on the 280 it might be a better option and save up for a better card. I would only suggest the 6500 xt to my enemies

gotcha, but even a 4yo mid range is better than my 7 yo mid range right and for $240 usd vs $600 usd for say the 6600xt

[Kilrah]

46 minutes ago, nevets13 said:

gotcha, but even a 4yo mid range is better than my 7 yo mid range right and for $240 usd vs $600 usd for say the 6600xt

The point is that you might be able to get an "actual 4yo midrange card" for quite a bit cheaper than a "new 4yo midrange card". 

The new one will be new and have warranty though.

[ewitte]

30 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

The point is that you might be able to get an "actual 4yo midrange card" for quite a bit cheaper than a "new 4yo midrange card". 

The new one will be new and have warranty though.

I just looked up the 8GB RX 580 is getting bids over $400.  If you can get the 3050 close to MSRP its a way better card especially if you have PCIe 3.0.  You may be able to swing the 4GB RX 580 variant for a decent price though. 

[Chris Pratt]

Can't believe no one has asked about your CPU and motherboard, yet. With your current GPU as old as it is, I doubt the rest of the machine is running brand new components. If you don't have PCIe 4.0 available to you, the 6500XT isn't even worth considering, even if you were fine with all the other compromises on paper. It only has 4 PCIe lanes wired up and *needs* PCIe 4.0 for even the middling perf it's capable of. If you put it in a lower gen slot, you'd be doing better with integrated graphics.

 

[nevets13]

CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

48GB RAM DDR4

ASUS X570 MOBO

[diegoaccord]

7 hours ago, nevets13 said:

CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

48GB RAM DDR4

ASUS X570 MOBO

580 8G

570 8G

1070

1660 

1650

5500 XT

3050

 

so many better choices even if used.