Gpu Recommendation

[Pacmanpc]

Hi, i currently have a RTX 2060 and are looking to upgrade it 

 

Prices here in Australia are stupidly expensive aound $1200-$1500 for both RX 6900 and RTX 3080. never bought anything used before and currently too scared to.

 

I have always had nividia but im open to whatever is best bang for buck and performance, i have always stuck to the Asus brand due to build quality and never having issue with anything from Asus.

 

I'll obviously need a PSU upgrade as mine is only a Corsair RM650x, open to suggestions here of brand and wattage

 

Currently looking at Gigabyte M32Q 31.5inch 165Hz QHD SS IPS KVM Gaming Monitor unless somene can suggest a better one? this is priced at $559

 

other specs are

ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) (AM4)

16gb G.Skill F4-3200C16-8GTZR

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB M2

Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB x2

Samsung S27A950D (1920x1080@120Hz)

 

Games i play are

GTA 5

Cyberpunk 2077

Far Cry 6

Red Dead Redemption 2

 

Budget is $2200 AUD, this will need to be for Monitor, GPU and PSU although i can steal a Corsair RM1000x i have in another PC i have which is overkill for that machine but it is over 5 years old.

 

Down the track or depending on Black Friday sales also looking into upgrading cpu to AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

 

thanks in advance

[Pixelfie]

If you can wait a little bit you might be able to get a 7900 XTX in 3 weeks, should be a solid option.

[PDifolco]

15 minutes ago, Pacmanpc said:

Hi, i currently have a RTX 2060 and are looking to upgrade it 

 

Prices here in Australia are stupidly expensive aound $1200-$1500 for both RX 6900 and RTX 3080. never bought anything used before and currently too scared to.

 

I have always had nividia but im open to whatever is best bang for buck and performance, i have always stuck to the Asus brand due to build quality and never having issue with anything from Asus.

 

I'll obviously need a PSU upgrade as mine is only a Corsair RM650x, open to suggestions here of brand and wattage

 

Currently looking at Gigabyte M32Q 31.5inch 165Hz QHD SS IPS KVM Gaming Monitor unless somene can suggest a better one? this is priced at $559

 

other specs are

ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) (AM4)

16gb G.Skill F4-3200C16-8GTZR

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB M2

Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB x2

Samsung S27A950D (1920x1080@120Hz)

 

Games i play are

GTA 5

Cyberpunk 2077

Far Cry 6

Red Dead Redemption 2

 

Budget is $2200 AUD, this will need to be for Monitor, GPU and PSU although i can steal a Corsair RM1000x i have in another PC i have which is overkill for that machine but it is over 5 years old.

 

Down the track or depending on Black Friday sales also looking into upgrading cpu to AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

 

thanks in advance

With A$1500 you could get a 6800XT and a nice 1440p monitor, and don't even need to upgrade your PSU, it's a 650W but a good one (RMx)

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Video Card: Gigabyte GV-R68XTGAMING OC-16GD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB Video Card  ($899.00 @ BPC Technology) 
Monitor: Gigabyte M32Q 31.5" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor  ($559.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Total: $1458.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-11-20 00:34 AEDT+1100

 

[Dedayog]

Have some one in the US buy you one and ship it.

 

I do this for friends in Europe at times.

[Pacmanpc]

Thanks for the info

1 hour ago, Pixelfie said:

If you can wait a little bit you might be able to get a 7900 XTX in 3 weeks, should be a solid option.

They will be over $1500 aud I’m guessing considering the Rtx 4080 msrp is $1200 usd but cheapest here is selling for $2400 when straight usd to aud conversion is $1750.

1 hour ago, PDifolco said:

With A$1500 you could get a 6800XT and a nice 1440p monitor, and don't even need to upgrade your PSU, it's a 650W but a good one (RMx)

6800xt is better than rtx3080?
is the rx6900 worth the extra few hundred over rx6800? See a few new unopened ones for sale between 1k to 1200 on Facebook marketplace.

 

i have only ever had nvidia cards so have no experience with AMD other than cpus.

 

56 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Have some one in the US buy you one and ship it.

 

I do this for friends in Europe at times.

Unsure if this is feasible due to warranty and potential shipping damage. But the massive markups put onto items here is insane. That on top of having to trust someone unknown with a significant amount of money.