What gpu should i buy?

[AlexisTexas]

I actually have a ryzen 5 5600g and i have the possibility to buy a rx 6800 but i cannot upgrade my cpu so should i buy it? or should i buy something lower like a rx 6700xt?

[Dukesilver27-]

In 1080p, you need a faster CPU to keep up with RX 6800 for most games, for CPU intensive games, should be even worse.

In 1440p, it should be okay, maybe a bit of bottleneck on some CPU intensive games, but in general should be fine.

 

That said, they will run, but CPU bottleneck is bound to happen.

[BiotechBen]

51 minutes ago, Dukesilver27- said:

In 1080p, you need a faster CPU to keep up with RX 6800 for most games, for CPU intensive games, should be even worse.

In 1440p, it should be okay, maybe a bit of bottleneck on some CPU intensive games, but in general should be fine.

 

That said, they will run, but CPU bottleneck is bound to happen.

Won't be crippling bottleneck, but it will be minorly CPU-limiting.

[PriitM]

You have a SAM ready platform. Your CPU-GPU bottleneck is going to be marginal at best. Game load times depend more on your storage speed, than anything. RAM speed was debunked by Linus last year. 

 

What res are you using? 1080p? 1440p? 4K? 
Id say a 6700XT will give you 2-3 years of solid 1080/1440p performance, even at 100Hz+ refresh rates
If you want to invest for the next 4-5 years and futureproof against 4K60, save up and get a 6900XT. It can be had for $799 on amd.com (not advertizing)

 

And most important: more than max details and pretty colours... your system should be capable of solid, smooth performance. 

[AlexisTexas]

14 hours ago, PriitM said:

You have a SAM ready platform. Your CPU-GPU bottleneck is going to be marginal at best. Game load times depend more on your storage speed, than anything. RAM speed was debunked by Linus last year. 

 

What res are you using? 1080p? 1440p? 4K? 
Id say a 6700XT will give you 2-3 years of solid 1080/1440p performance, even at 100Hz+ refresh rates
If you want to invest for the next 4-5 years and futureproof against 4K60, save up and get a 6900XT. It can be had for $799 on amd.com (not advertizing)

 

And most important: more than max details and pretty colours... your system should be capable of solid, smooth performance. 

1080p 60hz

[PriitM]

4 hours ago, AlexisTexas said:

1080p 60hz

6700XT will cover you more than enough. 

PS: Bottlenecking is another gimmick term to rile people up into upgrading to something they dont need. 2-3% performance hit is not worth it. Unless your hardware is broken, it can last 4-5 generations easy. In games, you can still (thankfully) lower settings to get better FPS down the line.