wich gpu

[Zoma]

6700xt or 2080 ti for 1080p?

[Bombastinator]

32 minutes ago, yesaaaa said:

6700xt or 2080 ti for 1080p?

Need more info.  Both are wildly overpowered for 1080p@60 though they might not be for 1080p@240. Need all the standard stuff.  Make and model of major components and the monitor (so stuff can be looked up if needed) also whether you care about ray tracing or not, and what kind of games you play.  Basically everything.

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RX 6700 XT relase date 2021

 

RTX 2080 Ti relase date

2018

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They seem pretty comparable, so which is cheaper May play a role.  My personal move would be a used 6800, but if you don’t have enough monitor for there to be a big difference they’re both overpowered.  The 6700xt will be cheaper to run.  The PSU needs to be bigger but that’s just because of the transient spikes.

[Zoma]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

They seem pretty comparable, so which is cheaper May play a role.  My personal move would be a used 6800, but if you don’t have enough monitor for there to be a big difference they’re both overpowered.  The 6700xt will be cheaper to run.  The PSU needs to be bigger but that’s just because of the transient spikes.

yes im getting the SAPPHIRE Nitro AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB GDDR6 for 365$ used

[Zoma]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

Need more info.  Both are wildly overpowered for 1080p@60 though they might not be for 1080p@240. Need all the standard stuff.  Make and model of major components and the monitor (so stuff can be looked up if needed) also whether you care about ray tracing or not, and what kind of games you play.  Basically everything.

im getting SAPPHIRE Nitro AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB GDDR6 and i have a 144hz monitor https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WGDKQ6 and i play fortnite low settings roblox. Cyberpunk    Assassins Creed Valhalla

 

[Zoma]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

They seem pretty comparable, so which is cheaper May play a role.  My personal move would be a used 6800, but if you don’t have enough monitor for there to be a big difference they’re both overpowered.  The 6700xt will be cheaper to run.  The PSU needs to be bigger but that’s just because of the transient spikes.

and i cant find a used 6800 there overpriced

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6 hours ago, yesaaaa said:

im getting SAPPHIRE Nitro AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB GDDR6 and i have a 144hz monitor https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WGDKQ6 and i play fortnite low settings roblox. Cyberpunk    Assassins Creed Valhalla

 

That would be a good reason.  The used market for video cards used to be quite good.  Might be worth looking there.  

[Zoma]

12 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

That would be a good reason.  The used market for video cards used to be quite good.  Might be worth looking there.  

theres newegg amazon ebay that all i know

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Just now, yesaaaa said:

theres newegg amazon ebay that all i know

Also your local Craigslist if you’re in the US. If in NZ or AU there’s Banggood. I avoid used on Amazon myself.  I didn’t know Newegg did used stuff. If you’re in easy driving range of a microcenter B&M their open box stuff can be good. 

[Zoma]

21 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Also your local Craigslist if you’re in the US. If in NZ or AU there’s Banggood. I avoid used on Amazon myself.  I didn’t know Newegg did used stuff. If you’re in easy driving range of a microcenter B&M their open box stuff can be good. 

on craigslist theres 3080 for 600 and i dont live by a microcenter

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1 hour ago, yesaaaa said:

on craigslist theres 3080 for 600 and i dont live by a microcenter

Once upon a time that was pretty decent.  I don’t know if it still is.  The way I find the going rate for things is I search on eBay for completed sales.  Completed listings has some value, but sometimes people back out because they got a better deal elsewhere.  3080 is comparable with a 3950xt.  A 6700xt compares to a 3070

Edited December 16, 2022 by Bombastinator

[Zoma]

8 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

Once upon a time that was pretty decent.  I don’t know if it still is.  The way I find the going rate for things is I search on eBay for completed sales.  Completed listings has some value, but sometimes people back out because they got a better deal elsewhere.  3080 is comparable with a 3950xt.  A 6700xt compares to a 3070

i found a XFX Speedster MERC319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDDR6 Graphic Card thats 475.00$us

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4 minutes ago, yesaaaa said:

i found a XFX Speedster MERC319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDDR6 Graphic Card thats 475.00$us

Nice.  I paid a bit over $500 for a SWFT that is more or less the same speed but has poorer cooling.  Which I am paying for.  I modded the fans already and it’s enough, but I worry that I’ll have to really give the thing some beans in other games though so I’m looking hard at hybrid AIO. I run that heavily undervolted and power limited with fss @100hz for tiny Tina on 4k and it’s smooth as butter.  The nices thing about the Merc is it’s got a LOT more cooler on it so you won’t have the problems that I did.  Those things are gigantic though.  Almost didn’t fit in my case after I added the bracket.  The thing really works well I’ll give it that, even though it makes the card even longer.

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On 12/17/2022 at 8:31 AM, Bombastinator said:

Nice.  I paid a bit over $500 for a SWFT that is more or less the same speed but has poorer cooling.  Which I am paying for.  I modded the fans already and it’s enough, but I worry that I’ll have to really give the thing some beans in other games though so I’m looking hard at hybrid AIO. I run that heavily undervolted and power limited with fss @100hz for tiny Tina on 4k and it’s smooth as butter.  The nices thing about the Merc is it’s got a LOT more cooler on it so you won’t have the problems that I did.  Those things are gigantic though.  Almost didn’t fit in my case after I added the bracket.  The thing really works well I’ll give it that, even though it makes the card even longer.

few months later, what are your thoughts on the XFX cards ? I'm planning on buying it but i'm scared about the coil whine

 

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1 hour ago, Justsomeonewho said:

few months later, what are your thoughts on the XFX cards ? I'm planning on buying it but i'm scared about the coil whine

 

I haven’t seen any coil whine.  The one I got had super loud fans which is the opposite of their rep and I bought it used so they may have just worn out.  The merc is apparently the one to get, but if coil whine is a big deal a whole bunch of Whitney cards will be on eBay and getting one is the wrong plan.  I saw a bunch of 3080tis on eBay that were cheaper than the 6800xts though, which is what I got.  Maybe I just can’t hear coil whine anymore. I’m old.  One of the weird things about my card is the fan header on the card doesn’t have a jack.  Just pins sticking out of the board so I don’t know which way is the right way up.  They are gigantic with the bracket that came with mine. Added another 3/4” to the back of my card which made it difficult to fit in my machine.  Another post mentioned they have a rep for coil whine but I haven’t experienced any that I can hear on my card.  One of the oddities of the bracket is if you remove the shroud the thing gets like 2 inches shorter but a 25mm case fan sits perfectly behind it with the shroud off.  Playing tiny Tina at mostly high with ultimate view range and freq locked at 100fps I was getting really consistent max fps@4k though.  Most powerful card I’ve ever had by a mile. The 3080ti is more powerful though Even though it has less memory. I’m not sure an 8 or even a 10gb card is enough memory but 12 just might be.  They’re also cheaper than xfx SWFT 6800xts atm.

Edited February 5, 2023 by Bombastinator