RX 6700 XT For Ryzen 5 7600X System

[ApexArticO5]

Location: Latvia

 

I recently upgraded my PC, but kept the GPU. Now I'm starting to look for deals to upgrade my GPU and I found a possibly good deal on the Radeon RX 6700 XT.

 

Link: MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6700 XT 192-bit 12GB GDDR6 DP/HDMI Dual Torx 3.0 Fan FreeSync DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card Black: Amazon.de: Computer & Accessories

 

What I want to know:

1. Is this a good match for Ryzen 5 7600X?
2. Is Radeon RX 6700 XT a good GPU?
3. Is the GPU well priced?
4. How big of an upgrade it is from the RX 590? (From checking out 3dMark scores could I assume its about double the performance?)
5. What is the limitation of this GPU? For example, will I be able to play high settings on 1440p, 4k with decent (60+) FPS?
6. Should I get It or wait for some other deal?

 

Current specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M DS3H (rev.1.0)

RAM: 2x 8GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-5600 CL40

GPU: Sapphire NITRO+ Radeon RX 590 8GB

Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Black

Storage: Crucial MX500 1TB SATA

PSU: Modular Corsair RM750X (2021) 80+ Gold

Cooling: Deepcool AK620 Zero Dark

 

Thanks!

[191x7]

It's a great fit for a 7600x based system. And it's a good GPU for the price at this time (beaten by a 6750XT for roughly the same price).

As an upgrade from an RX 590, it's a great option. Let's say that - what you have on 1080p with the 590 you'd have on 1440p with the 6700XT and add some more on top.

Most current and older games would be playable on 1440p high without raytracing. For example, it can do 1440p 144Hz 142lock in PUBG with competitive settings (mix of low and high).

4K, on the other hand, is 4x 1080p (literally) and that requires a stronger card for modern games to run on 60+. If that's your goal you should look at an RX 6900, 7900...

Or wait till the middle of June when the RX 7700 and 7800 cards supposedly come out.

[YoungBlade]

Here in the US, the 6700XT is regularly found for $350-370, but from what I've heard, Europe has worse pricing in general. For one thing, in the US, we don't include tax in the price - some states don't have sales tax, so there isn't a tax in that case. In my state, there's a 6% tax, so a $370 card would be $392 - which isn't that far off, especially if you have a higher sales tax in Germany.

[ApexArticO5]

3 minutes ago, YoungBlade said:

Here in the US, the 6700XT is regularly found for $350-370, but from what I've heard, Europe has worse pricing in general. For one thing, in the US, we don't include tax in the price - some states don't have sales tax, so there isn't a tax in that case. In my state, there's a 6% tax, so a $370 card would be $392 - which isn't that far off, especially if you have a higher sales tax in Germany.

Yeah from what I've searched prices on US sites like Newegg are usually way better, but if I were to somehow organize shipping to my country, in the end I'd probably spend the same as buying within Europe if not more.

[ApexArticO5]

19 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

It's a great fit for a 7600x based system. And it's a good GPU for the price at this time (beaten by a 6750XT for roughly the same price).

As an upgrade from an RX 590, it's a great option. Let's say that - what you have on 1080p with the 590 you'd have on 1440p with the 6700XT and add some more on top.

Most current and older games would be playable on 1440p high without raytracing. For example, it can do 1440p 144Hz 142lock in PUBG with competitive settings (mix of low and high).

4K, on the other hand, is 4x 1080p (literally) and that requires a stronger card for modern games to run on 60+. If that's your goal you should look at an RX 6900, 7900...

Or wait till the middle of June when the RX 7700 and 7800 cards supposedly come out.

I could be willing to go for RX 6900 and higher, but wouldn't my CPU become a bottleneck?

[YoungBlade]

4 minutes ago, ApexArticO5 said:

I could be willing to go for RX 6900 and higher, but wouldn't my CPU become a bottleneck?

In the vast majority of games, a 7600X should be fine with a 6900XT or 6950XT. The 7600X often has gaming performance on par with a 12900K or 5950X, so unless the game is super CPU intensive and can take advantage of many threads, you shouldn't see an issue.

 

If games do become more demanding a couple years down the road, and you're having CPU bottleneck issues, then you'll have access to 8000 series CPUs from AMD that should give you even better performance than what's possible today. Hopefully the R5 8600 is still a $220-ish part and that upgrade will be quite affordable for you.

[ApexArticO5]

23 minutes ago, YoungBlade said:

In the vast majority of games, a 7600X should be fine with a 6900XT or 6950XT. The 7600X often has gaming performance on par with a 12900K or 5950X, so unless the game is super CPU intensive and can take advantage of many threads, you shouldn't see an issue.

 

If games do become more demanding a couple years down the road, and you're having CPU bottleneck issues, then you'll have access to 8000 series CPUs from AMD that should give you even better performance than what's possible today. Hopefully the R5 8600 is still a $220-ish part and that upgrade will be quite affordable for you.

Is it worth then going "all out" for a GPU, to later upgrade to a better CPU? In the near future I might go for a new motherboard too, since I bought the cheapest I could and its has some ram speed support issues, although with some messing around was able to get it running my ram at rated speeds without crashing for the most part.

[Dedayog]

15 minutes ago, ApexArticO5 said:

Is it worth then going "all out" for a GPU, to later upgrade to a better CPU? In the near future I might go for a new motherboard too, since I bought the cheapest I could and its has some ram speed support issues, although with some messing around was able to get it running my ram at rated speeds without crashing for the most part.

Define all out.

 

The 7600x is a great current CPU, what GPU are you looking to go all out on?  It'll support any GPU, even the 4090.

[ApexArticO5]

7 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Define all out.

 

The 7600x is a great current CPU, what GPU are you looking to go all out on?  It'll support any GPU, even the 4090.

I'm just thinking in terms of price for performance. I doubt I'll do any 4k gaming anytime soon so It just has to run 1440p for now. Is it worth getting one of the latest AMD/NVIDIA GPU's and later upgrade my CPU or should I rather get something like a RX 6700/6750 XT that has on average very little bottleneck with the Ryzen 5 7600X and do a full system upgrade in like 2-3 years?

 

 

[191x7]

21 minutes ago, ApexArticO5 said:

I'm just thinking in terms of price for performance. I doubt I'll do any 4k gaming anytime soon so It just has to run 1440p for now. Is it worth getting one of the latest AMD/NVIDIA GPU's and later upgrade my CPU or should I rather get something like a RX 6700/6750 XT that has on average very little bottleneck with the Ryzen 5 7600X and do a full system upgrade in like 2-3 years?

 

 

You are looking at it all wrong.

Increasing the resolution decreases the framerate of the GPU, that means the CPU has an easier time holding up (preparing enough for the GPU).

So, if you were to go with a high end GPU and keep 1440p, the 7600x would do fine, and if you were to upgrade the CPU later it would offer you a performance increase but also allow you to upgrade to an even more powerful GPU.

[ApexArticO5]

2 hours ago, 191x7 said:

You are looking at it all wrong.

Increasing the resolution decreases the framerate of the GPU, that means the CPU has an easier time holding up (preparing enough for the GPU).

So, if you were to go with a high end GPU and keep 1440p, the 7600x would do fine, and if you were to upgrade the CPU later it would offer you a performance increase but also allow you to upgrade to an even more powerful GPU.

Oh alright, I guess I need to read up more on how exactly GPU's and CPU's interact, I though as you go with higher resolution, the demand would would go up on both.

[191x7]

Just now, ApexArticO5 said:

Oh alright, I guess I need to read up more on how exactly GPU's and CPU's interact, I though as you go with higher resolution both would go up.

Changing the resolution doesn't change a lot for the CPU but it changes a lot for the GPU.

The same "scene" on 1080p, 1440p and 4K in the same game has the same elements (objects) and physics, it's just the details of those objects that changes.

So, a higher resolution might have only a few % impact on the CPU, but way more on the GPU.