GPU Upgrade

[Simplicity03]

Currently running MSI 1070, say this price on Newegg wondering if its worth the jump?

 

https://www.newegg.com/xfx-radeon-rx-6700-rx-67xlkwfdv/p/N82E16814150874?Description=RX 6700&cm_re=RX_6700-_-14-150-874-_-Product&quicklink=true

[Budget DIY]

Wrong question: Do you NEED an upgrade. If you NEED an upgrade, just do it. Happy with the current performance in the workload you're doing? Keep on rocking! Easy as that!

[PDifolco]

8 minutes ago, Simplicity03 said:

Currently running MSI 1070, say this price on Newegg wondering if its worth the jump?

 

https://www.newegg.com/xfx-radeon-rx-6700-rx-67xlkwfdv/p/N82E16814150874?Description=RX 6700&cm_re=RX_6700-_-14-150-874-_-Product&quicklink=true

Will give you a +75% boost so yeah, for $270 minus 1070 resale value (around $100-130), that's cheap

At that same price you may also get a new 7600, perfomance is samey than 6700XT (less than 5% slower), RT is better (well if you like slideshows anyway  ), and it is more efficient (165W to 230W)

 

[PcBeExpensive]

9 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Will give you a +75% boost so yeah, for $270 minus 1070 resale value (around $100-130), that's cheap

At that same price you may also get a new 7600, perfomance is samey than 6700XT (less than 5% slower), RT is better (well if you like slideshows anyway  ), and it is more efficient (165W to 230W)

 

The 7600 performs worse than the 6700xt and your recommending that?

[Simplicity03]

15 minutes ago, Budget DIY said:

Wrong question: Do you NEED an upgrade. If you NEED an upgrade, just do it. Happy with the current performance in the workload you're doing? Keep on rocking! Easy as that!

Need vs want but now that prices are somewhat affordable makes sense to look at an upgrade appreciate it.

[PcBeExpensive]

23 minutes ago, Simplicity03 said:

Currently running MSI 1070, say this price on Newegg wondering if its worth the jump?

 

https://www.newegg.com/xfx-radeon-rx-6700-rx-67xlkwfdv/p/N82E16814150874?Description=RX 6700&cm_re=RX_6700-_-14-150-874-_-Product&quicklink=true

You can find em used for around 450 AUD (300 USD) here pretty easily, look around on ebay and fb marketplace (be careful on marketplace). You can usually get em for under 270 USD.

[PDifolco]

16 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

The 7600 performs worse than the 6700xt and your recommending that?

I don't recommend it, I've just given an alternative that is pretty equivalent, forgetting to point out the smaller VRAM (8GB to 10GB, which is not really an issue at 1080p, only good res for those cards)

Else it performs like 4% worse, that's +2 frame difference at 60FPS ... unnoticeable

 

[PcBeExpensive]

12 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

I don't recommend it, I've just given an alternative that is pretty equivalent, forgetting to point out the smaller VRAM (8GB to 10GB, which is not really an issue at 1080p, only good res for those cards)

Else it performs like 4% worse, that's +2 frame difference at 60FPS ... unnoticeable

 

yeah but 6700xt gets more than 60fps? It's constantly at 100+ in most games at 1080p.

[PDifolco]

11 minutes ago, PcBeExpensive said:

yeah but 6700xt gets more than 60fps? It's constantly at 100+ in most games at 1080p.

ok so you'll get 96 instead of 100, doh

[PcBeExpensive]

31 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

ok so you'll get 96 instead of 100, doh

Ok then I can see the 7600 a good choice but in most of the benchmarking videos I have watched the 6700xt constistenly got 10ps more than the 7600.