upgrading

[Wingnut97]

hey guys

i am upgrading my build and i am switching over to AMD. i am looking at 2 cards and want to know your thoughts. 

 

PowerColor Red Dragon AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache - Newegg.com

 

PowerColor Hellhound Radeon RX 7700 XT Video Card | Newegg - Newegg.com

 

i don't want to spend more than 500 on the new card. which one do you guys think has more value and would do better for my setup.

 

here are my current specs. i have a 850W PS

Operating System	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Graphics Card	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (8.0 GB)
Memory	22.2 GB Free (31.9 GB Total)
Monitor	Generic PnP Monitor (2560 x 1440 @ 164 Hz)
Disk Storage	2481.1 GB Free (4655.4 GB Total)
Audio	NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Motherboard	ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI))

[emosun]

I have that 6800xt red dragon and can't complain.

cept i paid 1400$ for it vs 500

[RONOTHAN##]

The 7700 XT doesn't make a whole lot of sense when compared to the 7800 XT: https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-radeon-rx-7800-xt-11330-02-20g/p/N82E16814202434?Item=N82E16814202434&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=afc-ran-com-_-PCPartPicker&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=afc-ran-com-_-PCPartPicker&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker&AFFID=2558510&AFFNAME=PCPartPicker&ACRID=1&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2558510&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-zNgHqYfqiYmQXWmrddDczw

 

The 7800 XT and 6800 XT have roughly the same performance (they trade blows), though the 7800 XT has power efficiency and feature benefits where if they're the same price, get the 7800 XT. If you can get a 6800 XT used for ~$400, then if would make sense, but brand new for $500 it doesn't make sense compared to other options. 

[Wingnut97]

7 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

The 7700 XT doesn't make a whole lot of sense when compared to the 7800 XT: https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-radeon-rx-7800-xt-11330-02-20g/p/N82E16814202434?Item=N82E16814202434&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=afc-ran-com-_-PCPartPicker&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=afc-ran-com-_-PCPartPicker&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker&AFFID=2558510&AFFNAME=PCPartPicker&ACRID=1&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2558510&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-zNgHqYfqiYmQXWmrddDczw

 

The 7800 XT and 6800 XT have roughly the same performance (they trade blows), though the 7800 XT has power efficiency and feature benefits where if they're the same price, get the 7800 XT. If you can get a 6800 XT used for ~$400, then if would make sense, but brand new for $500 it doesn't make sense compared to other options. 

Do you think Raytracing would do good on this one?

[RONOTHAN##]

9 minutes ago, Wingnut97 said:

Do you think Raytracing would do good on this one?

Yes, the 7800 XT is a bit better at RT performance than the 6800 XT, roughly about 10% on average. 

[Wingnut97]

thank you for your help!