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2 minutes ago, peachcinnammon said:

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Well, if it's the 5900X and you're using 1440p, get the 7800XT, you won't notice the performance difference anyway. Or get the regular old 6800 while those are still available.

If you're on 1080p, get a monitor instead. No sense in going above what you already have if the CPU is going to heavily bottleneck anything stronger.

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Hey, so I currently have a Rx 6600 as my GPU and I'm looking to get an upgrade later in the month like after the 25th. I was looking at either an Rx 7800xt or a 6950XT. I live like 6 mins from a micro center, they have a 7800xt for $520 USD and a 6950XT for $550 USD. I was just looking for some second opinions on the matter.

 

 

 

Edit: the reason im upgrading is because I am gonna have a good amount of spendable cash and am also upgrading to a ryzen 9 5900x this weekend, which prompted me to also wanna get a new gpu. I mainly game and sometimes stream so

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9 minutes ago, peachcinnammon said:

Rx 6600

that's a decent GPU, what's the upgrade reason? is it just spendable cash that would sit on shelf otherwise?

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9 minutes ago, peachcinnammon said:

Hey, so I currently have a Rx 6600 as my GPU and I'm looking to get an upgrade later in the month like after the 25th. I was looking at either an Rx 7800xt or a 6950XT. I live like 6 mins from a micro center, they have a 7800xt for $520 USD and a 6950XT for $550 USD. I was just looking for some second opinions on the matter.

Buy as much as you can afford, or you will have to buy twice/replace sooner if you go cheap. A more expensive card will also hold it's value better over time, which means better resell value, and you will have enjoyed that high end card during all the time you've owned it.

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12 minutes ago, whispous said:

I'd go for the 6950 XT in this case, but what prompts the upgrade? What do you want to work better? What's the rest of your spec?

 

6 minutes ago, podkall said:

that's a decent GPU, what's the upgrade reason? is it just spendable cash that would sit on shelf otherwise?

Im just gonna have Spendable money, I currently have a ryzen 5 3600 but am upgrading to a 5900x this weekend so I figured i might as well get a new gpu when i have money again (after the 25th)

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10 minutes ago, peachcinnammon said:

they have a 7800xt for $520 USD and a 6950XT for $550 USD. I was just looking for some second opinions on the matter.

The 6950 XT is the superior card (at least in raw performance), but I'd get the 7800 XT because the power consumption is easier to manage.

 

What do you do with the PC though? RDNA3 has other advantages that might be relevant to you, like the upgraded display port and improved performance in some workstation apps.

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18 minutes ago, peachcinnammon said:

Hey, so I currently have a Rx 6600 as my GPU and I'm looking to get an upgrade later in the month like after the 25th. I was looking at either an Rx 7800xt or a 6950XT. I live like 6 mins from a micro center, they have a 7800xt for $520 USD and a 6950XT for $550 USD. I was just looking for some second opinions on the matter.

What's the rest of the system? Playing on 1440p?

 

The 6950XT is noticeably stronger, closer to the 7900XT than to the 7800XT.

But it heats a lot more, draws more power, doesn't have AV1 encoding, and some newer features.

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Im just gonna have Spendable money, I currently have a ryzen 5 3600 but am upgrading to a 5900x this weekend so I figured i might as well get a new gpu when i have money again (after the 25th)

Why a 5900X ? If you're gaming you should rather get a X3D chip

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Im just gonna have Spendable money, I currently have a ryzen 5 3600 but am upgrading to a 5900x this weekend so I figured i might as well get a new gpu when i have money again (after the 25th)

 

I went from a 5900X to a 5800X3D after I got the 6950XT cause the 5900X was bottlenecking the 6950XT on 1440p in PUBG.

 

Before the 5900X I had the R5 3600. And I had the 5700XT. So, I know.

If you're gaming, opt for an X3D instead of the 5900X.

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2 minutes ago, peachcinnammon said:

got a deal on facebook marketplace

Well, if it's the 5900X and you're using 1440p, get the 7800XT, you won't notice the performance difference anyway. Or get the regular old 6800 while those are still available.

If you're on 1080p, get a monitor instead. No sense in going above what you already have if the CPU is going to heavily bottleneck anything stronger.

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  • Main PC: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - EK AIO 360 D-RGB - Arctic Cooling MX-4 - Asus Prime X570-P - 4x8GB DDR4 3200 HyperX Fury CL16 - Sapphire AMD Radeon 6950XT Nitro+ - 1TB Kingston Fury Renegade - 2TB Kingston Fury Renegade - 512GB ADATA SU800 - 960GB Kingston A400 - Seasonic PX-850 850W  - custom black ATX and EPS cables - Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout - Windows 11 x64 23H2 - 3 Arctic Cooling P14 PWM PST - 5 Arctic Cooling P12 PWM PST
  • Peripherals: LG 32GK650F - Dell P2319h - Logitech G Pro X Superlight with Tiger Ice - Madlions MAD 68HE Pro - EndGame Gear MPC890 - Genius HF 1250B - Akliam PD4 - Sennheiser HD 560s - Tripowin Vivace - Simgot EM6L - Truthear Zero - QKZ x HBB - 7Hz Salnotes Zero - Logitech C270 - Behringer PS400 - BM700  - Colormunki Smile - Speedlink Torid - Jysk Stenderup - LG 24x External DVD writer - Konig smart card reader
  • Laptop: Acer E5–575G-386R 15.6" 1080p (i3 6100U + 12GB DDR4 (4GB+8GB) + GeForce 940MX + 256GB nVME) Win 10 Pro x64 22H2 - Logitech G305 + AAA Lithium battery
  • Networking: Asus TUF Gaming AX6000 - Huawei OptiXstar EG8145X6-10 - 1000/500 Mbps fiber optic Internet access
  • TV and gadgets: TCL 50EP680 50" 4K LED + Sharp HT-SB100 75W RMS soundbar - Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 10.1" - OnePlus 13 16GB/512GB - OnePlus 9 256GB - Olymous Cameda C-160 - GameBoy Color - Miyoo A30 Spruce
  • Streaming/Server/Storage PC: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 - LC-Power LC-CC-120 - MSI B450 Tomahawk Max - 2x4GB ADATA 2666 DDR4 - 120GB Kingston V300 - Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB - Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB - 2x WD Green 2TB - Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon R9 380X - 550W EVGA G3 SuperNova - Chieftec Giga DF-01B - White Shark Spartan X keyboard - Roccat Kone Pure Military Desert strike - Logitech S-220 - Philips 226L
  • Livingroom PC (dad uses): AMD FX 8300 - Arctic Freezer 64 - Asus M5A97 R2.0 Evo - 2x4 GB DDR3 1833 Kingston - MSI Radeon HD 7770 1GB OC - 120GB Adata SSD - 500W Fractal Design Essence - DVD-RW - Samsung SM 2253BW - Logitech G710+ - wireless vertical mouse - MS 2.0 speakers
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Well, if it's the 5900X and you're using 1440p, get the 7800XT, you won't notice the performance difference anyway. Or get the regular old 6800 while those are still available.

If you're on 1080p, get a monitor instead. No sense in going above what you already have if the CPU is going to heavily bottleneck anything stronger.

youre cooking, thats what i might do instead

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