Best bang for your buck gpu?

[pnutz]

PC specs:

CPU: Intel I5-10400

GPU: GTX 1660 Super

PSU: Corsair CV750 (750w)

RAM: 16GB

Motherboard: Asrock B460M

 

I'm looking to upgrade to a better GPU as my current GPU is deteriorating (Game stutters and such). I play on 1440p (3440x1440 monitor resolution). Could anyone recommend some bang-for-buck GPUs to buy?

[da na]

All of this depends on your budget and whether you specifically need Nvidia features, or are alright with switching to AMD.

[MiszS]

if you play at this high resolution, then you can get a 6700xt, it will be barely bottlenecked if at all, but a better gpu probably will

[pnutz]

19 minutes ago, da na said:

All of this depends on your budget and whether you specifically need Nvidia features, or are alright with switching to AMD.

One of the Nvidia features i need is the RTX voice. Not sure if AMD also has something similar to it. My budget is well around the price of a 3060 but I'm not sure if a 3060 is my best choice

[GoStormPlays]

I had a similar config on my PC to you, and it turns out that my bottleneck was really airflow and RAM. Are you sure the GPU is the bottleneck?

[ulookuglynoob]

3060 (ti if you really want, but a bit more expensive) for Nvidia. 6600 is the best bang. 6600xt, 6650xt, or 6700 (or xt) if you are willing to pay a slight bit more for a decent increase in performance.

[pnutz]

28 minutes ago, GoStormPlays said:

I had a similar config on my PC to you, and it turns out that my bottleneck was really airflow and RAM. Are you sure the GPU is the bottleneck?

Im not entirely sure. I dont know how to troubleshoot this problem. Could you give me some tips on how to troubleshoot it? Its happening to all my games

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, pnutz said:

PC specs:

CPU: Intel I5-10400

GPU: GTX 1660 Super

PSU: Corsair CV750 (750w)

RAM: 16GB

Motherboard: Asrock B460M

 

I'm looking to upgrade to a better GPU as my current GPU is deteriorating (Game stutters and such). I play on 1440p (3440x1440 monitor resolution). Could anyone recommend some bang-for-buck GPUs to buy?

7800XT

Anything below isn't good for ultrawide 1440

 

46 minutes ago, GoStormPlays said:

I had a similar config on my PC to you, and it turns out that my bottleneck was really airflow and RAM. Are you sure the GPU is the bottleneck?

Are you serious ? 3440x1440p on a 1660 is a slideshow unless you're only playing CSGO or other 15 year old games...

[GoStormPlays]

5 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Are you serious ? 3440x1440p on a 1660 is a slideshow unless you're only playing CSGO or other 15 year old games...

I use a 1070 on a 4k monitor...

[GoStormPlays]

20 minutes ago, pnutz said:

Im not entirely sure. I dont know how to troubleshoot this problem. Could you give me some tips on how to troubleshoot it? Its happening to all my games

Play the games you want while monitoring Task Manager, then get back to me

[PDifolco]

1 minute ago, GoStormPlays said:

I use a 1070 on a 4k monitor

Which  games ?

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, pnutz said:

PC specs:

CPU: Intel I5-10400

GPU: GTX 1660 Super

PSU: Corsair CV750 (750w)

RAM: 16GB

Motherboard: Asrock B460M

 

I'm looking to upgrade to a better GPU as my current GPU is deteriorating (Game stutters and such). I play on 1440p (3440x1440 monitor resolution). Could anyone recommend some bang-for-buck GPUs to buy?

What do you play at 144p UW with a 1660 Super?

 

2 minutes ago, GoStormPlays said:

I use a 1070 on a 4k monitor

And you make compromises to do so as well.

[GoStormPlays]

Just now, PDifolco said:

Which  games ?

A host of games... The most demanding ones that I play though are Fortnite (which has become incredibly demanding over the last couple of years) and modded Minecraft (which gets kinda demanding when you start adding in your graphics mods).

 

Most of the games that I play are slightly older or extremly well optimized games like Valorant or Planet Coaster.

[GoStormPlays]

Just now, GoStormPlays said:

A host of games... The most demanding ones that I play though are Fortnite (which has become incredibly demanding over the last couple of years) and modded Minecraft (which gets kinda demanding when you start adding in your graphics mods).

 

Most of the games that I play are slightly older or extremly well optimized games like Valorant or Planet Coaster.

I generally use my PC for video editing though. My computer handles 4k footage pretty decently well.

[PDifolco]

2 minutes ago, GoStormPlays said:

A host of games... The most demanding ones that I play though are Fortnite (which has become incredibly demanding over the last couple of years) and modded Minecraft (which gets kinda demanding when you start adding in your graphics mods).

 

Most of the games that I play are slightly older or extremly well optimized games like Valorant or Planet Coaster.

Ok, so only games that are very light on the GPU

Now try some CP2077 or DD2

[GoStormPlays]

43 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Ok, so only games that are very light on the GPU

Now try some CP2077 or DD2

No Minecraft and Fortnite (especially with RTX in both Minecraft Java and Fortnite now) is incredibly gpu intensive 

[Dedayog]

7 minutes ago, GoStormPlays said:

No Minecraft and Fortnite (especially with RTX in both Minecraft Java and Fortnite now) is incredibly gpu intensive 

Come on, you're not really RTXing with a 1070.

 

This whole thing is a compromise and half assed setup.

[PDifolco]

8 minutes ago, GoStormPlays said:

No Minecraft and Fortnite (especially with RTX in both Minecraft Java and Fortnite now) is incredibly gpu intensive 

Good for you

OP's 1660 can't RT at all

Anyway, 1660 and 1070 are not 1440P card, even less ultrawide 1440p, in 2024 with recent titles

[GoStormPlays]

7 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

Come on, you're not really RTXing with a 1070.

 

This whole thing is a compromise and half assed setup.

I’m not lol, but with the inclusion of that and the other graphics enhancements in Fortnite over the last four years (due primarily to Unreal Engine 5), Fortnite has become a very demanding game on PCs. 
 

And if you’re saying that Minecraft can’t be incredibly demanding, then you obviously haven’t messed around with it. 

 

 

The 1070 is a perfectly fine card for the low end gamer in this day and age, especially with prices of newer Nvidia cards being so high.

 

8 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Good for you

OP's 1660 can't RT at all

Anyway, 1660 and 1070 are not 1440P card, even less ultrawide 1440p, in 2024 with recent titles

What “recent titles”? There’s a game that I play sometimes that came out a year ago that has a minimum spec of a Pentium D.

[PDifolco]

25 minutes ago, GoStormPlays said:

I’m not lol, but with the inclusion of that and the other graphics enhancements in Fortnite over the last four years (due primarily to Unreal Engine 5), Fortnite has become a very demanding game on PCs. 
 

And if you’re saying that Minecraft can’t be incredibly demanding, then you obviously haven’t messed around with it. 

 

 

The 1070 is a perfectly fine card for the low end gamer in this day and age, especially with prices of newer Nvidia cards being so high.

 

What “recent titles”? There’s a game that I play sometimes that came out a year ago that has a minimum spec of a Pentium D.

Was talking about AAA games like RDR2, SW:JS, HL, TLoU, CP2007, FC6, BG3, MSFS, ... not pixel art indie games obviously

[GoStormPlays]

23 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Was talking about AAA games like RDR2, SW:JS, HL, TLoU, CP2007, FC6, BG3, MSFS, ... not pixel art indie games obviously

Minecraft is owned by the same people that make Halo and a bunch of other triple-a games. 
 

oh yeah, and is the best selling game of all time.

 

Java edition is notorious for being terribly optimized (it’s one of those games that Is just intolerable when played vanilla)

 

Have some ground in what you’re talking about before you come to conclusions.

[PDifolco]

49 minutes ago, GoStormPlays said:

Minecraft is owned by the same people that make Halo and a bunch of other triple-a games. 
 

oh yeah, and is the best selling game of all time.

 

Java edition is notorious for being terribly optimized (it’s one of those games that Is just intolerable when played vanilla)

 

Have some ground in what you’re talking about before you come to conclusions.

What's your point ?

If a 1070 is ok for your 4K gaming it's fine, but 95%+ of people play games that won't even run at 30FPS at 4K on this GPU, it's misinformation to tell them a 1070 is a  decent 4K card

[GoStormPlays]

46 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

What's your point ?

If a 1070 is ok for your 4K gaming it's fine, but 95%+ of people play games that won't even run at 30FPS at 4K on this GPU, it's misinformation to tell them a 1070 is a  decent 4K card

My point is that the 1660 or 1070 likely isn't a bottleneck unless you're running a heavily GPU intensive game that isn't intensive on RAM or the CPU, because there aren't that many that are. If anything, the RAM or CPU is the bottleneck. 

 

Edit: Most games that came out before the 30 series (so really only 3+ year old games) have relatively low spec requirements because the the meta for what makes a good graphics card was significantly higher after the 30 series cards released. You mentioned RDR2 earlier; that game has a minimum GPU spec of a GTX 770 and a recommended spec of a 1060. These are far lower in terms of performance than a 1660 or 1070.

 

[PDifolco]

11 hours ago, GoStormPlays said:

My point is that the 1660 or 1070 likely isn't a bottleneck unless you're running a heavily GPU intensive game that isn't intensive on RAM or the CPU, because there aren't that many that are. If anything, the RAM or CPU is the bottleneck. 

 

Edit: Most games that came out before the 30 series (so really only 3+ year old games) have relatively low spec requirements because the the meta for what makes a good graphics card was significantly higher after the 30 series cards released. You mentioned RDR2 earlier; that game has a minimum GPU spec of a GTX 770 and a recommended spec of a 1060. These are far lower in terms of performance than a 1660 or 1070.

 

The RDR2 min reqs are for 1080p (if not 720p)

We're talking 4K here, so framerate will usually be 1/4 or less  than at 1080p...

Idk what 3y old games you're talking about, here's the performance of a 1070 at 4K on TheWitcher3, which is a game released ... in 2015 !

35 fps !

 

 

 

 

[Salted Spinach]

16 hours ago, pnutz said:

Motherboard: Asrock B460M

 

I play on 1440p (3440x1440 monitor resolution)

2k ultrawide.. you will want a card that has exceptional amount of VRAM

 

And your mobo only supports up to PCIE gen 3. Which means if you get a GPU that only uses 8 lanes, it will be stuck at PCIE 3.0 x8

 

You have been warned.

 

Do your homework. Good luck