Need help deciding, please help.

[Idiotic_idiot]

My family has all gone in on a walmart card for me for my birthday. I found some video cards on walmart's site and I was  trying to decide if I should upgrade. I have a asus tuff 1650 4gb card. Its not that it doesn't run well or well enough for most things. I want to future proof a little bit to help with things. I don't play a ton of video games, some pc games, but nothing like cyberpunk or anything. Minecraft and the halo series are probably the roughest things I do with it, game wise. I do some video editing and wouldn't mind getting things out faster.

 

I'm not fully sure if I'm understanding how bottlenecking works, but I think the 1650 is bottlenecking the rest of my system.

 

I5 12600kf

32gb 3200 ddr3

Mid sized tower case

 

I'm not set on radeons, but I thought I'd give it a chance since I've always done nvidia stuff.

 

ASRock Challenger ITX Radeon RX 6600 XT 8GB GDDR6

 

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 7600 V2 OC Edition 8GB

 

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB

 

My eyes are pretty bad and so I keep the resolution at 720p. I don't need a power house, just enough to make sure I'm good for a while.

 

Any help, or other suggestions would be great, thanks.

[TatamiMatt]

11 minutes ago, Idiotic_idiot said:

My family has all gone in on a walmart card for me for my birthday. I found some video cards on walmart's site and I was  trying to decide if I should upgrade. I have a asus tuff 1650 4gb card. Its not that it doesn't run well or well enough for most things. I want to future proof a little bit to help with things. I don't play a ton of video games, some pc games, but nothing like cyberpunk or anything. Minecraft and the halo series are probably the roughest things I do with it, game wise. I do some video editing and wouldn't mind getting things out faster.

 

I'm not fully sure if I'm understanding how bottlenecking works, but I think the 1650 is bottlenecking the rest of my system.

 

I5 12600kf

32gb 3200 ddr3

Mid sized tower case

 

I'm not set on radeons, but I thought I'd give it a chance since I've always done nvidia stuff.

 

ASRock Challenger ITX Radeon RX 6600 XT 8GB GDDR6

 

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 7600 V2 OC Edition 8GB

 

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB

 

My eyes are pretty bad and so I keep the resolution at 720p. I don't need a power house, just enough to make sure I'm good for a while.

 

Any help, or other suggestions would be great, thanks.

If there are any a 6700XT or 6750Xt can often be a great price-performance choice for amd GPUs

[PowerPCFan]

7 minutes ago, TatamiMatt said:

If there are any a 6700XT or 6750Xt can often be a great price-performance choice for amd GPUs

As a 6700 XT user, I agree. The 7600 XT also offers almost identical performance and can be found for relatively cheap prices. 

[Wh0_Am_1]

Welcome to the LTT forums!

Before purchasing CONFIRM that your PSU can take it.

[Idiotic_idiot]

Just now, Wh0_Am_1 said:

Welcome to the LTT forums!

Before purchasing CONFIRM that you PSU can take it.

Thank you.

I have a 610w psu

[Idiotic_idiot]

13 minutes ago, PowerPCFan said:

As a 6700 XT user, I agree. The 7600 XT also offers almost identical performance and can be found for relatively cheap prices. 

So something like This?

[Idiotic_idiot]

I found a 3060 in a price range I can afford with a bit more saving

[TatamiMatt]

30 minutes ago, Idiotic_idiot said:

So something like This?

Thats a 7600, so a bit of a downgrade from the 7600XT, and the 3060 is a decent downgrade again

 

If the 7600 is a base level of 100% youll get about 120-130% from the 6750XT and about 70-80% from the 3060

 

so if the 7600 gets ~80 frames, you can expect ~100 frames from the 6750XT and ~60 frames from the 3060 (very rough numbers and subject to change depending on the game/programme)

 

That is, dependant on VRAM as the 7600 (non XT) has 8gb of VRAM, which can easily be filled with more recent games. Id recommend something with at least 12gb going forward

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, Idiotic_idiot said:

My family has all gone in on a walmart card for me for my birthday. I found some video cards on walmart's site and I was  trying to decide if I should upgrade. I have a asus tuff 1650 4gb card. Its not that it doesn't run well or well enough for most things. I want to future proof a little bit to help with things. I don't play a ton of video games, some pc games, but nothing like cyberpunk or anything. Minecraft and the halo series are probably the roughest things I do with it, game wise. I do some video editing and wouldn't mind getting things out faster.

 

I'm not fully sure if I'm understanding how bottlenecking works, but I think the 1650 is bottlenecking the rest of my system.

 

I5 12600kf

32gb 3200 ddr3

Mid sized tower case

 

I'm not set on radeons, but I thought I'd give it a chance since I've always done nvidia stuff.

 

ASRock Challenger ITX Radeon RX 6600 XT 8GB GDDR6

 

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 7600 V2 OC Edition 8GB

 

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB

 

My eyes are pretty bad and so I keep the resolution at 720p. I don't need a power house, just enough to make sure I'm good for a while.

 

Any help, or other suggestions would be great, thanks.

Never buy something because it'll be good later, if you don't need it now.   Future proofing , which isn't a thing, when your current GPU performs as you need, is wasteful. 

 

Now, even if your eyes are bad, get glasses? Mine are as well and i don't understand staying at 720p for that reason.   You may not have used all the words needed to explain it.

 

Now the 1650 4gb is a weak card, for 1080p which you should be playing at minimum on modern monitors.  Native resolution is clearer anyway, so running 720 can be less clear and be more work for your already problematic eyes to focus on, as they constantly try to.

 

All that said, what is your gift card balance?  Seems like $200-250?

 

Also, you may not play more intensive games now, but when you have the system that CAN... You will expand your game library.  So yes, splurge on the most powerful GPU you can afford.  We just hit my sons gf a new machine and allshe talked about was finally playing Stardew Valley.  He bought her Baldurs Gate 3 and she's addicted

 

So enjoy your machine!  And life!

 

Yes, I had 2 cups of coffee already this morning.

[PowerPCFan]

1 hour ago, Idiotic_idiot said:

So something like This?

I'm pretty much just repeating what @TatamiMattsaid, but this is the non-XT version, which is a pretty significant downgrade, and the 3060 might be cheaper but that's another downgrade. 

 

I would just get a 6700 XT, I got mine brand-new for $250 (i don't think they even sell them anymore brand-new but you can find them for around $250 used.)

 

The 6700 XT is similar to an RTX 3070, a pretty big upgrade over a 3060 or 7600 non-XT. 

 

If you want to save more money and don't need a card that's capable of 1440p (3070 and 6700 XT are considered 1440p cards) then a 6600 XT or 3060 are good options if you can get them for very cheap. (The 3060 you linked is pretty expensive. If you do decide to go towards the "budget end," the 6600 XT is a much better buy over the 3060.) They'll perform good at 1080p. 

[Idiotic_idiot]

Okay, I've read through the comments

 

Is the $100 difference between the 6600xt and the  7600xt worth it?

[Dedayog]

32 minutes ago, Idiotic_idiot said:

Okay, I've read through the comments

 

Is the $100 difference between the 6600xt and the  7600xt worth it?

The two compared to each other?  No.

 

But as part of a while PC?  Yes.

 

The 7600xt isn't 50% better, but in a $900 vs $1000 PC, it is.

 

Just too much info, but yes get the best you can afford.

[kim921]

11 hours ago, Idiotic_idiot said:

My family has all gone in on a walmart card for me for my birthday. I found some video cards on walmart's site and I was  trying to decide if I should upgrade. I have a asus tuff 1650 4gb card. Its not that it doesn't run well or well enough for most things. I want to future proof a little bit to help with things. I don't play a ton of video games, some pc games, but nothing like cyberpunk or anything. Minecraft and the halo series are probably the roughest things I do with it, game wise. I do some video editing and wouldn't mind getting things out faster.

 

I'm not fully sure if I'm understanding how bottlenecking works, but I think the 1650 is bottlenecking the rest of my system.

 

I5 12600kf

32gb 3200 ddr3

Mid sized tower case

 

I'm not set on radeons, but I thought I'd give it a chance since I've always done nvidia stuff.

 

ASRock Challenger ITX Radeon RX 6600 XT 8GB GDDR6

 

ASUS Dual Radeon RX 7600 V2 OC Edition 8GB

 

PowerColor Fighter Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB

 

My eyes are pretty bad and so I keep the resolution at 720p. I don't need a power house, just enough to make sure I'm good for a while.

 

Any help, or other suggestions would be great, thanks.

For 720p gaming, you do not need a gpu as good as the 6600xt, 6700xt, and the 7600xt. If you don't care about going last gen, the 5700xt will fulfill all your needs