best gpu to upgrade from a gtx 1660 super. I currently have an i7 9700

[Hollow_knight93]

So as the title says I have a 1660 super and an i7 9700. I got the cpu for my birthday recently and now I am looking into upgrading my gpu. I was thinking amd but I don't care what brand it is. I would like to play games at high-ultra settings with at least 60fps I don't care about raytacing. My budget is 400$. I've yet to get a monitor, I'm just using an old TV right now so no matter what I have to get a monitor. I was thinking an rx 7700xt and get a 1440p monitor in future or get an rx 6700xt and play at 1080p. What are your guys' thoughts?

[Tetras]

11 minutes ago, Hollow_knight93 said:

I was thinking an rx 7700xt and get a 1440p monitor in future or get an rx 6700xt and play at 1080p. What are your guys' thoughts?

I'd get RX 6800 or 7700 XT and a 1440p monitor, though I don't think they'll last that long at 1440p in AAA games if you use ultra settings.

[Hollow_knight93]

Currently i don't play many AAA games, but I want to play them so that's part of the reason I'm upgrading. That should be fine though because even high settings with fsr should be fine.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

used 6800(xt) or 3080 for ~350$ and be done with it

 

make sure to crank the settings till you arent cpu bottlenecked as the 9700 is not hyperthreaded and there are no worthwhile upgrades on 1151

[Salted Spinach]

5 hours ago, Hollow_knight93 said:

 

I'd go straight for a 16GB card if you want it to last with future upgrade to 1440p

 

Problem with the 7700XT is that it can only uses 8 PCIE lanes (wired as such), and your i7-9700 seems to be limited to PCIE gen 3

 

The 6000 series including the 6700XT uses all 16 lanes despite lower performance.

 

The 6800 (non-XT) is only slightly slower than the 7700XT and also has 16GB of VRAM.

 

Why is AMD limiting PCIE lanes on the newer generation of GPU? I dunno, maybe it saves on design cost. Can yell at the sky if it makes you feel better

 

Good luck

[Hollow_knight93]

14 hours ago, Salted Spinach said:

I'd go straight for a 16GB card if you want it to last with future upgrade to 1440p

 

Problem with the 7700XT is that it can only uses 8 PCIE lanes (wired as such), and your i7-9700 seems to be limited to PCIE gen 3

 

The 6000 series including the 6700XT uses all 16 lanes despite lower performance.

 

The 6800 (non-XT) is only slightly slower than the 7700XT and also has 16GB of VRAM.

 

Why is AMD limiting PCIE lanes on the newer generation of GPU? I dunno, maybe it saves on design cost. Can yell at the sky if it makes you feel better

 

Good luck

Can you explain to me a bit more what this means? This is going to be my first pc upgrade so I'm kinda new. What does the amount of pcie lanes a gpu uses do, and how does me being limited to gen 3 effect which gpu I want to get and would it be easier for me to get a 1080p gpu? Thanks

[Salted Spinach]

15 hours ago, Hollow_knight93 said:

... how does me being limited to gen 3 effect which gpu I want to get...

This video explains best. PCIE gen 3 vs PCIE gen 4 with another GPU that can only use 8 lanes of connection.  7700XT outperforms the 4060Ti by a significant margin

 

 

15 hours ago, Hollow_knight93 said:

...would it be easier for me to get a 1080p gpu?

It would be easier to get a GPU that is not limited to 8 PCIE lanes. For example the 6800 (non-XT) which closely matches the 7700XT in performance, or the 6800XT if the price is favorable

 

You have already mentioned the desire to game at 1440p. So by settling on a "1080p gpu" you resign yourself to the fate of having to replace the GPU again in the future

[Hollow_knight93]

3 hours ago, Salted Spinach said:

This video explains best. PCIE gen 3 vs PCIE gen 4 with another GPU that can only use 8 lanes of connection.  7700XT outperforms the 4060Ti by a significant margin

 

 

It would be easier to get a GPU that is not limited to 8 PCIE lanes. For example the 6800 (non-XT) which closely matches the 7700XT in performance, or the 6800XT if the price is favorable

 

You have already mentioned the desire to game at 1440p. So by settling on a "1080p gpu" you resign yourself to the fate of having to replace the GPU again in the future

Alright,thanks for the elaboration and the video!