Help choosing a gpu

[gammer]

So I'm trying to decide whether to get the 9060xt or the 9070xt the main games I play are 4x and strategy games so I don't really know what would be best for it also I play 1080p might go to 1440p so if anyone can help me in deciding this that would be a lot of help thanks also if anyone could tell me the difference in each brand of gpu for them cause some people have a 600 gpu and other a 900 for the 9070 xt and I can't tell why that is 

[Dedayog]

1 hour ago, gammer said:

So I'm trying to decide whether to get the 9060xt or the 9070xt the main games I play are 4x and strategy games so I don't really know what would be best for it also I play 1080p might go to 1440p so if anyone can help me in deciding this that would be a lot of help thanks also if anyone could tell me the difference in each brand of gpu for them cause some people have a 600 gpu and other a 900 for the 9070 xt and I can't tell why that is 

I don't understand your last question.  The difference in each brand, what separates the GPUs?  

 

Look at performance charts for each, you'll understand why they're priced as such.

 

For 1080p 4x games, the 9060XT is more than enough.  The 9070XT is a 1440p, UW, and 4K card.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, gammer said:

So I'm trying to decide whether to get the 9060xt or the 9070xt the main games I play are 4x and strategy games so I don't really know what would be best for it also I play 1080p might go to 1440p so if anyone can help me in deciding this that would be a lot of help thanks also if anyone could tell me the difference in each brand of gpu for them cause some people have a 600 gpu and other a 900 for the 9070 xt and I can't tell why that is 

9060xt if you can actually find it for 350$ (16gb) otherwise just get a used 6800 for 300$ as its apparently supposed to perform like a 7700xt with presumably lower power draw though given the ocability of the 9070(xt) i would not be surprised to see it surpassing a 6800xt with a shunt mod

 

though what games anyway? most of these strategy/simulation games benifit a ton from extra cache so 7800x3d/9800x3d 9060xt is preffered over 7600/9600x 9070

[gammer]

20 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

9060xt if you can actually find it for 350$ (16gb) otherwise just get a used 6800 for 300$ as its apparently supposed to perform like a 7700xt with presumably lower power draw though given the ocability of the 9070(xt) i would not be surprised to see it surpassing a 6800xt with a shunt mod

 

though what games anyway? most of these strategy/simulation games benifit a ton from extra cache so 7800x3d/9800x3d 9060xt is preffered over 7600/9600x 9070

So I have a 9800X3D the only thing my pc is missing is my gpu but I mainly play eu4 hoi4 and stellaris and other games like it and I'm waiting for eu5 to come out and that one I'm really hoping they fix up cause of the videos I've seen of it already it runs horribly and Ik the people I watched have beasts for computers

[gammer]

21 hours ago, Dedayog said:

I don't understand your last question.  The difference in each brand, what separates the GPUs?  

 

Look at performance charts for each, you'll understand why they're priced as such.

 

For 1080p 4x games, the 9060XT is more than enough.  The 9070XT is a 1440p, UW, and 4K card.

I don't know if I'm just not reading it right but when I go on micro center and I look at the stats of an overclocked card and a normal one they show the same stats hence why I have always been confused on the price difference and what each company is bringing when it's the same card

[Dedayog]

2 minutes ago, gammer said:

I don't know if I'm just not reading it right but when I go on micro center and I look at the stats of an overclocked card and a normal one they show the same stats hence why I have always been confused on the price difference and what each company is bringing when it's the same card

Oh nothing of note.

 

Namely design, maybe better or quieter cooling. 

 

Nothing performance wise, as that is set by Nvidia or amd.  They can try to push things but the cards are usually always running near as good as they can

 

We almost always recommend the cheapest.

[predestruction]

17 hours ago, gammer said:

I don't know if I'm just not reading it right but when I go on micro center and I look at the stats of an overclocked card and a normal one they show the same stats hence why I have always been confused on the price difference and what each company is bringing when it's the same card

Alright a quick explanation when buying GPUs and what their model discription ist telling you:

 

i am selecting an ASUS NVidia GPU because its easier to show you the differences:
 

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition

First you have the Company that makes the GPU. This can be ASUS, MSI or in case of AMD Radeon Sapphire, PowerColor etc.
Each Company in general makes different Cooler and PCB Layouts or other features. Each Company has its up- and downs in regards to design and quality. Buts its hard to generalize what Company is best or worst. It changes every year and from model to model.

 

This represents the model of each company: 
Each Model of a Company can have small or big differences. There you have to inform yourself, what you would want.
Some of the most important Differences are:

Different Coolers - heatsink size, amount of cooling Fans, quality of Fans

Different Designs - like Screens, additional RGB, a Metal Backplate, 
Features like Dual Bios or hot swappable Fans etc.

different Quality of electronic components (only relevant for extreme OC)

different Clock Speeds (generally better binned chips are going in more expensive models) but this only results in minor performance differences.

And of course there are some special Models that are directly fitted with a waterblock or are sold as an AIO Solution.

 

Here you see the most important Part: The GPU Chip.
If GPUs are sold with different RAM sizes, you see here for example an 8GB or 16GB Version

 

This means that the Company has slightly overclocked the chips and there exists different variants of the Model. This overclock in general is very minor and mostly not worth the money. in 99.9% of cases you are able to overclock the non OC Veriant to the same specs yourself.

Unfortunatly here exists no naming convention. Some companys are selling only an OC Version (so here you have only one edition). Asus has an OC and non OC Edtion. Some have other stupid namings. 
To find out its easiest to go the manufacturers side itself and check if the manufacturer has different naming for its Variants or not.
 
 

 

[hollyh88]

On 5/24/2025 at 1:17 AM, gammer said:

So I have a 9800X3D the only thing my pc is missing is my gpu but I mainly play eu4 hoi4 and stellaris and other games like it and I'm waiting for eu5 to come out and that one I'm really hoping they fix up cause of the videos I've seen of it already it runs horribly and Ik the people I watched have beasts for computers

stellaris benefits more from your cpu than it does gpu, with my 5800x3d and 9070xt it goes from 100-160 fps in mid to late game at fast and 1000 stars with max ai fallen empires marauders etc,  to 60 at full end game and sometimes below, so with you it likely will be better since you have a 9800x3d, if you get a 9070xt. most other strategy games also fit more with cpu than gpu, 

but to answer your question, if you have the money to spend go 9070xt or if you rather save some money, go for the 9070, you could go 1440p but if you enjoy your screen now, stay cause ones you go above 1080p you dont want to go back. even the difference between 1080p and 1440p is huge. and if your on 1440p your obviously gonna need better hardware to keep up at 1440p. 

brand wise,

get sapphire or powercolor, alternatives after that is asrock, and below that is xfx and the others, and almost at the bottom is gigabyte, its there cause it has a ton of fan issues, and waaaaay down in the dirt where it belongs is asus, with its shitty support. dont get asus.