Upgrading GPU's

[bebejapes]

which should i go for dual rx580 saphire nitro plus special editions or vega 56 from saphire?

 

My current rig is dual rx580 black editions.

[CapitalistVN]

If you already got dual RX580, I think there's no need to upgrade anything at all.

[sharknado34]

4 minutes ago, CapitalistVN said:

If you already got dual RX580, I think there's no need to upgrade anything at all.

I agree. Is there a reason that you want to upgrade? Like lackluster performance?

[bebejapes]

1 minute ago, sharknado34 said:

I agree. Is there a reason that you want to upgrade? Like lackluster performance?

there were a couple of times i was playing and the heat went up a bit and i used to mine them a month each card one at a time.

6 minutes ago, CapitalistVN said:

If you already got dual RX580, I think there's no need to upgrade anything at all.

it was either that upgrade or give a rest to my dual rx 580

 

[GoldenLag]

2 minutes ago, bebejapes said:

was either that upgrade or give a rest to my dual rx 580

What do you mean "give a rest". GPU lifespan is quite long........ 

Also crossfire is falling out of favor, same with SLI. If you NEED to do GPU upgrade. Out of the two you grab a Vega 56. Even so it doesnt seem like you have to

[bebejapes]

7 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

What do you mean "give a rest". GPU lifespan is quite long........ 

Also crossfire is falling out of favor, same with SLI. If you NEED to do GPU upgrade. Out of the two you grab a Vega 56. Even so it doesnt seem like you have to

well i did mine each gpu for at least a month. and yeah im kinda weird that way so i was planning to give it a rest.

 

there was a day where temps went allt he way up to 89c

 

[sharknado34]

1 minute ago, bebejapes said:

well i did mine each gpu for at least a month. and yeah im kinda weird that way so i was planning to give it a rest.

 

there was a day where temps went allt he way up to 89c

 

considering that you have a crossfire setup it isn't that unheard of. what game was this in?

[bebejapes]

5 minutes ago, sharknado34 said:

considering that you have a crossfire setup it isn't that unheard of. what game was this in?

fortnite

[sharknado34]

2 minutes ago, bebejapes said:

fortnite

I don't think that would be completely unreasonable, as corssfire does make a setup a decent amount hotter than versus having one gpu...

[GoldenLag]

15 minutes ago, bebejapes said:

well i did mine each gpu for at least a month. and yeah im kinda weird that way so i was planning to give it a rest.

I think youll be suprised at how little un-overclocked mining tears the GPU. There isnt much risk of buying mining GPUs at all. You will be fine using your GPUs as is for at least 5 more years before you even have to think about them dying on you. (Prividing that you dont upgrade as at that point the performance in the newest titles wouldnt be great)

 

You are much better off just saving the money and waiting for GPU inflation to drop among the AMD cards(if you only want AMD). Wait and see what Navi offers and or do a different upgrade (storage, RAM, CPU, cooler, etc)

[bebejapes]

2 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

I think youll be suprised at how little un-overclocked mining tears the GPU. There isnt much risk of buying mining GPUs at all. You will be fine using your GPUs as is for at least 5 more years before you even have to think about them dying on you. (Prividing that you dont upgrade as at that point the performance in the newest titles wouldnt be great)

 

You are much better off just saving the money and waiting for GPU inflation to drop among the AMD cards(if you only want AMD). Wait and see what Navi offers and or do a different upgrade (storage, RAM, CPU, cooler, etc)

im already gearing up for a cpu upgrade from r3 1200 to r5 2600 or 2600x then add a deep cool captain 240x aio for the cpu and increasing my ram from 16 to 32. 

 

as for fans right now i just need to redo positioning because i got 8 fans 120 on my evga dg 85

[bebejapes]

16 minutes ago, sharknado34 said:

I don't think that would be completely unreasonable, as corssfire does make a setup a decent amount hotter than versus having one gpu...

hmm okay im using a gigabyte b350 gaming 3 mobo so the clearance between the cards arent much but its like .8 of a dim slot

[sharknado34]

3 minutes ago, bebejapes said:

hmm okay im using a gigabyte b350 gaming 3 mobo so the clearance between the cards arent much but its like .8 of a dim slot

that is part of the reason (not entirely) that crossfire and sli are loosing favor. the heat output is just unbelievably high.

5 minutes ago, bebejapes said:

im already gearing up for a cpu upgrade from r3 1200 to r5 2600 or 2600x then add a deep cool captain 240x aio for the cpu and increasing my ram from 16 to 32. 

 

as for fans right now i just need to redo positioning because i got 8 fans 120 on my evga dg 85

I would reccomend a cpu upgrade, don't mess with the ram (unless you plan on doing video editing or for some reason you manage to use up 16 through normal use)

[bebejapes]

2 minutes ago, sharknado34 said:

that is part of the reason (not entirely) that crossfire and sli are loosing favor. the heat output is just unbelievably high.

I would reccomend a cpu upgrade, don't mess with the ram (unless you plan on doing video editing or for some reason you manage to use up 16 through normal use)

well i was going to buy dual dium ram sticks because the ram sticks im currently using arent the same frequency and are solo sticks. like i cant use dual channel mode.

[sharknado34]

oh in that case it might not hurt to upgrade the ram, it is best to have all one type of ram in the system, so you can do dual channel and get better performance.