Good deal on graphics cards

[AKIron]

This one looks good for a low to mid range card.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/get-amds-16gb-rx-9060-xt-for-the-msrp-price-of-an-8gb-rtx-5060-ti-newegg-discount-code-unlocks-usd20-saving-on-double-the-vram

[hazmatt]

This is my opinion and I figured I would throw it out there to give another perspective.


I was looking at this card and decided to get the 2080ti. They're very close in raw raster performance (which is what matters most in VR) and you can get a used for under $250. Of course the newer card will be more efficient and come with a warranty but I figured I would take the $100 I saved and use it for something else since I've had good luck with used GPUS. (I currently have 4 GPUs that I bought used that are all working fine) My next buy is probably going to be the 3080 12GB when prices get a little bit lower.

I'm done with buying new cards. I bought the 4070 super and in VR without rt and dlss it's it's performance was underwhelming. I may end up re-purposing it for AI as it seems that's what NVidia is building cards for these days. I've decided to buy used until they come out with something that I really feel is worth the money for the upgrade.

[Animl-AW]

I don't know first hand, but I heard more bad about the 5060ti than good, as just not living up to expectations.

[Dadtallica]

During some of my stutter research, I’ve been also looking at updating cards. I only have 2060 for my system it really doesn’t make sense to go past the 3xxx series so I am probably going to grab an on sale 3060.

Other than this I only play IL2 46 and current version that is intensive. Other than than the only two games I play are Civilization, The Political Process (ridiculously awesome game for wonks), and Wheel of Fortune (No I am not a boomer I’m the next level up lol).

I also play a bunch of older games with Dosbox too and that doesn’t need more than I have.

[Animl-AW]

During some of my stutter research, I’ve been also looking at updating cards. I only have 2060 for my system it really doesn’t make sense to go past the 3xxx series so I am probably going to grab an on sale 3060.

Other than this I only play IL2 46 and current version that is intensive. Other than than the only two games I play are Civilization, The Political Process (ridiculously awesome ham for wonks), and Wheel of Fortune (No I am not a boomer I’m the next level up lol).

I also play a bunch of older games with Dosbox too and that doesn’t need more than I have.

I'm happy with the 3060, I'm not playing things like DCS tho

[AKIron]

The only reasons I would consider the AMD card is the memory and price. It's not high end so I would not expect to use it with VR.

[AKIron]

I have a couple of RTX 3070 cards with 8GB memory. I run DCS at 2560x1440 at mostly highest settings. It runs smooth with no hiccups. At this point I don't think more memory would benefit me but at some point it might. The amount of memory may limit the preloading of textures and such and if the card has to swap there's likely to be pausing or stuttering. But, I've not hit that. At least not that I could tell. 

[hazmatt]

In my experience having more processing power is better then having more VRAM. If you run out of VRAM you may have a micro stutter. I would say something less the .25 sec, if you blink you'd miss it. If you're short on processing power you're going to have low FPS the whole time. A bunch of VRAM isn't going to make up for weak GPU raster performance.

The RTX 3070 is a solid card for the price. Personally I went with the older 2080ti to get the additional VRAM since the performance and price were so close.

Also, when choosing a card I would focus on raw raster performance as DLSS and RT can game benchmarks. I have not seen a real performance advantage using DLSS or RT in any of the games I play but it could be different for some games.

[icepac]

TDP is important to be so my research is in trying to find good performance with minimal power usage.

[hazmatt]

TDP is important to be so my research is in trying to find good performance with minimal power usage.

Ya, that variable changes a lot. I have 1000 watt PSUs and don't mind the heat so the cards I'd buy are surely not ones that would be a good fit for what you are looking for.