My current setup is pretty dated, but still doing alright for what I’m playing, although I’d like better framerates and a bit more “futureproofing” for when I start playing the more demanding games in my backlog.
Parts are:
- R5 2600x;
- 2060 Super;
- 16GB @ 3466 16-18-18-18-36;
- 1440p 144Hz monitor.
Currently playing The Witcher 3 Next Gen at medium details, DLSS set to quality and no RT. I get 50-80 fps, which isn’t too bad, but I’m aiming for high details and 120+ fps.
The most resource intensive game I have in my backlog is probably TLoU (or RDR2, or CP2077), and I’d like to play those at high/120 fps too, not really interested in RT.
At the moment I’m looking to get a 7800XT.
Do you think I can get away wih just a GPU + PSU upgrade, or would the 2600x cause too great a bottleneck at target resolution/details/fps to ignore?
For the GPU I’m considering a 7800XT instead of a 6800XT mainly because of the lower power consumption and slightly higher performance. Also the 7800XT comes with a very neat backplate plus GPU support bracket.
Issue is I don’t know if that justifies a ~15% price increase (price right now is $600 equivalent for the 6800XT and $690 equivalent for the 7800XT). I do like the looks of the 7800XT a bit more though lol so if current CPU and RAM can work with the new GPU at target resolution/details/fps, and there aren’t huge drawbacks to getting the 7800X instead of the 6800XT, I’m willing to spend those extra $90 on the former.
What do you think?
Thanks in advance to anyone replying!
Don’t know if you still care, but after looking around a bit more I found a 6800XT for MUCH cheaper than the 7800XT I wanted to buy ($530 vs $690, always converted) and at this point I really can’t justify a 30% price increase just for a slightly lower power consumption, 5% increased performance and an admittedly much cooler design of the one I set my eyes on lol
This way, if I wait a bit, I can fit GPU, CPU and PSU into my upgrade budget! Thanks again for the help!
I have no idea why some people found the 7800 XT to be anything but a cashgrab at its current price point tbh. Benchmarks are within spitting distance of each other depending on game and resolution so it’s closer to like 3% at 1440p from what I saw. Yeah 500USD is closer to the going price for the 6800 XT these days.
Doesn’t it have support for some stuff that the previous gen doesn’t have? I may have read about FSR3? Could be wrong, though, I haven’t properly researched and just picked the newest and fastest card I could afford.
Glad I posted this, you got me to save money haha so thanks
Also I just looked up its dimensions and the 6800XT will fit in my case without removing the front fan, whereas the 7800XT won’t. So, thanks to you I keep winning! Nice
Yeah, that is true. I forget about the extra features sometimes because I tend to prefer native res most of the time though I haven’t tried the latest gen’s implementations of frame generation/dynamic res.
When your GPU does everything you need it to, it’s nice to run games at full resolution. As good as upscaling might be, the difference in clarity is noticeable