Sadly, my 980 TI just blew up. I took it apart and I think it’s one of the VRAM has totally burned out, there’s a big old black mark and burning smells. So unfortunately I need a new GPU.
I’ve always had NVIDIA in the past, but I’m willing to do AMD. I principally run Linux, but do dual boot for some Windows gaming. I do need VR support for my index. I’ve never done ray tracing, think it might be fun to try but not necessary.
It’s been a long time since I bought a GPU, so I’m not super up to date on everything right now, so I’m hoping for some advice. I was hoping to wait another year or two before upgrading, but I guess I need something now. I have a 6700k processor on Asus Maximus hero viii.
Honestly I probably just want to replace something roughly compatible to what I had, but maybe it is time to just upgrade to something much better. Usually I try to buy a decent GPU so it can last for many years instead of frequently upgrading. So I’m torn if I should just get something old and uses that would work for a year or two, or if I should now just bite the bullet and buy a upper mid to lower top tier GPU now. If I had to I could stretch a budget into the 1500 usd range, but it really bothers me that cards have been getting getting that expensive so I would prefer to keep it down more in 200-800 range. I have 1440p monitor, but I’m also ok with 1080 gaming.
I’d appreciate any thoughts, or advice from those more up-to-date on recent GPUs. Thanks
Your 6700k might bottleneck anything more than in the RX 6600 XT / RTX 3060 range. Both of those can be had for under 300 US. Drop a comment in Jason’s (PC Builder on youtube) latest videos. He answers loads of questions. Awesome guy.
I’ll have to check him out. And yeah I’ve been worried it might be a bottle neck, but I guess the question I’ve been wondering is if I should just get something higher end now for an eventual upgrade of CPU / MB, or just get a cheaper GPU now and then upgrade everything in a year or two
That would depend on how soon you plan to upgrade the CPU/MB. If it’s within the next year, then it would be worth getting the best GPU you can afford. Any longer, and I would recommend getting a cheap one now and evaluating your options again when you do upgrade the CPU. Prices for current generation GPUs will likely be lower a year from now, so there is no point paying more now for performance you can’t take advantage of. And there will likely be a new generation of cards within two years.
Good thought, I’m almost wondering if I should just upgrade now, I found a MB CPU ram combo deal at microcenter for ryzen 7700x combo 4 for 400, maybe I should just upgrade to something like that now with a new GPU. My initial an was to get a 7950x3d or 7800x3d in a year or so and upgrade everything then.
You could absolutely go bigger if you have a bunch of dough and upgrade your mb/ram/cpu later on. 👍