The title. I’ve been delaying long enough and I can’t really wait anymore. I need a new GPU. I could really use some advice.
Right now I have a GTX 1060 3 GB with a Ryzen 7 2700X CPU and 32 GB RAM. Mostly I use it for gaming in 1080p but it’s not impossible I’ll eventually increase it (but unlikely).
I’ll accept suggestions outside of my options but keep in mind the prices in my country are different. I’m not looking to buy used for various reasons (lack of warranty is one).
My options are:
RTX 3060 12 GB (290 euros)
RTX 4060 8 GB (330 euros)
RX 7600 XT 12 GB (380 euros)
RX 6750 XT 12 GB (400 euros)
RX 6700 XT 12 GB (420 euros)
RTX 4060ti 16 GB (480 euros)
I was really trying to keep it way below 400 euros. The 7600 XT is already a stretch but I could be convinced to raise the budget to the upper 400s for something with really good bang for buck.
I appreciate the help
UPDATE: In the end I decided to go for the RX 6750 XT for 405 euros but, as is my habit, I decided I should sleep on it. And thank god I did. The next day I went online and had already decided to buy it when I saw it was the store’s birthday and they were doing some nice discounts and the 6750 was at 360 euros (limited to stock). I immediately bought. What are the odds?! She’ll be here in a couple of days.
I think you might have got the 6700 XT and 7600 XT backwards in your post (or their VRAM amounts). The 6700 XT should be 12 GB VRAM, the 7600 XT has 16 GB. Although both should be cheaper than the 6750 XT, but I suppose that will depend on your market.
Anyway, if you’re considering up to 480 euros for the 4060 Ti 16GB, check the prices of the RX 6800 (non-XT) or RX 7700 XT. In the US at least, they’re usually a bit cheaper than, or about the same price as, the 4060 Ti 16 GB and depending on your sources are usually at least equal in performance. Another thing to keep in mind is that the 4060 Ti 8 GB performs almost exactly the same as the 16 GB version, in gaming at least, and the extra VRAM isn’t likely to be all that helpful at 1080p, and at a price closer to the 6800/7700XT.
Of the 3 cards you listed that are 400 euros +/- 20, the 6750 XT is going to be the winner, especially if your post is accurate and it would cost you more money to get the slightly weaker 6700 XT.
If you’re really trying to stay way under 400 with the 3060 or 4060, get the 4060. It has enough performance advantage over the 3060 to justify the price difference you’ve listed. As a bonus, it’s extremely power efficient, especially compared to most of the AMD options being discussed here. Something to keep in mind depending on your electricity costs and your current power supply.
Here’s some more reading material for your own research:
Tom’s Hardware GPU hierarchy https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
Techpowerup has relative performance ratings which you can gauge against relative prices to see if upgrading from one card to another is worth the money https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/
GamersNexus write up on best cards by budget category (based on US prices but the tiering still seems close to what you’ve laid out) https://gamersnexus.net/gpus/best-worst-gpus-2023-gaming-100-2000-video-cards
UL (owners of 3DMark) sorting of GPUs by value (not sure how well it’ll reflect prices in your market) https://benchmarks.ul.com/compare/best-gpus?amount=0&sortBy=VALUE_FOR_MONEY&reverseOrder=true&types=MOBILE,DESKTOP&minRating=0
Do you want to game on Linux? If so, I’d recommend you to scratch those Nvidia GPUs off the list.
I don’t.
I know you said you don’t want to buy second hand, but if I were you I’d buy a 6800 xt second hand. That’s by far the best bang per buck you’ll get. I’ve been buying second hand gpu’s for over 10 years and have never had any trouble. Just don’t buy any dirty, overclocked or used for mining cards and you should be fine. I already looked on OLX and there are a few between €350 and €400. If you really want to buy new I’d go for the 7600 xt.
Good luck!
Yeah, I did. Because things break and I’m not taking that chance. I also buy used stuff, but I’m not buying anything I can’t live with it breaking on day 1. And 400 euros are not peanuts here.
You will almost certainly want something with more than 12 GB for the future.
For 1080p, probably not.
The amount of vram doesn’t really have anything to do with display resolution, only texture resolution. Even if you don’t increase your texture resolution, having extra vram means less loading from disk or regular ram.
This is false. Off-screen buffers will scale with the target buffer size. A game running at 4k rather than 1080p implies all off-screen buffers for effects etc. increasing their size by 4x too.
The RX6000s offer a lot of bang for the buck since AMD released their fluid motion frame generation. I’ve been using a 6600 (non-XT) at 1440p and it does surprisingly well. You sure about those prices/specs though? 6750XT for less than 6700XT? And a 6700XT with 16GB?
https://www.kibo.pt/index.php/msi-radeon-rx-6750-xt-mech-2x-12g-oc-amd-12-gb-gddr6.html
My bad, the 6700XT is 12 GB
The 6750 XT seems to be getting a few lower prices. I’m starting to heavily favor that one since it seems to bring a fight (and beat) a 4060ti.
Yeah, if you can get the 6750 for less than a 6700 I’d go that route. Should be set for quite a while with that.
Post updated
Score, congrats!
The 3060 is probably the best bang for your buck. I only compared the first three on your list, but for only 1080p, any of those are fine. I’m still running an RX 580 at 1440p and unless I turn on the fancy graphics it hits 60fps. A 3060 is significantly more powerful and shouldn’t have any issue with at least 1080p.
keep in mind the prices in my country are different
The 3060 was also the worst in the list on the site you suggested.
You’re reading something wrong, because the 7600 is the worst according to that site. But it’s the best performance per dollar, so if cost is a factor, it’s the best choice. The next best performance per dollar is the 4060, but for €40 more and with less vram.
The fact that prices are in euros for you doesn’t really make a difference, because they look like they’re marked up roughly the same. Although now that I’ve put all of them into the site, your price for the 6750 is significantly lower than the sites, so you might want to do the performance per euro calculation yourself and see if that one actually comes out ahead.
