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re: Help me pick out a Video Card for my son's gaming PC
Posted on 12/12/23 at 12:13 pm to GeauxTigerTM
Posted on 12/12/23 at 12:13 pm to GeauxTigerTM
If you guys are saying this is the way to go, does this look like the right one? Only place that has one in stock now.
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If so, I'll order it and get it done with. Thanks!
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If so, I'll order it and get it done with. Thanks!
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Posted on 12/12/23 at 1:30 pm to GeauxTigerTM
I'm a fan of the mid-range NVIDIA cards. The 4070 is the right price/performance sweet spot, IMO.
It's a dang shame that $600 is considered mid-range nowadays, but it is what it is.
It's a dang shame that $600 is considered mid-range nowadays, but it is what it is.
Posted on 12/12/23 at 2:58 pm to Ricardo
I have a 3060 and it runs fine for my needs but I'm not a serious gamer
Posted on 12/12/23 at 7:30 pm to GeauxTigerTM
I strongly recommend upgrading CPU to 5600x or 5600x3d if near a Microcenter to go with that 4070. 2xxx Ryzen will bottleneck it at 1440.
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Posted on 12/12/23 at 11:21 pm to GeauxTigerTM
As others have mentioned, that cpu is going to be a big bottleneck. You'd be better off getting a gently used RTX3070 and an AMD 5800X3D cpu than a new 40** card.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 8:17 am to TigerFanatic99
Best Buy has a 6800 on sale for $389, couple that with a 5600, 5600x3d, or 5800x3d and just ride it out for a few years and build new
6800 and 5600 would be fine and get you right around 500/550 for both
6800 is going to be on par with or better than a 3070 and a 5600 won’t bottleneck it at all at 1440/144. The 4070 doesn’t make a ton of sense at the $550 price point.
6800 and 5600 would be fine and get you right around 500/550 for both
6800 is going to be on par with or better than a 3070 and a 5600 won’t bottleneck it at all at 1440/144. The 4070 doesn’t make a ton of sense at the $550 price point.
This post was edited on 12/13/23 at 8:21 am
Posted on 12/13/23 at 10:40 am to TigerFanatic99
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As others have mentioned, that cpu is going to be a big bottleneck. You'd be better off getting a gently used RTX3070 and an AMD 5800X3D cpu than a new 40** card.
Well, after all this we decided that it wasn't worth the effort! The goal was to spend about $500 and significantly upgrade his computer, but that's clearly not in the cards so rather than drop $600+ just for the card which will not do much he's decided to just wait and make a more significant rebuild later.
Turns out the games are not much of an issue, so this was going to be a waste of money for no big upside.
Regardless, I appreciate you guys helping here!
Posted on 12/13/23 at 11:54 am to GeauxTigerTM
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Well, after all this we decided that it wasn't worth the effort! The goal was to spend about $500 and significantly upgrade his computer, but that's clearly not in the cards so rather than drop $600+ just for the card which will not do much he's decided to just wait and make a more significant rebuild later.
Turns out the games are not much of an issue, so this was going to be a waste of money for no big upside.
Regardless, I appreciate you guys helping here!
I think that's the right call. Save the money and in another year or so, do a full system upgrade. Not only would that result in a much higher performance boost, but it would lay the foundation for future upgrades as well.
Posted on 12/13/23 at 10:53 pm to GeauxTigerTM
When you're ready to build new, come back to here or the gaming board and the bros can part you out the best bang for your buck. Don't buy a prebuilt.
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