Switching from RX9060 XT to 5060 Ti(both 16 gb) and got questions
Posted by Somenumbra@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 15 comments
So a week ago I've exchanged my GPU for RX9060 XT. My motherboard is B550M DS3H from Gigabyte, on Rev 1.5. Yesterday I've noticed that I could get ASUS GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual OC if I add around 30 USD when refunding that RX9060. Got Corsair CX 550M PSU and AMD 9 5950X CPU.
Question is, will the performance increase even a little bit, judging by the fact the mobo is rather old and has a PCI 3/4 slot and will there be no problems with the 550 W PSU? Because I know the 9060 is x16 and the 5060 Ti is x8. Is it even worth considering such "upgrade" for that 30 USD or will it be more problems than benefits on my setup?
StunningPush8421@reddit
for 30 bucks it is a no brainer and yes pcie gen 3/4 is fine as long as you don't go over 16gb of vram
https://youtu.be/NqRTVzk2PXs
raprap07@reddit
Do you mean to say at least 2600x and above? Because below that would be 1xxx series already.
StunningPush8421@reddit
2600x or below would make the 9060 xt make sense is what I was saying.
Somenumbra@reddit (OP)
It will be the last upgrade for this PC in it's lifetime. After it needs upgrades, I plan to build a new one from scratch in 5 or so year.
StunningPush8421@reddit
yeah then this is a double no brainer if you are keeping it long term considering rdna 4 doesn't even support the newest direct x shader models
Somenumbra@reddit (OP)
Yea. I'll be keeping it around 5 years, then build a completely new one. So I assume the upgrade/switch to 5060 Ti is a nobrainer completely? sorry if I'm being annoying.
StunningPush8421@reddit
yeah it is a little faster(5 percent), better rt, better feature set, more future proofed hardware wise(OOM, native fp4 ect) better oc capability, reflex, more power efficent ect.
9060 xt advantages would basically just be linux
Somenumbra@reddit (OP)
Usually that ASUS GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Dual OC where I bought my 9060 is 770 USD. But now there's a sale and it's 605 USD(roughly). And that 9060 costs around 565-570 USD at that store. Both are brand new/nonused.
CSGOan@reddit
The 5060 ti is better, but some users (including my brother) has had to revert to older PCIe gens because there are problems with x8 cards.
My brother got constant crashes and the only solution was to downgrade from PCIe gens 3 to 2... The pc still runs fine tho.
Huge-Attitude9892@reddit
Some youtuber "Maraksot78" made a VR Performance video about both cards. If you play VR or have plans to buy a headset,then u will see a lot of improvement o er the 9060xt 16GB.
Otherwise its mostly AI stuff and Path Tracing on faltscreen games.
Impressive_Wear_8509@reddit
That will be life changing upgrade u will get proper path tracing support 6x multiframegeneration Neural texture compression Pre shader compilation DLSS 4.5 L ultra performance upscaler that can even unlock 4k gaming GDDR7 high speed memory CUDA support Upto 15% increase in performance Day 1 support of games
Infact u will see quality of life upgrade I would recommend you to go for team green as RDNA 4 is already dead with the announcement of FSR Diamond that is only supported for RDNA 5 onwards
Big-Salamander-2158@reddit
For 30$ I would switch too. The pcie limitation really comes into play when you exceed the vram buffer, which you realistically won’t do with a 16gb card. And your motherboard supports gen4, so it wouldn’t have been that bad either. It’s like 5% faster anyways, and imo a better feature set.
jfp555@reddit
If you plan on switching to Linux, you might want to stick with AMD. Besides that, switching isn't an issue.
Somenumbra@reddit (OP)
I plan to stay on windows, at least on this PC(so for the upgrade and 5 years before I'll have to build a new one)
jfp555@reddit
No worries for you then. Enjoy the new GPU. The 5060 ti can OC up to 10% quite easily (350 clock + 2000 mem) even on the worst models.