Looking to upgrade my GPU, help!
Posted by cobbiy@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 5 comments
I’ll be traveling to the US soon and I want to buy a GPU there as it’s a lot cheaper than my country. My budget is $300-$500 and I want a white GPU.
Now the thing is, I don’t play any demanding games. 3D games give me motion sickness so I avoid them. In general I play league of legends, some terraria, random pixel art indie games. Nothing demanding. I stream in discord (lol) and I am looking into streaming in twitch at some point when I find the time. I don’t really use my PC for anything AI related at the moment.
Right now I own a 1660 Super which is honestly still fine for me, I just want to upgrade because any GPU is around $200 more expensive in my country and I think the white GPU will look nice in my current build.
My options so far are:
ASUS Dual RTX GeForce 5060 8GB (found it for around $370): I’m leaning towards this one tbh
GIGABYTE Triple GeForce RTX 5060 AERO 8GB ($430): this one is just cute, I don’t think I need the triple fan but it seems more appealing. It only bothers me because it’s not any better than the other one
ASUS Dual Radeon RX 9060XT 16GB ($490): this one has more ram but I don’t think I need it, because I don’t play anything demanding. And I’ve read NVIDIA is better with streaming.
Is there any other option within my budget that I’m missing? I kinda do want the triple fan aero one but it’d be $60 more just for aesthetics (which tbf most of my build is based on aesthetics).
Any help is appreciated! Idk much about builds, I bought my pc pre built off marketplace and been slowly upgrading it. I did my first PSU replacement a few months ago lol…
a1ex_chi11@reddit
Nvidia should be the most stable for streaming. Cheapest option would be an Intel Arc B580 12GB (\~ $300-330), second RTX 5060 or RX 9060XT 8GB at \~$370, 5060 TI 8GB \~$430-450, then RX 9060XT 16GB \~$440-500.
Intel Arc should be quite good with streaming but I'm not sure about driver issues, maybe check your games and streaming apps how well they run with it.
Personally I'd go with the highest amount of VRAM possible just to play safe, even if you're not playing the most demanding games.
If 8GB is enough for you and stability and reliability for streaming matters most I'd go with the 5060 TI.
Some white GPUs from part picker:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bwh2FT/onix-lumi-oc-arc-b580-12-gb-video-card-8346-00278
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bGjv6h/gigabyte-eagle-oc-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-8-gb-pcie-x8-video-card-gv-n506teagleoc-ice-8gd#
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/CRYfrH/xfx-swift-oc-radeon-rx-9060-xt-16-gb-video-card-rx-96tsw16wq
cobbiy@reddit (OP)
And the AMD GPU will be fine with streaming? I read that they weren’t as good. And like idk. I physically cannot play any demanding games because the more realistic they are, 3d and all, the more headache they give me. Even playing Minecraft gives me motion sickness, that’s how bad it is… that’s why the whole “you may want to in the future” doesn’t apply to me at least when it comes to that :P
a1ex_chi11@reddit
AMD and Intel would be fine with streaming too. Nvidia with its NVENC chip just has the highest compatibility for encoding/streaming and a little bit better quality at the same bitrate compared to the other two.
For your use case with mainly 2D games 8GB is well enough, assuming you're playing/streaming 1080p. But even at 1440p it could be enough, as these type of games rarely exceed 4-6gb vram.
LowResearcher@reddit
If you'll be near a Microcenter check what deals they may have there.
NATEDAWG9111@reddit
În life it's good to follow the saying "its better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it" I'd go with an AMD 9060xt 16gb for your budget. Maybe you can even find a 9070 if you are lucky. Who knows maybe you might not play demanding games now but in the future you might want to. Plus AMD has been doing well catching up to Nvidia in drivers/software updates with far redstone, 4.1,etc.