Question: AMD Radeon RX or Nvidia Geforce RTX?

[Bennytehsmeghead]

Yeah, I'm thinking of upgrading my Graphics card and I'm torn. On the one hand, I currently use an RTX 2060 so I would upgrade to a later version, but they cost too much. On the other hand, the Radeon RX series looks good and costs far less, but I don't know if it will be better than my RTX in terms of performance.

Help, I'm a retard and I can't choose!

 

[AgendaPoster]

Not even nearly enough info, no details about rest of PC, what you do with it, what resolution you play at, which games and more

 

[Bennytehsmeghead]

Not even nearly enough info, no details about rest of PC, what you do with it, what resolution you play at, which games and more

AMD Ryzen 5 processor, three storage drives (one being a small solid state drive for booting, the rest being 1 terabyte and 4 terabyte hard drives, respectively), ASUS BC-optical drive, 16 gigs of ram and an ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming motherboard.

I usually play older stuff and the odd oldschool-influenced indie title, but I do branch out for newer, bigger stuff occasionally, like the surprisingly good Dead Space remake. Finally, I usually play at a 16x9 resolution (1920x1080). I'm in no rush, but after three years, I think it's time to upgrade my card.

 

[Judge Dredd]

There is a computer hardware thread you might be best asking on.

I have a RX 6600 and it's great so far. Unless there's a specific feature you care about (eg. You want to play that Metro remake with raytracing) then AMD is fine.

That said, I'd have said the 2060 is fine too. I had a 1060 for a long time and that thing still works for most games at 1080p.

 

[I'd abeeb bear]

AMD Ryzen 5 processor, three storage drives (one being a small solid state drive for booting, the rest being 1 terabyte and 4 terabyte hard drives, respectively), ASUS BC-optical drive, 16 gigs of ram and an ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming motherboard.

I usually play older stuff and the odd oldschool-influenced indie title, but I do branch out for newer, bigger stuff occasionally, like the surprisingly good Dead Space remake. Finally, I usually play at a 16x9 resolution (1920x1080). I'm in no rush, but after three years, I think it's time to upgrade my card.

I used a 970 until the 30xx series came out because it ran most everything at 1080. If you're not aiming above 1080, and you're not aiming above 60 FPS, that 2060 will be fine for some time.

Honestly, only upgrade when you feel a real pinch, when there's a game you truly want to play that you can't play to its maximum potential. Otherwise, you won't be getting your moneys worth. There's no real time deadline on when you "should" upgrade a card. There are people that don't play AAA shit that still run 1080s without a complaint.

And if money is really an issue, there are no doubt countless gems you missed that your 2060 can run.

As for whether to go AMD or nvidia, it really isn't a huge deal. Most of the time, nvidia ends up ahead a bit, but some games AMD runs better. It's really all about budget, and it's not worth fretting over too terribly much. People that argue about it are just wasting their time.

 

[AgendaPoster]

AMD Ryzen 5 processor, three storage drives (one being a small solid state drive for booting, the rest being 1 terabyte and 4 terabyte hard drives, respectively), ASUS BC-optical drive, 16 gigs of ram and an ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming motherboard.

I usually play older stuff and the odd oldschool-influenced indie title, but I do branch out for newer, bigger stuff occasionally, like the surprisingly good Dead Space remake. Finally, I usually play at a 16x9 resolution (1920x1080). I'm in no rush, but after three years, I think it's time to upgrade my card.

For 1080p, if you care about the latest games maxed with RT, something like a 3060ti is kinda needed for 60-ish fps. Of course all of this is generic, some titles might be exceptions. I think DLSS is better than FSR, but at 1080 it doesn't really have much to upscale from. The RX cards are great especially if you don't care about RT much.
You need to think about what offers a sizable performance boost from the 2060, and IMO there's little point spending for a minor boost, better save money and get a 4060 or something when it comes out, or keep the 2060 and hope for some GPU price drop.
The R5 CPU might be problematic, there are significant differences from a 2600X and 5600X, which the X570 would support, so it's important to know what model exactly.
A 2600X or even a 3600X will start to be a bottleneck at 1080p with cards like a 3070. A 5600 will do fine. If you have one of the lower end/older Ryzens, it might not be worth spending to much on a fast GPU.

 

[Ketamine Kat]

AMD has so many issues and so many compatibility issue at that. I'd always rather pay more for NVidia than settle for AMD.

 

[ZMOT]

AMD has so many issues and so many compatibility issue at that. I'd always rather pay more for NVidia than settle for AMD.

meanwhile you can't play the new tranny killer videogame properly without updating your driver...

I usually play older stuff and the odd oldschool-influenced indie title, but I do branch out for newer, bigger stuff occasionally, like the surprisingly good Dead Space remake. Finally, I usually play at a 16x9 resolution (1920x1080). I'm in no rush, but after three years, I think it's time to upgrade my card.

hardware is a tool, if it does the job it's supposed to there's no need to upgrade. the rest is paying for convenience, speed or buzzwords which has different value for different people.

 

[spastic_bag]

ATI Rage 128 Ultra, obviously.

 

[FILTH Tourist]

AMD Ryzen 5 processor, three storage drives (one being a small solid state drive for booting, the rest being 1 terabyte and 4 terabyte hard drives, respectively), ASUS BC-optical drive, 16 gigs of ram and an ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming motherboard.

I usually play older stuff and the odd oldschool-influenced indie title, but I do branch out for newer, bigger stuff occasionally, like the surprisingly good Dead Space remake. Finally, I usually play at a 16x9 resolution (1920x1080). I'm in no rush, but after three years, I think it's time to upgrade my card.

AMD should serve you fine then. I switched to Nividia when I upgraded because it can handle VR better and I can easily use stable diffusion. If it wasn't for those two I would have stuck with AMD.

 

[DeadwastePrime]

i got a 3060 for a very specific reason: stable diffusion. my 1060 did not like that thing at all. now that i have 12gb of vram and a more powerful card, its been a far better experience. the gay tracing is just a plus tho dlss is a nice piece of tech to have even if it slightly lowers the quality of the game on my 1080p monitor