Hello,
I’m looking to upgrade the GPU in my current build to better handle 1440p gaming at 60fps for titles like Cyberpunk 2077 and Helldivers 2. Here’s my current setup:
- Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350M-A Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard
- CPU: Ryzen 3600
- GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 580
- Storage: NVMe Drive
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) DDR4-2666 CL15 Memory
- OS: Windows 10
- Power Supply: Corsair CX450M (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/wKR9C8
The RX 580 has served me well, but it’s struggling with newer games, especially at 1440p. I’m aiming for stable 60fps at medium-high settings.
I’m not looking for ultra settings but want something that will be a significant upgrade while keeping my CPU as the limiting factor to a minimum. My budget is pretty limited and I’d like to keep it around £200 or less, new or preowned.
Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences in terms of the best budget GPUs! Cheers in advance!
I think the best you can get used for 1440p at 200$ would be the Intel Arc a770 (or maybe the new b580) or the 5700xt.
The Intel card might give you weird issues here and there but my friend who dailies it hasn't mentioned any issues in quite some time.
The 5700xt (if you get lucky on price the 6700xt) is solid and can even do VR if that's your thing at all. It's somewhat worse performance wise (unless it's the 6700xt) but is also a good choice.
I wouldn't recommend Nvidia cards if you're on a budget as all of their benefits only really come on the high end.
You could also wait 1-3 months for next Gen to drop from Nvidia and AMD, as well as the next Gen high end card from Intel that would probably bring prices down a bit again.
I've been using a 5700xt (if you fancy the small performance boost, installing a 5700xt vbios on a 5700 is dead easy) and it's been going great. It's now struggling to hit 144fps on recent titles, I'm seeing more and more 70-90FPS at ultra, but it's a great card.
Thanks for sharing your experience, I'll keep the 5700 XT in mind then!
FWIW on release the XT was viewed as not worth the extra 50€ given the single digit percentage increase it gave over the non-xt. The wisdom at the time was just "buy the non XT and either overclock it or install the XT vbios if you really need the 7%". Nowadays I'd expect them to be pretty much the same price though.
I got a 770 for a budget system and it's fine, I think both it and the b580 may be a bit out of budget in the UK. My 770 is paired with a beefier CPU, though, and there are people out there making a bit of a stink about the Intel cards being sensitive to CPU bottlenecks, so in this price range and to pair with a 3600 AMD may be the way to go. With an extra hundred bucks or two I'd definitely look into Intel, maybe with a CPU upgrade to go along with it.