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Graphics Card Recommendations Please

Physiocrat

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I'm looking to spend around £300/375USD on a graphics card and am looking for recommendations. My baseline expectation is the latest games at 1080p and 60FPS.

I've been looking at the Geforce 4060 RTX and a guy I know recommended a Intel ARC B580 TITAN OC. Are there any others I should look at and of the two, which do you think is best?
 
Gaiff

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Jacob0101 said:
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
  • Price: Approximately $350 to $500.
  • Performance: Excellent for 1440p gaming and capable of handling most modern games at high settings. It is one of the best overall choices in the $350 to $500 range, offering great value for performance.
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OP is in the UK and according to pcpartpicker, the best card under 400 pounds is something like a 7700 XT. The 7800 XT starts at 443 pounds which is quite a bit above OP's budget. There's the 4060 Ti that would be decent, but it's the 8GB model, so scratch that.

7700 XT for 375-400 pounds seems like OP's best choice.

Edit: Misread. 300 British pounds or $350 USD. In that case, you got the 6750 XT for 330.
 
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MadchesterManc

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If you go used you can grab an RTX 2080ti for little more than £300 these days. Still a great card for up to 1440p with 11GB of Vram.
 
Lucifers Beard

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If you could find a used 3080 for around that price, it's a good get. I'm still using a 3080 and run everything I play at 1440p and sometimes max settings (game dependant of course), so if you're running at 1080p you'll have a great time with it.
 
Gamer79

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Physiocrat said:
I'm looking to spend around £300/375USD on a graphics card and am looking for recommendations. My baseline expectation is the latest games at 1080p and 60FPS.

I've been looking at the Geforce 4060 RTX and a guy I know recommended a Intel ARC B580 TITAN OC. Are there any others I should look at and of the two, which do you think is best?
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I would say go with the 4060 because Nvidia has much better software and more wide spread report.
 
Gp1

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If you can wait, wait because both companies will probably play their hand on the mainstream market on the first/second quarter + Intel may respond with a price cut off something.

If you can't wait, then 7700xt(Raster performance) / 4060 (Nvidia Software) just don't buy anything with 8gb. If you can squeeze your pennies a little, go with the 7800xt (4070 level of performance in Raster + plenty of VRAM)
 
phant0m

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Physiocrat Physiocrat I have an RTX 3080 listed for sale in Marketplace. I’d sell it to you for $375 and it will more than meet your needs of 1080p/60 - it still does 1440p/60+ in almost every modern game.
 
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cinnamonandgravy

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Physiocrat said:
I'm not thinking of upgrading the GPU yet.
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Not sure which one is better but with how power hungry gpus are nowadays make sure your psu can handle it along with the rest of your pc components. Sounds like either should be fine for 1080p 60fps at moderate settings. Nvidia would be the way to go if you care for any ray tracing at all along with their better top of the line upscaling tech.
 
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phant0m

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Physiocrat said:
Thanks for offer but I'm in the UK so that might be difficult. Will have a think though
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A bit more difficult, but not impossible. If you’re serious DM me and we can talk logistics. But you may want to see if there something reasonable on eBay that’s already in the UK.
 
Physiocrat

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I'm looking to see if I can stretch to an rx 7800 but I was reading around and apparently Nvidia is better for ray tracing and DLSS - how important is ray tracing and DLSS when compared with higher VRAM? I'm likely to spend most of my time playing RPGs - for instance, KCD2 is on the list, but will wait for the game of the year edition. Ideally I'd want the card to be able to play RPGs smoothly for a good number of years - I don't ming playing on lower settings in the future as long as it is smooth. My baseline expectation is 1080p with 60FPS.
 
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Imo higher VRAM is usually more practical and future-proof than RT. If you plan to keep the GPU for years and don’t mind playing at lower settings later on, a GPU with more VRAM (like RX 7800 with 16GB) is the better choice.
 
hinch7

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Physiocrat said:
I'm looking to see if I can stretch to an rx 7800 but I was reading around and apparently Nvidia is better for ray tracing and DLSS - how important is ray tracing and DLSS when compared with higher VRAM? I'm likely to spend most of my time playing RPGs - for instance, KCD2 is on the list, but will wait for the game of the year edition. Ideally I'd want the card to be able to play RPGs smoothly for a good number of years - I don't ming playing on lower settings in the future as long as it is smooth. My baseline expectation is 1080p with 60FPS.
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If spending that much I'd wait for 9070 XT at this point or even look into a 5070. We should be seeing some reviews in a few weeks time.

Raytracing is getting more common in games these days and are a requirement in select titles. So I'd look for a card that can at least handle some heavier RT. The former would be better as well because the 16GB VRAM; which will give the some more GPU longevity, should have still have decent/acceptable RT performance and will launch with FSR 4. Which does (at least in first impressions) look more competitive with DLSS. I wouldn't invest in an RDNA 3 card rn personally unless you can find a killer deal.

It may be stretching a hundred more but tbh the difference will be massive. At least when it comes to RT.
 
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notseqi

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Physiocrat said:
I'm looking to see if I can stretch to an rx 7800 but I was reading around and apparently Nvidia is better for ray tracing and DLSS - how important is ray tracing and DLSS when compared with higher VRAM? I'm likely to spend most of my time playing RPGs - for instance, KCD2 is on the list, but will wait for the game of the year edition. Ideally I'd want the card to be able to play RPGs smoothly for a good number of years - I don't ming playing on lower settings in the future as long as it is smooth. My baseline expectation is 1080p with 60FPS.
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Stretch, you'll have more from it long term.
AMD has done good with frame generation and ray tracing, I am getting solid 80fps+ in Cyberpunk on my 7900GRE at 1440p, a 7800 or higher will do you a world of good for quite some time.
 
kiphalfton

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There is barely anything available.

Maybe Intel stuff, but good luck finding any Nvidia 4000 series cards (let alone 5000 series stuff).

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New gpus are around the corner, best to wait.
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Ah yes, the stuff that won't be readily available for purchase for months after release.
 
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Just bought this. I play at 1080p and I'm even able to get 60fps on Silent Hill 2 with ray tracing if I use FSR Quality. I don't tolerate upscaling very well, but UE5 is so naturally blurry that it still looks pretty normal. Everything non UE5 I'm playing native on high settings and getting over 100fps. You can find them used for cheapy cheap. I paid $200.

The 4060 is a no go because of vRAM. I'm maxing out the 12GB on this card in a several games. 3060 12GB is a more future proof option, even if the 4060 gets you a couple more frames today. 3060 12GB smokes the 4060 in 0.1% lows, which really speaks to smoothness.

A lot depends on how long you plan to keep the card in service. 4060 might do the trick if you're expecting a 3 year lifespan. Any longer than that and I don't think 8GB is wise. We're getting into PS6 era. 3080 10GB pops up around that price here in the states from time to time. Though, prices like that are going to come around less when people realize what a dud the 5xxx series is outside of the 90.
 
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Physiocrat said:
I'm looking to spend around £300/375USD on a graphics card and am looking for recommendations. My baseline expectation is the latest games at 1080p and 60FPS.

I've been looking at the Geforce 4060 RTX and a guy I know recommended a Intel ARC B580 TITAN OC. Are there any others I should look at and of the two, which do you think is best?
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Get the ARC B580. Its bang for your buck is pretty good.
 
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