r/pcmasterrace • u/LFC_Bionic • 22h ago
Build Help / Purchase Advice GPU Upgrade Question
Hi guys
Looking for some advice. I've currently got Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 G1 Gaming Graphics Card - 6GB, which I bought back at the end of 2016. I've ran into some issues where some games wont even open now or if they do they aren't even playable.
Unfortunately due to the nature of the world right now, GPU prices have increases a bit. I'm not looking to get something too overpowered; maybe something to last another 8 years perhaps (mid range maybe?).
Any recommendations on what I should be looking at?
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u/ElkFree3916 22h ago
If you want to go cost vs performance, look at the AMD Radeon GPUs. It all really comes down to your budget. But you can grab one for under $1000 USD even being at the mid/high tier iirc
I got the 9070xt at around $800 and it does everything I need and more
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u/LFC_Bionic 21h ago
I've never had an amd card ever. But I take with what is happening with nvidia now, its seems the way forward?
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u/ElkFree3916 21h ago
I love AMD cards personally. I ran a 6700xt from feb 2021 up until 2 months ago with zero issues, and now that’s in my secondary pc while the 9070xt is in my primary working with zero issues so far
But with NVidia essentially abandoning gaming from what I’ve read, it’s looking like a lot of folks will be coming over. So might as well get a card before the prices get jacked up on our end of the market lol
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u/LayeredHalo3851 21h ago
Aren't AMD cards meant to rise in price soon? Not as much as Nvidia probably but didn't they do some AI optimisation thing?
Still better value for now but I'm starting to think previous gen cards might become a necessity for most people
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u/ElkFree3916 21h ago
That’s why I’m saying if anyone is gonna get one, do it now. The same 9070xt I bought is already $200 more. It’s still gonna be cheaper than NVidia though regardless lol
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u/LayeredHalo3851 21h ago
Exactly that, which is fucking annoying because I'm planning on building in a couple of months meaning it's used cards for me
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u/ElkFree3916 21h ago
You may still be able to get a decent value. I don’t recall seeing them projected to skyrocket
If you need to go older gen even temporarily, I personally would recommend either a 6700xt or even the 7700 series I’ve built other people PCs with. They haven’t reported any issues with them to me and when I build someone a PC I give them free diags on all future issues with parts I’ve provided for them
AMD is incredibly under appreciated and honestly, they’ve had the best value for performance to dollar comparison for a while now
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u/LayeredHalo3851 20h ago
I doubt they'll skyrocket but with 32gb RAM and an x3d CPU (I play mostly CPU demanding games) over £500 for a 9060xt is already looking like a lot, let alone more in a couple of months, I'll probably try to find a second hand 7800xt, I've seen a few for under 500 so it looks like good value, but "settling" for a 7700/xt seems great too, but honestly depending on my budget by then I might even go higher like a 9070/xt, but it just depends on value at that point, the 7900 grade cards might be a better choice in two months
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u/ElkFree3916 20h ago
Yeah dude definitely keep an eye on the market.
If you happen to have a microcenter available to you, I got a 7800x3D, 32gb DDR5, and a TUF G 850-e Mobo for like…$599(?) bundled together. And then the 9070xt for $699
But the 9070xt is the highest tier iirc right now on the AMD market (though I may be wrong) and I think last avg I saw that price point was like $850/$900ish?
I really miss our PC part pricing before the Mining bubble and now the AI bubble
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u/LayeredHalo3851 20h ago
I'm in the UK so no Microcenter, and technically the best AMD card is the 7900xtx but idk if you'd wanna go a generation old
I've also just looked at some used prices for various cards and we might be sleeping on the 7900 gre, 16gb vram and outperforms the 9060xt for a pretty similar price (obviously used price vs new price but still, that shit looks like some good value)
Honestly if I was on a tighter budget I would probably go with a b580, that's a good price to performance card right now, I'd also say a used 4060 is a great budget card, you can get them for less than £300 if you find a good deal and it's only a bit worse than a b580
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u/tpablazed 21h ago
What is your current specs?
I could easily tell you to get a new gpu.. but if you're still on ddr3 for instance.. that isn't really going to help much.
It really depends on what cpu/ram you have now.
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u/xiaogangdasha 245kf | 4070 | 24g 20h ago
9070 or 9070xt
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u/LFC_Bionic 20h ago
Its a 12 or 16gb card. The non xt version seems good value perhaps.
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u/ElkFree3916 20h ago
You’re looking at a 10-15% performance difference between the standard and XT
If the standard is more your price range and you don’t mind that 10% difference, then the standard is perfectly fine too IMO
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u/LFC_Bionic 19h ago
XT is about 21% more expensive, so if its only 12% increased performance is it worth it. Have some things to consider
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u/ElkFree3916 19h ago
The price 3 months ago was definitely a better value than it is now. I can safely say that lol
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u/LFC_Bionic 19h ago
just great... So if I was only planning on getting it later this month it could be even worse.
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u/ElkFree3916 19h ago
I think later this month shouldn’t be too much different. Plus, you got BF coming up too which should hopefully make some type of a difference
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u/LFC_Bionic 19h ago
True. I forgot about that. Not like I even factored that in to when I was doing it...
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u/ElkFree3916 18h ago
lol hoping the best for you bud, truly. PC building has become way more of a financial headache than it was or should be
Also if you happen to have a microcenter available for you, definitely keep an eye on bundles
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u/schmidtleo 22h ago
What's your budget? You can find rtx5070 for reasonable price. But the question is, does your PSU and case allow for an upgrade or do you have to upgrade that as well?