New graphics card (move to Vega 64) or change other bits too?

Vanilla · 4 Jan 2019 at 19:01

Hi all,

Given I spent so much time gaming I was thinking of a new Graphics card

1.) Just add new GFX card. RX480 is nice but I can spend a bit of cash and play PUBG with everything on ultimate. Overclock the CPU.

I was thinking the VEGA64 to match with freesync on my Philips monitor.

Opinions?

System Spec

- Asus Z170-A Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
- Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail - STOCK. Corsair closed loop watercooler.
-Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32
-Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2-2880 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive
- Sapphire AMD RX480 Nitro+ 8 GB GDDR5 Memory Polaris FinFET DX 12 Vulkan FreeSync PCI-Express Graphics Card
- EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
- Philips BDM4065UC 40" 4K

ExRayTed · 4 Jan 2019 at 21:44

I don't think your monitor has Freesync? Certainly doesn't show on the product page?

Anyway, even with a Vega64 you're going to struggle to get good framerates at 4k but it's a damn sight quicker than the RX480 https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2300?vs=2143

Oh, and overclock the CPU too

ilc72 · 4 Jan 2019 at 22:25

Vanilla said:
Hi all,

Given I spent so much time gaming I was thinking of a new Graphics card

1.) Just add new GFX card. RX480 is nice but I can spend a bit of cash and play PUBG with everything on ultimate. Overclock the CPU.

I was thinking the VEGA64 to match with freesync on my Philips monitor.

Opinions?

System Spec

- Asus Z170-A Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
- Intel Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail - STOCK. Corsair closed loop watercooler.
-Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32
-Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2-2880 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive
- Sapphire AMD RX480 Nitro+ 8 GB GDDR5 Memory Polaris FinFET DX 12 Vulkan FreeSync PCI-Express Graphics Card
- EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
- Philips BDM4065UC 40" 4K

Your monitor is capped at 60Hz (Frames Per Second) so take that into account, if you want to max out the quality settings then you really want to be looking at an RTX2080+ but with CES in about a week I would wait and see if AMD release a 7nm Vega 64 for consumers.

Vanilla · 5 Jan 2019 at 14:18

Thanks guys, you're right. The monitor does not have Freesync.

I decided to bite the bullet and just bought a Vega 64.

Let's see how it goes!